Strengthen YOUR Book Query - Podcast Episode Hits The Mark

Fabulous Episode of "The Shit No One Tells You About Writing" Podcast

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I simply must highlight the May bonus podcast episode of The Shit No One Tells You About Writing Podcast / Substack (you may listen to the podcast episode below). They also have a substack newsletter.

It is help for authors by way of interview/example. So much to learn - so little time jam-packed in two parts. Part One is the interview/ success story of the writer of the new title, Welcome Home, Caroline Kline by Courtney Preiss. Part Two is an amazing segment where a guest of the podcast (Emilie Sommer of East City Bookshop) listens to several author pitches and offers comp (competitive) titles for that author to include in their query… Wat? I love a hands-on, example-filled, role-playing exercise that teaches!

What a brilliant idea!

Part One with Author, Courtney Preiss

• Agents, querying, pitching

• The query technique that worked for her

• How her “mistress” novel became the novel that sold

• How she stayed positive through the writing/publishing process

Part Two:

• By example, you will learn how to find comps that work for a book query

• Why older comps titles do not work

• The best ways to describe your book’s genre

Well, done, hosts of The Shit No One Tells You About Writing Podcast/Substack, Bianca Marais w/ literary agents, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra.

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