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🇺🇸 USA - books
10/05/2026#94🇺🇸 USA - books
09/05/2026#57🇺🇸 USA - books
08/05/2026#46
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Episode 29: Are We There Yet? (Or What Does it Mean to Truly Make it in Publishing)
lundi 4 mai 2026 • Duration 58:29
The one where we fantasize about financial security and a regulated nervous system, unpack TLA 2026, and celebrate the opening of Charity Alyse's indie bookstore!
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Episode 28: On Becoming Less Ambitious (and Remembering to Touch Grass)
lundi 6 avril 2026 • Duration 01:10:42
The one where we chat about the realities of going out of print, community as a path towards hope, and writing for your Id.
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Episode 19: Meta Better Have My Money (An Of The Publishing Persuasion Crossover Episode) with Angela Montoya and Melanie Schubert
lundi 5 mai 2025 • Duration 01:11:03
The one where we talk about Mark Zuckerberg stealing our books, how the chaos of this current administration is adversely affecting the publishing industry, and embracing the creative pivot.
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Episode 18: Pre-Nazi Germany But with Smart Phones with Vincent Tirado
lundi 7 avril 2025 • Duration 58:00
The one where we discuss how we are staying artistically focused given the state of the world, how we manage our book cover reveals, and how to launch a fiction podcast.
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Episode 17: Hollywood is Another Planet with Laura Taylor Namey
lundi 10 mars 2025 • Duration 01:04:06
The one where we lament the current state of the country, discuss the myriad routes to film and television adaptations, and remind ourselves that comparison is the thief of joy.
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Episode 16: The Post-debut Blues with Jill Tew
lundi 18 novembre 2024 • Duration 59:20
The one where we discuss how publishers value some awards more than others, the behind-the-scenes manufacturing of a book's success, and what it feels like to finally get a peek behind the veil post-debut.
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Fahmidan Journal Issue 17
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Episode 15: American Dirt Part Deux
lundi 21 octobre 2024 • Duration 01:03:31
The one where we lament the mental torture of revisions, rage over the reemergence of Jeanine Cummins, and discuss how to set boundaries with family and friends who don't always consider writing to be a "real job."
Resources Mentioned:
2023 Writers’ League of Texas Book Awards
Diana's advice thread for querying writers
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Connect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:
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Register for Laekan's Debut Author Boot Camp
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Connect with Hien Nguyen online:
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Episode 14: Children's Publishing is a White Woman's Game with Dhonielle Clayton
lundi 23 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:09:49
The one where we welcome the indomitable Dhonielle Clayton to talk about the pressure on marginalized authors to perform in public, authorly cliques, and publishing feminism’s failure to be intersectional in combatting sexism (with a shout out to Papa Pope from Scandal).
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Connect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:
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Register for Laekan's Debut Author Boot Camp
20% discount code: PAPERTRAIL2024
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Sign up for a School Visit Brainstorming Session
Connect with Hien Nguyen online:
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Episode 13: Is All Writing Political?
lundi 26 août 2024 • Duration 01:01:38
The one where YA author Hien Nguyen joins the pod! We talk news consumption and how Laekan and Candace are olds (but, whatever, it’s fine), discuss whether there should be a Glassdoor for publishers, and dive deep into whether or not all writing is political.
Connect with Candace Buford online:
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Connect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online:
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Connect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:
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Register for Laekan's Debut Author Boot Camp
20% discount code: PAPERTRAIL2024
Debut Author Boot Camp Scholarship form
Sign up for a School Visit Brainstorming Session
Episode 12: The Death of DEI in Publishing
lundi 29 juillet 2024 • Duration 01:06:58
The one where we discuss the death of DEI initiatives in publishing as well as the industry's infatuation with white female readers, and Laekan reflects on being chased off the internet by the fans of a white male author.
Connect with Laekan Zea Kemp online:
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Register for Laekan's Debut Author Boot Camp
20% discount code: PAPERTRAIL2024
Debut Author Boot Camp Scholarship form
Sign up for a School Visit Brainstorming Session
Connect with Candace Buford online:
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Connect with Diana Rodriguez Wallach online:
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