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Writing Off Social: The Podcast | Build Your Platform and Grow Your Email List Without Social Media

Writing Off Social: The Podcast | Build Your Platform and Grow Your Email List Without Social Media

By: Sandy Cooper
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This is the podcast for female Christian writers who want to grow and nurture their audience without social media. Are you tired of chasing the algorithm? Has social media left you feeling drained, overwhelmed, unfruitful and…trapped?Co-hosts and writers Sandy Cooper and Mary K. Tiller want you to be free to build a sustainable, profitable, and God-honoring writing career. Their vision is to empower you to confidently reject life-sucking and ineffective methods of platform growth and instead pursue purposeful strategies that play to your strengths and yield a better ROI.

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Episodes
  • 101 | How Writing for Publications Can Help You Land a Book Deal w/Hannah Miller King
    Oct 6 2026

    Hannah Miller King didn’t have a huge social media platform when she landed a traditional book deal with InterVarsity Press. Instead, she started small, writing short-form nonfiction for various publications, gradually working her way toward outlets like Christianity Today and The Holy Post. Along the way, she developed her craft, found her voice, built credibility, and ultimately caught the attention of an acquisitions editor. Her first book, Feasting on Hope, is part memoir, part theology, and part spiritual reflection—and it’s proof that there can be more than one way to build a path to publication. For show notes, go to https://writingoffsocial.com/101



    Find our Recommended Vendor List at writingoffsocial.com/vendors-- a curated collection of businesses, creatives, and service providers trusted by our community. Every vendor featured here has been personally recommended by members who have actually worked with them and had a great experience.

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    37 mins
  • 100 | How to Find the Right Collaborator: The Writing Off Social Origin Story
    Sep 29 2026

    Recently, during a group coaching call, one of our students told us she’d love to find someone to collaborate with in her business. Then she asked us a question: “How did you two find each other?” Well, the short answer is: It took years. And the long answer? That’s what we’re sharing today.

    Because this is our 100th episode!

    So we’re taking you all the way back to the beginning—how we met, how our friendship grew, the moment we realized we should start a business together, and what we’ve learned about choosing the right person to collaborate with.

    It’s story time with Sandy and Mary K. Listen in! For show notes go to https://writingoffsocial.com/100



    Find our Recommended Vendor List at writingoffsocial.com/vendors-- a curated collection of businesses, creatives, and service providers trusted by our community. Every vendor featured here has been personally recommended by members who have actually worked with them and had a great experience.

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    40 mins
  • 99 | How I Sold My First Book Without Social Media (and plans for my second) w/ Johanna Rojas Vann
    Sep 22 2026

    When we launched Writing Off Social three years ago, we knew in our heart of hearts that it was possible to be a successful writer and author without social media . . . we just didn’t have the social proof to point to . . . yet. That’s why, over the last several seasons, it has been our joy to invite both fiction and nonfiction authors on to the show to share their publishing journeys with you. And today’s episode, we’re sharing yet another story of success. If you’re a writer on the cusp of leaving social media, but afraid that doing so means giving up your dreams of publishing, then lean in! Today we hear how multi-award-winning author Johanna Vann landed a book deal with a big 5 publisher and sold that book without social media. For show notes go to https://writingoffsocial.com/99


    Find our Recommended Vendor List at writingoffsocial.com/vendors-- a curated collection of businesses, creatives, and service providers trusted by our community. Every vendor featured here has been personally recommended by members who have actually worked with them and had a great experience.

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    51 mins
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I have found their podcasts to be liberating in affirming my decision to leave social media while practical in showing other productive ways to build my platform as a writer. They are so God-centered, funny, encouraging, and practical. Definitely worth listening to.

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