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If you"re an aspiring author and want insights into what"s involved in launching a book into the world, this is the podcast for you. Maggie Smith, author and blogger, interviews debut novelists from the Women"s Fiction Writers Association discussing not only the inspiration behind their book, but also their insights into the writing process, the best advice they ever got, and the joys and sometimes pitfalls they encountered on their path to publication.

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188: Jen Craven- Author of Best Years of Your Life

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2023/05/04

Our guest this week is Jen Craven (Best Years of Your Life, Indie published, August 2022). Listen in as we discuss why she decided on an academic setting for her debut, the pluses of indie publishing, the importance of professionalism when it comes to book covers, how she used comparable authors to formulate her own marketing plan, and how she’s found her niche writing about characters where one decision changes everything. Jen Craven is the author of emotional and suspenseful women's fiction,

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187: Robin Maass- Author of The Walled Garden

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2023/04/27

This week’s podcast features Robin Maass (The Walled Garden, Spark Press, May 2022). We discuss MFA programs and how they often neglect to teach story structure, and how, as a result, she had to move from “discovering the book” or pantsing to realizing you need stepping stones along the way. We explore how every book has some kind of mystery at its core and how important it is to spend time figuring out what kind of story you want to tell. Finally, we delve into social media and the appeal of

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186: Jody Herpin- Author of Relative Consequences

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2023/04/20

Our guest this week is Jody Herpin (Relative Consequences, Indie Published, March 2022). Jody always starts any new writing project by getting to know her characters, which includes not only a lengthy questionnaire, but a “face to face” interview, and a visual portfolio, including facial features, how they dress, and how they move. Listen to hear the journey of her debut, her best advice to newer writers, and why querying too soon can backfire. Jody Herpin is an award-winning author who writes

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185: Carol Orange- Author of A Discerning Eye

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2023/04/13

This week’s podcast features Carol Orange (A Discerning Eye, Cavan Bridge Press, October 2020). Carol’s background in both art (art books in London, art dealer in Boston) and publishing (editorial assistant at a Big Five house) provided plenty of ideas for her art heist novel centering around the looting of 13 masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum over 30 years ago. We discuss how she learned the craft of writing, the importance of networking and community, and how to handle

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184: Suzanne Mattaboni- Auhor of Once in a Lifetime

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2023/04/06

This week’s podcast features Suzanne Mattaboni (Once in a Lifetime, Touchpoint Press, March 2023). There’s much more to 1980’s America than disco balls and Andy Warhol and in Mattaboni’s debut novel we get to explore the avant-garde art scene, New Wave culture, and what it was like for a young woman trying to figure out what she wants in life amid the turmoil and energy of a burgeoning new era, shaped by young people—their clothes, their music, their boisterous embrace of life. Hear the unusual

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183: Linda MacKillop- Author of The Forgotten Life of...

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2023/03/30

Our guest this week is Linda MacKillop (The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon, Kregel Publications May 2022). Linda took a rough draft she’d worked on for years into her new MFA program and emerged with a polished manuscript, including a central character often likened to Olive Ketteridge. We discuss what it’s like when your protagonist is both difficult and suffering from memory loss, (which of course makes her unreliable) and how switching from first person to third person close made that task more

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182: Grace Marcus - Author of Visible Signs

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2023/03/23

Our podcast guest this week is Grace Marcus (Visible Signs, Touchpoint Press, May 2022). Grace, a debut author at 75 years old, shares lessons she learned along the line, including not signing with the first agent who makes an offer to trusting your gut when it comes to major rewrites. We discuss her marketing initiatives which include talks at senior centers and short writing workshops in exchange for a book purchase at libraries as well as her writing process, which she describes as “creep,

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181: RLynn Johnson- Author of Cry of the Heart

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2023/03/16

This week’s podcast guest is RLynn Johnson (Cry of the Heart, MilSpeak Books, May 2022). Taking inspiration from her years spent in the JAG Corps of the DOD, Robin fashioned a story of long-term female friendship and her first-hand experiences of being a female officer in the Army into her debut novel and then through a networking contact, found a publisher who specializes in stories told by military personnel, under the non-profit MilSpeak Foundation. But now that she’s caught the writing bug,

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180: Janis Robinson Daly- Author of The Unlocked Path

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2023/03/09

This week’s guest is Janis Robinson Daly (The Unlocked Path, Black Rose Writing, August 2022). March is Women’s History Month and how better to celebrate this popular sub-genre of women’s fiction than with Janis, an active member of the WFWA Facebook sub-group and a debut writer whose great-great grandfather inspired her fictionalized story of the first women’s medical college at the turn of the century. Listen as well to our discussion of how libraries are an untapped sales avenue for authors and

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179: Erin Litteken - Author of The Memory Keeper of Kyiv

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2023/03/02

This week’s podcast is with Erin Litteken (The Memory Keeper of Kyiv, Boldwood Books, May 2022). We discuss the serendipitous timeliness of her book, which examines the tactic of Holodomor (or forced starvation) which Russia utilized during their invasion of Ukraine in the 1930’s, her experiences with a newer small press based in England, her best advice to beginning writers, and her love of the rabbit hole called research. Added bonus: hear her formula for getting 5500+ reviews on Amazon in less

