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Whether you're an aspiring author, indie publisher, or career writer, Writers with Wrinkles is your essential guide to writing craft, book marketing, and the publishing industry. Hosted by authors Beth McMullen and Lisa Schmid, we iron out the wrinkles of the business — from mastering novel writing and story structure to navigating literary agents, query letters, and KDP self-publishing.
Each week, we bring you expert interviews with editors, publishers, and bestselling authors, plus practical advice on building your author platform and marketing your book. Whether you're drafting your first manuscript or preparing for a book launch, we have the guidance you need to thrive in today's competitive publishing landscape.
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- Why Fiction Needs Older Characters: Inside 20 Over 60 · 23 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 33Publishers kept saying “great idea, but short story collections are a hard sell.” Then Beth Weinhouse built a pitch showing how much more older readers spend on books, and a…
- Writer’s Block Isn’t One Thing: How to Get Unstuck Fast · 41 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 32Forcing yourself to "just write every day" can make writer's block worse. Author Sylvia Liu shares the sideways fixes that actually get you unstuck. Writer's block isn't one…
- How a Thriller Writer Wrote a Cozy Mystery in Four Weeks · 27 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 30What do you do when the story you can't stop thinking about doesn't fit the genre you're known for? Thriller author Dina Marie (Dina Santorelli) took a ghost, a Salem mansion…
- Podcast to Book to Press: Our Big Napa Announcement · 5 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 31We're back in Napa, where the Writers With Wrinkles podcast was born five years ago, with a new book and a new self-publishing press for writers. Every self-published author…
- Want to Write a Graphic Novel? A First Second Editor Explains · 48 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 29Your graphic novel isn't a novel. It's a screenplay, and editors can tell from page one whether you know the difference. First Second Books editor Ivan Taurisano explains how to…
- 150+ Episodes of Publishing Advice, Now in One Book · 26 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 28We just turned 150+ episodes of hard-won publishing wisdom into one book — and it's finally here. Write, Revise, Publish: Essential Lessons from the Writers With Wrinkles Podcast…
- Why Middle Grade Books Got Too Long For Kids To Read · 43 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 27Harry Potter didn't just create a fantasy phenomenon — according to one Big Five editor, it quietly helped break middle grade publishing. Every book that tried to chase that…
- An Acquiring Editor Reveals What She's Buying Right Now · 30 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 26Most rejected picture book and middle grade manuscripts aren't turned down because they're bad — they're turned down because an editor has already seen five just like them. Susan…
- AI Stole Our Books. Now We're the Suspects · 42 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 25AI companies are shredding rare books to train their models—and now authors are the ones being told to prove they didn't use AI to write their own. Beth and Lisa unpack the…
- The 4 First-Page Mistakes That Get You Rejected Fast, with editor Joel Brigham · 55 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 24Your opening pages have about 30 seconds to keep a literary agent reading — and most manuscripts lose that fight before the first paragraph ends. Developmental editor Joel…
- 10 Years of Rejection, 40 Books Later (Corrected Audio!) · 45 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 23Note: If you downloaded this episode before 8/3 and experienced audio issues, please delete the download and hit re-download to grab the clean audio file! Wendelin Van Draanen…
- Tired of Waiting 2 Years to Publish? Go Hybrid · 24 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 22You could finish four books this year and only ever get to publish one of them. That's the traditional publishing timeline in a nutshell — and it's why more authors are quietly…
- Why Bestselling Author Jason June Shares Every Book Advance He's Ever Gotten · 55 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 21New York Times bestselling author Jason June (Out of the Blue, Jay's Gay Agenda) returns to Writers With Wrinkles for a wide-ranging conversation covering his growing acting…
- Back in the Query Trenches: Author Lisa Frenkel Riddiough on Losing an Agent and Starting Over · 39 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 19Episode Summary In this episode of Writers With Wrinkles, hosts Beth McMullen and Lisa Schmid welcome back returning guest Lisa Frenkel Riddiough to discuss her brand-new picture…
- How to Publish Nonfiction: Agent Alia Hanna Habib's Guide (summer encore series!) · 38 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 18Beth and Lisa welcome literary agent and debut author Alia Hanna Habib, whose book Take It From Me is a practical behind-the-scenes guide to getting a nonfiction book published…
- Literary Agent Ann Rose: What Your First Chapter Needs · 31 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 17Literary agent Ann Rose (Marsal Lyon Literary Agency) returns to Writers With Wrinkles for a candid, funny, and reassuring conversation with Beth and Lisa about the current state…
- How to Revise Your Novel: Developmental Editor Joel Brigham's Checklist (encore episode!) · 54 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 18In this re-released conversation, developmental editor Joel Brigham returns to talk all things revision: how to approach your first editing pass, the most common pitfalls he sees…
- Stop Making Videos Nobody Watches — Here's a Way to Actually Sell Books · 25 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 16Hosts Beth McMullen and Lisa Schmid cut through the noise of book marketing advice to spotlight what genuinely moves books: word of mouth. Nearly half of readers (47–48%) choose…
- Back by Popular Demand: Words on the Page with editor Joel Brigham · 57 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 15Joel Brigham runs Brigham Editorial (developmental edits, manuscript critiques, query help), teaches high school English in Illinois, and is an editor for RevPit — a community…
- Stop Querying Wrong: Agent Nikki Carrero Breaks It Down · 52 min · Temporada 5 Episodio 14Beth and Lisa talk with literary agent Nikki Carrero, from The Rights Factory, to break down the querying process from the agent’s side — what gets you noticed, what gets a pass…
