WriterCon

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Barry Friedman, top-tier professional standup comic for decades and author of six books, including a new one, the title of which we can’t say on the podcast because then I'd have to check the Adults Only distribution box. "Jack Sh*t" is a collection of anecdotes...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Chris K. Jones, enterpreneur and author of the new novel Headcase , who gave up a lucrative career to pursue his dream of writing. Chapter 1: Introduction Looking Back on 2022 Chapter 2: News 1) Written Word Media Shows That the Most Successful Authors Market 2)...

Happy holidays! Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Sonali Dev, who writes Bollywood-style love stories that explore universal themes. She's a USA Today bestselling author and her novels have been named Best Books of the Year by Library Journal, NPR, and The Washington Post. Her new book is The Vib...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Henriette Lazaridis, the author of Terra Nova , a novel relating to the story of doomed British explorer Robert Falcon Scott in Antarctica in 1910. Hollywood? Did he mean "holiday?" See it's those little slips of the tongue that remind you that this is recorded l...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview James Scott Bell, a former WriterCon keynote speaker, winner of the International Thriller Writers Award, and the author of Plot & Structure. He served as fiction columnist for Writer's Digest magazine and has written many bestselling craft books, including C...

Note: This episode was delayed due to technical recording issues (hence the references to Thanksgiving), but rather than cheat you out of hearing Katie Side's wise words, we've decided to release it as is. Apologies for the audio squeak. We'll return to our usual audio standards next time and, as a special Christmas gift, we will present three more episodes this month, one every week during the ho...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Cory Edwards, a screenplay writer and filmmaker who has many impressive credits, including Hoodwinked, Escape from Planet Earth, and many Veggie Tales episodes. Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: News 1) Penguin Random House & TikTok Partner Up 2) Draft2Digital E...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Leslie S. Klinger, editor of THE NEW ANNOTATED STRANGE CASE OF JEKYLL & HYDE, just released last week. This new edition gives the classic tale its most complete and illuminating presentation yet, heavily illustrated with over a hundred and fifty full color images...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Cai Emmons, author of two new books this month, Livid and Unleashed. Introduction Reminiscing about WriterCon 2022 The WriterCon Cruise sets sail April 9-16, 2023. Would you like to join us? Learn more here: www.writercon.com News 1) Rakuten Kobo announces an eco...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Robert Dugoni, whose latest novel is What She Found (Tracy Crosswhite #9), and Yasmin Angoe, whose new book is They Come at Knight. Introduction We're recording this episode before a live audience at WriterCon 2022, where over 200 people have gathered to obtain t...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Bob Saenz, award-winning screenplay author. Introduction FIVE DAYS TILL WRITERCON! But it's not too late for you to join us and over 60 authors, editors, agents, publishers, and PR experts in more than 70 breakout sessions and keynotes. Everything you need to suc...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview mystery writer Mary Coley, romance author Callie Hutton, audiobook narrator Sierra Presada, and science fiction author RJ Johnson. Introduction There's still time to register for WriterCon. Do yourself a big favor. Make your writing dreams real. We have over 60 a...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the world of books, offer writing tips, and interview Steven James, bestselling thriller author and renowned writing instructor. Introduction Join us at WriterCon, our annual writers conference featuring more than 60 presenters in more than 70 breakout sessions, workshops, masterclasses, and roundtables. Enter c...

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the world of books, offer writing tips, and interview Dean Koontz, mega-bestselling author of The Big Dark Sky and many other fine novels. Introduction We are now the WriterCon podcast. New name, same great content. And the multi-talented author Rene Gutteridge joins as co-host. WriterCon is Labor Day weekend, S...

Bestselling author William Bernhardt discusses the latest news from the world of books, offers writing tips, and interviews Mary Laura Philpott, author of Bomb Shelter: Love, Time and Other Explosions. Chapter 1: Introduction The Early Bird pricing ends on May 15, so this is the time to register for WriterCon, our annual writers conference that takes place during Labor Day weekend (Sept 2-5). Lear...

Bestselling author William Bernhardt discusses the latest news from the world of books, offers writing tips, and interviews Julia Brewer Daily, author of No Names to Be Given. Chapter 1: Introduction Join us next time for our 100th episode! WriterCon Update: You still have time to register for WriterCon and get the sharply reduced Early Bird pricing. Our annual writers conference focuses on helpin...

Bestselling author William Bernhardt discusses the latest news from the world of books, offers writing tips, and interviews Deborah Falaye, author of the new young-adult novel, Blood Scion. Introduction William Bernhardt's new novel, Shameless, the third book in the Kenzi Rivera legal thriller series, is now on sale. https://amazon.com/Shameless-Splitsville-Legal-Thriller-Book-ebook/dp/B09T7ZFTZ5/...

Bestselling author William Bernhardt discusses the latest news from the world of books, offers writing tips, and interviews Erica Ferencik, author of many outstanding, critically acclaimed thrillers, most recently, Girl in Ice. Chapter 1—Introduction William Bernhardt's new legal thriller, Shameless, is now on sale! This is the third novel in his Kenzi Rivera series. https://amazon.com/Shameless-S...

Bestselling author William Bernhardt discusses the latest news from the world of books, offers writing tips, and interviews Erika Lewis, critically acclaimed author of Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts. Chapter 1: Introduction William Bernhardt is hosting a small-group writing retreat in Eureka Springs on June 15-19, 2022. This immersive experience will give you feedback on yo...

Host William Bernhardt discusses the latest news from the world of books, offers writing tips and, for the first time, discusses his thirty years in the book world, starting with his first bestselling novel, Primary Justice, in 1991. Chapter 1: Introduction a) Cover Reveal for Bernhardt's next novel, Shameless b) Update on WriterCon, the writers conference held over Labor Day weekend, Sept 2-5 Cha...

Bestselling author William Bernhardt discusses the latest news from the world of books, offers writing tips, and interviews Lara Elena Donnelly, author of The Amberlough Dossier and her new novel, Base Notes. Chapter 1: Introduction WriterCon is our annual writers conference designed for YOU, people who are serious about writing and becoming successful writers. The conference is in OKC over Labor...

Bestselling author William Bernhardt discusses the latest news from the world of books, offers writing tips, and interviews Jacquelyn Mitchard, the New York Times-bestselling author and Oprah's Book Club author of The Good Son. Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: News a) New Survey from the Alliance of Independent Authors https://selfpublishingadvice.org/what-readers-want-2022/ b) Gallup Poll Sugge...

Bestselling author William Bernhardt discusses the latest news from the world of books, offers writing tips, and interviews Lara Bernhardt, author of The Wantland Files series and Shadow of the Taj. Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: News a) Simon & Schuster employee charged with manuscript theft; and b) Findaway Voices adds narrator search. Chapter 3: Interview Bernhardt interviews award-winning...

Bestselling author William Bernhardt discusses the latest news from the world of books, offers writing tips, and interviews Tanya Gough, creator of the online writing tool StoryBilder. Chapter 1: Introduction Happy New Year! Chapter 2: News Bernhardt assesses the book world trends and development of 2021 and makes predictions about 2022. a) Social media platforms will change and TikTok will domina...

Bestselling author William Bernhardt discusses the latest news from the world of books, offers writing tips, and interviews Susan Johnson, author of Some Dreams Are Worth Keeping: A Memoir of My Bipolar Journey. Chapter 1: Introduction Merry Christmas! Chapter 2: News Bernhardt discusses some of the findings and conclusions in the Alliance of Independent Authors' annual report. Annual Report: http...