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Queries, Qualms, & Quirksactive

Publisher |: Sarah Nicolas

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Interview,; Personal Journals,; Publishing,; Writing

Categories Via RSS |: Arts,; Books

Queries, Qualms, & Quirks asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication. Author Sarah Nicolas interviews authors of all genres about how they got started writing, their writing process, getting their book deal, and their experiences with publication.

People |: Sarah Nicolas (@sarah_nicolas)
Country Of Origin |: USA
Produced In |: Orlando, FL
Premiere Date |: 2021-03-21
Related Hashtags |: #QueriesQualmsQuirks,; #writingcommunity
Frequency |: Monthly
Explicit |: No

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98 Available Episodes (98 Total) / Average duration: 00:34:15

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98 Available Episodes (98 Total)Average duration: 00:34:15

Apr 11, 2024

00:24:13

Picture Book Author Anna Lazowski joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.

Anna Lazowski wrote her first picture book for a class assignment in the sixth grade and has been creating stories ever since. Now an award-winning radio producer, Anna has an MA (Journalism) from the University of Western Ontario and a BFA (Hons.) from the University of Manitoba. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her husband, two teenagers, and two dogs.

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Mar 28, 2024

00:23:21

YA Author Jennifer Chen joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.

Jennifer Chen is a freelance journalist who has written for Oprah Daily, Real Simple, and Today. Her debut YA rom-com book, Artifacts of an Ex, is out now.

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Mar 14, 2024

00:30:30

YA Author Allison L. Bitz joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.

Allison L. Bitz hails from Lincoln, NE, where she lives with her spouse, two kids, and various rescue pets. When she’s not writing a novel or a song, Dr. Bitz is helping clients in her private counseling practice, planning some form of political action, or trying to track down a pastry to enjoy with her coffee. If you can’t find her at a party, check the floor—she’s probably hanging with the dogs.

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Feb 22, 2024

00:21:19

Picture Book Author Janelle Harper joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.

Janelle Harper is a Bronx native who enjoys storytelling through dance and ballpoint pens. She finds inspiration for children’s stories in city living and the diverse experiences of the African Diaspora. Janelle is passionate about creating stories that reflect the faces she sees in her classroom and neighborhood.

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Feb 09, 2024

00:17:37

Horror Author Nora Fussner joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.

Nora Fussner has a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA from CUNY Brooklyn College. Her debut novel, The Invisible World, was published by Vintage in September 2023. Other work has appeared in Longleaf Review, Brooklyn Review, and Electric Literature. She lives in Pittsburgh.

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Jan 27, 2024

00:44:57

MG Author Kate Fussner joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.

Kate Fussner is a novelist, teacher, and accidental poet living in Massachusetts with her wife and dramatic dog. When not reading or writing, Kate can be found baking, spending time with her family, or singing her favorite musicals. Kate believes in the power of a good laugh and a good cry, and hopes her stories will provide readers with both. Her debut novel, The Song of Us, was published with HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books in May 2023.

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Jan 11, 2024

00:16:38

Fantasy Author Rose Black joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss her journey to publication.

Rose Black is a combination of anxiety and dyslexia in a hoodie, bi, a professional computer wrangler, and mother to the world’s wiggliest child. She’s lucky enough to live in the historic city of Bath and is capable of eating her weight in sushi.

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Jan 01, 2024

00:00:55

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Jun 24, 2023

00:25:07

Magical Realist Author Angel Di Zhang joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss recording her own audiobook, having an editor who gets your vision, Pitch Wars, writing books that you don't want, the joy in writing a perfect sentence, querying too early, the two sentence critique that led to a rewrite, and getting sidetracked by the wrong feedback.

Angel Di Zhang was born in northeast China, and raised in China, England, Canada and the United States. She was educated in the joint BA-MIA program at Columbia University, and is a painter and an internationally exhibited fine art photographer.

Angel lives in a secret garden near Toronto.

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Jun 15, 2023

00:56:47

Cookbook Author Jules Sherred joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss query tracker, a fortuitous agent connection, the two-year overnight project, selling out on Amazon on pub day, breaking the rules, ripping out readers' guts, getting in trouble for his writing, and the problem with a quick publication schedule.

Jules Sherred works as a commercial food photographer and stylist, writer and recipe developer, journalist, and outspoken advocate for disability and trans rights. His website Disabled Kitchen and Garden and his cookbook CRIP UP THE KITCHEN were born out of the need to include disabled people in the conversation around food.

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Apr 11 | 00:24:13

Picture Book Author Anna Lazowski and an Aggressively Vicious Business

Mar 28 | 00:23:21

YA Author Jennifer Chen and Trying to Go Too Fast

Mar 14 | 00:30:30

YA Author Allison L. Bitz and the Character as Client

Feb 22 | 00:21:19

Picture Book Author Janelle Harper and the Vague Abyss of Publishing

Feb 09 | 00:17:37

Horror Author Nora Fussner and It Taking as Long as It Takes

Jan 27 | 00:44:57

MG Author Kate Fussner and Sculpting Poems One Page at a Time

Jan 11 | 00:16:38

Fantasy Author Rose Black and Slamming Into a Brick Wall

Jan 01 | 00:00:55

Season 4 is Coming Soon!

Jun 24 | 00:25:07

Magical Realist Author Angel Di Zhang and Pajamas in the Recording Studio

Jun 15 | 00:56:47

Cookbook Author Jules Sherred and A New Way to Write Recipes

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