Category: Season 1
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S1 Ep29: Readerships, Sales, and Discoverability
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S1 Ep27: Foreign Rights & the Frankfurt Book
Text sampleThis week, we chat with Anika Scott, an international bestselling author of historical fiction. After years of writing, querying, and revising, Anika’s debut novel was snapped up amidst a whirlwind of interest and buzz–only to then launch a week before COVID shut the world down. On one continent, her book flourished, while on another,…
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S1 Ep26: Why Don’t We Just Quit?
After years of rejections, Kameron’s early book deals ended when her publishers either folded or went bankrupt, Instead of quitting, she kept going. And going. In the decade since, Hurley has signed new deals, built a fanbase, and even won a Hugo. We sit down with her today to ask hard-hitting questions: Why don’t we…
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S1 Ep25: How to Write For Film, TV, and Tie-Ins
If you’ve ever been curious about alternate or adjacent writing careers, this episode is for you! David “D.V.” Bishop got his start 30 years ago writing for comics and IP franchises, before later moving to tv/film scriptwriting. These days, he’s back to books and is now an award-winning historical crime novelist. Bringing to bear years…
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S2 Ep22: The Mayonnaise Buffet
This week, the wise and witty Ella McLeod sits down to talk with us about the hard-hitting, ever-prevalent topic of whiteness in publishing, including in our own podcast (!) and dissecting the dreaded Diversity Tick-Box. (And if you’re curious about that title, we do explain it in-episode!)