It’s the #PubTalkTV Ask Me Anything episode! In this season finale, special guest Amanda Shih of Penguin Random House talks with Kelsey, Summer, Ted, Rosie and Jessica about platform, timelines, styles of communication, and the all-important difference between bon bons and truffles.Questions include:What’s the relationship between a nonfiction edit…

Welcome to #PubTalkTV's first Pep Talk in Your Pocket episode!Explaining the writing life to your family can be hard, especially during the holidays. So when they start asking you why you don't have a movie deal yet/how many copies your book has sold/why you don't just hit Upload and become a bestseller, pop in your earbuds, crank up this podcast, …

In this episode of PubTalkTV, we focus on one scary (but necessary!) part of the creation process: revision! With special guest Alison Weiss, editor at Skyhorse, we delve into the best—and worst—ways to revise, and what do to if your revisions don’t go as planned—your beta readers lead you astray—or you come up with a brilliant idea AFTER you’ve su…