The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

A podcast by Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra - Thursdays

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257 Episodes

  1. What Makes an Editor Fall in Love with a Book & How to Manage Your Writerly Anxiety & A Bookseller Gives You Comps

    Published: 5/9/2022
  2. The Difference Between Memoir and Recollection

    Published: 5/5/2022
  3. Setting as Character, How Your Journey Will Be Unique, and We Answer Your Questions

    Published: 5/2/2022
  4. How to Make 'Quiet' Novels Unputdownable

    Published: 4/28/2022
  5. Middle-Grade Fiction, Rom-coms, and a Bookseller Gives You Comps

    Published: 4/25/2022
  6. Making Structural Choices to Best Serve a Particular Story

    Published: 4/21/2022
  7. Writing and Rewriting a Novel Until It's Ready & We Answer Your Questions

    Published: 4/18/2022
  8. The Importance of Endings - Lisa Scottoline

    Published: 4/14/2022
  9. Framing Scenes, Writing a YA Series, and A Bookseller Recommends Comps

    Published: 4/11/2022
  10. Organically Integrating Backstory and Context

    Published: 4/7/2022
  11. Fictional Beginnings and Non-Fictional Story Arcs & a Bookseller Recommends Comps

    Published: 4/4/2022
  12. How the Original Pitch Copy and Framing Device Can Change During Edits

    Published: 3/31/2022
  13. What Chloe and Olivia Have Learned Along the Way & A Bookseller Offers Comps

    Published: 3/28/2022
  14. When You're Not Able to Let Go of a Rejected Manuscript

    Published: 3/24/2022
  15. How Specificity Brings a Story to Life, Answering Your Questions, and a Bookseller Gives You Comps

    Published: 3/21/2022
  16. How to be Creative During Difficult Times

    Published: 3/17/2022
  17. Bonus Episode: Spotlight on Indie Authors and Publishers & We Answer Your Questions

    Published: 3/14/2022
  18. How to Ensure Each Scene is Doing the Heavy Lifting

    Published: 3/10/2022
  19. BONUS EPISODE: Jesse Thistle's Advice to Memoirists & Our First Q&A Session

    Published: 3/7/2022
  20. Writerly Insights with Bestselling Author, Elin Hilderbrand

    Published: 3/3/2022

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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.