Literary Speaking
Literary Speaking connects writers with the publishing industry by featuring conversations with best selling authors, literary agents, publishers and publicity firms. How do I establish a writing practice? Find an agent? Get published? Build a platform? Discover tips and tricks to build your writing practice and release your story out into the world. Join me as I interview expert guests as they share their experiences as published authors and industry professionals to inspire and infuse your writing practice.
Episodes
February 24, 2020 • 42 mins
Michele Filgate shares how she pitched, placed and edited her anthology - What My Mother & I Don't Talk About. We discuss everything from how she pitched the project, the essay that started it all and how she edited the pieces to fit for publication. Michele also shares how to handle rejection when submitting essays to popular publications and her advice on how to get started.
Michele Filgate is a contributing editor at L...
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June 5, 2019 • 55 mins
Writing about Sex and Feminism.Can you publish each book with a different publisher? How do you develop your characters as a feminist writer? Rachel Dewoskin, author of BANSHEE discusses how she teaches her students to write characters that are complex and multi-dimensional as well as how she's published each book with a different publisher. A rich experience of writing, editing, publishing and promoting multiple books successf...
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May 20, 2019 • 47 mins
Book publicist and author Cameron Dezen Hammon discusses the work of a book publicist, which social media avenues to explore and which ones not to waste money on. She also shares the value of Bookstagrammers and what it's like working with a book publicist to market your book. Cameron believes good publicity is about finding what’s newsworthy about you and your book and amplifying that message. It’s about getting your book into...
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May 12, 2019 • 58 mins
We're only human and we all struggle to quiet the IA - our inner asshole - as Jen Pastiloff coined it. In this episode Jen shares how her agent found her, what it's like building a large social platform and using a street team based on community sharing to promote her book, On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real & Listening Hard. We also discuss the art of the ask when it comes to blurbs and book proposals.
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May 3, 2019 • 34 mins
Kirsten Ott Palladino, co-founder of Equally Wed.com the digital leader for gay, lesbian, transgender, queer and bisexual weddings, penned the perfect book proposal in just one weekend! Listen in as she shares her experience writing a book proposal in 48 hours, which books she recommends and how she wrote, pitched and published her non-fiction book - Equally Wed: The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your LGBTQ+ Wedding.
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March 25, 2019 • 52 mins
Author T Kira Madden discusses how she wrote her book, Long Live The Tribe of Fatherless Girls using elements of fiction writing, hybrid formats not typically seen in memoir and the importance of building a solid literary community with kindness. T Kira Madden is a lesbian APIA writer, photographer, and amateur magician living in New York City. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College and an BA in design and...
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March 24, 2019 • 35 mins
Nastashia Minto author and poet of the memoir NAKED: The rhythm and groove of it. The length and depth to it. discusses how she published her work, set up readings and marketed her memoir.
Nastashia Minto is an African American woman who was born in South Georgia and raised there by her grandparents. She grew up in poverty and around drugs, alcohol, and family violence. Her life experiences led her to obtain an associate’s degree ...
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March 1, 2019 • 57 mins
Nicole Chung discusses life as an editor in chief for Catapult Magazine and writing her memoir All You Can Ever Know. She shares how long it took to write the proposal and the book as well as navigating book tours, writing about adoption as a transracial adoptee. Packed full of writing and editing tips Nicole also shares what she's looking for as the editor in chief of Catapult Magazine.
Nicole Chung has written for The New Yo...
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February 19, 2019 • 47 mins
Book Agent Eric Smith of P.S. Literary discusses life as a Literary Agent and MFA Professor. What platform really means to book agents, queries that grab his attention, a typical day in the life of a literary agent and forthcoming works by his clients. Eric Smith is a Literary Agent with P.S. Literary, Author of The Geek’s Guide to Dating, He has also published an anthology titled, Welcome Home. His latest Young Adult book, The Gir...
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February 18, 2019 • 66 mins
Award Winning Author Pam Houston discusses her memoir, Deep Creek Finding Hope In The High Country. Listen in as she shares her writing and editing process, the moment when her editor read the first draft and said it wasn't the book she was expecting and how Pam manages life as a writer, teacher and mentor while raising a family of animals on her beautiful 120 acre Ranch in the Colorado Rockies.
