Wind of Changes

This episode is gonna be very different from what you’re used to.
In fact I have to be honest and say that this particular episode
was the hardest to record… well maybe apart from the very first
episode of course…


I aired the very first episode of the write to be read podcast on
July 1 2014 - almost two years ago. And it has been very
exciting, bumpy and rewarding journey since then.


For me launching a podcast was an experiment. Apart from the fact
that I really wanted to help writers, I was also driven by the
curiosity of whether I could actually do it or not. I had no big
plans connected with the podcast and I had not even decided for
myself for how long I will be doing it.


If back then one would say that I would end up sticking to it for
almost 2 years and that I would have tens of thousands regular
listeners I would probably not believe it. But things turned out
the way they did and I am extremely happy with where I am now.


I also appreciate every single one of you who’s listening …
because you are the ones who made it happen. If you were not
listening, if you were not providing feedback, writing podcast
reviews and connecting with me I would most probably not have
enough motivation and determination to carry on. So thank you!


Since I got into the exciting world of podcasting and my podcast
grew apart from the listeners, writers - people from the
self-publishing industry started to know me… Then other
podcasters got connected too… then I networked with coaches and
speakers, other creatives, online entrepreneurs… obviously with
over the 120 guests who were interviewed up to now and after our
move to the UK I met many new people here too… Some of you also
know that I have been  one of the early adopters of the live
streaming platform Blab and have recorded some of my podcasts
there… so the Blab community became the one I interact often with
too…


So it has been a long journey from people thinking “who the hell
is this?” to “oh, I think I’ve heard about her somewhere”.


Now, why did I say that recording this podcast episode was the
hardest you may think… Well because this one is a bit personal
and I am still not very comfortably getting up close and personal
publicly and also because it includes a news which I can’t
predict your reaction to. So all this is kind of scary… but I’m
gonna do it anyway.


As you might have already noticed I love changes and not only
embrace them when they come, but also initiate them very often. I
have never been from those who resist the change and love things
stay the way they are. I am not from those people - I don’t think
there has been a hairstyle out there that I have not tried… and
those were the smallest scale changes I’ve made.


Since the launch of this podcast things evolved. My audience did
not only grew in numbers but it just grew… and that is amazing.
What I mean is, the podcast was initially created for newbie
writers who were trying to write a book, who were trying to
figure out how self-publishing works and who wanted to become
authors.


I am super proud that many of the listeners actually did write
their first books, some even published them already and few have
several books out there already. That means that Write to be Read
has accomplished its main mission.


Few weeks ago I sent an e mail to my list and offered an hour
Skype call to the first 6 people who replied. From the feedback
I’ve got from...