Instant New York Times bestselling author of The Nest, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, spoke with me about her life before fiction and how she gets words on the page.
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Jul 4
How #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Jodi Picoult Writes: Redux
#1 New York Times bestselling author, Jodi Picoult, spoke with me about writing for Wonder Woman, adapting books for musical theater, and the question of Shakespeare's true authorship in her upcoming novel BY ANY OTHER NAME. Jodi Picoult is the bestselling author of 30 novels, in ... Show More
36m 55s
Jun 27
How to Build a Meaningful Author Platform with Nicole Meier and Gretchen Schaffer of Book Works
Experts Nicole Meier and Gretchen Schaffer, the duo behind Book Works, spoke to me about how to build a meaningful author platform, and how they empower authors through book coaching and branding expertise. Nicole Meier is a certified book coach and the author of four novels, as ... Show More
35m 5s
Jun 20
How Founding Editor of the LA Review of Books Tom Lutz Writes: Part Two
Bestselling, award-winning author, and founder of the LA Review of Books, Tom Lutz, returned to talk with me about life in the French countryside, his writer’s residency, and the greatest year in literary history, 1925. He's a Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing at UC Riversid ... Show More
39m 54s
Mar 2023
Exploratory Writing, Speaking and the Truth About Business Books with Alison Jones - 262
When you have a big idea and message to share, and you want to get it out to more people you have so many more channels available today for achieving that. Regardless of the number of platforms at your fingertips, your choice really comes down to two options - do you communicate ... Show More
55m 18s
Oct 2018
Work: A Literary Agent | 157
Jenni Burke is an unassuming literary agent, because she’s one of the nicest people in the world to talk to, but the woman can get things DONE when it comes to contracts, business negotiations, and representing her authors well. I love her approach and philosophy of slow publishi ... Show More
47m 29s
Jul 2023
Telling Stories and Creating Legacies with Jo Gatford - 267
As you may know in addition to teaching people how to become awesome speakers, I am a writer, and that’s how I first discovered Jo Gatford. I was writing my second play, and needed some concentrated time to focus on getting it written, queue Writers HQ. Jo Gatford is an award-win ... Show More
58m 14s
Nov 2018
#160: E.Lockhart on How To Write A Novel
E. Lockhart is a New York Times bestselling author of ten novels, including We Were Liars, which was a New York Times bestseller and Zoella Book Club pick, and the novel Genuine Fraud, soon to be a film produced by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner of HBO series Girls.In this episode ... Show More
31m 47s
Feb 2022
#367 Abigail Bergstrom: How To Write A Novel In Secret
Abigail Bergstrom is a Welsh writer, editor and agent, who has worked in publishing for over a decade. She is an industry leader and an expert and has edited some of Britain's most prominent feminist voices, she was nominated for Literary Agent of the Year 2020 and has helped bui ... Show More
47m 13s