From the Archives: How to Create and Maintain Suspense
In today's episode from the archives, Bianca chats with Putnam editor and adjunct professor of publishing for NYU, Mark Tavani, about all things suspense: techniques on how to create it, how to mainta...
21 Jul 202247min
From the Archives: Learning Your Craft
In today's episode from the archives, Bianca chats with award winning author, playwright, screenwriter and journalist, Byron Lane — author of the acclaimed A Star is Bored (which was inspired in part...
14 Jul 202241min
From the Archives: Coming Up with A High Concept Premise
In today's episode from the archives, Bianca chats with bestselling author, Samantha M. Bailey, as well as Nita Pronovost, editor and vice president/editorial director at Simon & Schuster Canada, abou...
7 Jul 202239min
Writing Scenes Involving Multiple Characters, Understanding Writing Theory & We Answer Your Questions
In today's Bonus Episode, Bianca is joined by guest interviewer Kira Mahoney who interviews Daniel Kalla, author of The Darkness in the Light, about why he addresses important medical issues in his bo...
4 Jul 202258min
Tess Gerritsen's Advice to Writers
In today's Books with Hooks , Carly and CeCe each critique two query letters. In the process, they discuss stories with magical elements and why the author chooses that specific world as the vehicle f...
30 Jun 20221h 5min
Writing Memoir, Planting Curiosity Seeds & Choosing Inciting Incidents
In today's Bonus Episode, CeCe chats with Zibby Owens, podcaster, publisher, CEO and author of Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature. They play two truths and a lie (the writing version); d...
27 Jun 20221h 17min
Using a Pen Name & Advice for Showing vs Telling - Riley Sager
On today's Books with Hooks segment, Carly and CeCe are joined by Caroline and Sammy who submitted their work for critique. During the discussion, Carly and CeCe remind us to lean into specificity in ...
23 Jun 20221h 16min
A Genre Guide, What Postcard Scenes Are, Resources Available to Writers, and a Bookstagrammer Gives You Comps
In today's Bonus Episode, Bianca chats with Lidija Hilje, an Author Accelerator certified book coach about differentiating between genres; how to use her genre guide; the differences between literary,...
20 Jun 202251min
