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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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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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148: Judy Stanigar - Author of Marika's Best Laid Plan

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2022/07/14

Listen to our interview with Judy Stanigar (Marika’s Best Laid Plan, All Things That Matter Press, October 2021). The idea for this debut novel came from Judy’s experience working in a treatment center for heroin addicts early in her career paired with her clinical training in how people deal with grief. She also shares insights from her stint as a junior editor at Little Brown as we discuss chasing trends and plowing through slush piles and she shares how she hates writing outlines so much she

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147: Pamela Stockwell- Author of A Boundless Place

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2022/07/07

This week our guest is Pamela Stockwell (A Boundless Place, Ten16 Press, October 2021). We discuss how the idea for her debut novel sprang from the unusual neighborhood Pamela grew up in and how the 2020 pandemic affected her decisions about how and when to publish. She also shares how signing up for WFWA’s morning write-ins changed her life when she decided to volunteer to donate one of her kidneys to a fellow writer in need of a transplant. Pamela Stockwell was born in Texas, raised in South

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146: Kalyn Fogarty- Author of What We Carry

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2022/06/30

In this podcast, we discuss how Kalyn suffered a miscarriage a few years ago and sought solace in fiction only to find very few books dealing with this life-changing event. This led to her writing her debut as a way to not only explore her own experience but also reach out to others in the same situation. She re-wrote her manuscript four times, changing not only tense but point of view, but once finished, was offered a contract from all five of the small presses she queried and signed with one that

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145: Paulette Stout- Author of Love, Only Better

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2022/06/23

Paulette took 18 years to finish this novel which deals with a secret rarely discussed in women’s fiction—the pleasure we seek and deserve in the sexual arena. Hear how Paulette’s personal experiences prepared her to tackle this controversial subject matter and how once she did, she put herself through a crash course on self-publishing to make her book a reality. We also dive deep into a discussion of why it’s so important for your book cover to send the right message to potential readers about

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144: Cherie Genua- Author of Greetings from Tucson

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2022/06/16

Enjoy our interview with Cherie Genua (Greetings from Tucson, indie-published, September 2021). Cherie, a self-described “woman in tech”, adds novelist to her resume with the release of this fictionalized account of her grandmother’s story, who lost her parents at a young age and then was separated from 2 of her 3 sisters for years afterwards. The hand-written letters Cherie discovered in a box after her grandmother’s death provided the inspiration, and Cherie provided the hard work, teaching

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143: Rebecca Campbell - Author of Sandalwood

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2022/06/09

In this episode, we talk with Rebecca Campbell about writing her debut off and on for over a decade before finally finishing it and deciding to take control of the entire project, including interior formatting, cover design, and publishing it through KDP. Hailing from a small town in Australia meant primarily marketing her book online and we discuss the importance of virtual on-line communities to a writer like herself as well as how just mentioning the words “sexual desire” in her blurb was enough

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Special Episode: Womens Fiction Day June 2022

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2022/06/05

Our host Maggie Smith leads a roundtable discussion with the three finalists for the WFWA Star Award for Women's Fiction/Debut category as they discuss what it means to write "women's fiction", the trajectory of their writing careers, finding camaraderie with their peers, the value of book awards, and what they've learned from readers since their book's publication. Panelists are: Julie Carrick Dalton (Waiting For the Night Song, Forge, January 2021) Joani Elliott (The Audacity of Sarah Grayson,

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142: Julia Brewer Daily- Author of No Names To Be Given

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2022/06/02

Julia Daily's debut novel had its seeds in the author’s personal search over forty years ago for her birth mother, a time before DNA tests and genealogical records were available online. Her tale of three disparate women, meeting at a maternity home hospital in New Orleans, has resonated with adoptees like herself, with its message of joy, hope, and renewal. We also discuss Julia’s podcast, aptly named “Authors over 50” where she interviews older debut writers, celebrating the creativity of people

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