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Wasting a Fine Lawyer's Brain With Martha Brockenbrough
First Draft Episode #279: Martha Brockenbrough
Martha Brockenbrough, faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts and author of nonfiction for young adults, including Unpresidented, Alexander Hamilton: Revolutionary, and novels like The Game of Love and Death and her newest picture book, This Old Dog.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Laurel Snyder, author of Orphan Island, My Jasper June, and more
Jonah Lehrer‘s partially discredited book was Imagine: How Creativity Works (and a New York Times article about the scandal around him)
Maureen Johnson, author of the Truly Devious series and many more (listen to her First Draft interview here)
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak, Chains, and memoir-in-verse Shout
Cornelia Funke, author of the Inkheart series
Andrea Davis Pinkney, author of With the Might of Angels, Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down, and MANY more
Jean Feiwel, Feiwel & Friends
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Track Changes: Marketing and Publicity (Part 2), and Defining Success
📚📈❤️ How authors can create a marketing strategy to promote their work, and when it might be right to bring in an independent marketing or publicity firms. Jenn shares the highs and lows from launching Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, and we discuss expanded definitions of success.
This episode features:
Jennifer de Leon, debut author of YA novel, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From (out August 18).
Bekah Sine Decker and Nikki Pierce created Method Agency, an independent marketing firm, in part to help Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight, release films and #1 New York Times bestselling books.
Catch up on the series so far:
Episode 1: Publishing 101
Episode 2: Agents: Who Are They, What Do They Do, And How Do You Get One?
Bonus Episode: Publishing in the time of COVID
Episode 3: Selling Your Book (Part 1)
Episode 4: Selling Your Book (Part 2)
Episode 5: Advances (Part 1)
Episode 6: Contracts
Episode 7: After the Book Deal
Bonus Episode: Inequality in Publishing
Episode 8: Marketing and Publicity (Part 1)
Discussed in this episode:
Politics and Prose, a Washington, D.C. bookstore
Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education edited by Jennifer de Leon
GrubStreet
The LOGIC Model
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The We Are KidLit Collective
Teach For America
Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere and Everything I Never Told You
Holly Root, literary agent and founder of Root Literary
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Castle Envy With Katherine McGee
First Draft Episode #278: Katharine McGee
Katharine McGee is the New York Times bestselling author of The Thousandth Floor series, as well as American Royals and its sequel, Majesty.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
In her fanfiction, Katharine would correct existing books to have happier endings, like the His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman (she got so attached to her new ending that she hasn’t yet gotten the courage to read The Secret Commonwealth, sequel to The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage) and the Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Katharine wishes she knew about National Novel Writing Month when she was drafting her thesis
Katharine has a soft spot for works that reclaim the stories of women who, to this point, have mostly been known for being adjacent to men as the men make history. Novels like The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Margaret George’s Helen of Troy: A Novel
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Katharine edited Pretty Little Liars books 9-16 by Sara Shepard, and Kass Morgan’s The 100 (listen to Kass’s First Draft interview here), and some of Laura Avery’s books
When Katharine first tried her hand at writing American Royals, she’d been watching a lot of House of Cards, so the tone of her book was MUCH darker than what ended up on shelves
Katharine was lucky enough to go on book tour with Kendare Blake, New York Times bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series, Anna Dressed in Blood, and more (listen to us chatting on this live episode of First Draft!)
Katharine cites Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series as a major influence over her vision for the future in the Thousandth Floor series
Katharine pitches American Royals as Crazy Rich Asians meets The Crown
If you get the chance, ask Katharine about her feelings on how publishing is represented in the TV show Younger
American Royals was featured in The Skimm; However, Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine remains a moving target
The Secret Diary of Ann Boelyn by Robin Maxwell
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Track Changes Bonus Episode: Panel Conversation With Abigail Hing Wen, author of Loveboat Taipei; Literary Agent Joanna Volpe of New Leaf Literary & Media; and Alvina Ling, VP and Editor in Chief at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Track Changes Bonus Episode: Panel Conversation With Abigail Hing Wen, author of Loveboat Taipei; Literary Agent Joanna Volpe of New Leaf Literary & Media; and Alvina Ling, VP and Editor in Chief at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
A conversation between an author, agent, and editor to cover the ins and outs of the publishing process. The panel features Abigail Hing Wen, debut author of Loveboat Taipei; agent Joanna Volpe, president and literary agent at New Leaf Literary & Media; and Alvina Ling, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at Little Brown Books for Young Readers (and co-host of the Book Friends Forever podcast).