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178: Melanie Mitzner- Author of Slow Reveal

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2023/02/23

This week’s podcast is with Melanie Mitzner (Slow Reveal, Inanna Publishing, May 2022). Melanie started her writing career as a playwright and screenwriter but switched to the novel form for this story of an artist examining her life choices in 1990’s New York. We discuss her decision to print with Inanna (renowned feminist press), differences when you publish in Canada, the research needed to capture a specific time period, and what’s involved in creating characters who differ from you in terms of

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177: Karen Winn - Author of Our Little World

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2023/02/23

Listen to this week’s podcast with our guest Karen Winn (Our Little World, Dutton, May 2022). Karen’s an example of how helpful writing conferences can be as she met her dream agent at a Muse and the Marketplace event in Boston and then worked with her on an extensive revision before going out on sub. Hear what it’s like to publish through an imprint of the Big Five, including cover design, titling (hint: they may change it), and book promotion and how part of Karen’s journey has been homing in on

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176: Judith Brenner - Author of The Moments Between...

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2023/02/09

This week’s podcast is with Judith Brenner (The Moments Between Dreams, Greenleaf Book Group Press, May 2022). An historical fiction which encompasses not only the polio epidemic but also issues of domestic abuse, Judith’s novel is a homage to both her mother and grandmother as well as the sacrifices women made in the years directly after the war. We discuss her publisher’s process for picking the book’s title, the questions she’s asked most often at book clubs, and the quirky way she makes money

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175: Eileen Brill- Author of A Letter In The Wall

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2023/02/02

This week’s podcast is with Eileen Brill (A Letter In The Wall, Spark Press, May 2022). We discuss how fate dropped her story’s inciting incident into her lap during a home renovation, the Facebook group her husband cultivated that wound up propelling her book to Amazon heights, and how she’s learned an important lesson – that authors need to embrace being an active cheerleader for their own books. . Eileen Grace Brill is a painter, writer, and sign language interpreter who grew up outside of

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174: Kimberly Nixon- Author of Rock Bottom, Tennessee

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2023/01/26

This week’s podcast is with Kimberly Nixon (Rock Bottom,Tennessee, indie-published, April 2022). Using an apocryphal family legend about her grandmother as the springboard, Kimberly set out to tell the story of an impoverished woman during the depression who went to prison for robbing trains. We discuss the delicate balance of giving yourself permission to change characters and details to further the narrative while also honoring your family’s memory, how critique partners and mentors were crucial

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173: Kris Spisak - Author of The Baba Yaga Mask

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2023/01/19

Our latest podcast episode features Kris Spisak (The Baba Yaga Mask, Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, April 2022). Kris, the previous author of three non-fiction books on writing, always knew her first novel would center around Ukraine, the country of origin of her grandparents and extended family. Little did she know that the initial concept would take 8 years to come to fruition and then, through an odd set of circumstances, would be published only 5 weeks after everyone in the world was talking about

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172: Zoe Disigny - Author of The Art of Traveling...

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2023/01/12

Listen here to our interview with Zoe Disigny (The Art of Traveling Strangers, Mascot Publishing, February 2022). Hear her story of initially querying agents with a 20,000 word manuscript, her thoughts on how her own self-perception changed during the writing of her novel, how she went about choosing a hybrid publisher, and how she was able to enrich her book through weaving in knowledge from her previous career as an art historian. Zoe Disigny holds a master's degree in art history and taught

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171: Sarah Branson - Author of A Merry Life

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2023/01/05

Here’s our latest podcast with Sarah Branson (A Merry Life, Sooner Started Press, April 2022). Our discussion ranges from what it’s like to build a world that’s set 300 years in the future but still keep it character-driven (“Like historical fiction that just hasn’t happened yet”) to a wise coach’s advice to Sarah about marketing an indie book (“No one can buy a book they haven’t heard of”) and why she decided her very long book was really a series of four and then chose to release them all within

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170: Maggie Giles - Author of The Things We Lost

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2022/12/28

Listen here to our newest podcast with Maggie Giles (The Things We Lost, Rising Action, April 2022). We discuss how her book’s concept is a twist on the Sliding Doors trope of “what if our lives had gone differently” and took her seven years to write, how she took a chance and signed with a novice publisher as their very first author, and how it’s imperative that writers discuss with their significant other that writing is not a hobby, but a job and a passion and requires us to devote time to it

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169: Jen Gilroy- Author of The Sweetheart Locket

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2022/12/22

This week’s podcast is with Jen Gilroy (The Sweetheart Locket, Orion Dash/Orion Books, March 2022). Unlike most of our guests, Jen has been publishing since 2017 but in the romance category, so we discuss what’s involved in switching to a new genre while still holding tight to your unique creative voice. As a writer who thinks strategically about her career, Jen shares insights into how British and American audiences differ, what she’s learned from working simultaneously in two genres with two

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