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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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168: J. Marie Rundquist - Author of All I'm Asking

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2022/12/17

Rundquist's book is an epistolary novel, written entirely in messages, primarily emails, between two friends, so it presented unique and tricky challenges in terms of dialogue and character development. We discuss Janet’s belief in touching her current story on a daily basis to keep it fresh in her mind and how getting clear about what her goals were for her debut led to her decision to be her own publisher and she shares what she learned during the process. J. Marie Rundquist believes a day isn’t

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167: Sita Romero - Author of Words We Cannot Say

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2022/12/08

This week’s podcast is with Sita Romero (Words We Cannot Say, Red Adept Publishing, April 2022). Sita’s background as a former doula informs her first novel, which she describes as a complex story of motherhood, infertility, and women’s traditional roles. She purposely set out to explore narratives that are often quieted and found agents loved her book but struggled with how to sell it. It wasn’t until she delved into her own feelings about what she wanted her book to be and why she wanted it

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166: Judy Lannon- Author of Nine Days

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2022/11/24

This week's interview is with Judy Lannon (Nine Days, Atmosphere Press, March 2022).A novice at writing, Judy was inspired to write her novel after advising a young woman about not only the emotions involved but the practical steps needed to deal with the passing of an aging parent. She describes herself as an undisciplined writer, not keeping to a regular schedule or setting word count goals but instead writing when the mood strikes her. Even though she didn’t start marketing her book until after

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165: Lisa Roe- Author of Welcome to the Neighborhood

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2022/11/17

This week’s interview is with Lisa Roe (Welcome to the Neighborhood, Sourcebooks, April 2022). Describing herself as too anxious to be a pantser, Lisa describes how, for her, embracing a story structure frees her creativity, her rule of thumb for when to put a novel in the drawer and start over, and how her publisher used focus groups to not only choose her book’s title but also its final cover design. A sucker for stickers to reward herself, Lisa shares exactly how much time each phase of her

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164: Erin Flanagan- Author of Deer Season

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2022/11/10

Our interview this week is with Erin Flanagan (Deer Season, University of Nebraska Press, September 2021). With four previous novels in the drawer, Erin dug into her childhood memory of her father moving their family from Chicago to a small midwestern town of 1200 residents, and crafted Deer Season, a haunting story of the ripple effect of an act of violence on a close-knit community. We discuss how she came to be a reviewer at Publishers Weekly, how she keeps track of the hours she spends in

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163: Shirley Novack- Author of The Story of ...

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2022/11/03

Our podcast guest this week is Shirley Novack (The Story of … , Fulton Books, March 2022). Here how this project started as a homage to her Polish immigrant father but evolved into a sweeping saga of the hardships and triumphs of Eastern European families building a new life in America. An interior design career is an unlikely background for a novel writer but Shirley pursued her dream and can now be found most mornings either writing her next historical fiction or working out plot points on her

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162: Kathy Strobos- Author of Partner Pursuit

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2022/10/27

Listen to our podcast guest Kathy Strobos (Partner Pursuit, Indie published, October 2021) as we discuss how she quit her job as a corporate attorney to have better work-life balance which was not coincidentally the theme of her first novel. She loves the control that comes with publishing your own work, even while she admits it’s a lot of work and you’ll love her hands-on marketing approach which includes emailing everyone she ever met from ex-classmates to corporate clients to the check-out

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161: Harriet Cannon- Author of Exiled South

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2022/10/20

Our podcast guest this week is Harriet Cannon (Exiled South, Koehler Books, January 2022). Hear how Harriet, who has dyslexia, works around this in her writing, including using foam story boards and memorizing passages to read at presentations. Her background as a family therapist and work with addictions helps her dig deep into character’s motivations and she also writes a detailed study of the location of her books, stating that “place” is just as important sometimes as a character for a

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160: Tammy Harrow- Author of All the Salt in the Sea

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2022/10/13

Our interview this week is with guest Tammy Harrow (All the Salt in the Sea, Red Adept Publishing, January 2022). We discuss the long gestation period this novel went through before Tammy started the querying process, her best marketing advice to beginning writers, why she has become a die-hard outliner, and the unique bucket list she just completed after working on it for two decades. Tammy Harrow is an international solo traveler, writer, and photographer. She’s spent much of her life in the

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159: Kerry Chaput- Author of Daughter of the King

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2022/10/06

In this podcast, Kerry Chaput and I discuss how researching her genealogy inspired her trilogy of historical fiction, how she’s a big believer in writers being clear about their branding and positioning in the marketplace, and why she’s crazy about TikTok. Kerry Chaput is an award-winning historical fiction author. She believes in the power of stories that highlight young women, first love, and found families. Her debut Daughter of the King has remained in the top one-hundred bestsellers for

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158: Cheryl Corriveau - Author of The Demanding River

