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✨Lidija Hilje, Attorney-Turned-Book-Coach-Turned-Novelist, Returns to the Pod; Pantsing, But Make it Next Level in Today's Essay; and Are…
Plus, a bonafide "TikTok Sensation" turned non-fiction author opts to get real instead of taking the easy way out in a fascinating bonus episode with…
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✨Lidija Hilje, Attorney-Turned-Book-Coach-Turned-Novelist, Returns to the Pod; Pantsing, But Make it Next Level in Today's Essay; and Are You Paying Enough Attention to Setting? Lucy Foley Sure Is!✨
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Query Critiques June 2025
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✨"Get Over It," Take Your Work to the Toilet, & Other Writing Advice to Live By from Ashley Reams, Hannah Sharpe, & Tamara Yajiay✨
Also inside: Carly and CeCe's written query critiques; and your chance to ask a bestselling author your burning craft questions!
Jul 1
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✨"Get Over It," Take Your Work to the Toilet, & Other Writing Advice to Live By from Ashley Reams, Hannah Sharpe, & Tamara Yajiay✨
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June 2025
✨Niceness & Unicorns Need Not Apply: CeCe Shares the Secret to Piquing an Agent's Interest; and Bestseller Rachel Joyce Has Something She…
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Jun 27
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✨Niceness & Unicorns Need Not Apply: CeCe Shares the Secret to Piquing an Agent's Interest; and Bestseller Rachel Joyce Has Something She Wants You to Know✨
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✨How Do You Know If Your Story Idea is Worth Pursuing? Jessica Trevelyan Has a One-Question Test for That✨
Also inside: A Q&A with NYT bestselling author Fran Littlewood; & debut author Travis Kennedy on finding the balance between engaging your reader and…
Jun 24
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✨How Do You Know If Your Story Idea is Worth Pursuing? Jessica Trevelyan Has a One-Question Test for That✨
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✨Still Not Convinced You Can Cut All That Backstory? Aisling Rawle's Breakout Debut Proves What Our Hosts Have Been Saying All Along✨
Also inside: a very "specific"😉 video from Lindsay Maple; Happy Birthday to CeCe Lyra; and our new favourite earworm!
Jun 20
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✨Still Not Convinced You Can Cut All That Backstory? Aisling Rawle's Breakout Debut Proves What Our Hosts Have Been Saying All Along✨
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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
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