Of the Publishing Persuasion

What a glorious start to the year with the amazing Ali Terese first up for our author interviews  @alitereseauthor  🤩👑🩸! We loved chatting with Ali and can't wait to share this hilarious, heartfelt episode with all of you soon! But first, here's more about Ali! Ali Terese writes funny and heartfelt middle grade and YA stories. FREE PERIOD (Scholastic Press – March 5, 2024) is her debut...

Happy new year podcast fam! We are back with a new episode full of good vibes for 2025 ✨️✨️✨️ Of the Publishing Persuasion is a podcast for writers at all stages, shedding light on the journey to publication and beyond. The ups, the downs and everything in between. HOSTED BY: Angela Montoya:  @angelamontoya_author  & Melanie Schubert:  @melanie_schubert_writer #OfthePublishingPersuasion   #...

We had the most fun ever recording our spicy Christmas special discussing the hilarious, VERY spicy🌶🌶🌶🌶 novel SANTA CLAUS IS GOING TO TOWN ON ME by Marie Lipscomb writing as M.L. Eliza. But we do more than just discuss the foretold sm^t novel, we go deep too, and somewhere about midway we discuss why we think books like these are peak literature🎅💥 About the book: Santa Claus is Going to Town On...

If we're honest, we're still reeling from the ultra BIG MAGIC, BIG ENERGY chat we had with Rosecliff Literary Agent THE Jessica Berg ⁠ @jesssica__berg ⁠ 🤩👑✨️  Basically every word out of this woman's mouth is a glittering gem 💎 A truly unmissable episode for writers at all stages. Needless to say, we can not wait for you all to tune in! But first, , here's more about Jessica: Jessica Berg is a...

We had the best time chatting with the absolute ICON that is Analeigh Sbrana ⁠ @literaryxqueen ⁠ 🤩👑✨️ We can't wait for you all to tune in! But first here's more about Analeigh:  Analeigh Sbrana is a writer and visual artist. She lives in California with her husband, daughter, and a chonky kitty named Rey. Her favorite things to do include wandering through forests looking for the Fae, trying n...

It's just a great month for Aussie writers on the pod! We had the best chat with the lovely Lisa Tirreno ⁠ @lisatirrenoauthor ⁠ about her gorgeous debut PRINCE OF FORTUNE 🤩👑✨️ We can't wait for you all to tune in soon! But first, here's more about Lisa: Lisa Tirreno lives in Melbourne, Australia with her family and a soap opera of chickens. A recovering journalist, she likes museums, old Hammer...

We were in awe chatting with the wise, big magic human that is THE Tigest Girma  @tigestgirma  🤩👑✨️!! It was just one of those writer therapy episodes and we can't wait for you all to tune in! But first, here's more about Tigest! Tigest Girma is an Ethiopian writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her debut Immortal Dark is a  #1  New York Times bestselling title and will be available in more tha...

We had the best fun ever chatting with the warm, bright spark that is THE Steena Hernandez ⁠ @steenahernandez ⁠ on the show 🤩👑✨️ We can't wait for you all to tune in. But first here's more about Steena: Steena Hernandez holds a BFA in theatre, music, and dance from Texas Tech University, and has performed with the Rent Broadway tour, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra as a vocalist, and the United Se...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!! 🎃☠️ 🍬 🏚️ 👻 👺 💀⁠ Join us for an Adults only Halloween special as we discuss the spicy Halloween book: PLOWED BY THE PUMPKIN KING....You only have yourselves to blame for this 😂🎃👑💦 Of the Publishing Persuasion is a podcast for writers at all stages, shedding light on the journey to publication and beyond. The ups, the downs and everything in between. HOSTED BY: Angela Mo...

We were absolutely blown away talking to the truly inspiring, passionate human that is THE Shifa Saltagi Safadi @muslimmommyblog  🤩👑✨️ We can not wait for you all to tune in!! But first, here's more about Shifa: Shifa Saltagi Safadi was born in Syria and immigrated to the US with her parents when she was a young girl. She is a bilingual Arabic/English speaker, and is very familiar with the chal...

We fangirled SO hard getting to chat with THE Clare Osongco on the podcast recently  @clareosongco  🤩👑✨️ Clare is such a wise, inspiring soul and her upcoming debut MIDNIGHTS WITH YOU is nothing short of a masterpiece. We cannot wait for you all to tune in!!! But first, here's more about Clare: Clare Osongco is a biracial Filipina American writer living in Los Angeles. Her debut novel, MIDNIGHT...

We were so lucky to chat with Aussie fantasy author star, THE Alicia Jasinska last week  @aliciamja  🤩👑✨️ We can't wait for you all to tune in!  But first here's more about Alicia: Alicia Jasinska is a fantasy writer hailing from Sydney, Australia. A library technician by day, she spends her nights writing and hanging upside down from the aerial hoop. She is the author of THE DARK TIDE, THE MID...

