Hungry Authors

This week we are sharing an episode that was originally recorded for The Profitable Writer podcast with our friend Kent Sanders. In it, we take you behind the scenes into our lives as freelance ghost…

Continuing our conversation around publicity, this week Liz & Ariel chat with Kathleen Schmidt, long-time publishing executive and founder of KMSPR, about engaging authentically in online spaces. We …

If you’re looking forward to publishing a book someday – like we are! – this conversation with Leah Paulos will give you some practical ideas about where to start and how to maximize your efforts to …

This week, Liz & Ariel chat with Morgan Strehlow, an up & coming literary agent who is actively looking for authors! We talk about her unique background in sports, ghostwriting book proposals and man…

When you become an author, you don’t get a handbook to guide you through the intricacies of how to do this job well. There’s not even a comprehensive job description! Many first-time authors feel tot…

Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment of the publishing industry – meaning there’s more attention now than ever before on what the audio experience of a book is like. So what should authors know…

If building a platform is something you feel you “have” to do – this episode will help you find the hidden joys available to you! In this conversation, Ann Kroeker helps Ariel & Liz reframe their thi…

This week brings another literary agent conversation, this time with Lluvia Agustin! Just as publishers themselves have areas of expertise, so do agents. Lluvia specializes in representing Hispanic a…

Is 2024 the year you want to sign a book deal? Literary agent Lucinda Halpern, founder of Lucinda Literary, has the best advice for hooking an agent and publisher. In this episode, we chat about the …

Dr. Camden Morgante is looking forward to publishing her first book later this year! In this episode, Camden and Ariel chat about her experience traditional publishing, how her book map helped her to…

Sometimes we dream of writing a book before we even know which book idea to start with! There are so many possibilities. Do you start with the poetry collection you’ve always dreamed of, or the novel…

How does book mapping build your confidence as a writer? And how do you shift your plans throughout the writing process? This week, we’re talking with educational consultant, speaker, and first-time …

It’s 2024! In our first episode of Season 3, Liz & Ariel share their word(s) of the year and talk about a better way to plan your resolutions for 2024. What problem do you want to solve this year? An…

Season 2 Finale!! We are finishing the season with one of the most fundamental questions in publishing: Should you – should everyone – should anyone – publish a book?

Really, embedded in this questio…

Let’s say you’ve finished writing your book (INCREDIBLE – AMAZING – GOOD JOB!!). Now what do you do with it?

Most people would say, “Send it to an editor!” and they’re not wrong.

But there’s a lot th…

What sets Malcolm Gladwell, Ryan Holiday, Dani Shapiro, and other incredible nonfiction writers apart? They know how to find great material.

One of the hidden arts of the writing process is mining f…

If you’ve ever struggled to get your writing done, you are not alone! One of the most common requests we get is for “accountability.” We hear things like, “I need you to hold my feet to the fire” and…

This week, a little life update and some practical advice on setting writing goals for those of you who need numbers and a schedule to get motivated! You didn’t think we’d be doing math on this podca…

This week Ariel & Liz talk about why it’s so hard to sell memoirs to traditional publishers – including a little debate between the two of us around whether your memoir needs to have something extrao…