S11 Ep 1: From lawyer to indie author - selling 10 million books: LJ Ross

Louise Ross loved reading and storytelling as a child but she had her heart set on being a lawyer. She became a barrister and while she loved helping people -she started to feel it was time to do something else.  (In fact speaking of skies, it was when she realised her head was always down and she never looked up and appreciated a blue sky, she knew something had to change). Her husband James planted a seed on a train journey which changed everything. That tiny seed led to Louise writing 27 books and selling  more than 10 million copies. She has her own publishing label (Dark Skies Publishing) and her work is also helping celebrate people living in the North East. Her books have been among the biggest sellers on Amazon and at one point 16 of them were in the top 50 in the charts.But Louise believes it has nothing to do with algorithms, large advertising budgets or any trends or secret formulas .  Louise believes we must all ask ourselves this one question and be completely honest with the answer...What is it that we really want to achieve? (I'll let you listen to find out how this helped her so much.)Louise is humble, gracious and so generous with her thoughts. She has been a big inspiration to me for so long – but even if your next chapter isn’t about writing, Louise’s approach has helped her create a wonderful life for her and her family and she believes we’re all able to do the same.https://ljrossauthor.com/(and just in case you'd forgotten you can find me and my books at elliebarkerwrites.com x) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenextchapterbyelliebarker.substack.com