Becoming a BookTok Sensation with Julie Soto, USA Today Bestselling Author

Hello, Protagonists!

My guest today is Julie Soto, whose first novel, Forget Me Not, was a bona fide TikTok sensation last summer and became a USA Today Bestseller. Her latest novel, Not Another Love Song, just hit bookshelves everywhere.

But that’s not the only reason I invited Julie here today.  I chose her for you because Julie is a wonderful person who inspires me with her deep loyalty to her friends and her nonstop energy.

Today we talk about:

• Julie’s origins as a playwright,

• how to take fan fiction (or work on places like Wattpad) and re-publish it as a book, and

• the demands of social media on writers today, and more.

Don’t forget our $1,000 Scholarships for Aspiring Writers (scroll below).

I hope you enjoy the show!¹

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The CREATIVE.INSPIRED.HAPPY Podcast is an interview series with incredibly successful writers about how they rose out of obscurity to build fulfilling careers. With each episode, I hope you'll learn something to make you more creative, inspired, or happy!

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Want more of Julie?

You can buy Julie’s newest novel, Not Another Love Song, here or anywhere books are sold. And you can find her online on her website, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

photo credit in intro video: Arturo Holmes/WireImage via Getty Images (Evelyn Skye attends Netflix's "Damsel" New York Premiere at Paris Theater in New York City); Erin Ashford (Evelyn at Stanford sculpture)

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