Finding Your Plot Engine - Megan Abbott
In today's Books with Hooks segment, Carly and CeCe discuss focusing on trauma and conflict rather than the perfect life that came before; not taking up too much space for a set up in a query letter; ...
26 Aug 20211h 24min
BONUS EPISODE: A One-on-One Books with Hooks & Preparing for #PitMad
In this BONUS episode, we have the author, Ruth N, join us to chat about her query and first pages. Carly and CeCe discuss giving the characters more agency; describing the plot rather than the ingre...
24 Aug 20211h 15min
Writing an Engaging First Chapter - Caitlin Wahrer
In today's Books with Hooks segment, Carly and CeCe discuss being careful with your verb choices so as not to create misunderstandings; the query letter question test; describing the tone of your book...
19 Aug 20211h 7min
How to Know When You're Ready to Query Agents
In today's Books with Hooks segment, Carly and CeCe discuss not being vague in your query letter; letting us know what’s at stake for a character; why repetition is your enemy in the first five pages...
12 Aug 20211h 17min
BONUS EPISODE: How to Make Your Imaginary Worlds Come Alive Through Worldbuilding
In this bonus episode, Bianca chats with Andrew Wall of Craft Better Books about everything you need to know about worldbuilding. Whether you write adult fantasy, YA fantasy, dystopian fiction or sci-...
9 Aug 202134min
Finding a Hook & Writing Dual POV Stories - Andrea Bartz
In today's Books with Hooks segment, Carly and CeCe discuss what an action prologue is and the pitfalls of using it; telling us what characters like rather than what they don’t like; how if you know s...
5 Aug 20211h 21min
From the Archives: 10 Harsh Truths Writers Need to Know
Author and host, Bianca Marais, chats with literary agent and author, Cece Lyra, about the 10 harsh truths writers need to know about writing and publishing. In the discussion, Cece drops some truth b...
3 Aug 202146min
Writing Intuitively Without Plotting or Outlining - Samantha Downing
In today's Books with Hooks segment, Carly reveals that she's a bionic super agent! CeCe and Carly also discuss mixing up your sentences so they don’t all begin the same way; aiming for the quirky rat...
29 Jul 20211h 14min
