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Katlyn Duncan has published 13 books with a Harlequin UK digital imprint, ghostwritten more than 40 novels, and now self-publishes thrillers, young adult and nonfiction. 📚 She’s a hybrid author, and she wrote the book on it: The Successful Hybrid Author. In this episode of the SPA Girls Podcast (Classic Replay EP577 – originally recorded 2023; still relevant today) she explains how to get your rights back from a publisher, why she split her books across three pen names, and how ghostwriting really works. ✍️

She also shares the systems that keep her writing alongside a full-time job and a family🎯

IN THIS EPISODE:
🔄 Getting your rights back: check the contract, the date and the royalty threshold
🖊️ Three pen names, one website
⚖️ Trad vs self-publishing, and why she doesn’t pay for ads on her trad books
👻 Ghostwriting through Upwork and book packagers: flat fees, outlines and fast turnarounds
⏰ Time blocking and being realistic about your day
🛑 Values, boundaries and saying no
📋 SOPs, automation and delegation
🏡 Decluttering to find time in your day
🤝 Why community matters

👤 ABOUT KATLYN DUNCAN:
Katlyn Duncan is a multi-published author of adult and young adult fiction and has ghostwritten over 40 novels for children and adults. When she’s not writing, she’s obsessing over her many, many television series and hanging out on YouTube, where she shares her writing process and all things bookish.

🔗 KATLYN’S LINKS:
🌐 Website: https://www.katlynduncan.com
🎓 From Chaos to Control course: https://www.fromchaos2control.com
📺 YouTube: Katlyn Duncan’s Writing Life
📖 Take Back Your Book: An Author’s Guide to Rights Reversion and Publishing on Your Terms
📖 The Successful Hybrid Author

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