Writer, Writer, Pants On Fire

Today's guest is Anna Meriano, author of This Is How We Fly, a contemporary YA that focuses on a Muggle Quidditch team. Anna joined me today to talk about writing sports for young audiences, and how she navigated her debut being so closely tied to what has become a problematic fandom. Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook   Links for Anna: Twitter Site Pre-Order Campaign   Ad Links: Vellum Day Zero by Kelly DeVos Blacktooth the Pirate by Jay S. Willis The Better Patch

Today's guest is Dina Brumfield, who was born and raised in Shanghai, China. She came to the United States to join her family as a young adult in late ‘80s. After earning her MBA, she worked as a consultant in New York and at various Silicon Valley companies, before quitting to act on her long-held aspiration to write, in English, her second language. It took her 10 years to write and polish Unbound, her debut novel. Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook Links for Dina: Facebook Instagram   Ad Links: Vellum Choose Your Struggle Podcast Free Lunch Coffee  

Today's guest is Charise Harper whose new release, So Embarrassing: Awkward Moments and How to Get Through Them, a graphic novel for middle graders) releases in November. Charise joined me to talk about how to handle embarrassing situations (even as an adult) and how to help others cope in the moment. Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook Links for Charise: Twitter Instagram   Ad Links: Vellum

Today's guest is Richard Osman, British television personality and author of the best-selling new release, The Thursday Murder Club, featuring septuagenarian crime solvers living in a retirement community. Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook Links for Richard: Twitter Instagram   Ad Links: Vellum Puppet Telegrams WYLD Galleries

Today's guest is Hayley Chewins, author of The Turnaway Girls and The Sisters of Staygarden Place. Hayley joined me to talk about writing upper middle grade, the process of enduring multiple revise and resubmit stages, and her class - 100 Ideas in 10 Days. Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook Links for Hayley: Site 100 Ideas in 10 Days Twitter   Ad Links: Vellum Puppet Telegrams

Today's guest is Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library, a Good Morning America Book Club pick for October. Matt joined me to talk about mental health as a writer, and how to manage during the pandemic. Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook

Today's guest is Lori M. Lee, author of the YA Fantasy Forest of Souls. Lori joined me to talk about launching a book during the pandemic, pivoting to online marketing and promotion, and how she handled depression and anxiety during the ongoing epidemic. Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook Links for Lori: Site Twitter Instagram   Ad Links: Vellum Bull City Press Puppet Telegrams

Today's guest is Shayne Leighton, Editor in Chief of Parliament House Press, an indie publisher specializing in SciFi and Fantasy. Shayne joined me today to talk about the pros of going the indie route, the need for transparency in publishing, and how the pandemic has affected the industry. Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook   Ad Links: Bull City Press I, Ally

Kurt Dinan is the author of The Scam List, and Don't Get Caught. In this episode he talks about the difficulty of marketing humor and the learning curve of skills for indie publishing.   Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook   Links for Kurt: Site The Scam List   Ad Links: Now & When by Sara Bennett Wheeler Vellum

Today's guest is Fiona Davis, historical novelist, national bestseller and library darling. Fiona Joined me today to talk about the 125th anniversary of the New York Public Library, which is the setting for her newest book, The Lions of Fifth Avenue. We talk about writing historical fiction, research methods, the difficulty of writing dual timelines and the difference between writing recent history versus the past. Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook   Links for Fiona: Site The Lions of Fifth Avenue   Ad Links: Now & When by Sara Bennett Wheeler Vellum Time Turner Podcast

Today's guest is L.C. Barlow, a writer and professor working primarily in the field of speculative fiction.  She has an MA in English from the University of Texas at Arlington and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast program. Her fiction has reached over sixty-five thousand readers and garnered praise, including a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Awards, a winner of the Indie Reader Discovery Awards, a winner of the eLit Awards, and IndieReader’s Best Books of 2014. She joined me today to talk about moving from a self-publishing career to a traditional career, and the value of having a large reader base in order to make the change. Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook!   Links for LC: Site Twitter Instagram Facebook Quora   Ad Links: Now & When by Sara Bennett Wheeler Vellum Mystified Podcast Time Tuner Podcast

