In today's literary history segment, Kat talks about humour author Erma Bombeck and writing conferences. Then, she chats with lawyer and sci-fi author Sarena Straus about:

The “what if” in stories
Nonfiction proposals
Having her book optioned for tv
Speculative and science fiction
How she brings her legal career into her stories
The complexities of world building
Pitch competitions
Finding the right publisher for your story
Juggling all the things as a writer, wife, mother, lawyer

Sarena's socials: sarenastraus.com, Twitter @SarenaStraus and Instagram @sarenastraus
Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites and lots of other things are on linktr.ee.
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Music: Bathtime Funk by All Good Folks (uppbeats.io), Head Up by Sixteen Wheelers, This Was Fun by Gavin Luke, and As a Gift by Francis Wells (epidemicsound.com).
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