How can you cultivate patience for your long-term author career? How can you figure out your personal, creative and financial goals and make choices toward them? MK Williams talks about these questions, as well as podcast marketing and turning a blog or transcript into a book. In the intro, my reflections on the UK FutureBook conference, and Tomb of Relics is out this week. This episode is sponsored by ScribeCount.com, which provides automated sales aggregation from 7+ publishing platforms, all combined into user-friendly charts and features, accessible in seconds. Whether you publish wide or exclusive, ScribeCount allows authors to customize reports to fit their individual needs. Check it out at ScribeCount.com. MK Williams is the author of eight books across multiple genres, including dystopian sci-fi, literary suspense, and non-fiction for authors, as well as a coach and creative entrepreneur. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes * The importance of peer support and community for authors* Stop waiting for permission* Cultivating patience* Financial independence on your own terms — and figuring out what you really want. You can find my list of books on money here.* Tips for pitching podcasts and giving great value* How to turn blog posts or interview transcripts into a book You can find MK Williams at AuthorYourAmbition.com and on Twitter @1mkwilliams Transcript of interview with MK Williams Joanna: MK Williams is the author of eight books across multiple genres, including dystopian sci-fi, literary suspense, and non-fiction for authors, as well as a coach and creative entrepreneur. Welcome, MK. MK: Hi, Joanna. Thank you so much for having me on the show today. Joanna: I'm excited to talk to you. So let's get started. Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. MK: Well, it was a snowy day in Indiana when I was born! … but I've loved reading my entire life. I was an only child, so books were a great source of entertainment. I love to write. I had my angsty teenage poetry phase, which… Joanna: Oh, me too. MK: Yes. So many of us do. And I got to college, and I picked the safe major that was supposed to guarantee me a great job. But I was still able to take some creative writing seminars. I was very fortunate in my writing killer fiction, which was the title of the course, to have a professor who really encouraged me to keep writing. And so when I graduated into a lousy economy with no job prospects, my hobby just became writing. I really enjoyed starting to do longer-form fiction and fel...