We had the most wonderfully inspiring chat with none other than the Author of the Sunday Times instant Bestseller THE TEMPTATION OF MAGIC Author THE Megan Scott!! ⁠ @meganscott_writer ⁠ 🤩👑✨️ Megan shared so many wonderful writing tips with us and we can't wait for you all to tune in! But first here's more about Megan: Megan Scott is the Sunday Times Bestselling author from the North Wes...

We were so lucky to get to chat with the absolute QUEEN that is Hayley Dennings  @pagesofhayley  🤩👑✨ today we're talking Arcane, we're talking murderous sapphic vamps and all things of the publishing persuasion. We can't wait for you all to tune in. But first, here's more about Hayley ✨️ Hayley Dennings is a recent graduate from Loyola Marymount University, where she double maj...

We had such a great, big energy chat with the legend that is THE Byron Graves!!  @makwa_giniw  🤩🥳💫💫 We can't wait for you all to tune in!🕺✨️ But first here's a bit more about Byron! Byron Graves is Ojibwe and was born and raised on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota, where he played high school basketball. When he isn't writing, he can be found playing retro video games...

We had the best chat with the beautiful soul that is THE Amanda Carbonell!! @amandacarbonell25  🤩💖💫 Amanda is a  Junior Literary Agent  @belcastroagency , Shes also an  author, a Freelance Editor/Owner of Editing Tales and and an agent sibling to your friendly Australian cohost Melanie 🤩✨️We can't wait for you all to tune in! But first here's a bit more about Amanda! Amanda Carbonell’...

We got right into the big energy chats with THE Ted Fox  @tedfoxbooks  today on the podcast! We can't wait for you all to tune in 🤩✨️ But first here's a bit more about Ted! Ted Fox writes funny things, except for this bio, which is mildly amusing at best. His second novel, Date Week, is out now, and his first, Schooled, is currently in development for film/TV. He is also the author of th...

We had the very best chat with THE Sofia Robleda👑✨️  @sofiarobleda  who took us on a dazzling journey telling us about her incredible new book, DAUGHTER OF FIRE 🤩🔥 We can't wait for you all to tune in to the episode. But first, here's more about Sofia! Sofia is a Mexican writer. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. She completed her degrees in...

You know when you are chatting with a wise old soul, because they aren't afraid to go straight into deep chat mode. And that's exactly how our conversation with THE Abigail O'Bryan  @abigail_obryan_author  went!🦉💖✨️ We can't wait for you all to tune in. But first, here's more about Abigail! Abigail O’Bryan writes fairytale-inspired stories for teens (and the young at heart)...

We love our Aussie publishing fam!! And we were over the moon to have the legend that is THE Keshe Chow ⁠ @keshewrites ⁠ join us recently on the podcast!!  We can't wait for you all to tune in!  But first, here's a bit about Keshe: Keshe Chow (she/her) is a multi-award-winning Chinese-Australian author of fantasy, romance, and speculative fiction. Born in Malaysia, Keshe moved to Australia...

Sometimes our guests are just too cool and this week's guest was beyond! 😍 We are low key, (high key) obsessed with Codie Crowley  @spirit.bored  and can't wait for you all to tune in to her episode! But first, here's a bit about Codie! Codie Crowley once told a scary story that caused mass hysteria at a slumber party, and she’s been chasing that high ever since. When she isn't wr...

We had so much fun chatting with the absolute STAR that is THE Miranda Sun  @themirandasun  🤩✨️We can't wait for you all to tune in. But first, here's a bit about Miranda! Miranda Sun is a storyteller by nature and wordsmith by trade. A lover of science as well as mythology, she’s fond of exploring museums and aquariums wherever she goes. She makes her home in Chicagoland, where she drin...

Finally we are able to release this incredible episode. Which is extra full of Big Magic for two reasons - first of all, because we got to chat with the incredible human that is THE  Rosalie M. Lin . BUT ALSO!!! Because our intro features a chat that happened not even an hour after your Aussie cloaca queen Melanie HAD THE CALL WITH HER BRAND NEW AGENT!!! We can finally share it now the news is out...

We were so lucky to have not one, but both of the brains behind Castle Bridge Media and the Castle of Horror Anthology, In Churl Yo and Jason Henderson join us on the podcast recently!! We can't wait for you all to tune in, but first here's more about this hard working duo and their publishing house:   Castle Bridge Media is an independent publisher of predominantly genre books, with parti...

We were so lucky to have Australian Literary BOSS Alex Adsett join us on the podcast this week 🤩👑  @alexadsett  ✨️ Alex shared so many inspiring nuggets and industry tidbits with us! We can't wait for you all to tune in to the episode. But first, here's more about Alex: Alex Adsett is a literary agent and publishing consultant with almost 30 years experience working in the publishing an...