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Writers talk craft, agent hunt, query trenches, publishing industry, and more. Hosted by Mindy McGinnis.
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Monday Apr 02, 2018
Monday Apr 02, 2018
Today’s guest is Randy Ribay author of AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PARALLEL UNIVERSES and AFTER THE SHOT DROPS. Randy joins host Mindy McGinnis to talk about the importance of having an agent in order to negotiate the best possible contract, the power of writing concisely and how to make time to write while holding a day job
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Monday Mar 26, 2018
Monday Mar 26, 2018
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Monday Mar 26, 2018
Monday Mar 26, 2018
The March roundup episode features a quick review of guests and topics this month, as well as some advice on how to take the guilt out of writing.
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The Pros of Cons by Alison Cherry, Lindsay Ribar & Michelle Schusterman
Monday Mar 19, 2018
Monday Mar 19, 2018
Today’s guest is Liesl Shurtliff, New York Times Bestselling author of middle novels Rump, Jack, Red and Grump, and the upcoming Mona Lisa Key, first in the Time Castaways trilogy. Liesl joins host Mindy McGinnis to talk about being somewhat unaware of the success of her debut and the transition from writing being a hobby to becoming a job. Also: working in the same world for four novels… taxing on the creativity, or liberating on the world building?
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THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND: CORONATION by Courtney Brandt
Monday Mar 12, 2018
Monday Mar 12, 2018
Co-authors Alison Cherry, Lindsay Ribar and Michelle Schusterman join host Mindy McGinnis to talk about the inspiration for their upcoming release, THE PROS OF CONS.
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Monday Mar 05, 2018
Monday Mar 05, 2018
Today’s guest is Tricia Springstubb, author of picture books, chapter books and novels for middle grade readers. She joins host Mindy McGinnis to talk about the transition of changing from being a lover of stories to a writer of them, and why she writes for the age groups she does, how she takes real life inspiration and uses them in her fiction, and the challenge of writing chapter books for the readers who are in between picture books and novels.
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QUEEN OF ENGLAND: CORONATION by Courtney Brandt
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Host Mindy McGinnis recaps the February guests, and shares the story of Dawn Powell - an amazing writer in the early 1900s who was born five miles from her... and she'd never heard her name.
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KISS ME, KILL YOU by Larissa C. Hardesty
Monday Feb 19, 2018
Monday Feb 19, 2018
Today’s guest is Rachele Alpine, author of both YA and middle grade titles, as well as being a full-time English teacher, wife and mom. Rachele joins host Mindy McGinnis to talk about the importance of knowing what you want in an agent – and what questions to ask – before you begin querying, how having a teacher guide made for your book can crack the classroom market, as well as time management and how Rachele maximizes every minute in order to be a full time teacher, wife, mother, and writer.
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Sunday Feb 11, 2018
Sunday Feb 11, 2018
Today’s guest is Michelle Houts, a fellow Ohioan who also writes across multiple genres. Michelle joins host Mindy McGinnis to talk about the importance of letter writing and journaling from a personal perspective, as well as the historical, as these are a primary source for biographers. Also, the importance of a writer having a physical space specifically for creative work. And, how the story will tell you whether it is a picture book, novel, or non-fiction.
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Sarah Aronson Highlights Workshop
Monday Feb 05, 2018
Monday Feb 05, 2018
Today's guest is Katie Ernst, the Co-Founder of Select a Story, a company which produces interactive stories for Amazon Alexa and Google Home. Think: a Choose Your Own Adventure Audiobook that you can talk to. Katie talks about the company, how voice devices can be beneficial to authors, and how authors can go about writing one.
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