Bad On Paper

For the final episode of our series about how a book gets made, we're talking all things marketing and publicity with Cristina Arreola, the senior marketing manager at Sourcebooks Landmark, and Ashley...

3 Aug 20221h 18min

It's finally time to discuss our listener-picked Book Club selection: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus!  We talk about our general feelings about the book, how we reacted to the moments of sexism...

27 Juli 202259min

We're BACK and continuing our series about how a book gets made! This week we're chatting with Amanda Bergeron, an executive editor at Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, and Carley Fortune, ...

20 Juli 20221h 23min

We're so excited to start our summer series about how a book gets made! This week we're talking all about book agents, from what they do to how authors find an agent in the first place. We brought on ...

6 Juli 20221h 18min

It's FINALLY time to talk about Cover Story by Susan Rigetti! Also, we recommend reading this book spoiler-free, so if you haven't read it yet, read it then listen to this ep! This book was fun, juicy...

29 Juni 202258min

We're already halfway through the year and it's time for a 2022 goals check-in! Both Olivia and Becca share the personal and professional goals they set for this year, give an update on their progress...

22 Juni 20221h 2min

This week we're discussing a topic we always get requests to cover, imposter syndrome! To help break things down, we brought on Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin, a licensed psychologist, executive coach, organiza...

15 Juni 202259min

This week we're (figuratively) ripping our skin off and talking about the books we're writing! This is an appetizer to a series we're planning to do this summer all about how a book gets made. We give...

8 Juni 20221h 11min