Today's guest is indie author Tara East, whose novel Every Time He Dies, drew from a deeply personal experience with grief. Tara joined us today to talk about how grief can be addressed through the fiction - and how to then turn off the personal attachment and view the novel as a product.   Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook!   Links for Tara:   Site Facebook Instagram Twitter     Ad Links:   Now & When by Sara Bennett Wheeler   Vellum    

Today's guest is David Gaughran, author of the historical adventures Liberty Boy, Mercenary & A Storm Hits Valparaiso, and has helped thousands of authors to self-publish their work via his workshops, blog, and books such as Let’s Get Digital, Let’s Get Visible, Amazon Decoded, Strangers to Superfans, BookBub Ads Expert, and Following. He has been featured in the Telegraph, the Irish Times, the Guardian, the Irish Examiner, the Sunday Times, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Forbes, Mashable, New York Observer, Newsweek Polska, il Giornale, The Star Malaysia, and a smattering of Wanted posters. In May 2020, he was one of the recipients of the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award along with John Picacio. SFWA President Mary Robinette Kowal said, “David Gaughran has been doing yeoman’s work for years, alerting indie writers about predatory schemes and warning them about changes in independent publishing. His work makes the science-fiction and fantasy landscape safer for writers.”   Read the Transcript Support th

Today's guest is William Schreiber, William’s novel, Someone to Watch Over, won the 2019 Rising Star award from the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. The novel is based on his original screenplay, which has won or been nominated for many awards, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship in screenwriting.   Links for Bill: Site Twitter   Check out The Melanin Project!   Support the Podcast Read the Transcript

Today's guest is Glenn Dyer, author of the Conor Thorn series, a World War 2 thriller series. Glenn joined us today to talk about the power of word of mouth, how to get reviews as an indie author, and the importance of networking as an indie publisher.   Support the Podcast Read the Transcript   Links for Glenn: Site Conor Thorn Series   Ad links: Vellum    

Today's guest is Rob Angel, the inventor of the board game Pictionary, whose new book, Game Changer: The Story of Pictionary and How I Turned a Simple Idea into the Bestselling Board Game in the World released this month. Rob shares his ideas on creativity, self-starting, and the similarities between being a writer and being a game creator.   Support the Podcast Read the Transcript  

Today's guest is Katee Robert,  a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. Entertainment Weekly calls her writing “unspeakably hot.” Her books have sold over a million copies.   Support the Podcast Read the Transcription   Ad Links: Vellum Jupiter By the Book by Amanda Sellet

Co-host Kate Karyus Quinn joins Mindy McGinnis for a special summer series focused on Indie and self-publishing authors. Today's guest is Lee Savino, successful indie author who found a way to combine craft with sales in order to make half a million dollars a year.  Support the Podcast Read the Transcript   Links for Lee: Website / Newsletter Sign Up Lee's Author Advice   Ads: Vellum Jupiter By the Book by Amanda Sellet  

Today's guest is Mag Dimond, author of Bowing to Elephants, which recently won Best Indie Biographies & Memoirs from Kirkus). Her book has been compared to EAT PRAY LOVE in professional reviews and has received accolades from many thought leaders in the mindfulness space. Mag joined me today to talk about using mindfulness practice to help ease your writing experience during the pandemic. Support the Podcast Read the Transcript   Links for Mag: Site

Today's guest is Dan Koboldt. Dan joined me today to talk about his publishing journey with SciFi, non-traditional routes to success in the audio world and how to put the science in fiction.  Support the Podcast    Links for Dan:   Site: http://dankoboldt.com/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/DanKoboldt   Ad Links:      Clean Beauty:http://www.cleanbeautycon.com/