Pam Houston is the author of th...
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February 10, 2019 • 63 mins
Yangsze Choo discusses how she wrote her second book, The Night Tiger after the success of her first novel, The Ghost Bride. What did it take to get back into writing and how different was the publishing process the second time around? She'll share how to navigate book auctions, connecting with book sellers and working with her agent, Jenny Bent to edit and prepare her work for publishing. The Night Tiger debuts February 19th b...
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February 6, 2019 • 90 mins
Award-winning author Reema Zaman shares her experience writing, pitching and publishing her memoir, I Am Yours. I Am Yours is the first English-language memoir written by a Bangladeshi woman that explores the intersection of personal and political with such clarity and power. Reema's story of resilience and radical self-love is a call to action for all marginalized people in a social climate filled with racism, xenophobia, anti...
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January 28, 2019 • 53 mins
Author Susan Henderson shares her experience in writing, publishing and promoting her recent novel, The Flicker of Old Dreams. She'll share how she navigates the social scene as an introvert and how to network authentically without stepping a foot outside of your door. We'll discuss which avenues worked best to promote her novels and attract new readers, and, how she researches and prepares to write months and sometimes yea...
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January 22, 2019 • 48 mins
Hosting your own book tour with author Tabitha Blankenbiller discusses the unique ways in which you can connect with book stores, local businesses and publications to promote your book. Tabitha toured with her debut memoir, Eats of Eden to rave reviews. Here she'll share her successes and tips she learned along the way.
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January 13, 2019 • 55 mins
Best-selling Author Caroline Leavitt discusses her latest best-selling book, Cruel Beautiful World as well as her journey through writing and publishing over 9 novels. We'll discuss topics such as, how do you know your literary agent is a match? Should you hire a publicist to promote your book? We'll also review the benefits of what a wonderful publishing company can do for you. Caroline's wit and wisdom shines as she s...
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June 21, 2016 • 26 mins
Fathers, Food & Memoir with Dawn Lerman & Crystal-lee Quibell discusses how to write a memoir that includes recipes and family memories. Dawn also shares how she began writing for the New York Times as a food columnist & secured her literary agent.
Dawn Lerman is the author of My Fat Dad. A certified nutrition expert and contributor to the New York Times Well Blog, as well as the founder of the Magnificent Mommies, a c...
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June 7, 2016 • 25 mins
Publishing a Cookbook with Allison Day and Crystal-Lee Quibell discusses how to write, pitch and publish your cookbook. Using her popular food blog as a growing platform to submit recipes to popular publications, Allison shares how she grew her audience, found her agent and published two vegetarian cookbooks.
Allison Day is the cookbook author of WHOLE BOWLS (Skyhorse Publishing, April 2016) and PURELY PUMPKIN (Skyhorse Publishing...
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June 1, 2016 • 26 mins
French Food & Memoir with Elizabeth Bard and Crystal-Lee Quibell discuss the delicious details of a writer’s life in France, writing about world travel, food and falling in love. Learn how to write a food memoir by interweaving recipes with personal stories.
Elizabeth Bard is the author of, LUNCH IN PARIS: A Love Story with Recipes a New York Times and international bestseller as well as several other awards. Her new book, PIC...
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May 24, 2016 • 24 mins
Finding Your Narrative voice with Zoe Zolbrod and Crystal-Lee Quibell discusses how to find your unique voice as a writer, the difference between writing fiction and memoir and what she’s learned as both a writer and editor for, The Rumpus.
Zoe Zolbrod is the author of the memoir The Telling and the novel Currency. Her essays have appeared in Salon, Stir Journal, The Weeklings, The Manifest Station, The Nervous Breakdown, and The ...
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May 17, 2016 • 28 mins
Green-light Your Book with Brooke Warner and Crystal-Lee Quibell discusses how to navigate the publishing world as an indie author. How should you approach booksellers, wholesalers and retailers and, promote your work? Learn how to succeed in the new era of book publishing without breaking the bank.
Brooke Warner is the publisher of She Writes Press, a writing coach at Warner coaching, and devoted ally to aspiring writers. Brooke ...
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