WriterCon
Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt, with audiobook producer Jesse Ulrich, discuss the latest news from publishing, offer writing tips, and interview major authors, agents, editors, and other book-world professionals.
Episodes
July 6, 2025 • 39 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Laurie L. Dove, WriterCon keynote speaker and bestelling author who scored a huge success earlier this year with her debut novel, Mask of the Deer Woman, a thriller set on a Native America reservation with indigenous characters.
00:00 Opening Thoughts
Last Call for the WriterCon Retreat, a five-day immerisve w...
00:00 Opening Thoughts
Last Call for the WriterCon Retreat, a five-day immerisve w...
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July 3, 2025 • 38 mins
Note: This episode was delayed for technical reasons, so some may be confused by the opening when William teases his latest book sale. If you follow him on social media, you've already seen The Big Reveal. And if not—check out the next episode. Also, that is indeed William and Lara's dog, Baxter, expressing his enthusiasm for the new Amazon Kindle policy. We could've removed it—but why?
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt...
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt...
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May 21, 2025 • 44 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Mark Stevens, author of several crime novels, including Trapline. His new novel No Lie Lasts Forever involves a reporter investigating a cold-case serial killer who may have returned.
00.00 Opening Thoughts
Jesse has returned from Ireland with a new appreciation of books—especially illuminated ones.
04:29 News
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00.00 Opening Thoughts
Jesse has returned from Ireland with a new appreciation of books—especially illuminated ones.
04:29 News
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April 30, 2025 • 45 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Kaira Rouda, the author of many bestselling novels of domestic suspense, translated into more than a dozen languages. Her new novel is Jill is Not Happy.
Openting Thoughts
NaNoWriMo has shut down—but don't let that stop you from writing. Create a schedule for yourself and stick to it!
News
1) Plagiarism Accusati...
Openting Thoughts
NaNoWriMo has shut down—but don't let that stop you from writing. Create a schedule for yourself and stick to it!
News
1) Plagiarism Accusati...
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April 18, 2025 • 47 mins
Errata: William acknowledges that the fifth book in the Douglas Adams Hitchhiker series is "Mostly Harmless," not "Mostly Serious" although he thinks both equally inaccurate. The Faulkner quote he butchers is "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
The title of the Barry Friedman series we didn't say aloud is Jack Sh*t 1 & 2, lovely vignettes of his father's colorful wit and wisdom.
This Week on WriterCon:
Bestselling author...
The title of the Barry Friedman series we didn't say aloud is Jack Sh*t 1 & 2, lovely vignettes of his father's colorful wit and wisdom.
This Week on WriterCon:
Bestselling author...
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March 26, 2025 • 39 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Emily Carpenter, a former actor, producer, screenwriter, and behind-the-scenes soap opera assistant. She is also the author of the bestselling novels Burying the Honeysuckle Girls and The Weight of Lies. Her new novel is called Gothictown.
0:00 Opening Thoughts
The Oklahoma Book Awards love WriterCon writers!
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0:00 Opening Thoughts
The Oklahoma Book Awards love WriterCon writers!
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March 12, 2025 • 42 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Cynthia Pelayo, the author of a new novel, Vanishing Daughters. She is the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Forgotten Sisters and other genre-blending novels that incorporate fairy tales, mystery, and horror elements. Esquire called her novel Loteria, one of the "Best Horror Books of 2023."
0:00: Opening T...
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February 28, 2025 • 49 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Lynette Bennett, star of stage and screen, who has written her first memoir, Broadway Dreamer.
0:00 Opening Thoughts
The Oscars are only two DAYS away (my bad) and we ponder why so many Best Film nominess are based on books.
7:12 News
1) Bookshop.org is Now Selling eBooks Online—For Indie Bookstores
2) Cozy Fanta...
0:00 Opening Thoughts
The Oscars are only two DAYS away (my bad) and we ponder why so many Best Film nominess are based on books.
7:12 News
1) Bookshop.org is Now Selling eBooks Online—For Indie Bookstores
2) Cozy Fanta...
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February 25, 2025 • 32 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Betsey Kulakowski, the author of the Veritas Codex series books—mostly recently, The King's Ransom (Book 7).
Opening Thoughts
Authors Acting Awful
News
1) TikTok/BookTok Survives to Sell Books Another Day!
2) Circana Bookscan 2024 Sales Figures Show Improvement
Craft Corner
Amy M Le explains why you need to be a "H...
Opening Thoughts
Authors Acting Awful
News
1) TikTok/BookTok Survives to Sell Books Another Day!
2) Circana Bookscan 2024 Sales Figures Show Improvement
Craft Corner
Amy M Le explains why you need to be a "H...
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January 30, 2025 • 38 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Amy M Le, the award-winning author of the Snow trilogy and founder of Quill Hawk Publishing.
0:00 Opening Thoughts
What are you reading right now? The hosts share their current obsessions.
