The Manuscript Academy Podcast

Conversations with agents, editors and authors on the craft, business and community of publishing.

Writing Fantasy That Mirrors Our World With (Manuscript) Academy Award Winner Ali McLafferty

Writing Fantasy That Mirrors Our World With (Manuscript) Academy Award Winner Ali McLafferty

April 29, 2024

Details, Focus and Visual Storytelling To Bring Any Genre To Life with Editor Melissa Warten Vogan

Details, Focus and Visual Storytelling To Bring Any Genre To Life with Editor Melissa Warten Vogan

April 22, 2024

Good, Better, Best, Agented! Julia Alexandra and Agent Ellen Goff on Plot, Character & World

Good, Better, Best, Agented! Julia Alexandra and Agent Ellen Goff on Plot, Character & World

April 10, 2024

Learning Advanced Point of View, Romantic Tension & Betrayal From A New Body-Swapping Novel

Learning Advanced Point of View, Romantic Tension & Betrayal From A New Body-Swapping Novel

April 2, 2024

Success Stories: Aime Alley Card, Agent Leticia Gomez And One Olympic Team That Changed Everything

Success Stories: Aime Alley Card, Agent Leticia Gomez And One Olympic Team That Changed Everything

March 26, 2024

What Editors Look For: Fresh Takes On Familiar Stories with Harper Editor Sara Schonfeld

What Editors Look For: Fresh Takes On Familiar Stories with Harper Editor Sara Schonfeld

March 12, 2024

Interview with HarperCollins Editor Sara Schonfeld

Interview with HarperCollins Editor Sara Schonfeld

March 11, 2024

Research, Marketing & Successful Small Press Publishing with Author JB Harris

Research, Marketing & Successful Small Press Publishing with Author JB Harris

February 29, 2024

How To Build Romantic Tension In Any Genre with Author Lynn Painter

How To Build Romantic Tension In Any Genre with Author Lynn Painter

February 20, 2024

Red And Green Flags When Querying Agents with Agent Emmy Nordstrom Higdon

Red And Green Flags When Querying Agents with Agent Emmy Nordstrom Higdon

February 13, 2024

Writing Dialogue That Brings Complicated Characters To Life with Author Karen Outen

Writing Dialogue That Brings Complicated Characters To Life with Author Karen Outen

February 6, 2024

Personal, Political, Published: Finding Agents For Important, Sensitive Topics with Annie Cardi

Personal, Political, Published: Finding Agents For Important, Sensitive Topics with Annie Cardi

January 30, 2024

Building Character, Enhancing POV, and Principles of (E)motion with Author Sara Read

Building Character, Enhancing POV, and Principles of (E)motion with Author Sara Read

January 23, 2024

“Good Enough” Versus Fit: Executive Editor Erica Finkel On Improving Your Odds Of Yes

“Good Enough” Versus Fit: Executive Editor Erica Finkel On Improving Your Odds Of Yes

January 11, 2024

Our Seventh Annual Holiday Party with Kaitlyn Sanchez, Kiana Nguyen, Linda Camacho, and Stephanie Winter

Our Seventh Annual Holiday Party with Kaitlyn Sanchez, Kiana Nguyen, Linda Camacho, and Stephanie Winter

December 23, 2023

Live Q&A + Collaborative Query Consultations With Editor Jonathan Baker

Live Q&A + Collaborative Query Consultations With Editor Jonathan Baker

December 13, 2023

You Belong Here: Middle Grade Voice, Success Via Community, & The Rule of 100 with Nancy Tandon

You Belong Here: Middle Grade Voice, Success Via Community, & The Rule of 100 with Nancy Tandon

November 7, 2023

The Rejections That Hurt Most: Author-Agent Empathy, Revision & Rejection As Protection

The Rejections That Hurt Most: Author-Agent Empathy, Revision & Rejection As Protection

October 27, 2023

Finding Your Agent, Political Fiction, Hopeful Dystopias & The Chaperone with M Hendrix

Finding Your Agent, Political Fiction, Hopeful Dystopias & The Chaperone with M Hendrix

October 13, 2023

Second Books, Second Agents, & Second Chance Hotel: Live Q&A with Author Sierra Godfrey

Second Books, Second Agents, & Second Chance Hotel: Live Q&A with Author Sierra Godfrey

September 28, 2023