This year's Finale Episode, we've looked at each other and tried to imagine what we want to see what directions we want to see each other's writing journeys and author careers go.

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You can find Kate on threads @bykateprior and Instagram @bykateprior and Marty on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.

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The Highlights:

• I'm Being Productive, I Promise
• Kate Rambles for 5 Minutes to Tell You She's Working On Something New
• Does Anyone Read Anthologies?
• Just The Marty Party
• On Rushing Endings
• The Itty Bittiest of Problems
• Wigged Out By Happiness
• Grab Five Pages and Flip All of Then
• Bringing Back the Idea of Making Characters Fail
• Flashing A Nipple, Eight Times
• Is Maine Cool?

Order Kate Prior's new-release, Mated to My Ex! (Divorced fated mates, werewolves, knotting, all the good stuff.)

Marty Vee's newest book Hazel and Elijah Find Out is now available. Sign up for Marty's newsletter at her website to get Hazel and Elijah Don't Get Caucht for free!

You can find Kate on threads @bykateprior and Instagram @bykateprior and Marty on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.

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TW: Rabies, Bites, Shots

The Highlights:

• Edits Back from Heathitor
• Marty Just Keeps Writing (Overshot by 40k Words)
• No One Thinks They Like Second Chance Romances
• Grounding Marty From 2nd Chance Romances
• The Same Kiss Ten Times Over
• Kate Spoils The Rest of Her Next Book While Soundboarding Some Issues With It
• Can't Escape the Workplace Romance
• Kate Will Never Pump Her Own Gas (New Jersey, Baby)
• Marty's Friend's Rabies Story
• If Every Scene Has to Be A TikTok

Order Kate Prior's new-release, Mated to My Ex! (Divorced fated mates, werewolves, knotting, all the good stuff.)

Marty Vee's newest book Hazel and Elijah Find Out is now available. Sign up for Marty's newsletter at her website to get Hazel and Elijah Don't Get Caucht for free!

You can find Kate on threads @bykateprior and Instagram @bykateprior and Marty on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.

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The Highlights:

• East Coasters Are Weird About Fall
• Treating Plot Like the Steel Armature Holding Up These Twelve Raccoons In a Trenchcoat
• Marty's Been Doing Things
• Babies' First Real Romance Novels
• We Pretend We're Gonna Talk About MFA's for A Second
• Kate's Once Again Trying to Learn Animation
• Friends Enable Each Other's Hyperfixations
• Identifying What Tools We're Over-Relying On

Order Kate Prior's new-release, Mated to My Ex! (Divorced fated mates, werewolves, knotting, all the good stuff.)

Marty Vee's newest book Hazel and Elijah Find Out is now available. Sign up for Marty's newsletter at her website to get Hazel and Elijah Don't Get Caucht for free!

You can find Kate on threads @bykateprior and Instagram @bykateprior and Marty on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.

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The Highlights: 

• There are No Right Directions, but There are Wrong Ones
• The Suspense of Writing
• Goodreads Review Sheild for Authors
• You Don't Have to Top the Last Thing You Did Every Time
• Telling the Same Joke In Ten Different Ways
• In Marketing You Don't Need to Reinvent the Wheel Every Time
• Saying Something Besides "Buy My Book"
• ADHD'd Too Close to the Sun
• "You've Heard of Hello Kitty, Right?"
• Fully Fledged Human with Hobbies
• Marty Talks Ream Plans

The Browser Extension Kate Talks About

Order Kate Prior's new-release, Mated to My Ex! (Divorced fated mates, werewolves, knotting, all the good stuff.)

Marty Vee's newest book Hazel and Elijah Find Out is now available. Sign up for Marty's newsletter at her website to get Hazel and Elijah Don't Get Caucht for free!

You can find Kate on threads @bykateprior and Instagram @bykateprior and Marty on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.

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Marty and Kate bring Heather the Editor (Spellboundedits) on the show to talk about last minute edits, both sides of the process, how to find a qualified editor, and everything else they can think of.  

Order Kate Prior's new-release, Mated to My Ex! (Divorced fated mates, werewolves, knotting, all the good stuff.)

Marty Vee's newest book Hazel and Elijah Find Out is now available. Sign up for Marty's newsletter at her website to get Hazel and Elijah Don't Get Caucht for free!

