In today's literary history segment, Kat talks about humour author Erma Bombeck and writing conferences. Then, she chats with lawyer and sci-fi author Sarena Straus about:
- The “what if” in stories
- Nonfiction proposals
- Having her book optioned for tv
- Speculative and science fiction
- How she brings her legal career into her stories
- The complexities of world building
- Pitch competitions
- Finding the right publisher for your story
- Juggling all the things as a writer, wife, mother, lawyer
Sarena's socials: sarenastraus.com, Twitter @SarenaStraus and Instagram @sarenastraus
Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites and lots of other things are on linktr.ee.
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Music: Bathtime Funk by All Good Folks (uppbeats.io), Head Up by Sixteen Wheelers, This Was Fun by Gavin Luke, and As a Gift by Francis Wells (epidemicsound.com).
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