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Want to write, publish, and market your book, but feel overwhelmed by where to start?
Write the Damn Book Already breaks down the writing process, self-publishing, and traditional publishing so you can move from idea to finished book with clarity and confidence.
Hosted by Elizabeth Lyons—author, book writing coach, book editor, and self-publishing expert—this show untangles the often-confusing world of writing and publishing. From first draft to finished manuscript, indie publishing to traditional publishing, Amazon strategy to long-term book visibility, you’ll get practical guidance and honest conversations about what it really takes to get a book into the world.
Through solo episodes and interviews with both traditionally published and indie authors—across fiction and nonfiction—Elizabeth brings a well-rounded, no-hype perspective to the publishing industry. Whether you’re working on memoir, nonfiction, or a novel, you’ll walk away with clearer next steps and fewer mental roadblocks.
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- Ep 191: Novel Writing When You’re Also an Editor (with E.L. Shen) · 39 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! E.L. Shen’s (who goes by Elizabeth) fourth book, Foreigners, came out September 22, 2026 from Quill Tree Books. It’s…
- Ep 190: Novel Writing for People Who Hate Self-Promo (with Anna Dorn) · 34 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Anna Dorn’s debut novel, Vagablonde, came out in May 2020, which was a spectacular moment to launch a book (hear the…
- Ep 189: 120 Rejections and Two Agents Later | Jane Bitomsky on Her Debut, Death by Misadventure · 34 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Jane Bitomsky’s debut novel, Death by Misadventure, came out October 1, 2026 from Lake Union. It opens in the 1500s…
- Ep 188: Forget About 30 Under 30 (with Beth Weinhouse and David Galef) · 32 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! I have a complicated relationship with 30 Under 30 lists. I'm genuinely happy for everyone on them, and I'm also in…
- Ep 187: A Former Random House Editor on Why She Stopped Checking Her Own Sales (with Anna Pitoniak) · 46 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Anna Pitoniak spent years as a senior editor at Random House, wrote her first two novels in the hours before and…
- Ep 186: Cassie Miller on Marketing, Publicity, and Meet Me on Mistletoe Lane · 41 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! She's back! Cassie Miller joined me last spring to talk about her debut, Meet Me Under the Lights, and now she's…
- Ep 185: Kim Purcell on Writing a Novel in 100 Days · 48 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! After writing 6 nonfiction books, I'm working on my first novel, which everyone who listens to this show is…
- Ep 184: How a Weekly Substack Post Turned Into a Book Deal, with Katie Clapham · 40 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Katie Clapham didn't set out to build an author platform. (Anyone else tired of that word?) She had a week where she…
- Ep 183: Developmental Editing, Beta Readers, and Knowing When Your Book Is Actually Ready (with Allison Buehner) · 46 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! I have been quietly fangirling over Allison Buehner's editing tips on Instagram for months. I have so many of them…
- Ep 182: Laurie Notaro on Living Book to Book · 1 t 2 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Laurie Notaro has hit the New York Times bestseller list more times than she can pin down. She's also written so…
- Ep 181: Joyce Maynard on Storytelling, Permission, and Who Gets to Tell the Truth · 54 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Joyce Maynard has been publishing books for fifty-three years. In Wonderland is her fourteenth novel, and it came…
- Ep 180: What First-Time Authors Need to Hear Before Querying an Agent (with Eli McCann) · 51 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Eli McCann never planned to write a novel. He wrote one chapter kind of, maybe, to prove to himself he couldn't. But…
- Ep 179: Meg Mitchell Moore on Messy First Drafts and Why Nobody Has Publishing Figured Out · 45 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Ten books in, Meg Mitchell Moore still doesn't know what her plot is going to be when she starts writing. Meg…
- Ep 178: What If You Already Found Yourself? Angela Brown on Fiction, Fear, and Saying No · 60 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! This episode quickly got personal because I'm elbow-deep in my first novel after six nonfiction books, and Angela…
- Ep 177: There Are No Rules (Except the Oxford Comma) -- with Eric Garcia · 52 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! TV writer, screenwriter, and author Eric Garcia has published six books (so far). He sold three of them to Hollywood…
- Ep 176: How to Publish A Children's Book with Erin Thorburn · 47 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! In this episode, I chat with children's book author and illustrator Erin Thorburn. (She also happens to be my best…
- Ep 175: How Consistency Fuels Creativity (with Nadia Hashimi) · 40 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Nadia Hashimi's newest novel (her seventh published book), City of Widows (William Morrow), releases in July 2026…
- Ep 174: Writing Compelling Stories with Ann Garvin · 60 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! In this episode, Ann Garvin (who will release her 7th novel, Tell Two Friends, in September 2026 with Lake Union)…
- Ep 173: Publishing Hot Takes with Jordan Roter · 1 t 12 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! The woman. The myth. The legend: Jordan Roter. She's a TV writer, screenwriter, author, and one of the funniest and…
- Ep 172: Writing Memoir When Your Memories Have Disappeared (with Cinelle Barnes) · 59 minClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! In this heartfelt interview, author Cinelle Barnes shares her journey through writing A Way Home (Little A, June 9…







