The Manuscript Academy Podcast

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

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

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