My rant about self pub vs. trad pub in the current marketplace:

I share some tips for writers on finding their PR hook in today’s The Shit About Writing Podcast newsletter! Check it out tinyurl.com/4krkh8tb

This The Shit About Writing Podcast episode looks really good! Can’t wait to hit it.

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This is TODAY

People who are more tech-y than me: I'm a hand talker and I keep getting all the thumbs up and balloons on Zoom AND Riverside and I need to stop this! How do I disable this nonsense.

On March 27th at noon ET I'm hosting a 1-hour free webinar to talk about the current state of book publishing for authors AND introduce you to my masterclass course I've been working on for 8 months!

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Our fearless The Shit About Writing Podcast founder Bianca Marais 📚🎙 is in Forbes today! forbes.com/sites/amyshoen…

Last chance to hop on the waitlist for my course and get a bonus download of 'Mastering Writing Multiple POV' slideshow. carlywatters.com/coursewaitlist

Full masterclass launches this month and I don't want you to miss an email (or a discount!)

Reminder! I'm hiring!

I need a new assistant...

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It’s Thursday and you know what that means 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 A 🔥🔥🔥 new episode in which we give 3 authors advice on how to polish up their #queryletters and #openingpages ahead of submitting to #literaryagents .
Plus, Bianca chats with Maura Cheeks!

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Writers!

How long does it take you to write a draft of your book?

Don’t miss today’s epic bonus episode!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Shouting out some of my favorite Substack newsletters for #WritingCommunity :
The Shit About Writing Podcast - If you haven't signed up for their newsletter, what are you even doing with your life? Bonus-the paid version gets you Books with Hooks notes from Carly Watters || Literary Agent (she/her) and Cecilia (Cece) Lyra, Agent 💯

Any lit agent friends who use Query Manger able to write something for our The Shit About Writing Podcast newsletter about do's/don'ts and best practices?

And then there were a slew of Black QBs, like (ahem) Chuck Ealey, who went to the Canadian Football League to play because the NFL refused to allow them to play the position they were best suited for.

“If something bad happens to your character, just make it worse.”

I like it!🔥 Torture Your Characters!! 😈
Great episode The Shit About Writing Podcast

#writingcommunity
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14 years on this hellsite. 😂🫠

Good morning #5amwritersclub have you seen this article? Thoughts? vox.com/culture/2024/2…

Carly Watters || Literary Agent (she/her) nails it: “I think that millennials and Gen Xers really feel like sellouts.'

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife

if i were a billionaire branding a whole album around poems, i would roll out funding for working poets as a treat