This conversation was held as part of A Mighty Blaze’s YA Weekend, and many thanks to Joseph Moldover (author of Every Last Breath) and Jennifer de Leon (author of Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From) for all the help putting that entire celebration together.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
This is My Brain In Love by I. W. Gregorio
Stephen Barbara, literary agent at Inkwell Management
Holly Black, The Cruel Prince series, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and many more (hear her First Draft interview here)
Laini Taylor, author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series and the Strange the Dreamer series (hear her First Draft interview here)
Brandy Colbert, author of The Voting Booth, The Only Black Girls in Town, Little & Lion, and more (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here, and her mailbag episode here)
Emily X. R. Pan, author of The Astonishing Color of After (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Samira Ahmed, author of Internment
Kirsten Pettit, Executive Editor at HarperChildren’s
Alvina Ling contributed to the Track Changes episode After the Book Deal: What Next?
Adam Silvera, author of They Both Die at the End, Infinity Son, and History is All You Left Me (hear his First Draft interview here)
Lea Salonga, singer, actress, and the voice of Jasmine in Disney’s animated Aladdin
Black Brother Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams
Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in writing for children’s and teens
Kathi Appelt, author of The Underneath and The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
We Need Diverse Books
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Writing Infinity Jokes With Jill Twiss
First Draft Episode #267: Jill Twiss
Jill Twiss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo and Emmy winning comedy writer on Last Week Tonight, talks about her latest picture book, Everyone Gets a Say, with illustrator EG Keller.
Today’s episode is brought to you by Caveda, which leads group focus sessions for a worldwide community everyday on Zoom. First Draft listeners can try a free, three hour cave with promo code "FIRSTDRAFT" at caveday.org/firstdraft
This episode is sponsored by Revision Season, a seven-week, virtual master class in revising your novel, led by Elana K. Arnold, author of Printz honor winner Damsel and National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of, and more.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Laurie Kilmartin, comedian and writer for Conan
Nell Scovell, writer, producer, director, and author of Just the Funny Parts and co-writer for Lean In with Sheryl Sandberg, writer for The Simpsons and creator of Sabrina: The Teenage Witch
Marlon Bundo
The New Yorker review of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
E. G. Keller, illustrator of Marlon Bundo
The Trevor Project
AIDS United
Brenda Bowen at The Book Group, Jill’s literary agent
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Track Changes Bonus Episode: The Don't Ask Me Where I'm From panel, feat. Author Jennifer de Leon, Agent Faye Bender, and Editor Caitlyn Dhlouhy
First Draft Episode #267: The Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From Team: Author Jennifer de Leon, Agent Faye Bender, and Editor Caitlyn Dlouhy
A conversation between the entire team behind debut young adult novel Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From: author Jennifer de Leon, Literary agent Faye Bender, partner and founder of The Book Group, and Caitlyn Dlouhy, Vice President & Editorial Director–Caitlyn Dlouhy Books at Simon & Schuster.
This conversation was held as part of A Mighty Blaze’s YA Weekend, and many thanks to Joseph Moldover (author of Every Last Breath) for all the help putting that entire celebration together.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Francisco X. Stork, author of Illegal, Marcelo in the Real World, and more
Natalie C. Anderson, author of City of Saints and Thieves and Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday
Desmond Hall, debut author of forthcoming YA novel Your Corner Dark
2020–2021 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jason Reynolds, whose many books include All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely [listen to his First Draft interview here]), As Brave as You, For Every One, the Track series, Look Both Ways, Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You and Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. Listen to his First Draft interviews here and here.
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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.
