Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWriting Scenes Involving Multiple Characters, Understanding Writing Theory & We Answer Your Questions
Season 11
In today's Bonus Episode, Bianca is joined by guest interviewer Kira Mahoney who interviews Daniel Kalla, author of The Darkness in the Light, about …
3 years, 9 months ago
Tess Gerritsen's Advice to Writers
Season 11 Episode 3
In today's Books with Hooks , Carly and CeCe each critique two query letters. In the process, they discuss stories with magical elements and why the …
3 years, 9 months ago
Writing Memoir, Planting Curiosity Seeds & Choosing Inciting Incidents
Season 11
In today's Bonus Episode, CeCe chats with Zibby Owens, podcaster, publisher, CEO and author of Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature. They…
3 years, 9 months ago
Using a Pen Name & Advice for Showing vs Telling - Riley Sager
Season 11 Episode 2
On today's Books with Hooks segment, Carly and CeCe are joined by Caroline and Sammy who submitted their work for critique. During the discussion, Ca…
3 years, 9 months ago
A Genre Guide, What Postcard Scenes Are, Resources Available to Writers, and a Bookstagrammer Gives You Comps
Season 11
In today's Bonus Episode, Bianca chats with Lidija Hilje, an Author Accelerator certified book coach about differentiating between genres; how to use…
3 years, 9 months ago
May Cobb's Insights on Writing
Season 11 Episode 1
In today's Books with Hooks, Carly and CeCe look at the same 3 queries, discussing a technique for discerning whether your plot points are too intern…
3 years, 9 months ago
Tips for Romance Writers, Blurred Genres & We Answer Your Questions
Season 10
In today's Bonus Episode, Femi Omotade joins us as a guest interviewer to chat with Ava Wilder, author of How to Fake It in Hollywood, to chat about …
3 years, 9 months ago
Trusting Your Subconscious and Yourself
Season 10 Episode 9
In today’s Books with Hooks, Carly and CeCe evaluate the same three query letters, and in the process, they offer solutions for when your novel doesn…
3 years, 10 months ago
Breaking the Rules & The Importance of Juxtaposition & A Bookstagrammer Gives You Comps
Season 10
In today’s Bonus Episode, Bianca chats with Hannah Orenstein, author of Meant to Be Mine, about drawing on personal connections for characters; getti…
3 years, 10 months ago
How Racism in the US Pushed Tara M. Stringfellow to Write Memphis
Season 10 Episode 8
In today's Books with Hooks, we're joined by two authors who submitted their work for critique. In the segment, Carly, CeCe and Bianca discuss when i…
3 years, 10 months ago