Shooting The Shit About Cancelled Auctions and AI Inevitability
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
32:13Aug 10, 2026
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
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Author Insights From Chris Bohjalian, Bailey Hannah and Tarah DeWitt
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:27:01Aug 6, 2026
Shooting The Shit About AI Accusations & New Rules For Agents
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
42:28Aug 3, 2026
Worldbuilding Without Confusing Readers
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
38:15Jul 30, 2026
July Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
33:02Jul 27, 2026
The Writing Trick That Landed Five Agent Offers
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
27:36Jul 23, 2026
Shooting the Shit About The Life and Death of Critical Thinking
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
27:12Jul 20, 2026
Beginning With The Three Cs
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
39:41Jul 16, 2026
Shooting the Shit With Special Guest Alia Hanna Habib
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
43:08Jul 13, 2026
The First Guest on Books With Hooks is Publishing! & The Protagonist as an Outsider
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
52:48Jul 9, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Trends—And Why You Do (And Don't) Need Them—Solo With Carly
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
25:48Jul 6, 2026
Leveraging Surprise and Disruption
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
47:18Jul 2, 2026
June Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
44:36Jun 29, 2026
It's the Rewriting That Makes You an Author
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
31:10Jun 25, 2026
Shooting the Shit About AI Reading Companions and Debriefing Last Week's Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
33:40Jun 22, 2026
Finding the Heart of the Story
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
45:47Jun 18, 2026
Shooting The Shit About Author/AI Pain Points With NYT bestseller Andrea Bartz
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
43:22Jun 15, 2026
Writing Dialogue That Carries the Entire Scene and How Voice Can Make or Break Your Novel
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
55:40Jun 11, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Agent Financial Details, Imprint Mergers and Risks of a Top Heavy Industry
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
34:53Jun 8, 2026
Layers of Psychological Processing
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
46:04Jun 4, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Agent Financial Details, Imprint Mergers and Risks of a Top Heavy Industry
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
48:05Jun 1, 2026
Successfully Pitching at Conferences
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
28:03May 28, 2026
May Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:15:46May 25, 2026
Sneaky Prologues That Sizzle
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
44:36May 21, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Agent Scams and When A Book Is Truly Ready To Go
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
23:49May 18, 2026
Taking Big Risks That Pay Off & Breaking the Rules With Intentionality
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
58:44May 14, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Professional Development and the Power of the Agent "Fit"
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
40:41May 11, 2026
The Craft of Specificity: Why Vague Kills Queries
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
39:12May 7, 2026
Shooting The Shit About Expectations in Agent Author Relationships and Who Gets To Go On Book Tour
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
49:55May 4, 2026
Author Insights from Mai Nguyen, Lindsay Wong and Laurie Frankel
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:39:16Apr 30, 2026
April Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:24:53Apr 27, 2026
When Intrigue Turns Into Confusion
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
30:59Apr 23, 2026
Shooting the Shit About What Agents Do All Day
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
38:33Apr 20, 2026
How to Build a Protagonist Who Actually Makes Sense
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
45:01Apr 16, 2026
Shooting The Shit About Changes to the NYT Bestseller List and Editors Allegedly Using AI
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
37:39Apr 13, 2026
Plugging in Mental Modules
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
38:14Apr 9, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Cancelled Books and the Shy Girl AI Discourse
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
38:04Apr 6, 2026
Insights from Beth O'Leary and Kate Hilton
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:00:12Apr 2, 2026
March Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:55:49Mar 30, 2026
Comp Titles That Make Agents Go...Hmm
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
41:29Mar 26, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Your Response to Last Week's Episode and What Can Be Copyrighted
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
41:24Mar 23, 2026
The Secret Behind Immersive Worlds
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
25:53Mar 19, 2026
Shooting the Shit About High Brow vs. Low Brow and Editors Who Hate Their Jobs
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
44:48Mar 16, 2026
When Characters Collide with Conflict
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
44:42Mar 12, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Sending The Elevator Back Down And Paying It Forward With Blurbs
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
41:47Mar 9, 2026
Insights from Lisa Unger
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
25:57Mar 5, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Memoirs That Sell and The Publicity Delusion
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
47:44Mar 2, 2026
Double Hooks & Power Imbalances
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
42:36Feb 26, 2026
February Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:19:11Feb 23, 2026
The Anatomy of an Opening
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
28:43Feb 19, 2026