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Track Changes
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Hooked on Libraries With Adele Griffin
First Draft Episode #266: Adele Griffin
Adele Griffin, two-time National Book Award honoree and author of almost thirty books for Young Adult and middle grade readers, including The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone, The Becket List, and Sons of Liberty and Where I want to Be.
Today’s episode is brought to you by Caveda, which leads group focus sessions for a worldwide community everyday on Zoom. First Draft listeners can try a free, three hour cave with promo code "FIRSTDRAFT" at caveday.org/firstdraft
This episode is sponsored by Revision Season, a seven-week, virtual master class in revising your novel, led by Elana K. Arnold, author of Printz honor winner Damsel and National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of, and more.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Agatha Christie, author of Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and more
Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
OMG Book Festival
Elizabeth Eulberg, author of The Great Shelby Holmes, Past Perfect Life, and more
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, and many more
Nancy Paulsen at Penguin
Graphic novelist Lisa Brown collaborated with Adele on Picture the Dead
Kate DiCamillo is one of six people to win two Newbery Medals, for her novels The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses, and author of Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, National Book Award finalist The Tiger Rising, as well as New York Times bestselling novels The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Magician’s Elephant, the Mercy Watson series, and more. DiCamillo was the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for 2014 and 2015. Listen to her First Draft interview here.
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Sarah Mlynowski, author of Just a Girl and a Boy in a Little Canoe, the Whatever After series, and co-author of Upside-Down Magic
Julia DeVillers is the author of Liberty Porter, First Daughter series and the coauthor of the Trading Faces series
Michael Buckley, author of The Sisters Grimm series, the National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (N.E.R.D.S.
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Track Changes: Marketing and Publicity (Part 1)
📚🗣️���� How do readers learn about your book? We get into how publishing companies decide on the marketing budgets for each book, and what marketing tools are at their disposal. The difference between publicity and marketing; how authors can maximize what their publisher has planned; and the one thing that matters most when it comes to promoting books.
This episode features:
Jennifer de Leon, debut author of YA novel, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From (out August 18).
Margot Wood, director of sales and marketing and Oni Press, former marketer at HarperCollins who co-created EpicReads, and author whose debut novel will be out with Abrams in Fall 2021.
Simon Versus the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (hear a First Draft interview with Becky Albertalli).
Christine Riccio, author of Again But Better and BookTube star at her channel, PolandBananasBooks.
Joanna Volpe, President and literary agent at New Leaf Literary and Media.
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige (listen to her First Draft interview here).
Catch up on the series so far:
Episode 1: Publishing 101
Episode 2: Agents: Who Are They, What Do They Do, And How Do You Get One?
Bonus Episode: Publishing in the time of COVID
Episode 3: Selling Your Book (Part 1)
Episode 4: Selling Your Book (Part 2)
Episode 5: Advances (Part 1)
Episode 6: Contracts
Episode 7: After the Book Deal
Bonus Episode: Inequality in Publishing
Discussed in this episode:
The Track Changes episode about Advances
We discussed in-house enthusiasm, and Jenn being able to present as sales conference, in the After the Book Sale episode.
BookExpo America
The American Library Association
Booklist
The School Library Journal
Kirkus Reviews
NetGalley
Edelweiss
The American Bookseller’s Association
The Texas Library Association Meeting
The National Council of Teachers of English Conference
Stefon from SNL
Love, Simon (movie)
More Information:
“Jacket Copy Sells Books, So Better Make it Good,” by PublishingTrends
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Using the Skills of Friendship With Arthur Levine
Arthur Levine is the legendary children’s book editor, including of series such as Harry Potter and The Golden Compass. He is founder of publishing house Levine Querido, and formerly President and Publisher at Arthur A. Levine Books at Scholastic, as well as author of picture books, most recently The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol.
I used portions of Arthur’s interview in the Track Changes: Inequality in Publishing episode, and I encourage you all to listen.
This episode is brought to you by Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar, a debut YA novel that blends shades of Neil Gaiman’s Stardust and a breathtaking landscape of Hindu mythology into a radiant contemporary fantasy. Available wherever books are sold now!
