Literary agent, Isabel Lineberry joins us this week to chat about her journey in publishing, what it's like to build a list from the early stages of being a literary agent and how she tackles query letters.

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276 Isabel Lineberry | Literary Agent

Creative non-fiction author, Madelyn Postman is here to chat about her linked memoir anthology, which is going through a hybrid publishing process. We chat all about what that means, Madelyn's writing tips and experiences and how much writers love to procrastinate!

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275 Madelyn Postman | Memoir and Creative Non-Fiction Author

YA and adult horromance and thriller author, Naomi Gibson is back to chat about her latest book, moving from YA to adult and everything that has been going on with her. The extended episode features a very candid discussion on her experiences with publishing over the years.

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274 Naomi Gibson | Horror, Romance & Thriller Author

Editors and creators of the new editorial service Book-Fix, Samantha Eades and Francesca Brown are here to chat about their new publishing offering as well as their own experiences. Samantha chats about starting a new imprint and her many years as an editor at three of the big five publishers and Francesca discusses her work at Stylist magazine and the role of a books editor.

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273 Samantha Eades & Francesca Brown | Editors and Founders of Book-Fix

Children's fantasy writer, Louise Austin joins us to chat about her debut children's novel, her experience with the publishing process and managing to find a literary agent without querying!

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272 Louise Austin | Children's Fantasy Author

Literary agent and managing director, Jamie Cowen is here to chat about the career in publishing that ultimately led him to becoming a literary agent, which genres he represents and some of the emergent sub-genres in fantasy as well as queries and how cover letters are not strictly required when submitting to the Ampersand agency.

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271 Jamie Cowen | Literary Agent

Carnegie nominated children's author, Elle McNicoll is with us this week to chat about her debut adult romance novel, her journey and experiences in publishing and her book writing process.

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270 Elle McNicoll | Children's & Adult Romance Author

Romantic dystopian writer, Melissa Welliver returns to chat about her latest novel 'To The Death'. We do a bit of a career retrospective, discuss the different ways that genres are viewed and discuss a few publishing hot topics.

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269 Melissa Welliver | Dystopian Romance Author

Dystopian romance author, Ariel Sullivan chats about writing the second book in her trilogy of trilogies as well as the fortuitous and unique entry point she found into publishing and her journey so far into the literary world.

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268 Ariel Sullivan | Dystopian Romance Author

SFF & romance author, Alexis Hall joins us to discuss his new sapphic, futuristic retelling of Moby Dick, what it's like to work with three different publishers and editors at the same time and how he first got a foot in the door of publishing.

Cover art by Radiante Mozzarelle.

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267 Alexis Hall | Romance, Sci-fi and Urban Fantasy Author

📚 A writing podcast for writers, authors and anyone curious about the writing and publishing process. Featuring literary agents, authors, editors and more. Extended & ad-free episodes on Patreon ❤️

The Write and Wrong Podcast | Writing Tips, Book Publishing and Literary Agents

Bookish, writer friends Jamie, Melissa and Naomi talk about their favourite tropes, their least favourite tropes and everything in between!

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Music courtesy of Lud and Schlatts Musical Emporium [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFbtXFIaAJ0fOtgyeDs8Jog]

Jamie

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