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Leveraging Your Characters’ Emotional Complexity
Season 21 Episode 2
Today Bianca, Carly, and CeCe critique a coming-of-age submission set in the 80s, as well as a speculative literary fiction query.
They chat about the…
1 year, 5 months ago
October Comp Title Bonus Episode
Season 23
Join Bianca in our October bonus episode as your favourite book person, Emilie Sommer from East City Book Shop, answers all your comp requests!
If you…
1 year, 5 months ago
Dramatizing a Scene so That It Comes to Life on the Page
Season 22 Episode 1
Today Bianca interviews NYT bestselling nature writer, Leigh Ann Henion. They discuss Leigh Ann's latest work, Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworm…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ensuring Your Plot and Climax Match Your Genre
Season 21 Episode 9
Today, Bianca, Carly, and CeCe critique a speculative fiction query and a literary fiction one.
They discuss avoiding confusion in your query letter;…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Character Relationships Can Reveal Vulnerability and Create High Stakes
Season 22 Episode 9
In today’s episode, Bianca interviews the Hugo-Award winning and NYT bestselling sci-fi and fantasy author, Alix E. Harrow. They discuss Alix's lates…
1 year, 5 months ago
Balancing Scene Work and Interiority
Season 20 Episode 8
Today, Bianca, Carly, and CeCe critique a family saga submission and a psychological thriller.
They discuss whether there's a need for personalizati…
1 year, 6 months ago
September Comp Titles Segment
Season 22
In today's second Bonus Episode of the month, Emilie Sommer from East City Bookshop answers all your burning comp title questions!
To connect with Emi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Bumper September Bonus Episode
Season 22
In this month’s bonus episode, Bianca interviews Reese's book pick and best-selling author Marissa Stapley, to discuss her latest, The Lightning Bott…
1 year, 6 months ago
Insights from NYT bestselling authors, Liane Moriarty and Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Season 20 Episode 9
In today’s episode, we have two epic author interviews!
The first is with NYT best-selling romance-fantasy author, Hannah Nicole Maehrer, and her agen…
1 year, 6 months ago
Digging Deep to Find Your Characters’ Messy Emotions
Season 22 Episode 6
Today, Bianca, Carly, and CeCe discuss a humorous contemporary fiction query and an upmarket book club query.
They discuss clearly defining your genr…
1 year, 6 months ago