Show overview
Pen to Paycheck Authors has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 137 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 120 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 3rd season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 50 min and 59 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 33 episodes already out so far this year.
From the publisher
Welcome to pen to Paycheck Authors podcast. We’re two indie authors; Matilda Swift, author of quintessentially British Cozy Mysteries, and Sam Cummings, author of Young Adult books about magic, myths, and monsters.With over a dozen books between us, and still a long way to go towards the ‘quit the day job’ dream, we’re here to write our way to financial success.Listen along for our mastery through missteps journey
Latest Episodes
View all 137 episodesHow We Build Bestselling Craft Skills
How Our Genre Networks Grow
How We Get Help
How We Stop a Series
How We Launch with Success
How We Challenge Quitting
How Q2 Has Changed Everything
How to Reach Readers Without Ads
How SPS Live 2026 Helped Us
How Our Mastermind Really Works
How Best to Learn from Business Books
How Collaboration Creates Success
How Rewriting Books Changes Careers
How Good Books Go Bad
How Working Together Means Working Better
How to Take Your Writing to the Next Level
How To Build Author Communities
How We’re Planning Launches
How Seville’s Indie Conference Changed Us
S3 Ep 13How We’ll Get Bigger and Better
This week, Matilda and Sam have major epiphanies about BIGGER and BETTER... Next week, Matilda is recapping the Seville author conference. Let's hope she brings the sunshine with her! Where to find Sam and Matilda: SAM IG: @sammowrimo Website: www.samantha-cummings.com Book to start with: Curse of the Wild - https://books2read.com/curseofthewild (Moons & Magic Book 1) Most recent book: The Moon Is a Door - https://books2read.com/The-Moon-Is-A-Door (Deighton Academy Book 1) MATILDA IG: @matildaswiftauthor Website: www.MatildaSwift.com Book to start with: https://books2read.com/TheSlayoftheLand (book #1 of The Heathervale Mysteries) Most recent book: https://books2read.com/MuchAdoAboutStuffing (book #6 of The Parchment Paper Mysteries) Mentioned on the show: JOIN THE PEN TO PAYCHECK DISCORD: https://discord.gg/w7BjxmeXfF Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/pentopaycheckauthorspodcast CeCe Lyra’s courses: https://learn-with-cece.thinkific.com/ OLD version of CeCe Lyra’s Hacking Writing on a Line Level course (not currently available): https://cecilialyra.com/courses/ Draft2Digital’s Self Publishing Insiders Podcast: https://www.draft2digital.com/blog/category/self-publishing-insiders-podcast/ Revenge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_(TV_series)