This is a podcast for emerging writers who want to improve the quality of their work and learn more about the publishing industry. Your one host, Bianca Marais (the bestselling author of 'The Witches of Moonshyne Manor') interviews authors, agents, editors and just about anyone and everyone who's involved in bringing a book to market. She's joined by her cohosts, literary agents Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra from P.S. Literary Agency, who read and critique query letters as well as opening pages in their Books with Hooks segment. Expect good advice, honest insights, and a few laughs along the way.
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Using a Pen Name & Advice for Showing vs Telling - Riley Sager
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2022-06-23
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A Genre Guide, What Postcard Scenes Are, Resources Available to Writers, and a Bookstagrammer Gives You Comps
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2022-06-20
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May Cobb's Insights on Writing
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2022-06-16
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Tips for Romance Writers, Blurred Genres & We Answer Your Questions
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2022-06-13
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Trusting Your Subconscious and Yourself
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2022-06-09
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Breaking the Rules & The Importance of Juxtaposition & A Bookstagrammer Gives You Comps
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2022-06-06
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How Racism in the US Pushed Tara M. Stringfellow to Write Memphis
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2022-06-02
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Combating Query Fatigue & A Bookseller Gives You Comps
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2022-05-30
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The Poetic Efficiency of Writing Well at the Line Level - Emma Straub
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2022-05-26
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Pacing at a Chapter Level, How the Industry is Faring, and We Answer Your Questions
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2022-05-23
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The Secret to Incorporating Backstory
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2022-05-19
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Being Out on Sub, Drafting vs Revising Mode, Answering Your Questions and Comps Titles
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2022-05-16
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Emily Henry's Advice for Writing Good Dialogue
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2022-05-12
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What Makes an Editor Fall in Love with a Book & How to Manage Your Writerly Anxiety & A Bookseller Gives You Comps
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2022-05-09
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The Difference Between Memoir and Recollection
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2022-05-05
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Setting as Character, How Your Journey Will Be Unique, and We Answer Your Questions
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2022-05-02
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How to Make 'Quiet' Novels Unputdownable
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2022-04-28
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Middle-Grade Fiction, Rom-coms, and a Bookseller Gives You Comps
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2022-04-25
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Making Structural Choices to Best Serve a Particular Story
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2022-04-21
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Writing and Rewriting a Novel Until It's Ready & We Answer Your Questions
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2022-04-18
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