The Daring Author

Welcome to The Daring Author podcast, where we share inspiring interviews and information on writing and marketing ideas for your book. So that you can build an easeful, empowering and profitable author business! Your host, Jenna Lee, is the owner of The Daring Press, a virtual marketing and support agency where we help indie authors who are ready to take their author business to the next level with more ease, growth and time.You can find the episode show notes and a bunch of marketing resources at thedaringpress.com. Let’s become daring authors together!

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The Daring Author

April 10, 2025 • The Daring Press

What does it truly mean to embrace fearlessness in your writing journey? The Daring Author isn't just a concept—it's a revolutionary mindset that transforms how writers approach their craft and share their work with the world.

We explore the powerful identity of a truly authentic writer—one who speaks her truth unfiltered and raw, knowing her words will reach precisely those who need them most. This isn't about writing what's trending or following prescribed paths to publishing success. The Daring Author writes the stories she once feared telling, publishes without permission, and refuses to let external validation determine her worth.

At the heart of this conversation lies a fundamental truth: courage isn't the absence of fear but the decision to keep going despite it. When doubt inevitably creeps in, the Daring Author acknowledges it, smiles, and continues forward. She refuses to fit into boxes she doesn't even see, choosing instead to forge her own path through the jungle of publishing—complete with obstacles, scrapes, and challenges that make her stronger with each step.

Your unique voice matters precisely because nobody else in this world is you. Your stories deserve to be told in your authentic voice, not contorted to match market trends or bestseller formulas. Join us in embracing your identity as a fearless, unstoppable creator who owns her voice, shares her truth, and blazes her own trail. Are you ready to become the Daring Author?

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Speaker 1: 0:03

Who is the daring author?

Speaker 1: 0:05

Who is she? She is daring, she's fearless, she is unstoppable. She writes the stories she once feared telling. She speaks her truth unfiltered, raw, knowing that her words will reach the people who need them most. She's brave enough to be seen, bold enough to be criticized and fearless enough to keep going, even when the world tells her to stop. She does not write for permission. She does not write for validation. She does not let fear dictate the size of her dreams. She owns it. She publishes, she shares. She owns her voice. She owns her words. And when doubt creeps in, as it always does, she smiles, she flips it off, because she knows that courage isn't the absence of fear. It's a decision to keep going. Despise it. She's unstoppable, she's audacious, she's daring.

Speaker 1: 1:15

She is the daring author. She is fearless. She does not give a shit about what anybody else thinks. She doesn't let that stop her. She doesn't let it hold her back. She doesn't allow others to tell her what to do, what to write, who to be. She doesn't try and fit into a box. She doesn't try and fit into this perfect model that somebody described as the best author or the author that has the most success. She doesn't fit into that box because there isn't a box there. She doesn't even see a box. She is so tapped in to who she is. She knows who she is. She's not going to change herself and follow somebody else's path to success, because she's got her own story to write. She has her own unique path.

Speaker 1: 2:10

She is daring, she is fearless, she is bold and she is going to follow her own footsteps. She's going to path her own way. She is going to run into a jungle that is full of trees and obstacles that are in her way. There are rocks, there are things that are going to make her feet bleed, there are things that are going to scrape her, there are prickles, there are lots of dangers there, but she walks through it. She chops that shit down, she paths her way because she knows that without her words, she knows that without telling her story, without expressing herself through her words, she knows that that is her path and she is going to not let anything stop her from being who she is meant to be, from being unstoppable, from writing what she feels is true. She's not going to change herself and write what is on the number one bestsellers list, the top 10 list, or because some group.

Speaker 1: 3:13

This is the type of romance you have to write. This is the romance that you have to develop, because that's what's selling right now. No, she writes what she is called to write. She writes the stories that just keep taking over her mind. She writes what she is called to write. She doesn't follow in somebody else's footsteps because she's got her own path. She has her own unique journey, and she is daring. She is fearless, she is unstoppable, she owns her voice, she shares and she doesn't let anything or anyone get in her way, because she knows that her story is unique to her, her journey, who she is. Nobody else in this world is her. She is the daring author.