The Manuscript Academy Podcast

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

Nonfiction With Voice, Subrights & Anti-AI Clauses with Agent Dani Segelbaum

Nonfiction With Voice, Subrights & Anti-AI Clauses with Agent Dani Segelbaum

September 19, 2023

Three Query Drafts: Good, Better, AMAZING with Author Julia Alexandra

Three Query Drafts: Good, Better, AMAZING with Author Julia Alexandra

September 5, 2023

Perseverance & Positivity With Agent Kaitlyn Sanchez, Bradford Literary

August 22, 2023

Plotting for Pantsers, Synopsis Success, & Answering YOUR Questions with Agent Taj McCoy

Plotting for Pantsers, Synopsis Success, & Answering YOUR Questions with Agent Taj McCoy

August 16, 2023

Pitching Fiction On Proposal, Changing Endings & Bestselling Books After 10 Years On Submission

Pitching Fiction On Proposal, Changing Endings & Bestselling Books After 10 Years On Submission

July 26, 2023

Hopeful Rejections, 20 Years on Submission & Accountability To Your Dreams

Hopeful Rejections, 20 Years on Submission & Accountability To Your Dreams

July 19, 2023

Writers On Strike: Lessons From WGA For Book Authors with Derek Santos Olson

Writers On Strike: Lessons From WGA For Book Authors with Derek Santos Olson

July 19, 2023

Exciting, Pretty, Scary, Serious: Domestic Suspense With Real Issues with Bestselling Author Ashley Audrain

Exciting, Pretty, Scary, Serious: Domestic Suspense With Real Issues with Bestselling Author Ashley Audrain

June 22, 2023

Literary Agents of Change: Daniele Hunter and The AALA’s New Initiative

Literary Agents of Change: Daniele Hunter and The AALA’s New Initiative

June 16, 2023

Making & Breaking Status Quo with Author Anne Elliott

Making & Breaking Status Quo with Author Anne Elliott

June 9, 2023

Penguin Random House Senior Executive Editor Sara Sargent on How Editors Choose Books

Penguin Random House Senior Executive Editor Sara Sargent on How Editors Choose Books

June 6, 2023

Industry News, Client Insight & How To Be More Human In the Age of AI with Agent Alyssa Jennette

Industry News, Client Insight & How To Be More Human In the Age of AI with Agent Alyssa Jennette

May 30, 2023

Learning From Rejection: A Success Story with Agent-Author Pair Jessie Latimer and Kristen Terrette

Learning From Rejection: A Success Story with Agent-Author Pair Jessie Latimer and Kristen Terrette

May 26, 2023

“This Is What I Love About Agenting”—How Adriann Ranta-Zurhellen Found Joslin Brorsen

“This Is What I Love About Agenting”—How Adriann Ranta-Zurhellen Found Joslin Brorsen

May 1, 2023

Bestselling Author Lauren DeStefano on Why You Shouldn’t Aim For A 100 Percent Publication Rate

Bestselling Author Lauren DeStefano on Why You Shouldn’t Aim For A 100 Percent Publication Rate

April 13, 2023

How To Be A Good Literary Citizen In A Time of Books Bans with Tonya Todd

How To Be A Good Literary Citizen In A Time of Books Bans with Tonya Todd

April 13, 2023

Live Q&A with Penguin Random House Editor & Bestselling Author Jill Santopolo

Live Q&A with Penguin Random House Editor & Bestselling Author Jill Santopolo

March 20, 2023

#MSWL’s 10th Anniversary, From Tumblr to Sustainable, Miraculous Site: How It All Happened, Part 2

#MSWL’s 10th Anniversary, From Tumblr to Sustainable, Miraculous Site: How It All Happened, Part 2

March 3, 2023

#MSWL’s 10th Anniversary: How It All Happened with KK Hendin

#MSWL’s 10th Anniversary: How It All Happened with KK Hendin

February 13, 2023

How To Establish Rapport With An Agent

How To Establish Rapport With An Agent

January 28, 2023