Using YouTube to Nail Your Book Research with Joy L. Smith - Turning
Marissa chats with Joy L. Smith about her debut YA contemporary - TURNING - as well as finding ways to relate to your protagonist in order to capture raw, authentic emotions on the page, and using hum...
14 Mars 202244min
A Gender-Swapped Three Musketeers with Disability Rep - Lillie Lainoff - One for All
Marissa chats with Lillie Lainoff about her debut YA novel - ONE FOR ALL - as well as some great tips for researching for historical fiction, such as using knowledgeable consultants and going beyond d...
24 Feb 202258min
Mucky Middles and Using Book Coaches with Dallas Woodburn - Thanks, Carissa, for Ruining My Life
Marissa chats with Dallas Woodburn about her new YA contemporary - THANKS, CARISSA, FOR RUINING MY LIFE - as well as not giving up on a book that you really love, no matter how many years or drafts it...
21 Feb 202253min
Writing Fictionalized Memoir and Graphic Novels with Sarah Winifred Searle - The Greatest Thing
Marissa chats with Sarah Winifred Searle about her new graphic novel - THE GREATEST THING - and her contribution to the SERENDIPITY anthology, "Keagan's Heaven on Earth," as well as some reasons that ...
14 Feb 202250min
A Middle Grade Mermaid Fantasy with Lisa Stringfellow - A Comb of Wishes
Marissa and her favorite co-hosts - Sloane and Delaney - chat with Lisa Stringfellow about her debut middle grade novel - A COMB OF WISHES - as well as drawing on mermaid stories and folklore from aro...
7 Feb 202248min
Using Classic Storytelling Elements in Your Memoir with Nancy Balbirer - Almost Romance
For our 100th episode(!), Marissa chats with Nancy Balbirer about her new memoir - ALMOST ROMANCE - as well as deciding what stories from your life might connect with readers on an emotional level, th...
31 Jan 202259min
A Gender-Bent Sleeping Beauty Retelling - Leslie Vedder - The Bone Spindle
Marissa chats with Leslie Vedder about her debut fairy-tale-inspired fantasy - THE BONE SPINDLE - as well as crafting adventurous puzzles and booby traps in the written word, when we're so used to see...
24 Jan 202239min
Co-Writing a Queer Rom-Com with Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera - Here's to Us
In our first episode for 2022, Marissa chats with Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera about their new contemporary romance - HERE'S TO US - as well as our semi-charmed road-to-publication stories; the e...
17 Jan 20221h 3min