This episode is sponsored by Revision Season, a seven-week, virtual master class in revising your novel, led by Elana K. Arnold, author of Printz honor winner Damsel and National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of, and more.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Susan Hirschman, editor and founder of Greenwillow Books
Ursula Nordstrom, legendary editor of children’s books at HarperCollins
Margaret Frith, long-time editor at G.P. Putnam's Sons
The Goosebumps series by R. L. Stine
The Babysitters Club by Ann M. Martin
The Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole
Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
Levine Querido is partnering with Chronicle Books for printing
Everything Sad is Untrue: A True Story by Daniel Nayeri
Elatso by Darcie Little Badger
Illustrator Rovina Cai
The Wanderer by Peter Van Den Ende
Illustrator Shaun Tan
Illustrator M.C. Escher
This Old Dog by Martha Brockenbrough, illustrated by Gabriel Alborozo
Kevin Hawkes, illustrator for The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol
Karen Lotz, president and publisher of Candlewick
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Christina Hammonds-Reed and Jason Reynolds
First Draft Episode #265: Christina Hammonds-Reed and Jason Reynolds
Christina Hammonds-Reed, debut author of The Black Kids, is in conversation with 2020–2021 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jason Reynolds, whose many books include All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely [listen to his First Draft interview here]), As Brave as You, For Every One, the Track series, Look Both Ways, Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You and Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
You can hear my previous conversation with Jason here
I spoke with Morgan Jerkins, author of New York Times bestselling essay collection This Will Be My Undoing, about her recent history and memoir, Wandering in Strange Lands (listen to her First Draft interview here)
Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give and On the Come Up
Nic Stone, author of Dear Martin and its sequel, Dear Justyce, Odd One Out, Clean Getaway, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here)
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Defining the Line With Morgan Jerkins
First Draft Episode #264: Morgan Jenkins
Morgan Jerkins, author of essay collection This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America, talks about her new book, social history and memoir Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Lolita by Vladimir Nobokov
Madame Bovary by Gustav Flaubert
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
City of God (movie)
Morgan worked as an editorial assistant at independent publisher, online magazine, and writing class hub Catapult
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Get Out (movie)
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Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works.
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Opening the Mailbag With Brandy Colbert
First Draft Episode #263: Opening the Mailbag with Brandy Colbert
This week is a new mailbag episode, where I--along with a very special guest--will answer listener questions! Joining me today is Brandy Colbert, author of Pointe, Little & Lion, The Only Black Girls in Town, and more! Her latest book, The Voting Booth, is out now.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Brandy just announced her latest project, a nonfiction young adult book about the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, with Balzer + Bray
Hear Brandy’s first two appearances on the podcast here and here!
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Track Changes: Inequality in Publishing
🔍📚 How bad is structural inequality within the U.S. publishing industry, how did it get that way, and what can we do to make it better? Industry experts and activists contextualize, illuminate, and identify some of the key inflection points that perpetuate inequality and get into what every book lover can do to enact change.
This episode features:
Industry expert Mike Shatzkin, Founder and CEO of The Idea Logical Company and co-author with Robert Paris Riger, of The Book Business.
Jalissa Marcelle Corrie, marketing and publicity manager at Lee and Low Books, contributor to anthology A Phoenix First Must Burn, edited by Patrice Caldwell, and planning committee member of People of Color in Publishing.
Nicole Johnson, Executive Director of We Need DIverse Books
Arthur Levine, founder of the Levine Querido and for 23 years, Publisher at Arthur A. Levine Books at Scholastic.
Catch up on the series so far:
Episode 1: Publishing 101
Episode 2: Agents: Who Are They, What Do They Do, And How Do You Get One?
Bonus Episode: Publishing in the time of COVID
Episode 3: Selling Your Book (Part 1)
Episode 4: Selling Your Book (Part 2)
Episode 5: Advances (Part 1)
Episode 6: Contracts
Episode 7: After the Book Deal
Discussed in this episode:
We Need Diverse Books
The Lee & Low Books Diversity Baseline Survey 2015
The Lee & Low Books Diversity Baseline Survey 2019
P&L Statements
Dana Canedy, new publisher of Simon & Schuster
Barnes & Noble selling to Elliott Advisors
James Daunt
Waterstones
The American Booksellers Association
More Information:
“People of Color to Publishing: We’re Not Okay,” in Publisher’s Weekly
“A Conflicted Cultural Force’: What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing,” in The New York Times
“In Publishing, ‘Everything Is Up for Change” in The New York Times
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Track Changes is produced by Hayley Hershman. Zan Romanoff is the story editor. The music was composed by Dan Bailey, and the logo was designed by Collin Keith.
