[Podcast] What To Do When Your Book Is Rejected podcast post

What if I told you that your dream will come true and you’ll publish a book? 

Now, what if I told you it will take 14 years before you get published?

That’s bittersweet, right? Jennifer Risher,...

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[Podcast] How to Get Published in the Harvard Business Review and Other Prestigious Pubs podcast post

“How do I get published in the Harvard Business Review
or another prestigious publication?”

For many business professionals, this question is always at the forefront. To get published in the Harv...

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[Podcast] What Is a Book Launch Team? podcast post

Writing a book is not a solo act. You need the support of editors and readers. Launching a book isn’t a solo act, either.

You need a team—a book launch team—to create buzz beyond your immediate ...

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[Podcast] The Four Cornerstones of Self-Publishing podcast post

“Is this vanity press?” “Are you going to control the rights?” “Do I have to pay a lot?”

These are common questions writers ask when considering self-publishing.

We spoke with Steven Spatz, Pres...

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[Podcast] Literary Agent Adria Goetz on Querying an Agent podcast post

Where do you find an agent? How do you query them? What if they reject your work?

Querying an agent can be downright daunting. You first wonder, Where do I find an agent? And once you find a hand...

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[Podcast] Memoir as Genre vs. Memoir as Strategy podcast post

What is memoir as a genre and memoir as a strategy? Senior Vice President of Editorial at Harper One Mickey Maudlin identifies the differences.

“So what? Why does memoir categorization matter?” It...

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[Podcast] Authors of "I'll Push You" Offer Tips on Story Structure podcast post

We’ve all studied basic story structures in our high school English classes. And if you’re anything like me, you probably purged them from your memory. What will I ever need to know this for?

But ...

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[Podcast] The Ways and Means of a Literary Agent podcast post

"How do I find a literary book agent?" is one of the most common questions of aspiring writers.

Literary agent Don Gates, founder of The Gates Group, has a few ideas. He says that he, like most a...

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[Podcast] How Curiosity Makes Your Writing Memorable podcast post

You may never have considered how curiosity makes your writing memorable. If you haven't, are you curious to know how?

Recently, Dave and I chatted about curiosity. We both self-identify as curio...

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[Podcast] The 6 Writing Discipline Models podcast post

Mornings and I mix as well as homework and the weekend. The two are simply incompatible. 

That's why I rarely write in the morning (though, ironically, it's morning, and I'm writing this before th...

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[Podcast] How to Start Writing a Book podcast post

There are a thousand clichés about how to take the first step of a long journey.

But they all have one thing in common: you have to start. In this episode, we offer up a series of tips on how to ...

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[Podcast] What Magazines Teach Us about Writing Well podcast post

By Dave Goetz and Melissa Parks

Each of us has spent quite a bit of time in the magazine industry. During those years, we learned some skills from magazine writing that can translate to book writi...

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