The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra
This is a podcast for emerging writers who want to improve the quality of their work and learn more about the publishing industry. Your one host, Bianca Marais (the bestselling author of 'The Witches of Moonshyne Manor') interviews authors, agents, editors and just about anyone and everyone who's involved in bringing a book to market. She's joined by her cohosts, literary agents Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra from P.S. Literary Agency, who read and critique query letters as well as opening pages in...
Episodes (798)
When Intrigue Turns Into Confusion
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
Shooting the Shit About What Agents Do All Day
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
How to Build a Protagonist Who Actually Makes Sense
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Shooting The Shit About Changes to the NYT Bestseller List and Editors Allegedly...
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Plugging in Mental Modules
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Shooting the Shit About Cancelled Books and the Shy Girl AI Discourse
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Insights from Beth O'Leary and Kate Hilton
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March Bonus Episode
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Comp Titles That Make Agents Go...Hmm
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Shooting the Shit About Your Response to Last Week's Episode and What Can Be Cop...
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The Secret Behind Immersive Worlds
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Shooting the Shit About High Brow vs. Low Brow and Editors Who Hate Their Jobs
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When Characters Collide with Conflict
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Shooting the Shit About Sending The Elevator Back Down And Paying It Forward Wit...
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Insights from Lisa Unger
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Shooting the Shit About Memoirs That Sell and The Publicity Delusion
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Double Hooks & Power Imbalances
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February Bonus Episode
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The Anatomy of an Opening
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Shooting The Shit About Our Publishing Pet Peeves and What To Do When Your One “...
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How to Make Agents Curious While Also Impressing Them With Your Line Level Writi...
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Shooting the Shit About Editors Quiet Quitting and the Unpaid Labour of Agents
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The Long Game of Publishing
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Shooting The Shit About Auctions, *That* Post, and The Right Resources
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When the Past Won't Stay Buried: Building Dark Psychological Thrillers
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January Bonus Episode
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The Infinite Options of Where to Begin
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Shooting the Shit About What Carly and CeCe Want To Fix In The Publishing Indust...
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The Mechanics of Great Storytelling
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Shooting the Shit About The Easiest Genres to Sell and How Agents Impact The Out...
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Perfecting the Page One Experience
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Shooting the Shit About Your Deepest and Darkest Book Money Questions PART TWO
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Big Auction Debuts and What Brings You Back to the Page
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December Bonus Episode
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The Job of a Disruption
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Shooting the Shit About Your Deepest and Darkest Book Money Questions: PART ONE
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The Evolution of a Novel
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Shooting the Shit About How Much Agents Share
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Quiet Stories, Big Stakes
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
Shooting the Shit: About the hidden side of best-of-year lists, AI worries, and...
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
Plotting With Fate
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Shooting the Shit: About agent burnout and the problems facing small publishers...
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The Pinball Effect in Fiction
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November Bonus Episode
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When Writing Gets Personal: Two Authors on Vulnerability and Voice
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Shooting the Shit...Live from Hawaii! About turning down offers and how best to...
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
Murder, Metafiction, and Query Letter Mayhem
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
Shooting the Shit Live From LA! About Page to Screen and NaNoWriMo
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Success after 800 Rejections!
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
Shooting the Shit About Winning Author Mindsets and Agent Submission Timelines
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing