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Lit Service

A show giving dodgy writing advice and first chapter critiques for aspiring writers.

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1.5 Yes, You Really Do Need A Writing Group

1.5 Yes, You Really Do Need A Writing Group

Caitlin, Kristen, Cameron, and Dan discuss why writing groups are so helpful, and ways you can avoid having a toxic expe... Read more

16 Oct 2017

30mins

Ranked #2

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1.4 Show, Don't Tell with Emily R. King

1.4 Show, Don't Tell with Emily R. King

Caitlin, Kristen, Cameron, Dan and special guest author Emily R. King chat about how to show instead of tell. They then ... Read more

9 Oct 2017

26mins

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2.6 Plot Twists with Ben Grange

2.6 Plot Twists with Ben Grange

Literary Agent Ben Grange joins the podcast to tell us why plot twists will make or break your book...but not for every ... Read more

28 Apr 2018

33mins

Ranked #4

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3.6 Surviving your First Novel

3.6 Surviving your First Novel

Have you started a novel you've never finished? Wanted to write a novel and never started? Award winning authors Charlie... Read more

23 Apr 2019

27mins

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3.20 Character is Setting with Tony Daniel

3.20 Character is Setting with Tony Daniel

The Lit Service Crew chats with Tony Daniel about how to approach building a character and how that interacts with setti... Read more

27 Nov 2019

29mins

Ranked #6

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2.9 Romantic and Sexual Tension with Caitlyn McFarland

2.9 Romantic and Sexual Tension with Caitlyn McFarland

Guest Caitlyn McFarland shares her tips and tricks to making the romance in your writing crackle. There are several meth... Read more

27 Jun 2018

32mins

Ranked #7

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3.18 The Emperor King's Assassin with Ben Grange

3.18 The Emperor King's Assassin with Ben Grange

Ben Grange, agent at the L. Perkins agency, joins the Lit Service crew to talk about what "high concept" means, why ever... Read more

23 Oct 2019

32mins

Ranked #8

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2.16 YA Thrillers with Karen M. McManus

2.16 YA Thrillers with Karen M. McManus

The Lit Service Crew chats with Karen M. McManus, author of NYT Bestselling One of Us is Lying, about the rise of the YA... Read more

10 Oct 2018

31mins

Ranked #9

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3.7 The Query Monster

3.7 The Query Monster

Caitlin and Cameron chat with Ben Grange from the L. Perkins agency and Amy Jameson from A+B Works about how to craft th... Read more

15 May 2019

41mins

Ranked #10

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4.3 Characters Are Like Onions with Rebecca Ross

4.3 Characters Are Like Onions with Rebecca Ross

Rebecca Ross joins the Lit Service crew to chat about layering characters (like onions! Imagine the Scottish accent) and... Read more

5 Feb 2020

31mins

Ranked #11

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1.10 Tropes with Karen M. McManus and Emily R. King

1.10 Tropes with Karen M. McManus and Emily R. King

Caitlin and Cameron talk tropes with Emily R. King, author of THE HUNDREDTH QUEEN and Karen M. McManus, author of ONE OF... Read more

26 Nov 2017

33mins

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3.19 How to Not Discover Witches

3.19 How to Not Discover Witches

Cameron, Kristen, Aliah, and Caitlin chat about POV usage and how to best make your choices fit the kind of story you wa... Read more

13 Nov 2019

28mins

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3.5 Pacing your Backstory

3.5 Pacing your Backstory

You have your fabulous main character, their deliciously dark past, their wealth of relationships, habits, memories, and... Read more

5 Apr 2019

26mins

Ranked #14

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2.20 Horror Elements with Dan Wells

2.20 Horror Elements with Dan Wells

For our final episode of the season we chat with Dan Wells about how to incorporate horror elements into our work. Becau... Read more

19 Dec 2018

37mins

Ranked #15

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2.13 Improving Your Craft with Rosalyn Eves

2.13 Improving Your Craft with Rosalyn Eves

This week we chat with Rosalyn Eves about rhetorical devices and how to go about learning and using them (and maybe when... Read more

22 Aug 2018

32mins

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3.21 Getting Those Hobbits Out the Door

3.21 Getting Those Hobbits Out the Door

Caitlin, Cameron, and Kristen talk in depth about how inciting incidents relate to character and how people accidentally... Read more

11 Dec 2019

32mins

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2.17 The Fantastic First Chapter with Ben Grange

2.17 The Fantastic First Chapter with Ben Grange

The Lit Service Crew chats with Literary Agent Ben Grange about what goes into a fabulous first chapter and how to appro... Read more

27 Oct 2018

29mins

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3.2 The Art of Misunderstanding with Kelly Barnhill

3.2 The Art of Misunderstanding with Kelly Barnhill

Kelly Barnhill received the Newbery Medal in 2017, won the World Fantasy Award, the Parents Choice Gold Award as well a... Read more

17 Feb 2019

26mins

Ranked #19

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2.12 Hanging Lanterns with Ben Grange

2.12 Hanging Lanterns with Ben Grange

Ben Grange and the Lit Service Crew chat about what it means to "hang lanterns" in your writing, and how to go about doi... Read more

8 Aug 2018

35mins

Ranked #20

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1.14 Inciting Incidents

1.14 Inciting Incidents

Inciting incidents: what they are and how to effectively choose one. Kristen, Cameron, and Caitlin discuss their own wri... Read more

18 Dec 2017

23mins

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