By Kat Caldwell
On the Pencils&Lipstick podcast Kat talks to authors, editors and other professionals in the writing and publishing field to learn more about the craft of writing. If you're a writer or just lo
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The other day, I heard Mark Hurwitz say that "the beginning of the book (exposition is the literary term) is a bit like a social contract between the reader and the writer. This got me thinking about the different critique groups and contests that we have that focus solely on the beginning phrases of our books. Are they helpful? I’m of the opinion that they aren’t.
So today we are going through a pile of books to see how the beginnings stand up to being social contracts between the writer and the reader.
Books I read from today:
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne
Anxious People by Fredrick Backman
Shadow of the Dragon by Tom Clancy
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
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Paulette Perhach’s writing has been published in the New York Times, Vox, Elle, The Washington Post, Slate, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Marie Claire, Yoga Journal, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Hobart, and Vice. She’s the author of two million-reader viral essays.
Her book, Welcome to the Writer's Life, was published in 2018 by Sasquatch Books, part of the Penguin Random House publishing family, and was selected as one of Poets & Writers' Best Books for Writers.
She serves writers as a coach, helping them figure out how to make a life and career out of being a writer while making the money work (as she figures it all out herself.) She's also a speaker on the topics of creativity, writing, and business. Find her at thatwriterpaulette.com
Join her 3-month class Harnessing ADHD's Wild Horsepower here: https://www.pauletteperhach.com/harnessing-adhds-wild-horsepower
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Summer is here! Which can mean a complete disruption to our writing routine. Whether you're continuing a novel, starting a new one or wondering how to keep creative this summer, this episode is for you!
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Mary is a bestselling and award-winning author of 14 books in 3 genres, chef and former cooking school instructor. Her latest novel, A Woman's Guide To Search & Rescue (Oct24, 2023), is a cross-genre literary thriller that details a woman's escape for survival and how she flees to her estranged sister...who doesn't even know she exists.Her latest book is called LAST BETS. You can find out more about Mary on her website here.
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Have you ever wanted to make your story into a movie? Beth Barany dreamed about it for years and is now making her dreams come true! In this episode we talk about moving making, about Kickstarters, about novel writing and editing and so much more! If you want to find out more about Beth, go to BethBarany.com. You can follow her film making process on Instagram by following @henriettafilm.
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Today I speak with Chelle Honiker of Indie Author Magazine. We talk about the origins of the magazine, where it started and where it's going, what attending a writing conference can gain you and much more!
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I have return guest Claire Taylor back to talk about her new book Sustain Your Author Career. We talk about the changes already happening in the book and publishing industry and what we can do to not freak out about them.
Find out more about Claire Taylor here: https://www.ffs.media/about
Find the book here: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sustain-your-author-career
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For most of her life, Pacific Northwest naturalist, photographer, poet, and author Cheryl Grey Bostrom has lived in the rural and wild lands that infuse her writing. Her work has appeared in a variety of print and online publications, currently including the American Scientific Affiliation’s God and Nature Magazine (for which she’s a regular photo essayist), and in her blog: Watching Nature, Seeing Life.
She’s also written multiple books—including her award-winning novel Sugar Birds and its sequel Leaning on Air, coming May 7. Find out more about Cheryl at https://cherylbostrom.com/
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Karyn Fischer has extensive experience in the publishing and story world. She has worked behind the scenes at publishing house, as children's book and YA literary agent and now is a story coach helping writers get their stories crafted how they envision them. Listen to this episode to find out more about the details of the publishing and literary world.
Find out more about Karyn at https://www.storyandprose.com/
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The podcast currently has 252 episodes available.