The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

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This is a podcast for emerging writers who want to improve the quality of their work and learn more about the publishing industry. Your one host, Bianca Marais ...

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Quiet Stories, Big Stakes CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Dec 11, 2025
Shooting the Shit: About the hidden side of best-of-year lists, AI worries, and the "midlist bestseller" CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Dec 8, 2025
Plotting With Fate CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Dec 4, 2025
Shooting the Shit: About agent burnout and the problems facing small publishers and booksellers CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Dec 1, 2025
The Pinball Effect in Fiction CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Nov 27, 2025
November Bonus Episode CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Nov 24, 2025
When Writing Gets Personal: Two Authors on Vulnerability and Voice CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Nov 20, 2025
Shooting the Shit...Live from Hawaii! About turning down offers and how best to work with your literary agent. CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Nov 17, 2025
Murder, Metafiction, and Query Letter Mayhem CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Nov 13, 2025
Shooting the Shit Live From LA! About Page to Screen and NaNoWriMo CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Nov 10, 2025
Success after 800 Rejections! CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Nov 6, 2025
Shooting the Shit About Winning Author Mindsets and Agent Submission Timelines CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Nov 3, 2025
When Reality TV Meets Cli-Fi: Hooks, Depth, and the Dreaded Coincidence CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Oct 30, 2025
October Bonus Episode CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Oct 27, 2025
For The Love of Writing CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Oct 23, 2025
Shooting the Shit: About publishing’s ghosting problem and when sales are “not good” CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Oct 20, 2025
Balancing Emotional Depth and Action In Your Story CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Oct 16, 2025
Shooting the Shit: About digital first book deals and negative experiences with writers' contests. CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Oct 13, 2025
Insights from Marjan Kamali and Kirsten Miller CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Oct 9, 2025
Shooting the Shit About External Publicity, Publishing in the age of Kickstarter, and the alleged gambling problem CeCe Lyra, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters · Oct 6, 2025
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CeCe Lyra 23 Bianca Marais 23 Carly Watters 21

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This is a podcast for emerging writers who want to improve the quality of their work and learn more about the publishing industry. Your one host, Bianca Marais (the bestselling author of 'The Witches of Moonshyne Manor') interviews authors, agents, editors and just about anyone and everyone who's involved in bringing a book to market. She's joined by her cohosts, literary agents Ca...

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