Contemporary literary fiction author, Daphne Palasi Andreades joins us, fresh off the release of her astounding debut novel, Brown Girls, to talk about her experience with writing and the publishing industry. We go in depth into how she ended up writing in the first person plural as well as the inspirations and evolutions that Brown Girls took from its inception all the way through to publication.

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Award winning, international best selling contemporary romance author Sue Moorcroft is on this episode to share all of her experience with publishing and the craft of writing. We hear all about what it's like to change agents and publishers as well as how she ended up writing two seasonal books every year.

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Wolf Literary's international agent, Kate Johnson is on this week to tell Jamie all about how she lives in the UK and works with clients both locally and in the US. We talk about the pros and cons of writers applying to agents overseas, her start in journalism and her approach to queries and submission letters.

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Literary agent, Hannah Schofield tells us all about her journey into the industry and how she reached her dream job as a literary agent at LBA. As always we talk about how she approaches her open submission pile as well as what sort of things she is looking to add to her growing list.

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Literary agent, Ludo Cinelli chats all about his career in publishing and how his original aspirations to become a writer shifted and led him to becoming an agent. We chat all about the inner workings at the Eve White Literary Agency and how submissions are handled from arrival all the way to discussions of representation.

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Best-selling, award winning romance novelist Nicola May shares all of her ups and downs with writing and publishing over the years. We talk all about how she moved between traditional and self-publishing, how she hit the number one spot on Amazon and how her father illustrates all of her covers. Amazing advice for anyone looking into self-publishing their writing.

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International best-selling romance author, Lizzie Chantree comes by and shares all of her writing experiences from self-publishing to traditional. We talk all about the challenges she's overcome and why she isn't interested in looking for an agent for now. Her latest book, 'The Woman Who Felt Invisible', is out as well as all of her other works.

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Non-fiction author, photographer and fog chaser, Laura Pashby tells us all about her book, 'Little Stories of Your Life', and what it takes to write, submit and publish a non-fiction book. She goes on to tell us about her roots in poetry as well her work in photography and the hashtag that inspired the book.

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Romance author, liveblogger and marketer, Heidi Stephens swings by to chat about her first novel, written during lockdown about a romance that happens in lockdown. 'Two Metres from You' came out in March 2021 and her second novel, 'Never Gonna Happen' is out in May 2022 with a third one already in the works! We talk all about her amazing rollercoaster ride in publishing so far as well as her work in marketing and liveblogging for the Guardian and Eurovision.

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Historical fiction author, Susan Furber published her debut novel, The Essence of an Hour this year and tells us all about its inception as well as the journey it has undergone alongside her career as an editor in the publishing industry.

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