Reedsy Live: The Podcast
A community of 1,000,000 authors and publishing professionals. We help authors create and market the best indie books 🤓 Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud for a new episode every week!
Episodes
September 15, 2025 • 34 mins
🔍 Discover how you can use Save the Cat to freak out your readers with the help of horror screenwriter, Jamie Nash
📝 Find the highlights for this podcast episode here:
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/save-the-cat-horror/
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June 13, 2025 • 18 mins
🔍 Book marketer Joel Pitney reveals his technique for securing (and leveraging) great endorsements from the people who really matter
📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/get-amazing-endorsements-book/
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June 6, 2025 • 32 mins
🔍 Author and expert book marketer Bryan Cohen rewrites author-submitted book descriptions.
📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/5-essential-…arketing-tactics/
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May 30, 2025 • 20 mins
🔍 Award-winning food and travel writer Joanna Pruess explains the basics of creating a compelling cookbook from your family recipes
📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here:
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/family-recipes/
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May 23, 2025 • 19 mins
🔍 Learn the three simple questions that will get your book into gear and save you years of frustration
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May 16, 2025 • 14 mins
🔍 Non-fiction authors: learn about the business you're really in, how to start correctly, grow systematically, and scale to profitability
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May 9, 2025 • 18 mins
🔍 Editor Laura Mae Isaacman shares her top tips for writing cracking short stories
📝 Find a full transcript for this podcast episode here:
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/write-short-story-live-training/
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🔍Editor and publisher Allister Thompson reveals his top five things to avoid when you're writing mystery fiction
📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/mistakes-in-writing-mystery/
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April 25, 2025 • 33 mins
🔍 Learn about the most essential document of a nonfiction author's career from bestselling author Dr Noah Charney
📝 Find the highlights for this podcast episode here:
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/book-proposals-101/
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April 18, 2025 • 38 mins
🔍 Discover the essential elements behind all impactful scenes in this episode with Oksana Marafioti, a seasoned author and editor
📝 Find the highlights for this podcast episode here:
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/anatomy-of-a-great-scene/
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🔍 Author Paul Bradley Carr reveals his top tips for creating a memoir that appeals to a wider audience
📝 Find the full transcript for this podcast episode here:
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/how-to-write-a-memoir-with-commercial-appeal/
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April 1, 2025 • 16 mins
🔍 Former Hachette and DC Comics editor Jim Spivey shows author what classic mistakes to avoid when writing a genre fiction series
📝 Find a full transcript for this podcast episode here:
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/writing-genre-series/
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March 27, 2025 • 20 mins
🔍 Find out how to turn your book into a gripping screenplay for film or TV
📝 Find a set of written highlights for this podcast episode here:
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/book-to-screenplay/
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March 13, 2025 • 23 mins
🔍 Former literary agent Rachel Stout reveals her tips for researching agents and personalizing query letters
📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/personalizing-your-query-letters/
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March 6, 2025 • 21 mins
🔍 New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt talks about her approach to story structure
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February 26, 2025 • 24 mins
🔍 Story consultant Jeff Lyons reveals his cookie-cutter formula for crafting a winning logline, and shares some of his own examples
📝 Find a full transcript for this podcast episode here:
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/logline/
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February 20, 2025 • 25 mins
🔍 Editor and children's author Tracy Gold discusses rhyming in picture books — is it needed, and how can you do it well?
📝 Find a full transcript for this podcast episode here:
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/rhyming-picture-books/
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February 13, 2025 • 23 mins
🔍 Get the ball rolling on your page-turning romance book in this episode with editor and romance extraordinaire Bryn Donovan
📝 Find the highlights for this podcast episode here:
https://blog.reedsy.com/live/plot-romance-novel/
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February 6, 2025 • 28 mins
🔍 Learn how to write a thought leadership book with author and keynote speaker, Stacy Ennis
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January 30, 2025 • 20 mins
🔍 Learn how poetry can elevate your novels, short stories, and non-fiction books with poet Emma Murf
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