Has It Become Legal To Steal Your Work?
Live from LA, Soman and Victoria discuss the rampant explosion of piracy, plus the use of generative AI to write fanfiction and play the lottery for a rich publishing deal. Also they discuss how to st...
9 Heinä 1h 10min
Does Sex Make a Book 'Adult?'
Victoria and Soman go straight at the big question of the moment – do all adult books need sex? And what has made our brains so… horny? They also answer questions about the difference between AI and a...
2 Heinä 1h 9min
Can a Book Be Popular…and Still Not Sell?
Soman and Victoria try to figure out what’s more important for a book – sales or a fandom? They also answer questions about galleys and ARCS being sold online and how to be an author if you struggle w...
25 Kesä 1h 3min
Is Ambition The Key To Success Or A Curse?
Soman and Victoria discuss whether ambition is an asset or a hindrance in today’s marketplace. They also discuss the ins and outs of their writing routines plus whether subscription boxes are necessar...
18 Kesä 1h 2min
What Happened To YA? (with Veronica Roth)
This week Soman is joined by Veronica Roth to trace the rise and fall of the Young Adult genre, from Twilight to today’s more muddled market. They also talk about how to stay in love with your work wh...
4 Kesä 58min
How Do You Become A Bestseller?
Soman is back this week and he and Victoria decode the mysteries and magic by which a book becomes a best-seller. They also debate how readers “self-inserting” has become an epidemic and the ideal wor...
28 Touko 1h 11min
How Do You Survive Social Media? (with Veronica Roth)
Victoria and guest Veronica Roth discuss how they’ve survived the evolution of social media from the fun of unfiltered chatting on Twitter to the algorithmic nightmare we now found ourselves in. Also ...
21 Touko 1h 13min
