Episodes
Monday Jul 22, 2019
The Do's and Don'ts of Self-Marketing With Kelly DeVos
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Today’s guest is Kelly DeVos whose work on body positivity has been featured in the New York Times as well as on Vulture, Salon, Bustle and SheKnows. Her debut novel, Fat Girl on a Plane, named one of the “50 Best Summer Reads of All Time” by Reader’s Digest magazine, is available now from HarperCollins. Her second book, Day Zero, is coming in 2019 from Inkyard Press/HarperCollins.
Kelly joined me today to talk about the sophomore experience in publishing, the importance of networking, and how NOT to market yourself. Also covered: jumping genres but still remaining true to your author brand.
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Wasted Pretty by Jamie Beth Cohen
The Sin Soldiers by Tracy Auerbach
Monday Jul 08, 2019
Making Art Even When You're Lost with Andrea Hannah
Monday Jul 08, 2019
Monday Jul 08, 2019
Today’s guest is Andrea Hannah, an award-winning author, essayist, and workshop leader. She teaches on living a healthy creative life at her Wild Heart Retreats and writes about making art on Twitter and Instagram (@andeehannah). Andrea joined me today to talk using the same process whether she’s writing fiction or non-fiction, and the constant hustle of being a successful freelancer, how her upcoming release A Map for Wild Hearts, is designed to help creatives find their way through the obstacles blocking their artistic goals, and writing through chronic pain, illness, and depression.
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Website: http://www.andreahannah.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndeeHannah
IG: https://www.instagram.com/andeehannah/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.hannah
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Monday Jun 24, 2019
Successful Indie Publishing With Aileen Erin
Monday Jun 24, 2019
Monday Jun 24, 2019
Today’s guest is Aileen Erin, who is half-Irish, half-Mexican, and 100% nerd—from Star Wars to Star Trek, she geeks out on Tolkien’s linguistics, and has a severe fascination with the supernatural. Aileen has a BS in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. She lives with her husband and daughter in Los Angeles.
Aileen joined me today to talk about maintain readers interest – and her own – while writing an eight book series. Also covered, how urban fantasy is dead… in traditional publishing. But a smart indie writer can make a decent living at it, the indie experience at BookCon, and how to market without big publisher push behind you.
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Monday Jul 16, 2018
Monday Jul 16, 2018
Today’s guest is Sara Crawford, the author of the YA novels WE OWN THE SKY and HURRY UP WE’RE DREAMING. She graduated in 2008 from Kennesaw State University with a B.A. in English and in 2012 from the University of New Orleans with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (emphasis in Playwriting). Currently, in addition to working as a freelance writer and internet marketer, she is also a creative writing professor in the graduate program at Southern New Hampshire University, teaching online classes. Sara joins host Mindy McGinnis to talk about the pros and cons of self-publishing vs. traditional publishing, as well as how to stay healthy emotionally, physically and mentally as a writer. Also covered; how freelancing can be lucrative for a writer.
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Monday May 07, 2018
Beth Revis: A Decade of Publishing Rejection
Monday May 07, 2018
Monday May 07, 2018
Today’s guest is Beth Revis author of New York Times bestselling ACROSS THE UNIVERSE trilogy, as well as THE BODY ELECTRIC, THE WORLD WITHOUT YOU and The Paper Hearts series for writers. Beth joins host Mindy McGinnis to talk about writing ten books before hitting it big with the eleventh one, receiving nothing but rejections for a decade… and how that made her a better writer.
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Monday Mar 26, 2018
Call For Submissions! Betty Bites Back: Horror Stories for Young Feminists
Monday Mar 26, 2018
Monday Mar 26, 2018
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http://writerwriterpantsonfire.blogspot.com/2018/03/call-for-submissions-betty-bites-back.html
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Alex Lidell: Self-Publishing
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Alex Lidell joins host Mindy McGinnis to talk about how she broke into publishing through an Amazon contest, how to find and utilize critique partners, and how successful self-publishing should focus more on the business aspect than the creative side. Be sure to listen to the end for Alex’s offer of a free novella!
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WIDE AWAKE BEAR by Pat Zietlow Miller
P.A.W.S Saga by Debbie Manber Kuper
Monday Dec 18, 2017
AC Gaughen: Querying As A Teenager
Monday Dec 18, 2017
Monday Dec 18, 2017
Today’s guest is AC Gaughen the author of the Scarlet Trilogy (Scarlet, Lady Thief and Lion Heart) and the Elementae quartet which will start with REIGN THE EARTH in January 2018. She serves on the board for the non-profit Boston GLOW, creating opportunities to encourage and engage teen girls in the Greater Boston area. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from St. Andrews University in Scotland and a Masters in Education from Harvard University. She joins host Mindy McGinnis to talk about how she began to query as a fourteen year old, and how her own love of reading historical and fantasy influenced her writing both then and now, how she knew her own skill set was better suited for traditional publishing rather than self-publishing, and how teaching writing can be inspiring.
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Monday Nov 13, 2017
Tori Rigby: Red Flags For Agents
Monday Nov 13, 2017
Monday Nov 13, 2017
Host Mindy McGinnis talks with Tori Rigby, author of the dark fantasy DREAMCATCHER series, as well as the contemporary YA novel, BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. Topics covered include not letting excitement make decisions for you early on in your career, red flags to look for while searching for agents, why Tori disagrees with writing under different pen names for different genres, and knowing when to take your work to a small press.
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A Void the Size of the World by Rachele Alpine
The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence by Alyssa Palombo
Monday Oct 23, 2017
Liz Coley: Being A Hybrid Author
Monday Oct 23, 2017
Monday Oct 23, 2017
Today’s guest is Liz Coley author of the psychological thriller Pretty Girl-13 from HarperCollins. Liz’s short fiction has also appeared in Cosmos Magazine and several speculative fiction anthologies. Liz joins host Mindy McGinnis to talk about using short stories as a stepping stone to publishing a novel, how Liz’s degree in molecular biology helps boost the “science” in her science fiction, and to speak as a hybrid author about the pros and cons of both, as well as the different skills required for each.
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