The Bleeders: about book writing & publishing

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Omar Mouallem, author of the historical travel memoir Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas. In writing the book, Omar couldn’t explore its subject matter without also reexamining...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Allie Rowbottom. Allie is the author of the memoir/family history/cultural commentary Jello Girls , which I love, and the new novel Aesthetica , which is incredibly zeitgeisty in its subject matt...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Hannah Howard, author of two food memoirs, Feast: True Love in and Out of the Kitchen and Plenty: A Memoir of Food and Family , that transcend the genre and are also about relationships, motherho...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Nicole Maggi, who joins me to share the origin story of her latest novel, A Murder in Zion , which hits shelves tomorrow! Inspired by a docuseries about crimes in national parks, Nicole set out t...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Bassey Ikpi, author of I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying , one of my all-time favorite books. She grew up thinking authors were magicians, but it turns out she knows how to cast the spell too!...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Emily J. Smith, author of Nothing Serious . Follow Emily on Instagram @emjsmith and Bluesky @emjsmith.bsky.social . The Bleeders is hosted by Courtney Kocak. Follow her on  Instagram @courtneykoc...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Andrew Bomback, author of Doctor and Long Days, Short Years: A Cultural History of Modern Parenting . Follow Andrew on Instagram @andrewbomback and Twitter @asbomback. >>> Watch the full...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Paul Haddad, generously sharing the research, writing, and publishing process for his latest book  Inventing Paradise , which explores the history of early Los Angeles and the power brokers who s...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Frances Badalamenti, author of Many Seasons , I Don't Blame You , and  Salad Days . Follow Frances on Instagram @franbad and connect via her website francesbadalamenti.com . >>> Watch th...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Matt Bell, who wrote his novel-writing craft book Refuse to Be Done between drafts of his latest novel Appleseed , and perhaps both books were the better for it. Matt has an exhausting yet enviab...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Samantha Mann, author of Putting Out: Essays on Otherness and editor of the anthology I Feel Love: Notes on Queer Joy . Follow Samantha on Instagram @samantha.mann05 and Twitter @Sdmann0502. >...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Cara McGoogan, host of Bed of Lies and author of  Blood Farm . Follow Cara on Instagram  and X/Twitter @cjmcgoogan. The Bleeders is hosted by Courtney Kocak. Follow her on X/Twitter and Instagram...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's episode features advice from Halley Sutton, Hannah Howard, Bridgette Bianca, Shelby Hinte, Chelsea Martin, Emmy Olea, and Elle Nash. The Bleeders is hosted by Courtney Kocak. Follow her on Twitter and Ins...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Laura Cathcart Robbins, author of Stash: My Life in Hiding . Follow Laura on Instagram @lauracathcartrobbins and Twitter @TheOnlyOnePodc1. >>> Watch the full interview with Laura on YouT...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing.  Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Rachel Kramer Bussell, author of How to Write Erotica and editor of over 70 anthologies of erotica. Follow Rachel on Instagram @rachelkramerbussel and Twitter @raquelita. >>> Watch the...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing.  Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Zachary Zane, author of Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto . Follow Zachary on Instagram @zacharyzane_ and Twitter @ZacharyZane_. >>> Watch the full interview with Zach on YouTube : https:...

Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing.  Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today's guest is Eleanor C. Whitney, author of Promote Your Book , Riot Woman , and Quit Your Day Job . Follow Eleanor on Instagram and X/Twitter @killerfemme and check out her website eleanorcwhitney.com . The...

Today’s guest is Lexi Kent-Monning, who details the five-year journey of revising and submitting her debut novel, The Burden of Joy , which found its home at the small press Rejection Letters. In this episode, Lexi shares how she rediscovered her love of writing at age 33 and took her writing career into her own hands without an MFA. She also explains how her manuscript evolved from memoir to auto...

This is Jon Small's second interview for The Bleeders podcast. In this episode, Jon delves into the creative process behind his debut book, Write About Now , which is based on his podcast and features inspiring origin stories from his guests. He shares the challenges of obtaining permissions, the decision to self-publish, and the common themes that emerged from these stories. Jon also discusses ho...

This is four-time author Chloe Caldwell's second interview for The Bleeders podcast. In this episode, Chloe shares two submission stories — one a nightmare and one a dream — along with advice for other writers on submission. Follow Chloe on Instagram @chloeeeecaldwell and buy the re-release of her cult classic novella Women .  If you missed Chloe's first interview, listen here. Welcome, writers an...

The new year is upon us, which has got me thinking about my writing-related resolutions, and how to accomplish them. So today’s episode is all about writing practice — the daily grind of it, the unsexy truth about how we manifest our writing goals by showing up and allowing ourselves to get words on the page, however messy they might be at first. I'm bringing back last year's conversation with the...

Today's guest is Chelsea Martin. I adore indie queens like Chelsea. She has been incredibly prolific thus far in her literary career, and I love her "just do it" approach to publishing. We talk about how to balance perfectionist tendencies with being productive and putting out a lot of work, how to deal with a shitty publisher, the joys of having a good agent, and more. Follow Chelsea on Instagram...

Today's guest Chloe Caldwell has forged her own unique path in the literary scene, and it’s one that I really admire. In this throwback episode, she gives us the play by play for how she became the author of four books — Legs Get Led Astray , Women , I’ll Tell You in Person , and The Red Zone . We cover everything from cold queries to agents to small presses to trusting your vision. Follow Chloe o...

Today’s guest is feminist noir crime writer Halley Sutton. She wrote the first draft of her debut novel, The Lady Upstairs , while getting her MFA at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. So we got into the pros and cons of MFAs for writers. And we also talk book #2 and how that's different since Halley’s currently in the home stretch with her second novel, The Hurricane Blonde . Halley s...

Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Elle Nash, Glasgow-based author of the novels Gag Reflex and Animals Eat Each Other and the short story collection Nudes . Follow Elle Nash on Instagram and Twitter @saderotica. Preorder Elle's new novel Deliver Me ! SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLEEDERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEWS . https://www.youtube.com/@bleederspod...