The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
A podcast by Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra - Thursdays
257 Episodes
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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
Published: 5/9/2022 -
The Difference Between Memoir and Recollection
Published: 5/5/2022 -
Setting as Character, How Your Journey Will Be Unique, and We Answer Your Questions
Published: 5/2/2022 -
How to Make 'Quiet' Novels Unputdownable
Published: 4/28/2022 -
Middle-Grade Fiction, Rom-coms, and a Bookseller Gives You Comps
Published: 4/25/2022 -
Making Structural Choices to Best Serve a Particular Story
Published: 4/21/2022 -
Writing and Rewriting a Novel Until It's Ready & We Answer Your Questions
Published: 4/18/2022 -
The Importance of Endings - Lisa Scottoline
Published: 4/14/2022 -
Framing Scenes, Writing a YA Series, and A Bookseller Recommends Comps
Published: 4/11/2022 -
Organically Integrating Backstory and Context
Published: 4/7/2022 -
Fictional Beginnings and Non-Fictional Story Arcs & a Bookseller Recommends Comps
Published: 4/4/2022 -
How the Original Pitch Copy and Framing Device Can Change During Edits
Published: 3/31/2022 -
What Chloe and Olivia Have Learned Along the Way & A Bookseller Offers Comps
Published: 3/28/2022 -
When You're Not Able to Let Go of a Rejected Manuscript
Published: 3/24/2022 -
How Specificity Brings a Story to Life, Answering Your Questions, and a Bookseller Gives You Comps
Published: 3/21/2022 -
How to be Creative During Difficult Times
Published: 3/17/2022 -
Bonus Episode: Spotlight on Indie Authors and Publishers & We Answer Your Questions
Published: 3/14/2022 -
How to Ensure Each Scene is Doing the Heavy Lifting
Published: 3/10/2022 -
BONUS EPISODE: Jesse Thistle's Advice to Memoirists & Our First Q&A Session
Published: 3/7/2022 -
Writerly Insights with Bestselling Author, Elin Hilderbrand
Published: 3/3/2022
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.