Ranked #1
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
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30mins
Ranked #2
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
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26mins
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2.6 Plot Twists with Ben Grange
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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
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33mins
Ranked #4
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
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27mins
Ranked #5
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
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29mins
Ranked #6
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
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32mins
Ranked #7
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
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32mins
Ranked #8
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
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31mins
Ranked #9
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
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41mins
Ranked #10
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
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31mins
Ranked #11
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
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33mins
Ranked #12
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
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28mins
Ranked #13
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
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26mins
Ranked #14
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
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37mins
Ranked #15
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
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32mins
Ranked #16
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
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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
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29mins
Ranked #18
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
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26mins
Ranked #19
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
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35mins
Ranked #20
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
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23mins