Why You Need to Be Your Most Sympathetic Critic
In today's Books with Hooks, Carly and CeCe are joined by Mire and Katy who have submitted their work for critique. They discuss not losing the plot in a quest for being true to the emotionality of th...
24 Feb 20221h 13min
A Masterclass in Writing Multi-POV Novels Across Various Genres
In today’s BONUS Episode, Bianca chats with three awesome authors writing multi-POV stories across various genres. First up is Kim Fay, author of Love & Saffron, who talks about how being a bookseller...
21 Feb 20221h 9min
Writing With an Intelligent Reader in Mind
In today's Books with Hooks, Carly and CeCe kick it back old-school to review the same three query letters. During the segment, they discuss avoiding flowery language, especially in a query; avoiding ...
17 Feb 20221h 9min
What It's Like to Be Out On Submission & Circling the Building in Your Opening
In today's BONUS Episode, Carly chats with Andrea Dunlop, author of We Came Here To Forget, about comps and why they’re so important; what it feels like to be out on submission; writers not getting wh...
14 Feb 202251min
When Writing is Both Therapeutic and Profitable
In today's Books with Hooks, Carly and CeCe are joined by Kathy and Leila who have submitted their queries for critique. During the segment, they discuss why it’s important to frame a memoir as ‘why ...
10 Feb 20221h 12min
BONUS Episode: Discussing Action and Humor with Mark Greaney and Josie Silver
In today's BONUS EPISODE Bianca first chats with Mark Greaney, author of Sierra Six, about writing espionage mysteries, putting your manuscript aside to work on something different so you can come bac...
7 Feb 202250min
Mastering Multi-POV and Multi-Timeline Novels with Fiona Davis
In today's Books with Hooks, Carly and CeCe each tackle two query letters. In the process, they discuss the importance of not only having internal conflict, but also having external conflict so that y...
3 Feb 20221h 5min
BONUS: Experimenting with Structure - Mitzi Angel and Janice Hallett
In today's BONUS EPISODE, we do a deep dive into experimenting with structure. Bianca first chats with Mitzi Angel—publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and editor to publishing phenomenon, Sally Ro...
31 Jan 202258min