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It's a Woo Woo Thing With Kim Johnson
First Draft Episode #262: Kim Johnson
Kim Johnson, college administrator and mentor of student activists, on her debut author of This is My America, out now!
This episode is sponsored by Revision Season, a seven-week, virtual master class in revising your novel, led by Elana K. Arnold, author of Printz honor winner Damsel and National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of, and more.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol
Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
Zora Neale Hurston, author of Their Eyes Are Watching God
Black Lives Matter
We Need Diverse Books
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Falling Onto the Earth With Alaya Dawn Johnson
First Draft Episode #261: Alaya Dawn Johnson
Alaya Dawn Johnson, Nebula-winning author of YA novels The Summer Prince, Love is the Drug, and more. Her new adult speculative fiction novel, Trouble the Saints, is out now!
Be sure to check out A Mighty Blaze’s YA Weekend July 25-26, 2020! All events streamed live at Facebook.com/AMightyBlaze!
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Charles Sheffield, science fiction writer
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Brown and Dave King
Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Colson Whitehead The Nickel Boys (which won the Pulitzer Prize)
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Digital Native Lit With Hank Green
First Draft Episode #260: Hank Green
Hank Green talks about A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, the sequel to his #1 New York Times bestselling debut, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. Hank is, along with his brother John Green, the CEO of Complexly, co-host of the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel and the Dear Hank and John podcast, and is also co-founder of VidCon, DFTBA Records, and Crash Course.
Be sure to check out A Mighty Blaze’s YA Weekend July 25-26, 2020! All events streamed live at Facebook.com/AMightyBlaze!
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar
The Mars Trilogy, which starts with Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson
John Green, Printz-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars
There There by Tommy Orange
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Zurg Enterprises in The Fifth Element (movie)
The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
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Track Changes: After the Book Deal
Track Changes: After the Book Deal
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💻 ➞ 📚 What happens between signing the book contract and seeing a book on shelves? Industry experts walk us through edit letters, production schedules, cover designs, first pass pages, sales meetings and more.
We catch up with Jennifer de Leon as she prepares for the release of her debut young adult novel, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, on August 18. (Hear her First Draft interview here.)
Then Katherine Tegen, publisher and editor at Katherine Tegen Books, at HarperCollins; Alvina Ling, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at Little Brown Books for Young Readers (and co-host of the Book Friends Forever podcast); and Stacey Barney, Executive Editor at G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group talk us through
Catch up on the series so far:
Episode 1: Publishing 101
Episode 2: Agents: Who Are They, What Do They Do, And How Do You Get One?
Bonus Episode: Publishing in the time of COVID
Episode 3: Selling Your Book (Part 1)
Episode 4: Selling Your Book (Part 2)
Episode 5: Advances (Part 1)
Episode 6: Contracts
Discussed in this episode:
Publishing seasons
Edit letters
Deadlines
Copy Editing
Sample Pages
Covers
Advance Reader Copies, or Galleys
Sales Meeting or Sales Conference
Acknowledgments
More Information:
“Edit Letters in Traditional Publishing” by Susan Dennard
“Editorial Letters and Line Edits in Traditional Publishing” by Susan Dennard
“Understanding Copy Edits as an Author” by Susan Dennard
“How a Cover is Born” by Susan Dennard
“Understanding First Pass Pages” by Susan Dennard
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Support First Draft by subscribing to the podcast wherever you listen (on Apple Podcasts, Spotfiy, Stitcher, or elsewhere), and leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts. You can donate to the podcast, on a one time or monthly basis.
Track Changes is produced by Hayley Hershman. Zan Romanoff is the story editor. The music was composed by Dan Bailey, and the logo was designed by Collin Keith.
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