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    Hooking Your Reader & Keeping Them Turning Pages - Jeffery Deaver

    Hooking Your Reader & Keeping Them Turning Pages - Jeffery Deaver

    FromThe Shit No One Tells You About Writing

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    Hooking Your Reader & Keeping Them Turning Pages - Jeffery Deaver

    FromThe Shit No One Tells You About Writing

    ratings:
    Length:
    68 minutes
    Released:
    May 20, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    In today's Books with Hooks segment, Carly and CeCe discuss falling in love with a story before falling in love with an author; what constitutes a memoir and the different types of non-fiction; giving time frames for your manuscripts; and using the present tense for more immediacy.  After which, Bianca chats with publishing phenomenon, Jeffery Deaver, about hooking your reader and keeping them turning pages; and why books are products with your readers being your customers. 
    Released:
    May 20, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    This is a podcast for emerging writers, who are looking to improve their work with an aim to having it published, or anyone who would like a behind-the-scenes look at the publishing industry. Your host, Bianca Marais (the author of 'Hum If You Don't Know the Words' and 'If You Want to Make God Laugh') will be interviewing authors, agents, editors and just about anyone and everyone who's involved in bringing a book to market. She's joined by her cohosts, literary agents Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra, from P.S. Literary Agency who read and critique query letters and opening pages in their Books with Hooks segment. Expect good advice, honest insights, and a few laughs along the way.