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Season 2 Episode 8
Author and host, Bianca Marais, chats with Putnam editor and adjunct professor of publishing for NYU, Mark Tavani, about all things suspense: techniq…
5 years, 3 months ago
Point of View and an Update on the Industry: Carly Watters
Season 2 Episode 7
Author and Host, Bianca Marais, chats with literary agent, Carly Watters from P.S. Literary Agency, about elements of craft and the state of the lite…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest Literary Trend: Writing Partnerships
Season 2 Episode 6
Author and host, Bianca Marais chats with bestselling author duos, Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, as well as Lynne and Valerie Constantine (who write a…
5 years, 3 months ago
What All Writers Can Learn From the Thriller Genre
Season 2 Episode 5
Author and host, Bianca Marais, chats with bestselling author, Samantha M. Bailey, as well as Nita Pronovost, editor and vice president/editorial dir…
5 years, 3 months ago
Talking Audiobooks & Elements of Craft with Katharine Lee McEwan
Season 2 Episode 4
Author and host, Bianca Marais, chats with award-winning British actress, writer, and producer, Katharine Lee McEwan, about all things audiobooks — i…
5 years, 4 months ago
Why Writing Groups are Integral
Season 2 Episode 3
Author and host, Bianca Marais chats with two members of her BACKSpacers writing group, Alek Trpkovski and Suzanne Dugard, about why writing groups a…
5 years, 4 months ago
What You Need to Know About Self Publishing
Season 2 Episode 2
Author and host, Bianca Marais, chats with author, K.A. Tucker, who's gone from self publishing to traditional publishing, and then back again. Kath…
5 years, 4 months ago
Succeeding in the YA (Young Adult) Market
Season 1 Episode 10
Author and host, Bianca Marais, chats with the effervescent Liara Tamani, author of two YA novels, All the Things We Never Knew and Calling My Name, …
5 years, 5 months ago
Writing Sex Scenes & Befriending Booksellers
Season 1 Episode 7
Author and host, Bianca Marais, loves booksellers! And she especially loves Rebecca Speas of One More Page Books in Arlington, VA. In this episode, B…
5 years, 5 months ago
When You Don't Make Shit Up - Memoir & Nonfiction
Season 1 Episode 4
Author and Host, Bianca Marais, chats with Kelly S. Thompson, an award-winning writer and editor with a broad range of experience and education in th…
5 years, 6 months ago