WriterCon

Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Caroline Cleveland, author of When Cicadas Cry . Chapter 1: Introduction You can now order William Bernhardt's latest novel, Justice For All , the 8th Daniel Pike legal thriller, featuring a crossover with Kenzi Rivera ( Splitsville )—and original comic book art. Listen to...

In this summer summer episode, bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt interview Alida Winternheimer, award-winning author, developmental editor, contributor to WriterCon Magazine, and host of the Substack newsletter A Room Full of Books and Pencils.

Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Becca Fox, author of the new gaslamp fantasy, Asta and the Barbarians, part of her Chosen by the Masters series. Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts The WriterCon Retreat at Canebrake is only two months away! From July 17-21, we'll be taking deep dives into your work. Each day's sc...

LIVE FROM THE WRITERCON CRUISE 2024! Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview agent Katharine Sands, SF/Fantasy author RJ Johnson, and USA Today-bestselling Romance writer Lauren Smith. Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts This has been our largest group of cruise-writers yet, and we've had a wonderful timne work...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt (Lara Bernhardt has the week off) discusses the latest news from the book world, offers writing tips, and interviews Chaz Ebert, CEO of Roger Ebert Digital (named for her late husband, the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic) and author of the new book It's Time to Give a FECK: Elevating Humanity Through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness . Chapter 1...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Jake Lynch, author of action/adventure and spiritual novels including his latest, Broken to Beautiful . Chapter 1: Openting Thoughts Bill and Jesse ruminate about why tax season is particularly hard for writers. Chapter 2: News 1) Entangled Signs Self-Published Au...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview S.L. Dooley, fantasy author of The Cold Moon Carnival and many other books. Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts Everyone is getting ready for the 2024 WriterCon Cruise , departing April 21! Chapter 2: News 1) Poetry Had Its Best Year Ever in 2024 2) Author Accused of "Cre...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Thomas Hauser, sports writer and author of the new momoir My Mother and Me. Btw, the sad whining you hear during the interview is our dog, Baxter—sad because no one is paying attention to him while we record, but otherwise fine. Chapter 1: Opening Thougbts Jesse's...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Bharati Sen, author of My War My Child. Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts Looking forward to the WriterCon Cruise... Chapter 2: News 1) NY Pub Veterans Create a New Publishing House 2) Author Sues Amazon over Pirated Book Sales Chapter 3: Interview with Bharati Sen Duri...

Host William Bernhardt shares a special episode of a new podcast, Stories That Change Us, featuring a discussion of The Princess Bride. Enjoy this special interim installment! We'll be back with regular WriterCon programming next week.

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Steven Joseph, author of Cranky Superpowers . Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts This podcast is being released on Oscar Sunday, so the Crew make their predictions, including one involving a red carpet gown, and ponder why movies get so much attention when the books they...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Kelly Anne Manuel, a children's book author who is launching 31 books at the same time. Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts Only one week left to register for the WriterCon Cruise ! Lara is already packing! Over 20+ hours of classroom, small-group, and private instruction...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Lauren Smith, bestselling romance author of many popular books, including Dukes & Diamonds . Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts Why don't we have the literary equivalent of a Taylor Swift? Chapter 2: News 1. Florida Censors Goblin Butts—By Drawing Over Them 2. Random...

Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt interview the hosts of the new UnFreakingBelievable podcast, Betsey Kulakowski ( The Veritas Codex series ), Jennifer Labranche, and JB Caine, who will present incredible true stories each episode. They explain what the podcast is about and where it came from—then present a special episode for listeners to the WriterCon podcast.

Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news in the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Katharine Sands, the highly-sought-after literary agent from the Sarah Jane Freymann Agency. Opening Thoughts Yes, Bill and Lara are married and live together, they just broadcast from different rooms. But it doesn't matter because there are books and superheroes in all of th...

Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Debbie Babitt, thriller author of First Victim and Saving Grace . Opening Remarks The WriterCon podcast is praised on social media...by Pirr. News Your hosts make prognostications for 2024 on critical book-world topics, like emerging genres, book banning, AI, and the FTC su...

Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing and publishing tips, and interview Micah Leydorf , inspirational writer of The Unseen Battle . Opening Thoughts Bill's thriller Dark Eye (2005) has been banned in Florida . He is very excited about it. Lara is more excited about the forthcoming WriterCon Cruise . News 1) Lord of the Rings Fan...

Happy New Year! For our final episode of 2023, we're combining two previous interviews (from two separate episodes) with Erin Heinecke. Erin is with the largest firm in the US specializing in book-to-movie deals, which saw a big upswing in 2023. How can you be a part of this? Listen to Erin. We'll be back in 2024 with more interviews, more writing tips, more news analysis, and more information abo...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Dan Short, co-author of The Santa Claus Chronicles, with Rene Gutteridge. Note: Due to the circumstances—Dan giving us an interview between Santa gigs—the audio is imperfect. Apologies, but we didn't want you to miss out on Dan's wonderful stories. Chapter 1: Open...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Dan Martin, head writer for Star Trek: Resurgence and many other computer/video games. He has also worked as a Hollywood script reader. Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts Jesse is elated by the prospect of a guest relating to Star Trek. Chapter 2: News 1) Book/Movie Deal...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Rebecca Hanover, New York Times-bestselling author of The Last Applicant. Opening Remarks Thanksgiving has passed, but a new and bigger holiday looms on the horizon... News (4:25) 1) Pirr Ai Program Helps You Write Your Own Smut 2) Americans Reveal How Many Books...

Happy Thanksgiving weekend! We're taking the week off, but just so you don't have to go without, we're sending you this holiday re-release of two 2020 interivews with the brilliant novelist Steve Berry. You'll be amazing at how honest he is—and how helpful his thoughts are—to writers at all stages of their careers. So don't eat too much, take a long walk, and enjoy this blast-from-the-past intervi...

Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Jerry Izenberg, acclaimed sportswriter, memoirist, and author of After the Fire . Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts (0;49) Would you go on a Meet Your Favorite Authors Cruise? How do we make this happen? Send me your ideas: willbern@gmail.com Chapter 2: News (6:09) a) Report from...

Bestselling authors William and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview William Martin, NYT-bestselling author of December '41 and many other historical thrillers. Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts WriterCon Magazine needs a better name! Send your suggestions to: willbern@gmail.com And the second issue will soon be sent, so subscribe now ! Chapter 2:...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Susy Smith, author of the new dystopian novel, Ascendant . Chapter 1: Opening Thoughts A few times a year we will release interviews from previous episodes—WriterCon Classics. Chapter 2: News a) Open AI Sued for Copyright Infringement Based On Data-Scarping b) Sca...