Shooting the Shit With Special Guest Alia Hanna Habib
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Welcome to another episode of Shooting the Shit with literary agents Carly Waters and CeCe Lira, where we dissect publishing gossip, discuss book industry trends, and the overall state of the book business.
If you've ever wanted to grab a coffee with two literary agents, grab your mug and pull up a chair. It's okay. It's going to be funny. Where she represents MacArthur Fellows, Pulitzer Prize winning journalists, National Book Award finalists, and numerous New York Times bestselling authors. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. And for everyone wondering why Aaliyah said, good job in the middle of my, of me reading her bio, it's because I was checking all the pronunciations with her before. So thank you.
People often mispronounce Gernert and it gets tarjayed a lot. So I've been introduced on many a panel as working at the Gernet company, which sounds incredibly chic and posh, but I do not work at the Gernet company. I work at Gernet. Interesting. Bravo. That was great.
Amazing. Thank you. I will take the compliment. I will take the win. Our listeners have for sure heard me butcher some names, unintentionally, of course. So I'm really happy. I'm not going to say it again, though, because what if I get it wrong the second time? No.
But welcome.
Keep winning. Welcome, Aliyah.
Thank you for having me. I'm delighted to be here.
Okay, so for context, you guys, Carly's traveling. And so she and I decided to each record an episode without each other because we had to. It was scheduling. And then Carly did her amazing episode last week, which I'm sure you guys checked out. And I was reading Aaliyah's book because that's right. Aaliyah isn't just an agent. She is an author. And I'm going to hold up the book for you guys who are on YouTube. It's called Take It From Me, An Agent's Guide to Building a Nonfiction Writing Career from Scratch. And I want to share why I was reading this book. So I was reading this book because a good friend of mine who's an agent, Amanda, read it and loved it. And I was like, okay, I'm going to check it out.
I trust Amanda's taste. And I was loving it too. And then I DM'd Aaliyah about how much I loved it. And when I knew I was recording an episode, a solo episode, well, not solo now, I was like, Aaliyah, will you come on and do it with me so we can talk publishing news, but also so I could ask her about her book. So in today's episode, everyone... We're going to obviously talk to Aaliyah and ask her a little bit about her career and her book. And then we're also going to cover a few stories in the news and some questions from our listeners.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–11:07
2
What does Alia Hanna Habib say inspired her to write a nonfiction guide for writers?
11:07–25:43
3
How did Alia describe the emotional and practical challenges she faced while writing her book?
25:43–34:55
4
What features of Take It From Me make it useful for authors, agents, and publishing professionals?
34:55–44:41
5
What writing process tip did Alia discover about drafting chapters out of order?
44:41–45:59
Speakers
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