3:00 News
1) Harper Collins Makes Deal with Microsoft for AI Scanning of Nonficiton Titles
2) Revelations About Cormac McCart...
0:00 Opening Thoughts
What are you reading right now? The hosts share their current obsessions.
3:00 News
1) Harper Collins Makes Deal with Microsoft for AI Scanning of Nonficiton Titles
2) Revelations About Cormac McCart...
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January 8, 2025 • 55 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Barry Friedman. Barry has been a prominent professional standup comic for decades, but in recent years, he’s started writing. He’s got six books published to date, including his warm and witty series about his father (Jack Sh*t). But he also has a popular humor/political newsletter, and he does…geology writi...
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December 20, 2024 • 38 mins
Happy holidays! This is our last episode for 2024, but we will be back in January with more news and interviews!
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview DC Frost.
(0:00) Opening Thoughts
Lara and Jesse make New Years resolutions.
(3:26) News
1) Taylor Swift Self-Publishes Eras Tour Book Thru Target. (This segment was recorded before the boo-boo-ridden ...
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview DC Frost.
(0:00) Opening Thoughts
Lara and Jesse make New Years resolutions.
(3:26) News
1) Taylor Swift Self-Publishes Eras Tour Book Thru Target. (This segment was recorded before the boo-boo-ridden ...
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December 4, 2024 • 37 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Todd Fahnestock, author of Charlie Fiction and Falling to Fly: The Book to Read Before You Give Up on Your Writing Dream.
(0:00) Opening Thoughts
Bill, Lara, and Jesse discuss books that make great Christmas gifts.
(6:32) News
1) James Patterson Starts a Substack Newsletter
2) John Grisham is Involved in Controve...
(0:00) Opening Thoughts
Bill, Lara, and Jesse discuss books that make great Christmas gifts.
(6:32) News
1) James Patterson Starts a Substack Newsletter
2) John Grisham is Involved in Controve...
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November 20, 2024 • 37 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Marty Ludlum, author of the new mystery novel, At First I Was Afraid, the first book in his Disco Divas series.
(0:00) Opening Thoughts
Do you listen to music while you write?
(3:34) News
a. Amazon is Shuttering the Vella Program for Serialized Fiction
b. Written Word Media 2024 Survey Reveals Surprises
(15:39) Cr...
(0:00) Opening Thoughts
Do you listen to music while you write?
(3:34) News
a. Amazon is Shuttering the Vella Program for Serialized Fiction
b. Written Word Media 2024 Survey Reveals Surprises
(15:39) Cr...
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November 7, 2024 • 41 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children novels, which have sold over ten million copies and led to Tim Burton’s film adaptation. His new book is Sunderworld, a portal fantasy planned as the first installment in a new series.
Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts
Have you ever ...
Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts
Have you ever ...
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October 24, 2024 • 50 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Glenn Plaskin, the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, includingHorowitz and Katie Up and Down the Hall, Glenn’s profiles of interview subjects, including Meryl Streep, Paul Newman, and Robert De Niro, have appeared in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Los Angeles Times, among many ...
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October 10, 2024 • 43 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Robert Dugoni, the New York Times-bestselling author with a new novel, Beyond Reasonable Doubt, the second in his new legal thriller series featuring Keera Duggan.
Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts
Welcome to Season 4! We have great plans to make this the best writer podcast EVER!
Chapter 2: News
1) Book Bars Are Grow...
Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts
Welcome to Season 4! We have great plans to make this the best writer podcast EVER!
Chapter 2: News
1) Book Bars Are Grow...
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September 9, 2024 • 33 mins
LIVE FROM WRITERCON 2024! Recorded before a live audience! No cuts, no edits!
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Aprilynne Pike, the #1 NYTimes-bestselling author of Wings and many other novels, and Kimberly Lemming, the USA Today-bestselling author of That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon.
Ch apter 1: Opening Thoughts
We are at WriterCon 2024...
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Aprilynne Pike, the #1 NYTimes-bestselling author of Wings and many other novels, and Kimberly Lemming, the USA Today-bestselling author of That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon.
Ch apter 1: Opening Thoughts
We are at WriterCon 2024...
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August 22, 2024 • 34 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Bob Saenz, a mutil-talented script writer who will be speaking at WriterCon 2024. Bob works in television and film, including the movies Extracurricular Activities and Help for the Holidays.
WriterCon 2024 (August 30-September 2) is coming soon—but there’s still time to register, sign up for consults, schedul...
WriterCon 2024 (August 30-September 2) is coming soon—but there’s still time to register, sign up for consults, schedul...
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August 14, 2024 • 31 mins
Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Aprilynne Pike, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Wings and many other wondeerful works of YA and romantasy.
WriterCon 2024 (August 30-September 2) is only three weeks away—and there’s still time to register, enter contests, sign up for consults, and plan your pitches. We have a record number of age...
WriterCon 2024 (August 30-September 2) is only three weeks away—and there’s still time to register, enter contests, sign up for consults, and plan your pitches. We have a record number of age...
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