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Learning Advanced Point of View, Romantic Tension & Betrayal From A New...
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. If you’ve ever had trouble with point of view in your work, wait until you hear the advanced logistical world author Nia Davenport had to navigate...
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Good, Better, Best, Agented! Julia Alexandra and Agent Ellen Goff on Plot,...
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. You may remember Julia Alexandra from our episode in the fall when we went over three query versions with her (good, better, best): Well, she now has...
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Details, Focus and Visual Storytelling To Bring Any Genre To Life with Editor...
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. We love this creativity-packed episode with Melissa Vogan (née Melissa Warten), former editor at Macmillan, current editor at Epic For Kids. We...
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Writing Fantasy That Mirrors Our World With (Manuscript) Academy Award Winner...
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. We are thrilled to introduce Ali McLafferty, author, teacher, and most recent winner of the as-yet-untitled (Manuscript) Academy Awards. Ali was...
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Tuesday, May 7, 8:30pm ET: Free Query Workshop With Agent Emmy Nordstrom Higdon
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. We are so grateful to Emmy Nordstrom Higdon, agent at Westwood Creative Associates, who has offered to teach a free workshop for you all about the...
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Finding Your Perfect Agent Fit with Agent Ismita Hussain and Author Jessica...
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. Please note: This episode contains mentions of alcoholism, recovery, and sobriety. We are so happy to welcome author Jessica Guerrieri and agent...
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The Roller Derby of Querying: How Author Elizabeth Holden Found Her Agent
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. View our in-depth video of what Liz did right in her query letter and first page here: www.youtube.com/@manuscriptacademy Meet Elizabeth Holden,...
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Three-Day Workshop: Keep An Agent Reading With Agent Emmy Nordstrom Higdon...
How in the world do you keep an agent reading in 2024? It’s the most crowded media landscape on record, average response times are anywhere from “It took forever” to “I never heard back”–and advice is...
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Emotional Range, Sensory Details, And Pitching Works On Difficult Topics
Content Warning: This podcast discusses suicide, grief, and loss. Pam O’Hara’s beautiful writing captivated our expert audience during a recent Manuscript Academy panel, so much so that it was picked...
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Hollywood Versus New York: Publishing, Film, Options, Etiquette + What Makes...
We are thrilled to introduce our very own Julie Kingsley’s debut novel! It’s called The Space Between You and Me and came out this week! “That summer, I finally grew into myself. The problem? I grew...
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Success Stories: Aime Alley Card, Agent Leticia Gomez And One Olympic Team...
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. Tennessee, 1960. One extraordinary team of women–and the first all-Black women’s track team–found glory at the Olympic games in Rome. Here in...
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Finding Your Voice: On the Page, In Your Life with Agent Katharine Sands +...
We are thrilled to introduce our very own Julie Kingsley’s debut novel! It’s called The Space Between You and Me and came out this week! “That summer, I finally grew into myself. The problem? I grew...
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Preparing For Your International Bestseller: Liv Constantine on Crafting...
In the first installment of the Manuscript Academy Book Club, we have Liv Constantine, the pen name for internationally bestselling sister duo Lynne and Valerie Constantine! Joined by Jessica, Julie,...
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Querying, Middle School, And How Mistakes + Embarrassment Often Lead To Book...
Debut author Kristy Jackson joins Julie and Jessica to talk about her new middle grade book, MORTIFIED, now out in bookstores everywhere! From embarrassing middle school moments to querying hiccups,...
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Genres, Tropes, Trends, and Finding Your Agent Fit with Agent Erica Bauman
We are so pleased to welcome agent Erica Bauman from Aevitas Creative Management to the podcast! We discuss: *How to make your work more atmospheric *Where to place emphasis when writing between...
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Messy Characters, Building Tension & How Agents Should Advocate For Your Work...
We are so happy to welcome Nour Sallam, agent at P.S. Literary, to the podcast! We discuss: *How agents should advocate for clients from signing to offers to contracts to publication and beyond *Why...
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Metaphor, Math, Editing, & How You Can Get Your Message to Your Reader...
We are so excited to welcome math teacher Ben Orlin to the podcast! Ben Orlin is a math teacher who can’t draw. His book Math with Bad Drawings (2018) has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide, and...
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Your Book Is Not For Everyone (Thank Goodness!): Author Positioning with...
Have you ever been tempted to say “My book is for everyone”? We get it! It sounds like the perfect way to convince an agent your book is a slam dunk bestseller–right? Wrong. Realistically, no book is...
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Live Recorded: Mystery Editor Consultation with Macmillan Editor Christina Lopez
Today is a special live recording of the Manuscript Academy podcast! In front of Manuscript Academy members, Jessica and Julie are joined by faculty member and Macmillan editor Christina Lopez in...
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