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Shooting the Shit About The Life and Death of Critical Thinking
In this week’s episode of Shooting the Shit, Carly and CeCe are back and here to unpack a thought-provoking article on the future of reading, discuss…
1 day, 14 hours ago
Beginning With The Three Cs
Season 32 Episode 1
This week’s Books with Hooks features two very different manuscripts. Carly, CeCe and Bianca discuss a dual-timeline second-chance romance that strug…
5 days, 14 hours ago
Shooting the Shit With Special Guest Alia Hanna Habib
This week on Shooting the Shit, CeCe Lyra welcomes literary agent and author Alia Hanna Habib to discuss her new book, ‘Take It From Me: An Agent’s G…
1 week, 1 day ago
The First Guest on Books With Hooks is Publishing! & The Protagonist as an Outsider
Season 31 Episode 10
In part one of this week’s episode, Bianca Marais chats with debut author Ruth Newton about the journey from being the very first Books with Hooks gu…
1 week, 5 days ago
Shooting the Shit About Trends—And Why You Do (And Don't) Need Them—Solo With Carly
What are publishing trends really, and should writers chase them? In this solo episode, Carly Watters pulls back the curtain on how literary agents t…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Leveraging Surprise and Disruption
Season 31 Episode 9
In this week’s Books with Hooks episode, Carly and CeCe critique two speculative fiction submissions—one a chilling Appalachian horror and the other …
2 weeks, 5 days ago
June Bonus Episode
In this month's bonus episode, bestselling author Jenny Jackson connects with literary agent CeCe Lyra to discuss the challenges of writing a second …
3 weeks, 1 day ago
It's the Rewriting That Makes You an Author
Season 31 Episode 8
Author and NPR producer Haili Blassingame joins Bianca Marais to discuss her debut novel, ‘They All Fall in Love in the End', a bold exploration of l…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Shooting the Shit About AI Reading Companions and Debriefing Last Week's Episode
This week, on Shooting the Shit Carly and CeCe unpack their conversation with best-selling author Andi Bartz and dive deeper into the growing role of…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Finding the Heart of the Story
Season 31 Episode 7
In this Books with Hooks segment, Bianca, CeCe, and Carly critique a memoir query about parenting a child with Down syndrome, emphasizing that while …
1 month ago