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The Ultimate How To: Write, Pitch, Maybe Publish with Kate McKean from Agents+Books
You probably need this book.
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KJ
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Five things podcast guests need to know
Media training 101 for podcast guesting
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Jessica Lahey
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WTB: Is It Harder to Trust Your Gut Now?
There is so much NOISE--how do you tune in to what you really want to write?
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KJ
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The Gift of Failure: Author Version
Karen Dukess's first novel sold at auction. The second didn't sell at all. Here's how she wrote and sold her third--and had fun doing it.
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KJ
40:15
WTB: Playing Big, Writing Scared, and Wrestling with the Work
It's all one step forward two steps back... wait that can't be right.
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KJ
49:36
New Series: From Soup to Nuts
Meet Dr. Megan, a hopeful author/speaker with a fantastic book idea, the professional chops to back it up, and the guts to be Jess' mentee/guinea pig
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Jessica Lahey
35:57
Ask Me Anything with Jennie
Got questions for a book coach? And also a POLL about how you might be wasting your creative energy.
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Jennie Nash
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WTB: Why Dollars and Deadlines Matter
Jennie made a crazy commitment, and stuck to it.
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KJ
45:40

May 2025

Should there be a body? Writing is Revising with Meg Mitchell Moore
Who also has written a book you're DEFINITELY going to want to read this summer
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KJ
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May Booklab First Pages: The Dictograph Case, Hands Free and Loons
The first pages of two novels and one memoir, all in progress, and the big ?: would we turn the page?
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KJ
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#HowTo: Navigating #AmWriting on Substack
Helping you find exactly what you’re looking for.
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KJ
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Sticking it to the Book Banners: A Glorious Tale of Victory
Erica Perl wins the battle while the war still wages
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Sarina Bowen
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KJ
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