Cosy romance author, BK Borison joins us this week to chat about how tropes fold into the creative process of writing romance, making the leap from fan fiction to self-publishing an original romance novel, finding a literary agent and lots more.

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265 BK Borison | Indie to Traditional Cosy Romance Author

A deep dive into literary agents, meeting them, signing with them and the continued relationship.

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

S5.E8 - The Truth about Literary Agents

Hybrid romance author, Ellie K. Wilde is here to chat about her journey from self-published to traditionally published, BookTok marketing, romance tropes and more publishing tips.

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264 Ellie K. Wilde | Hybrid Romance Author

We are chatting about book covers, being asked to make mood boards, cover art "leaking" early online and Naomi gives an exclusive reveal about which of her covers she really doesn't like!

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

S5.E7 - How Much Input do Authors get on their Covers?

Neuroscientist and writer of STEM romance Hannah Brohm is with us this week to talk about her experiences of finding a literary agent, writing, editing and publishing a novel for the first time.

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263 Hannah Brohm | STEM Romance Author and Neuroscientist

We are talking about acquisitions, how they happens, who is involved and which bits authors are let in on and which bits they are not.

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

S5.E6 - What are Book Acquisitions and How Do I Get One?

Historical romantic fiction writer, Linda Wilgus joins Jamie to chat about her debut historical fiction novel, The Sea Child, how she plans and writes her stories, the publishing process and connecting with her literary agent, Madeleine Milburn.

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262 Linda Wilgus | Historical Romantic Fiction Author

We chat about the realities of doing events, launch parties and just walking into bookshops and asking to sign your books. A great episode for authors who are in the process of publishing and aren't sure how interfacing with booksellers works.

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

S5.E5 - Bookshops, Booksellers and Launch Parties

Literary agent Maria Whelan dials in this week to chat about her international route into publishing, what she's looking to add to her list of authors, how she tackles queries and many more book writing tips.

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261 Maria Whelan | Literary Agent

It's all marketing and PR this week as we get into the realities of it, talk about how different books get different budgets and the things that authors can do themselves to help spread the word about their books and themselves.

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

S5.E4 - Not All Marketing Budgets are Made Equal

📚 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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