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Literaticast

A literary agent and her friends dish about writing and publishing books for children and young adults.

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23: Schmagents get a Schmackdown with guest agent Kelly Sonnack

23: Schmagents get a Schmackdown with guest agent Kelly Sonnack

Guest agent Kelly Sonnack joins me to talk about best practices, agent-wise... and WTH are some bad agents even DOING? A... Read more

13 Sep 2018

52mins

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28: Story Genius with guest author and writing coach Lisa Cron

28: Story Genius with guest author and writing coach Lisa Cron

I sit down with Lisa Cron, the author of STORY GENIUS and WIRED FOR STORY - she is chock full of advice to make your nex... Read more

23 Feb 2019

46mins

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5. Agents vs Schmagents, with guest agent Kate Testerman

5. Agents vs Schmagents, with guest agent Kate Testerman

I give the skinny on how to spot SCHMAGENTS in the wild - aka scammy and scummy fake "agents" who take naive writers for... Read more

13 Aug 2017

34mins

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3: Take Me Down to Publicity City, with guest publicist Saraciea Fennell

3: Take Me Down to Publicity City, with guest publicist Saraciea Fennell

I talk about what I like to see in an author's website. And Publicist Extraordinaire Saraciea Fennell talks to me about ... Read more

30 Jul 2017

34mins

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42: Creativity in Crisis with guest author Rebecca Stead

42: Creativity in Crisis with guest author Rebecca Stead

Author Rebecca Stead (WHEN YOU REACH ME, LIAR AND SPY, among others) joins me to talk about her creative process -- as w... Read more

6 Apr 2020

1hr 21mins

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39: Career Building with guest author Kate Messner

39: Career Building with guest author Kate Messner

My guest this week is Kate Messner -- the perfect person to discuss Career Building! Over the past decade she's publishe... Read more

19 Jan 2020

43mins

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4: Scandals, Scoundrels, and Badass Broads, with guest YA author Mackenzi Lee

4: Scandals, Scoundrels, and Badass Broads, with guest YA author Mackenzi Lee

YA author Mackenzi Lee joins me to talk about, well, almost everything, from book deal depression to hitting milestones ... Read more

7 Aug 2017

42mins

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33. Ask the Agent Live! (kinda) with guest agent Jen Rofé

33. Ask the Agent Live! (kinda) with guest agent Jen Rofé

It's a Summertime Bonus Episode! ABLA Senior Agent Jen Rofé joins me to answer burning listener questions about queries,... Read more

26 Jul 2019

46mins

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8: Be Careful What You Tell Yourself, with guest author Jess Keating

8: Be Careful What You Tell Yourself, with guest author Jess Keating

This week's show is jammed full of goodies. I explore the topic of Authenticity, then talk with guest author and self-ma... Read more

17 Sep 2017

44mins

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13: Cuppa and a Catch-Up with guest agent, Molly Ker Hawn

13: Cuppa and a Catch-Up with guest agent, Molly Ker Hawn

Superagent Molly Ker Hawn, head of the U.K. office of The Bent Agency, joins me for a proper chinwag about the U.K. vs U... Read more

13 Jan 2018

42mins

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38: The Great Big Holiday Gift Guide, 2019

38: The Great Big Holiday Gift Guide, 2019

We welcome the return of the Great Big Holiday Gift Guide, 2019 edition! I interview three independent booksellers from ... Read more

2 Dec 2019

54mins

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20: Burning the Candle at Both Ends, with Dan Santat

20: Burning the Candle at Both Ends, with Dan Santat

Award-winning author-illustrator Dan Santat joins me to discuss time management, illustrating vs authoring, portfolio-ma... Read more

17 Jun 2018

50mins

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17: Double Trouble, with guest authors Amy Spalding and Justina Ireland

17: Double Trouble, with guest authors Amy Spalding and Justina Ireland

It's a jam-packed double episode featuring two authors whose YA books are polar opposites... except for the fact that th... Read more

27 Mar 2018

1hr 18mins

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40: A Publicist Explains It All For You, with guest Tracy van Straaten

40: A Publicist Explains It All For You, with guest Tracy van Straaten

My guest is publicist Tracy van Straaten, who will pull the curtain back and reveal everything you've always wanted to k... Read more

21 Feb 2020

1hr

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7: All for Love with guest author Martha Brockenbrough

7: All for Love with guest author Martha Brockenbrough

I talk about the qualities of my "ideal author" besides, like, writing awesome books. Author Martha Brockenbrough joins ... Read more

3 Sep 2017

32mins

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11: The Hero is You. (Yeah, YOU!), with guest editor Kendra Levin

11: The Hero is You. (Yeah, YOU!), with guest editor Kendra Levin

I sit down with editor Kendra Levin, who is also a life-coach for writers, to talk NaNoWriMo, among other things. She us... Read more

10 Nov 2017

39mins

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24: Ask an Editor, with Emma Dryden

24: Ask an Editor, with Emma Dryden

Editorial consultant Emma D. Dryden has a storied career in children's publishing. She sat down with me to talk about re... Read more

18 Oct 2018

49mins

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29: Meg Medina Changes Gears

29: Meg Medina Changes Gears

This episode, I'm pleased to welcome newly minted Newbery Medalist Meg Medina. We chat about world building in realistic... Read more

13 Mar 2019

56mins

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36: Behind the Book: ROAR LIKE A DANDELION

36: Behind the Book: ROAR LIKE A DANDELION

Welcome to an all-new feature on the Literaticast: BEHIND THE BOOK, in which we take a deep dive into the backstory behi... Read more

17 Oct 2019

50mins

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14: Gold Star Gossip with guest librarian Lisa von Drasek

14: Gold Star Gossip with guest librarian Lisa von Drasek

Brilliant and opinionated Lisa von Drasek joins me to talk about Kerlan Collection, the Caldecott and Newbery Awards, an... Read more

26 Jan 2018

55mins

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