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2022/09/29

This week’s podcast is with Cheryl Corriveau (The Demanding River, Fulton Books, July 2021). We discuss how Cheryl tapped into her own experiences running a boat dealership in Florida when she outlined the plot of her debut including dealing with hurricanes, drug dealers and blatant misogyny, her persistence in searching for a way to publish her novel, and why she’s known in her neighborhood as Mrs. Fierce. Cheryl Corriveau is a native Floridian. Being an only child, her parents instilled in her

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157: Tonya Mitchell- Author of A Feigned Madness

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2022/09/22

Our podcast guest this week is Tonya Mitchell (A Feigned Madness, Cynren Pres, October, 2020) who was inspired to write a novel based around an historical figure from the 1880’s, Nellie Bly, who went undercover for ten days at the infamous Blackwell Insane Asylum in NYC to expose the abusive conditions there. Hear about her research process, her decision to work with a boutique press, and her newest literary obsession (listen to find out) Tonya Mitchell’s short fiction has appeared in various

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156: Kimberly Sullivan- Author of Three Coins

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2022/09/08

This week’s podcast is with Kimberly Sullivan (Three Coins, indie-published, October 2021). She zooms in with us from Rome where she’s lived for over 25 years and where her novel is set. Our discussion ranges from the 1954 classic film that provided her inspiration, what the publishing world looks like in Italy, her participation in the WFWA Historical Fiction group, and what made her decide to go the indie route when it came to her debut. Kimberly Sullivan writes the women’s fiction stories she

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155: Dawn (D.W.) Hogan - Author of Unbroken Bonds

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2022/09/01

Our podcast author this week is Dawn (D.W.) Hogan (Unbroken Bonds, Woodhall Press, October 2021). Her book tells the story of four teenage girls facing ostracism and hardship when unwanted pregnancies force them to a home where their rights are stripped and their babies snatched away, a dark period in US history during the ‘50’s and ‘60’s. Dawn was determined to honor the stories of these young women and their children, querying for over a decade to find a publisher for the piece. Her valuable

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154: Georgina Key- Author of Shiny Bits In Between

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2022/08/25

Our guest this week is Georgina Key (Shiny Bits In Between, Balance of Seven, June 2020). Georgina’s novel explores the grief of a mother losing a child and finding solace in both the natural coastal beauty of the Bolivar Peninsula near Galveston as well as human connections with others also mourning a loss. Though she debuted during the worst months of the pandemic, Georgina was supported by friends and family around the globe, sponsoring one of the first on-line launch parties and continues two

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153: Kelley McNeil- Author of A Day Like This

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2022/08/18

Our guest this week is Kelley McNeil (A Day Like This, Lake Union, November 2021). We discuss how her book was one of several released during the pandemic which examines how our lives might be different if we’d chosen a different path, with some readers calling it a self-help book in fiction form. Kelley also takes us behind the scenes of what it’s like to publish through the women’s fiction imprint of Amazon with the full weight of their advertising power behind you, including media exposure,

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152: Joani Elliott- Author of The Audacity of Sara...

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2022/08/11

This week's guest is Joani Elliott (The Audacity of Sara Grayson, Post Hill Press, May 2021). Knowing she’d never achieve her dream of being a writer unless she made a serious commitment, Joani quit her academic teaching career to work full-time on her first novel. You won’t want to miss the backstory of how the book’s high-concept idea came to her (and where). And even though it took three years to finish after that light-bulb moment, it only took days for a top agent she met at a pitch conference

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151: Maan Gabriel- Author of After Perfect

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2022/08/04

Our guest on this podcast is Maan Gabriel (After Perfect, She Writes Press, October 2021). What if your protagonist is the hardest character to write because she’s like your shadow self, working through events that might have happened to you if your life had taken a different path? That’s what Maan experienced when she began journaling the thoughts that became this novel. Hear her take on how her Filipino-American heritage affected her publishing journey, how she signed with the first publisher she

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150: Luisa Livorno Ramondo- Author of Beyond The...

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2022/07/28

Luisa's debut began as a recording of her mother’s life growing up in a small village in southern Italy and her journey to break free from the poverty and bleakness of her environment, but quickly grew into a historical novel tracing the journey of a gutsy, independent young woman yearning for a better life. Luisa also discusses publishing through a crowd-sourcing method of finance whereby pre-orders paid for most of her initial costs as well as providing her with a solid group of immediate and

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149: JoAnn Catania- Author of A Scarcity of Virgins

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2022/07/21

Resurrecting a 30-year old manuscript loosely framed around the novel Madame Bovary by Flaubert, JoAnn set about shaping into a workable novel with help from various sources including webinars from WFWA. Working in details from her own Sicilian heritage, JoAnn fashioned a story of a woman’s reawakening in middle age to all of life’s wonder and possibilities. She took the hybrid press way to publishing and is well on her way now to a full-time career as a writer. JoAnn Catania was born in Sicily and

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