• 263 Hannah Brohm | STEM Romance Author and Neuroscientist
    Feb 16 2026

    Neuroscientist and writer of STEM romance Hannah Brohm is with us this week to talk about her experiences of finding a literary agent, writing, editing and publishing a novel for the first time.

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    21 mins
  • 262 Linda Wilgus | Historical Romantic Fiction Author
    Feb 9 2026

    Historical romantic fiction writer, Linda Wilgus joins Jamie to chat about her debut historical fiction novel, The Sea Child, how she plans and writes her stories, the publishing process and connecting with her literary agent, Madeleine Milburn.

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    24 mins
  • 261 Maria Whelan | Literary Agent
    Feb 2 2026

    Literary agent Maria Whelan dials in this week to chat about her international route into publishing, what she's looking to add to her list of authors, how she tackles queries and many more book writing tips.

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    33 mins
  • 260 Carmella Lowkis | Historical Fiction Author and Marketing Manager
    Jan 26 2026

    Historical fiction writer and publishing marketing manager, Carmella Lowkis drops by to chat about her second novel, researching historical fiction and being on both sides of the publishing industry.

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    23 mins
  • 259 Stephanie Burgis | Hybrid Middle Grade and Romantasy Author
    Jan 19 2026

    Hybrid middle grade and romantasy author, Stephanie Burgis joins us this week to chat about how she became a hybrid author and why she continues to publish both independently and traditionally.

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    31 mins
  • 258 Grady Hendrix | Horror Author, Screenwriter and Non-Fiction Author
    Jan 12 2026

    NYT bestselling horror author, screenwriter and non-fiction author, Grady Hendrix is here! We chat about the research rabbit hole, how he started traditional publishing without an agent and the challenges of being a career author.

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    29 mins
  • 257 John Baker | Literary Agent
    Jan 5 2026

    Literary agent, John Baker is here to chat about his career, publishing as a whole and how he approaches queries and finding new authors.

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    42 mins
  • 256 Martin Smith & Will Adams | Satirical Sci-fi Authors and former Douglas Adams Collaborators
    Dec 22 2025

    Satirical science fiction writers and former co-writers of Douglas Adams, Martin Smith and Will Adams are with us this week, chatting about their debut novel 'Consequences', stories of their time writing and performing with Douglas Adams and a candid chat about the publishing industry and the problems they ran into whilst publishing with Amazon.

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    30 mins