A Book Deal Across the Ocean
Raidah Shah Idil’s middle grade fantasy novel, HOW TO FREE A JINN, was first published in Australia before being picked up by a U.S. Big 5 publisher. Raidah and I talk about writing and publishing, an...
9 Jan 44min
A Dreamy Traditional Debut & the Decision to Self-Publish
Cynthia Swanson’s Harper Collins debut, The Bookseller, was a NYT bestseller with a film option from Julia Roberts. Less than a decade later, after struggling to find a publisher for her third book, C...
2 Jan 55min
2025 End-of-Year Wrap-Up
In this special end-of-year episode, Eva reflects on the first 16 episodes of The Long Road to Publishing, hints at what's to come on the podcast in 2026, and awards some "superlatives" to a few of th...
29 Des 202519min
The Worst Rejection of Her Life
Darlene P. Campos is the author of a YA novel, two middle grade novels, and a picture book. Earlier this year, only a month before the release of her middle grade historical novel, she suffered “the w...
18 Des 202546min
If the Agent Doesn't Fit...
Lindsey Goldstein got serious about her writing career at the age of 40, and her debut novel Gap Year is a middle-age coming-of-age story. Lindsey talks about revising Gap Year many, many times, parti...
4 Des 202543min
Spilling the Tea on Self-Publishing Success
Rebecca Thorne is the instant USA Today, Indie, and Sunday Times bestselling author of the Tomes & Tea series. She started out pursuing traditional publishing for many years. With great strategy and t...
20 Nov 20251h 7min
From Indie Romance to a Big 5 Debut
Kate Broad published ten romance novels with Entangled (and wrote a LOT of books that didn’t sell) before publishing GREENWICH, her literary debut, with St. Martin’s Press. Kate's publishing journey i...
6 Nov 202552min
The Cop Who Caught the Writing Bug
David Lane Williams always knew he wanted to be two things: a cop and a writer. He started out writing excellent police reports before publishing two nonfiction books. And now, after many detours, his...
30 Okt 202547min
