<div>This week we work out how to get professional. Like, what do you put in an email signature and exactly how important is a website? 
 
Then Kate heads to Sydney to chat with author and bookseller, John Purcell, about how he's gone through the debut experience TWICE, how to write good sex and what really sells books. 
 
Check out show notes for this episode on our website <a href="http://www.thefirsttimepodcast.com/">www.thefirsttimepodcast.com</a> or get in touch via Twitter or Instagram @thefirsttimepod. 
 
Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Two via our Patreon page <a href="https://www.patreon.com/user/overview?u=14470635">https://www.patreon.com/user/overview?u=14470635</a>! Thanks for joining us!</div>

This week we work out how to get professional. Like, what do you put in an email signature and exactly how important is a website? Then Kate heads to Sydney to chat with author and bookseller, John Purcell, about how he's gone through the debut experience TWICE, how to write good sex and what really sells books. Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter or Instagram @thefirsttimepod. Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Two via our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/user/overview?u=14470635! Thanks for joining us!

This week we work out how to get professional. Like, what do you put in an email signature and exactly how important is a website? 
 
Then Kate heads to Sydney to chat with author and bookseller, John Purcell, about how he's gone through the debut experience TWICE, how to write good sex and what really sells books. 
 
Check out show notes for this episode on our website <a href="http://www.thefirsttimepodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.thefirsttimepodcast.com</a> or get in touch via Twitter or Instagram @thefirsttimepod. 
 
Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Two via our Patreon page <a href="https://www.patreon.com/user/overview?u=14470635" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.patreon.com/user/overview?u=14470635</a>! Thanks for joining us!

S2 Ep42: Professionalism & John Purcell on pseudonyms, writing sex & what sells books

<div>A podcast about the first time…you publish a book. 
 
One part reality show, one part writers’ master class. Novelists <a href="https://www.katherinecollette.com/">Katherine Collette </a>(The Helpline, The Competition) and <a href="https://katemildenhall.com/">Kate Mildenhall</a> (Skylarking, The Mother Fault, The Hummingbird Effect) discuss the feels and logistics of writing and publishing and speak to Australian and international writers about their books and creative process.  
 
Now in its sixth season, The First Time podcast has features more than 200 authors including industry icons Helen Garner, Claire G Coleman, Christos Tsiolkas, Tony Birch, Sarah Winman and George Saunders. 
 
The First Time Podcast includes Featured Book segments supported by a range of Australian publishers.</div>

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A podcast about the first time…you publish a book. One part reality show, one part writers’ master class. Novelists Katherine Collette (The Helpline, The Competition) and Kate Mildenhall (Skylarking, The Mother Fault, The Hummingbird Effect) discuss the feels and logistics of writing and publishing and speak to Australian and international writers about their books and creative process. Now in its sixth season, The First Time podcast has features more than 200 authors including industry icons Helen Garner, Claire G Coleman, Christos Tsiolkas, Tony Birch, Sarah Winman and George Saunders. The First Time Podcast includes Featured Book segments supported by a range of Australian publishers.

A podcast about the first time…you publish a book. 
 
One part reality show, one part writers’ master class. Novelists <a href="https://www.katherinecollette.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Katherine Collette </a>(The Helpline, The Competition) and <a href="https://katemildenhall.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kate Mildenhall</a> (Skylarking, The Mother Fault, The Hummingbird Effect) discuss the feels and logistics of writing and publishing and speak to Australian and international writers about their books and creative process.&nbsp; 
 
Now in its sixth season, The First Time podcast has features more than 200 authors including industry icons Helen Garner, Claire G Coleman, Christos Tsiolkas, Tony Birch, Sarah Winman and George Saunders. 
 
The First Time Podcast includes Featured Book segments supported by a range of Australian publishers.

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