You can find Kate on threads @bykateprior and Instagram @bykateprior and Marty on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.

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The Highlights Include:

• Insert Yourself with Some Fanfiction
• When You're Unsatisfied with Your Happy Ending (That's What She Said)
• How To Make Friends Online
• That Guy At the Concert Who SUCKED
• Bring Something You Love to the Table
• Yes Kate Has Shared This Thought Before (I'm So Sure This Loop Thing Was On Last Week's Episode Too)
• Marty's Most Productive Work-Play Cycle
• The ADHD Brain Is Always Seeking Stimulation
• Releasing Your Expectations of Your Manuscript Before Editing
• It's Not Stealing If It's from Your Younger Self
• External Validation Validating the Internal Validating
• Figure It Out, Listener
• Bob Ross's Famous Motto, "Fuck Around And Keep What You Like"
• The Hope You Will Be Incredible At Something the First Time
• One Romantic Ditch Digging
• Listener, You're in Some Slippery Hands Here
• Marty Defends Breaking Fourth Walls
• The Subjectively Of Is It Good and Is It Well Made
• We Talk About Fight Club
• The Line Between Spoonfeeding and Obfuscating

Order Kate Prior's new-release, Mated to My Ex! (Divorced fated mates, werewolves, knotting, all the good stuff.)

Marty Vee's newest book Hazel and Elijah Find Out is now available. Sign up for Marty's newsletter at her website to get Hazel and Elijah Don't Get Caucht for free!

You can find Kate on threads @bykateprior and Instagram @bykateprior and Marty on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.

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The Highlights:

• The Novelty of Finishing Things On Time
• Social Media Calendar Software
• Characters Failing Makes them More Interesting
• Try-Fail Cycles
• The Inevitable Unlikeable Heroine Trap 
• Continuing to Beat This Cart Before the Horse 
• Elijah Was Never A Bad Boy

Order Kate Prior's new-release, Mated to My Ex! (Divorced fated mates, werewolves, knotting, all the good stuff.)

Marty Vee's newest book Hazel and Elijah Find Out is now available. Sign up for Marty's newsletter at her website to get Hazel and Elijah Don't Get Caucht for free!

You can find Kate on threads @bykateprior and Instagram @bykateprior and Marty on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.

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The Highlights:

• Getting Vaguely Technical About Air Conditioning
• Weekly Reminder Kate is Bad at Math
• It (Was) Too Dang Hot
• When Did 40k Words Get In Here
• The Book You Envision at the Start VS the Book That Manifests
• When Does Character Motivation Come In?
• Infodumping VS Answering Questions as They Come Up
• Just Add a Dick to It
• The Real Brand Identity Is the Friends We Made Along the Way
• Playing to The One Friend Who Laughs At Your Jokes
• CURRENTLY NOT SPONSORED BY DROPOUT (But We Should Be)
• Actually Sit Down And Do Your Worksheets
• The Social Part of Social Media
• The Gap Between Social Media Metrics and Book Sales
• Don't Post Online NonSober Guys 

Order Kate Prior's new-release, Mated to My Ex! (Divorced fated mates, werewolves, knotting, all the good stuff.)

Marty Vee's newest book Hazel and Elijah Find Out is now available. Sign up for Marty's newsletter at her website to get Hazel and Elijah Don't Get Caucht for free!

You can find Kate on threads @bykateprior and Instagram @bykateprior and Marty on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.

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The Highlights:

• How Romance Readers Play Minecraft 
• Use Your Half-Started Ideas For a Change
• Theory about TikTok Theories 
• Kate and Marty List Some Real Horny Shit Your Books Need
• A Quick Treatise on Instalove
• Everybody Looks Better with a Little Bit of Dirt on Their Face
• Your Hero Can't Just Be Hot
• But He Better Have Some Fucking Hands On Him
• Acts of Service Are Sexy

Order Kate Prior's new-release, Mated to My Ex! (Divorced fated mates, werewolves, knotting, all the good stuff.)

Marty Vee's newest book Hazel and Elijah Find Out is now available. Sign up for Marty's newsletter at her website to get Hazel and Elijah Don't Get Caucht for free!

You can find Kate on threads @bykateprior and Instagram @bykateprior and Marty on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.

This Episode is brought to you by SimplySpellBoundEdits (Heather the Editor (Heathitor)).

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