The Story Will Save You
In these usually-bite-sized episodes, we explore the nuances of writing and publishing from the perspective of authors, agents, editors, and those who haven’t quite yet broken in—and how, at the end of the day, it’s the art of storytelling that’ll save us (or obliterate our sanity into dust … it’s a coin flip).
Hosted by Pipeline Artists' Ciara Duggan, Jeanne Veillette Bowerman and Matthew Joseph Misetich.
The Story Will Save You
Latest Episodes
Author Amy B. Scher: Working Every Angle to Find Publication
We talked about so many topics with Amy B. Scher—rewrites, working with a small press, pitching your own book to publishers, and ... the afterlife. Seriously, she gives the best advice on rewrites we've ever heard. Trust us.
Jeniffer Thompson: The Gift Authors Didn't Know They Needed
Writing can be isolating. If you're struggling to find someone to bounce around publishing strategies with, we have the solution. Jeniffer Thompson, a personal branding expert, digital marketing strategist and podcast host, joins Je...
Prolific Mystery Author Courtney Psak Talks Craft, Business and Trad vs Self-Pub
Courtney Psak, author of The Tutor (2025), The Hostess (just released), and The Aunt (coming June 2026), shares her writing process, lessons of self-publishing, and we even get into a debate about pronunciation....
Leila Siddiqui Author of "The Glowing Hours"
Jeanne and Ciara chat with author Leila Siddiqui—a Senior Manager of Digital Strategy at DK, a division of Penguin Random House—about her new gothic horror novel, The Glowing Hours."A mind-bending, revisionist gothic horror stor...
A Conversation with Author Patricia Shanae Smith on Re-Releasing a Novel
Jeanne reunites with author Patricia Shanae Smith after first meeting years ago at a writer's conference. Patricia shares insights into speed pitching, getting her debut novel published—then republished by a different press—and pivoting into sc...
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