Writers At Arms

Sealed with a Kiss author Carolyn Pollack talks about her early times in self-publishing, lessons she’s learned in the process, and opportunities that have brought her to press on her faith in her works to continue on as an author despite all the setbacks along the way.

Film editing is a tough job to get into, being in an industry full of strong and determined individuals with a high demand of being able to please the public and investors with the final product. In this episode, award-winning American film editor Debra Neil-Fisher, who has almost four decades of experience in the film industry, tells us about the technicality in the editing and creativity in determining scene selections, which are critical to produce a high-quality motion picture, as well as significant collaborations with directors, writers, and different individuals who are at the helm of film making.

Every manuscript is like a rough pearl that needs polishing. Thus, before getting it to agents and publishers, it must be edited over and over to make it editorially sound. It has to be at its best form so that, during a creative acquisition, it will leave the best first impression to its reviewers. In fact, the first pages of the manuscript will already determine the chances of getting a publishing contract.

As someone who has been involved in publishing for 20 years, independent editor Carrie is no less than an expert with the entire process. Let’s get to know how she got her foot into the industry.

In this episode of Writer's at Arms. We are joined with Justin Witte, an author who wrote the inspiring book titled 'The Book of Shadows'. We will be talking about his journey in overcoming the challenges he faced and his aspirations on doing his work. We follow his journey in fighting mental health, drug addiction, and how he was able to conquer such obstacles serves as an inspiration to all those who are going through the problems that he faced.

In this episode Troy Lambert helps us understand which type of publishing should be most preferable to you, Traditional or Self Publishing. We will elaborate on the things that you should be expecting from both types of book publishing and discuss your roles and obligations on each.

The truest reality in book publishing is -- if you don’t have a concrete community that is ready to consume your material, then having to convince a book publisher to print your book is really hard. Check out our episode about why you should worry about having a platform to promote your materials.

In the Pilot Episode of Writer's At Arms.  We interviewed CEO and Founder of TaleFlick and Passage Pictures Uri Singer. We discussed how the process of acquiring new materials for films in Hollywood are negotiated. The spark of opportunities for authors to find producers to invest on their works and the capabilities that TaleFlick enabled to bridge Film Producers and Authors.