The Long Road to Publishing with Eva Langston
Episodes
Agent Siblings & Creative INN-spiration
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Casey Sciezka runs the Spruceton Inn, a Catskills Bed & Bar, as well as its annual Artist Residency that hosts world-renowned painters and bestsel...
Writing & Publishing Later in Life
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy Tokunaga has weathered bad book sales and agent break-ups. She’s published with a Big 5 publisher and self-published, and in this episode she ...
The Road to Publishing is Paved with Good Intuition
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Thriller author Marisa Walz uses her intuition when making writing and publishing decisions. After many manuscripts she “just knew” Good Intention...
"I Became My Own Publisher"
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When traditional publishers didn’t think there was a market for historical fiction featuring black female leads, Vanessa Riley bet on herself, and w...
Confessions of a Conference Junkie
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Maryk has had a long career in acting and sketch-writing, and her debut novel, The Found Object Society, was just been released from Disney H...
Five Agents & The Pitch Queen
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Karin Gillespie has had FIVE literary agents and has published in all the ways: Big 5, small indie press, & self-publishing. With 20+ years of exp...
Writing Weird & Cobbling Together a Creative Life
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Author Lincoln Michel talks about teaching, freelancing, being a lit mag editor, and writing his popular Substack newsletter, Counter Craft. We also d...
A Book Deal Across the Ocean
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Raidah Shah Idil’s middle grade fantasy novel, HOW TO FREE A JINN, was first published in Australia before being picked up by a U.S. Big 5 publisher...
A Dreamy Traditional Debut & the Decision to Self-Publish
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cynthia Swanson’s Harper Collins debut, The Bookseller, was a NYT bestseller with a film option from Julia Roberts. Less than a decade later, after ...
2025 End-of-Year Wrap-Up
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special end-of-year episode, Eva reflects on the first 16 episodes of The Long Road to Publishing, hints at what's to come on the podcast in 2...
The Worst Rejection of Her Life
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Darlene P. Campos is the author of a YA novel, two middle grade novels, and a picture book. Earlier this year, only a month before the release of her ...
If the Agent Doesn't Fit...
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsey Goldstein got serious about her writing career at the age of 40, and her debut novel Gap Year is a middle-age coming-of-age story. Lindsey tal...
Spilling the Tea on Self-Publishing Success
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Thorne is the instant USA Today, Indie, and Sunday Times bestselling author of the Tomes & Tea series. She started out pursuing traditiona...
From Indie Romance to a Big 5 Debut
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Broad published ten romance novels with Entangled (and wrote a LOT of books that didn’t sell) before publishing GREENWICH, her literary debut, ...
The Cop Who Caught the Writing Bug
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Lane Williams always knew he wanted to be two things: a cop and a writer. He started out writing excellent police reports before publishing two ...
Highs & Lows of Author Life
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Middle grade author Sarah Allen checks a lot of boxes when it comes to bumps in the road to publishing: a long querying journey, parting ways with her...
Submission Hell & the Kindness of Editors
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Fawcett landed her agent somewhat easily but got stuck in a never-ending cycle of revisions and submissions before finally selling her debut ...
Pivot, Pivot, Publish!
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robyn Ryle has pivoted many times in her career, publishing in multiple genres and by multiple methods: traditional publishing with an agent, self-pub...
The Book That Came Back to Life
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Lewis thought her book had died on submission. She was so burned out on revisions and rejections that she announced she was quitting writing… Bu...
Influencer Imprints & a Novel 20 Years in the Making
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A special episode with Esperanza Hope Snyder and Marines Alvarez! Esperanza is an accomplished poet and the author of the novel Orange Wine. Marines i...
Successful Strategies & Debut Anxieties
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lacey N. Dunham’s debut novel, The Belles, is coming out very soon, so we discuss the intense emotions and anxieties that are common to feel before ...
From Rejection to Reflection to Publishing Success
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the query trenches and on submission, thriller author Jessica Payne went from piles of rejections to multiple offers from agents and publishers.How...
The Most Positive Person in Publishing
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Evelyn Skye, a bestselling author of books for teens and adults, has now published TEN novels. But her publishing career hasn’t been as easy as she ...
Learning in Public: From Self-Pub to the Big 5!
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
YA and MG author Kern Carter talks about self-publishing, publishing with an independent press, and signing deals with Scholastic and Penguin Random H...
From Feeling Like a Failure to NYT Bestseller
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times Instant Bestseller, Julia Bartz, talks about her publishing journey, from her first attempt at writing a novel, to parting ways with he...
10 Years Before the Book Deal
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After an early near-miss, Courtney’s debut novel came out 10 years later, with a different publisher, editor, agent, and title. (Not to mention, com...
Publishing Terms & Explanations
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this intro episode YA author Bethany Alcott will help me answer questions about imprints and Big 5 publishers, the difference between traditional, ...