June Bonus Episode
In this double author episode, Bianca chats with novelist Teddy Wayne about his literary thriller ‘The Au Pair’ and the craft of writing morally complicated characters readers can’t look away from. They dive into the ris...
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
Merriam-Webster
In Other Words
Jan Thorpe, Karen Sketch, Val Gale, Pam Ernest
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra
Poem-a-Day
The Academy of American Poets
Vanity Farah with Chris Farah
Chris Farah
ジェーン・スー 生活は踊る
TBS RADIO
Les émissions culturelles de France Culture
France Culture
Knihkupectví LUXOR
Podcast nejen o knihách
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newshub.gr
Skincare and Beyond
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Book Shelter
CyberSecurity Summary
CyberSecurity Summary
Historias de los Libros
Historias de los Libros
Medicine Made Simple
Medicine Made Simple
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Dentistry Made Simple
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Civil Engineering Made Simple
Storytime for Kids
Storytime for Kids
Cookaround - Cucina e Ricette
Mondadori Media
Arcfluence - The Architecture and Design Podcast
ArcFluence
Your World of Creativity
Mark Stinson
Heaving Bosoms
Heaving Bosoms Productions, Bleav
TheCrispCast
TheCrispGuys
From the Top
NPR
The Lazy Genius Podcast
Kendra, The Lazy Genius
DOTJ - Drinking On The Job
John Coyle
USModernist Radio - Architecture You Love
USModernist Radio
Pop Culture Happy Hour
NPR
The Bourbon Daily
ABV Network
VERY DELTA with Delta Work
Moguls of Media
The Color Authority™
Judith van Vliet
Dudes Behind the Foods with Tim Chantarangsu and David So
Tim Chantarangsu & David So & Studio71
Daily Strength: A 365-Day Devotional for Men
Crossway
Daily Joy: A 365-Day Devotional for Women
Crossway
Field & Foley
Ben Reichstein
Modern Rubbish
Wyatt Keusch & David Paha
The Saints
The Merry Beggars
Arts
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra
It's the Rewriting That Makes You an Author
Author and NPR producer Haili Blassingame joins Bianca Marais to discuss her debut novel, ‘They All Fall in Love in the End', a bold exploration of love, non-monogamy, identity, and self-discovery. Haili shares how her o...
Shooting the Shit About AI Reading Companions and Debriefing Last Week's Episode
This week, on Shooting the Shit Carly and CeCe unpack their conversation with best-selling author Andi Bartz and dive deeper into the growing role of AI in publishing. They discuss a listener's candid confession about us...
Finding the Heart of the Story
In this Books with Hooks segment, Bianca, CeCe, and Carly critique a memoir query about parenting a child with Down syndrome, emphasizing that while emotionally powerful, it lacks a clear hook, market positioning, and de...
Shooting The Shit About Author/AI Pain Points With NYT bestseller Andrea Bartz
In this special episode of Shooting the Shit, Carly and CeCe are joined by bestselling thriller author and journalist Andrea Bartz for a wide-ranging conversation about publishing, AI, and the current state of the book i...
Writing Dialogue That Carries the Entire Scene and How Voice Can Make or Break Your Novel
In part one of this week’s double author interview, Carly Watters sits down with debut author Lara Stokes to discuss her novel ‘Midsummer Nights’ — a contemporary, theater-filled spin on William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsumme...
Shooting the Shit About Agent Financial Details, Imprint Mergers and Risks of a Top Heavy Industry
In this week’s episode of Shooting the Shit, Carly and CeCe chat about the ever-expanding role of literary agents—from event support and career coaching to navigating emerging challenges like AI, fact-checking, and autho...
Layers of Psychological Processing
In this milestone 225th Books with Hooks segment , Bianca, Carly and CeCe break down two wildly different submissions to dissect what’s working (and what’s not). First up is a high-concept Western horror with cannibals, ...
Shooting the Shit About Agent Financial Details, Imprint Mergers and Risks of a Top Heavy Industry
In this week’s Shooting the Shit, Carly and CeCe tackle some of the biggest conversations shaping publishing right now. They discuss the recent consolidation of Simon & Schuster and what fewer submission opportunities co...
Successfully Pitching at Conferences
Landing a book deal isn’t about one manuscript—it’s about persistence, growth, and strategy. In this week’s author interview, Emma White shares how writing three novels, facing nearly 90 rejections, and refining her craf...
May Bonus Episode
In part one of this month’s May Bonus episode, Steven Rowley joins Bianca Marais to discuss his latest novel and return to magical realism. Together, they explore identity, grief, reinvention, and the emotional truth beh...
Sneaky Prologues That Sizzle
This week on Books with Hooks, Carly, Bianca and CeCe dive into a satirical body horror query with a killer premise: an aspiring influencer’s transformation takes a dark—and literal—turn. CeCe highlights the strong setup...
Shooting the Shit About Agent Scams and When A Book Is Truly Ready To Go
In this episode of Shooting the Shit, Carly and CeCe dive into the rise of publishing scams targeting hopeful writers, sharing major red flags to watch for and why scammers are preying on authors’ dreams. They also unpac...
Taking Big Risks That Pay Off & Breaking the Rules With Intentionality
Debut author Alessandra Ranelli joins the show to share the wild, real-life story behind Murder at the Hotel Orient — from a disastrous week that sparked the idea, to turning a legendary Vienna love hotel into the settin...
Shooting the Shit About Professional Development and the Power of the Agent "Fit"
In this episode of Shooting the Shit, Carly and CeCe dive into the power of “fit” in publishing — from finding the right agent-author relationship to understanding how passion, advocacy, and instinct shape a literary car...
The Craft of Specificity: Why Vague Kills Queries
On this week’s Books with Hooks, Carly and CeCe talk about TWO standout queries hit the table this week—and the bar is high. One delivers a polished, compelling YA pitch with strong writing and commercial appeal, but rai...
Shooting The Shit About Expectations in Agent Author Relationships and Who Gets To Go On Book Tour
In this week’s episode of Shooting the Shit, Carly and CeCe dive into a viral story about ChatGPT allegedly derailing a $50M deal and unpack what it means for writers relying on AI—warning that outsourcing your thinking ...
Author Insights from Mai Nguyen, Lindsay Wong and Laurie Frankel
In part one of this week’s triple author interview, literary agent Carly Watters sits down with Mai Nguyen to discuss her deeply personal novel ‘Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead’. Mai shares the heartbreaking real-life los...
April Bonus Episode
Debut author Canwen Xu joins Bianca to talk about ‘Boring Asian Female’—the dark, addictive novel that began as women’s fiction and evolved into a razor-sharp psychological thriller. They discuss, turning personal failur...
When Intrigue Turns Into Confusion
This week on Books with Hooks, Bianca CeCe and Carly unpack what makes a query actually work—and where things quietly fall apart. From a gripping friends-to-lovers premise with a dark past to a stranded-on-an-island YA r...