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What is the beta‑reader matchup announcement and how can listeners join?
Hi everyone, it's time to register for the next beta reader matchup with the matchup emails going out on the 8th of September. As per usual, you'll be submitting 3,000 words from your work in progress, and I'll be matching you up with writers in similar time zones and/or genres. Many of the beta reader groups turn into writing groups with a lot of longevity. Which is always marvelous to see. To sign up, go to my website BiancaMoray.ca and go to the Beta Reader matchup page. I look forward to matching you.
Raise your hand if you've heard me say, publishing is competitive. I feel like everyone's probably raising their hand right now because I say it all the time, we say it all the time, and it's true, the publishing industry is so competitive. So if it's so competitive, here's my question for you. Do you know how you measure up against other writers? Do you know about your work's quality and readiness as it compares to other writers who write in your genre? Well, what if I told you there's a way to find out? Introducing the Acquisitions Pipeline, a simulation of how a book gets sold to a publisher. It's a new interactive component that I'm offering as an educational resource as a part of my popular writing tension course.
Here's how it's gonna work. We'll meet to learn all about creating tension, conflict, and stakes in your story. Think lots of slides, jam-packed with examples, and of course a cozy QA session. Then the acquisitions pipeline will begin. What is the acquisitions pipeline? So students are going to be invited to submit their work. Four seasoned literary agents will review these submissions. Their mission is to select the works with the most potential. All students of the course will get to see which works made this short list. Then those submissions will be sent to a panel of nine acquiring editors from big five publishing houses. Their job to select the top two per genre for a total of 18 selections across genres.
And they'll critique those selections at a live event that I'm I'm moderating. On this panel, exclusive to students of the Writing Tension course, Acqu Acquiring Editors will highlight what's working in each submission What's not, and how the writer can improve and make their work even more competitive. Does that sound super fun but also a little terrifying? Because it does for me. I'm really excited about this. I've been planning this for a while now. Writing Tension, featuring the all-new acquisitions pipeline, kicks off on September 24th and it is a multi-day course. Don't worry if you can't attend live, all students will get a link to the recordings. And if you're interested in learning more, including the names of the literary agents, the names of the acquiring editors, and the genres we're covering, check out my website.
Keep in mind that due to the interactive component, spots are limited. I hope to see you there and in the meantime, happy writing.
Hi there and welcome to our show, The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. I'm best selling author Bianca Murray and I'm joined by CeCe Lira of Wendy Sherman Associates and Carly Waters of PS Literary. Hi everyone, welcome back to another Books with Hooks. As per usual, we are diving straight in. CeC, can you please kick us off with the first query? Let's do
this, dear CeCe. Please consider my seventy-five thousand word literary LGBTQ novel The Nest. Which blends the communal storytelling of Tales of the City with a rural queer life for readers of Thomas Griton's In Tongues and Alejandro Varela's The Town of Babylon. When journalism student Matt learns that the nest, the only queer bar in his rural hometown, is shuttering, he decides to document its history. But the stories he uncovers, along with his return home, stir memories he's avoided for years, straining his relationship with his boyfriend, Danny. As Matt digs into the bar's history, a pattern begins to emerge, one that points back to a night he's never fully confronted. The deeper he goes, the harder it becomes to separate the story he's telling from the one he's been avoiding.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the beta‑reader matchup announcement and how can listeners join?
0:00–13:54
2
How do the hosts introduce the episode and set up the query‑letter critiques?
13:54–15:40
3
Why do the agents question the title and comps for CeCe’s LGBTQ novel “The Nest”?
15:40–27:19
4
What specific feedback do the agents give on the hook, mystery, and scene transitions in “The Nest”?
27:19–45:28