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✨Solving the Mystery of How to Write Compelling Whodunnits with E.C. Nevin's "Suspect Equation"✨
Also inside: query critiques; the path to publication never runs smooth (even for buzzy books); how to fall in love with self-promotion; and how to spot…
Jun 17
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✨Solving the Mystery of How to Write Compelling Whodunnits with E.C. Nevin's "Suspect Equation"✨
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✨Michelle Huneven Wants You to Know "Where All the Fun Is" (Hint: It's NOT at the Top of the Bestseller List)✨
Plus, it's Books with Hooks week on the podcast, literary agent Kate McKean is here with tips for surviving self-promotion, and Gloria Chao has a…
Jun 13
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✨Michelle Huneven Wants You to Know "Where All the Fun Is" (Hint: It's NOT at the Top of the Bestseller List)✨
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✨Riley Sager Answers YOUR Questions; and From Touching Grass to Bleeding Screens: Alina Khawaja on How to Recharge Your Writing✨
Plus, Maggie Giles shares how community can help support achievement of your writing goals, and Kathleen West shares the seemingly anti-mantra mantra…
Jun 10
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✨Riley Sager Answers YOUR Questions; and From Touching Grass to Bleeding Screens: Alina Khawaja on How to Recharge Your Writing✨
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✨This Week on the Pod: Multiple-Genre Master and Generous & Unfailing Champion of Emerging Authors Everywhere...Our Very Own Bianca Marais!✨
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Jun 6
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✨This Week on the Pod: Multiple-Genre Master and Generous & Unfailing Champion of Emerging Authors Everywhere...Our Very Own Bianca Marais!✨
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✨Marie Rutkoski Shares Her "Questionable" ( 😉) Secret to Hooking Readers and Driving Plot✨
Also inside: Query letters; writing duo Alison Hammer and Bradeigh Godfrey (aka Ali Brady) share our Q&A hotseat; and Mark Stevens fights failure with…
Jun 3
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✨Marie Rutkoski Shares Her "Questionable" ( 😉) Secret to Hooking Readers and Driving Plot✨
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Query Critiques May 2025
Jun 3
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Query Critiques May 2025
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Looking for Your Next Summer Read?
Andrea Bartz & Kirthana Ramisetti have a curated list for that!
May 31
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✨Don't Waste Your Time Chasing Perfection and Other Wise Writing Words to Live By ✨
Today's issue (and this week's podcast) are absolutely jam-packed! Get comfy and get reading!
May 30
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✨Don't Waste Your Time Chasing Perfection and Other Wise Writing Words to Live By ✨
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✨Bailey Hannah's Secrets to Making Readers Care How Your Story Ends; & Alexis Daria Falls Back in Love with Writing (and You Can Too)✨
Plus, Lindsay Zier-Vogel shares how to get paid for your writing—even if you haven't sold your manuscript!
May 27
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✨Bailey Hannah's Secrets to Making Readers Care How Your Story Ends; & Alexis Daria Falls Back in Love with Writing (and You Can Too)✨
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✨“I HATE THIS THIS IS TERRIBLE I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE” and Other Thoughts You Weren't Expecting From a NYT Bestselling Author! ✨
Plus, podcast listener Jessica Guerrieri returns, Mary Alice Monroe shares how not to write "meh" books, and more details of Bianca's almost sold out…
May 23
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✨“I HATE THIS THIS IS TERRIBLE I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE” and Other Thoughts You Weren't Expecting From a NYT Bestselling Author! ✨
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✨In a Race You Didn't Even Sign Up For? Anna Mitchael on Getting Back On Track; & Mimi Matthews Says "You're Not a Victorian Woman"...and…
Also inside: Written query critiques; a Q&A with 🌶️🌶️🌶️ romance author Katee Robert; writing speculative fiction with Allister Thompson; and an…
May 20
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✨In a Race You Didn't Even Sign Up For? Anna Mitchael on Getting Back On Track; & Mimi Matthews Says "You're Not a Victorian Woman"...and That's Just Fine✨
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✨Lori Gold Wants You to Get Comfy with Writer's Block; And We've Got Big Riley Sager News!✨
Plus, Do agents care how long you've been working on your manuscript? Tune in to 📕Books with Hooks 🪝for Carly & CeCe's thoughts...
May 16
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✨Lori Gold Wants You to Get Comfy with Writer's Block; And We've Got Big Riley Sager News!✨
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