The Hope Prose Podcast

In the first episode of season 5, Tara sits down with Kerryn Mayne. Kerryn is an author, former wedding photographer, and current police officer. When not at work attempting to solve crime, she writes about it or prepares an endless stream of snacks for her kids. Kerryn lives in the Melbourne suburbs with her husband, four children, and a highly suspect lovebird.

Listen as they discuss her debut novel, LENNY MARKS GETS AWAY WITH MURDER, her career pivot from wedding photographer to police officer, building tension within a story, the differences between the AU and the US publishing, and her latest book out in Australia Joy Moody is Out of Time. 

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In this episode of Hope Prose, Alex and Tara sit down for their end-of-season wrap-up and chat about their hopes for the future and beyond. 

→  Connect with Alex on her Instagram or visit her TikTok to find out more about what she’s working on and upcoming projects! 

→ Connect with Tara on her Instagram, or website to find about more about her publications, interviews, and more! 

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In this episode of Hope Prose, Alex and Tara are throwing it way back in time and chatting with debut historical romance author Hannah Honegger

Hannah is an author, screenwriter, and actress who was destined to write a series about the American Revolutionary War when she was born on July 4th. Finding obscure stories in history is one of her passions and she never seems to be without a new book idea.. 

Listen as they discuss her debut A LADY, little-known spy stories, the research that goes into historical fiction, her love of acting and screenwriting, identity, and what kdramas can teach you about writing relationships. 

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→  Connect with Hannah on her Instagram or visit her website to find out more about her books and upcoming projects! 

→ Pre-order & order A Lady HERE

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In this episode of Hope Prose, Alex sits down with literary agent extraordinaire Bethany Jett. 

Bethany is an associate literary agent with the C.Y.L.E. agency, as well as a multi-award-winning author, and a marketing strategist who earned top honors in her master’s program, where she earned her MFA in Communications focusing on Marketing and PR. Her motto is “Teach as you go,” which she lives out as the co-owner of Serious Writer, a company that teaches and empowers writers and authors.

Listen as they discuss what Bethany is looking for when she reopens, what you should look for in a potential agent-author relationship, what she wishes authors would stop doing, and why celebrating the small things is important. 

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In this episode of Hope Prose, Tara Conklin sits down to chat with Tara and Alex to discuss her latest book Community Board. 

A lawyer turned novelist, her books have been New York Times bestsellers, selected for Read With Jenna (the Today Show book club), Target book club, Barnes & Noble book club, IndieNext Pick, and translated into 8 languages.

Listen as they discuss the importance of community, why she switched from law to fiction, Community Board's unique format, the importance of stories featuring siblings, and how she writes a well-rounded cast of characters. 

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→  Connect with Tara on her Instagram or website!  

→ Buy Community Board HERE! 

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In this episode of Hope Prose, Elle Evans sits down to chat with Tara to discuss the details of her debut novel Wedding Issues. 

Originally from Massachusetts, Elle now lives in Philadelphia, where she works in health care. She is recovering from a recent five-year stint in Nashville for graduate school, punctuated by sweet Southern hospitality and even sweeter iced tea.

Listen as they chat about balancing writing while training to be a doctor, what experiences in her own life influenced this story and her characters, and what surprised her during her debut publication experience. 

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→ Buy Wedding Issues HERE! 

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In this episode of Hope Prose, New York Times Bestselling author Tracey Garvis Graves sits down to chat with Tara and Alex about her latest release THE TRAIL OF LOST HEARTS. 

Listen as they chat about what jumpstarted her career into writing, geocaching, the struggle of writing a character-driven book rather than plot, and her love of using landscapes as a secondary character. 

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→  Connect with Tracey on her Instagram or website!  

→ Buy The Trail of Lost Hearts HERE! 

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In this episode of Hope Prose, Tara and Alex chat with debut Jenny Adams about her first book A Deadly Endeavor. She is a librarian turned novelist and holds degrees in Medieval Studies and Library Science from Ohio State University and Drexel University. She has studied fiction at Johns Hopkins University is an alumna of Blue Stoop’s 2019 YA Novel Intensive and the 2021 Tin House YA Workshop, and was a 2021 PitchWars Mentor.

Listen as Jenny walks us through her journey to publication, the trials of writing historical fiction, confidence as a new writer, and fun facts about the characters within A Deadly Endeavor. 

→  Connect with Jenny on her Instagram or website!  

→ Buy A Deadly Endeavor HERE! 

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In this episode of Hope Prose, Tara and Alex chat with Erica Bauermeister, the New York Times bestselling author of 5 novels, including The Scent Keeper, The School of Essential Ingredients, and her latest, No Two Persons.

Listen as Erica showers them in wisdom about the craft of getting out of the way of your character, the art of the linked story, how to tell when you are ready to write your story idea, and the risks we take to share our work with others. 

→  Connect with Erica on her Instagram or website!  

→ Buy No Two Persons HERE! 

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In this episode of Hope Prose, Tara and Alex talk with Gillian Bronte Adams about the most recent installment in her epic YA fantasy. 

Gillian writes epic fantasy novels, including the award-winning Of Fire and Ash and The Songkeeper Chronicles. She loves strong coffee, desert hikes, and trying out new soup recipes on crisp fall nights. When she’s not creating vibrant new worlds or dreaming up stories that ring with the echoes of eternity, she can be found off chasing sunsets with her horse, or her dog, Took.

Listen as they chat about being a slow writer, the Lord of the Rings, writing epic fantasy for a YA audience, overcoming doubts as a creative, and the fictional characters that have shaped her over the years. 

→  Connect with Gillian on her Instagram or website!  

→ Buy Of Sea and Smoke HERE! 

Due to character limitations, please find a full version of the show notes with content warnings  and links on our website at: https://www.tarakross.com/podcast-1

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