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A Debut Experience All Authors Dream Of
Season 20 Episode 9
In today's Books with Hooks, Bianca, Carly, and CeCe critique a YA submission and a literary coming-of-age horror. They discuss avoiding using repeti…
1 year, 10 months ago
Insights from Publishing Phenomenon, Veronica Roth
Season 20 Episode 8
In today's Books with Hooks, Bianca, Carly, and CeCe critique a literary fiction query and a high concept YA fantasy query. They discuss the necessit…
1 year, 10 months ago
Rewriting Instead of Giving Up
Season 20 Episode 7
In today's Books with Hooks, Bianca, Carly, and CeCe are joined by Paige to discuss her query for her action-adventure romance novel. They discuss th…
1 year, 11 months ago
Metaphor and Meaning in Memoir
Season 20 Episode 6
In today's Books with Hooks, Bianca, Carly, and CeCe are joined by two guests, author Rachel Kapelke-Dale and her agent, Sarah Phair. They discuss en…
1 year, 11 months ago
April Bonus Episode: Writing Without a Pricetag
Season 20
In this month’s bonus episode, Bianca interviews poet, novelist, and Chair of the Amherst Writers (AWA), Sue Reynolds. They discuss the AWA workshop …
1 year, 11 months ago
Caroline Leavitt’s Insights and Encouragement
Season 19 Episode 5
In today’s Book with Hooks, Carly and CeCe critique two listener queries, a resubmission and a YA fantasy. They discuss the issue of starting with a …
1 year, 11 months ago
Figuring Out What Genre You Should Be Writing In
Season 19 Episode 4
In today's Books with Hooks, Bianca, Carly, and CeCe critique a children's picture book and a literary fiction query. They discuss avoiding vagueness…
1 year, 11 months ago
Choosing the Best POVs for a Multi-POV Novel
Season 19 Episode 3
In today's Books with Hooks, Carly and CeCe are joined by guest agent, Jo Ramsay, to critique two queries. They discuss the issue of withholding too …
1 year, 11 months ago
Insights from Mary Kubica
Season 20 Episode 2
In today's Books with Hooks, Bianca, Carly and CeCe discuss choosing a unique title for your work; having a strong plot connection between your main …
2 years ago
Defining Book Club Fiction
Season 20 Episode 1
In today's Books with Hooks, Bianca, Carly, and CeCe discuss keeping your author bio paragraph concise; the need for causality in a plot paragraph; p…
2 years ago