Harness the Psychology of Fandom to Write Your Book - Jennifer Lynn Barnes - The Inheritance Games Trilogy
Marissa chats with Jennifer Lynn Barnes about the conclusion to The Inheritance Games Trilogy - THE FINAL GAMBIT - as well as being flexible with your creative process in order to strike a life-work b...
10 Okt 202247min
Writing Rituals and Gothic Romance - Lyndall Clipstone - Forestfall
Marissa chats with Lyndall Clipstone about her gothic romance duology - LAKESEDGE and FORESTFALL - as well as how the desire to prove oneself can be an excellent motivator; using special rituals in or...
26 Sep 202250min
Overcoming Doubt and Rejection with Isaac Blum - The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
Marissa chats with Isaac Blum about his debut novel - THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF HOODIE ROSEN - as well as longlisting for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature (congrats!); pushing forwar...
19 Sep 202246min
Outlining Your Murder Mystery with One of Us Is Lying author Karen M. McManus - Nothing More to Tell
Marissa chats with Karen M. McManus about her new YA mystery - NOTHING MORE TO TELL - as well as developing characters that are complex and relatable by first interviewing them and creating in-depth p...
5 Sep 202246min
Bonus: The Query Letter and Agent Search - with Joanne Levy
For our 125th episode, Marissa and Joanne talk all things query letters! Answering listener-submitted questions, we cover such topics as: How do you know when you're ready to query? How do you find a...
30 Aug 20221h 19min
A Surreal Zombie Romance with Britney S. Lewis - The Undead Truth of Us
Marissa chats with Britney S. Lewis about her surreal zombie romance - THE UNDEAD TRUTH OF US - as well as working with underlying metaphors in your fiction, and how your themes might change and expan...
22 Aug 202246min
True Crime Meets Romance in Alicia Thompson's Love in the Time of Serial Killers
Marissa chats with Alicia Thompson about her contemporary romance - LOVE IN THE TIME OF SERIAL KILLERS - as well as some of the benefits and challenges of writing your romance in first person point of...
15 Aug 202231min
Writing Prophecies and Enemies-to-Lovers - Gina Chen - Violet Made of Thorns
Marissa chats with Gina Chen about her debut fantasy - VIOLET MADE OF THORNS - as well as how readers tend to pick up on themes and symbolism that speak to them, regardless of what the writer might ha...
8 Aug 202247min
