Archive - #AmWriting: A Groupstack

Ep 472 Publishing Nerd Corner: Earning Out

What does it mean to "earn out" and are you a bad author if you don't?

Oct 31 •

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19:16

How to Make a Quiet Novel Roar

Catherine Newman on micro-stakes, family friction, and making meaning without car chases in Episode 471

Oct 24 •

27:19

How Writers Play Small Without Even Realizing It (Ep 2)

Short episodes about the mindset shifts that help you stop playing small and write like it matters.

Oct 19 •

7:59

The Bold Shift That Changes Everything (Ep 1)

Write Big. Short episodes about the mindset shifts that help you stop playing small and write like it matters.

Oct 18 •

12:50

Write Big: Welcome to the Write Big Sessions (Ep 0)

Write Big. Short episodes about the mindset shifts that help you stop playing small and write like it matters.

Oct 17 •

8:27

Authority to Author update and a marketing win for Jess

Listen now | Literary agent fails, marketing wins, and the virtue of consistent, achievable goals

Oct 14 •

24:19

On Interviewing Kids

Kate Rope and Jess Lahey discuss best practices for interviewing kids for research

Oct 10 •

37:33

The Scammer's Guide to Writers

Sorry, Colleen Hoover did not read your book. Here's how not to be a mark.

Oct 3 •

30:07

BOOKLAB: Give Us The Details (But Not Too Many) and Always Give Us the Story

First page critiques of a memoir about a nerdy professor and a historical novel set in Hawaii

Oct 1 •

27:07

September 2025

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