On this episode of Flublishing, literary agents Carleen Geisler and Andie Smith discuss the concept of submission, or submitting a project to editors. They talk about if there is ever a good time to go on submission by analyzing a calendar of known holidays, themes, and other events that may impact a submission schedule. If you’re interested in learning more about the submission process and what it’s like to prepare for and ultimately go on submission to editors, this episode is for you.

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On the debut episode of Flublishing, literary agents Carleen Geisler and Andie Smith discuss the author/agent conundrum. They define the term “flub” and describe their goals for this podcast, which is to talk about the more difficult side of publishing and how we can use our community to overcome these challenges. If you’re interested in hearing about the personal journey of an author who became an agent, or what it means to have an agent who is also an author, this episode is for you. 

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Welcome to Flublishing, your candid publishing podcast. Hosts literary agents Carleen Geisler and Andie Smith are here to provide some insight into one of the lesser talked about topics in publishing. Over this six-episode season 1, we aim to normalize the chaos of the publishing world so we can all laugh about it together and get our butts back out there. Episodes release biweekly starting January 8, 2025.