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Bill has a cold this week, but the podcast must go on! Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt ( Shadow of the Taj ) discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Michelle Lerner, the author of the new memoir,  A Series of Opinionated Animals , which welcomes readers into an astonishing world where the line between rescue and...

This is the final episode of our fifth season, as always culminating in this LIVE recording made on Sunday afternoon during the conference with keynote speaker and NYT #1 bestseller William Martin, USA Today bestseller Dani Pettrey, and game writer and designer Dan Martin. We're taking a break for the rest of September, but we will return in early October with our sixth season! Opening Thoughts We...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Lauren Smith , the USA Today-bestselling author of many books, some romance, some romantasy, and some involving Sherlock Holmes. She has published over 90 books that have been translated into at least 6 languages. She was a Semi-Finalist awar...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Letitia Gomez, an Editor-at-Large for Dafina Books, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp, who has helped her clients secure deals with the largest publishers in the world and has seen several of her projects successfully optioned for TV a...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Lou Berney, the USA Today -bestselling author of seven novels, including Crooks, Dark Ride, November Road , and The Long and Faraway Gone . He has won the Edgar, Hammett, Steel Dagger, Anthony, Barry, and Macavity awards and is a four-time fi...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview WriterCon keynote speaker William Martin, the  New York Times- bestselling author of twelve novels, a PBS documentary, book reviews, magazine articles, and a cult-classic horror movie. His most recent book is December ’41 , which Steve Berry...

Bestselling author William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Cristina LePort, a cardiologist and writer of medical thrillers, including  Dissection ,  Change of Heart , and  Defrosted .  0:00 Opening Thoughts AI stories are winning awards??? Calgon, take me away... 6:27 News 1) Author/Murderer Sentenced...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview...William Bernhardt, whose 67th published book is The Superman Wars , the true story of Superman's creator, Jerry Siegel, and his fight to create, then recover, his iconic character. 0:00 Opening Thoughts The Superman Wars , WriterCon 2026, a...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Rick London, author of The Dancing Wolfeman. Opening Thoughts William Bernhardt's new book, The Superman Wars , is ON SALE NOW! The book has already garnered rave reviews and a host of interviews, plus the #1 New Release flag on Amazon. This...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Eloisa James, the reigning queen of romance, who has over 7 million books in print, about her new novel The Last Lady B, which has been called "Jane Austen Meets The White Lotus." 0:00 Opening Thoughts Bill wants everyone to know that his new...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview David L Robbins, author of many novels involving 20th Century military history, including War of the Rats , a bestseller set during a critical WWII battle between Germany and Russia. He also helped launch The Mighty Pen Project, an intensive...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Erica Wright, the author of the "psychic mystery" T he Museum of Unusual Occurence . 0:00 Opening Thoughts Don't fall for scams targeting authors! 5:13 News 1) Shy Girl is Cancelled by Hachette Due to AI Use 2) Tracy Wolff is Found Not Liable...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Elliot S! Maggin, author of novels and comic book stories, including now-classic tales for Superman. 0:00 Opening Thoughts Lara updates us on her recent acitvities 2:50 News 1) DNF Rating Added to Goodreads 2) Solarpunk Genre Presents Positiv...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Carol Van Den Hande, author of the Goodbye Orchid series . 0:00 Opening Thoughts Bill got his first review for The Superman Wars ! And it's good (or he would'nt have mentioned it). Jesse is just back from the Star Trek Cruise. He has been ass...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Steve Younis, host of the Superman Homepage and author of a new book, Man of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: A Calendar of Significant Birthdays, Premieres, and Milestones in Superman's History. 0:00 Opening Thoughts We chat about hockey roma...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Mark McCraw, acclaimed author of twelve children's books. 0:00 Opening Thoughts There's still time to file a claim in the Anthorpic lawsuit. 3:48 News 1) Substack is Coming to Television 2) "Autofiction" takes off in Scandinavia 14:00 Craft C...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( T he Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Heather Snidgrass about her new book, A Love Letter to Reading , a thriller that incorporates music throughout. She also discusses how listening to music improves her writing. Opening Thoughts Bill, Lara, and Jesse make their predictions for...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview John Phillips, author of the Vietnam-era historical fiction, Dress Whites . Opening Thoughts The crew re-examines their predictions for 2025—and didn't do half bad. News 1) Readers Rebel Against Titles with Excessive SEO Keywords 2) Harlequin...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Janet Yeager, author of the high-tech thriller, Two Birds, One Stone.  0:00 Opening Thoughts How Writers Prep for the Holidays 4:51 News 1) Amazon Offers Free AI Foreign-Language Translations 2) Grammerly Becomes Superhuman with AI Assistant...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Will Thomas, author of the Victorian-era Barker & Llewelyn mysteries , and Julia Bryan Thomas, author of five novels, most recently The Kennedy Girl . 0:00 Opening Thoughts The Best Memories from 200 episodes 4:14 News This is a 200th Ann...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Leah Paulos, the founder and leader of Press Shop PR , who for more than 25 years has helped promote top titles from major publishers. Note: Because the team was on the road, the sound quality of this episode is not our usual. Apologies. We w...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars )and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Courtney Psak, author of the new thriller The Tutor . 0:00 Opening Thoughts The Crew talk about recent travels and debate whether Bill is tragically unhip. 4:23 News The All-Lawsuit Edition! 1) Judge Declares Texas Book Rating Law Unconstiutio...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Sam J Miller and Mary Robinette Kuwal, both award-winning authors of one-half of a new science fiction "Saga Double." 0:00 Opening Thoughts How are you celebrating Halloween? 05:03 News 1) Lawsuit Over Amazon Prime Cancellations Settled 2) Ti...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt ( The Superman Wars ) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Shanna Hatfiled, the author of more than one hundred novels about her new Christmas novel, The Bridge . 0:00 Opening Thoughts Welcome to Season Five of the WriterCon Podcast! We're going to reach our 200th episode in December and we're lookin...

This episode was recorded LIVE at WriterCon 2025 on August 31, 2025. Our fifth season will begin next week. See you there! Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Laurie L Dove ( Mask of the Deer Woman ) and Nova McBee ( Calculated ), the keynote speakers for WriterCon 2025. Opening Thoughts We're recording LIVE...