WriterCon WriterCon Preview with Keynote Speaker Tosca Lee
Jul 13, 2023
37:32
Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Rene Gutteridge discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Tosca Lee, the award-winning New York Times-bestselling author of many mainstream novels like The Line Between, Biblical novels like The Legend of Sheba, the Books of Mortals series with New York Times-bestseller Ted Dekker, and most recently a historical WWII novel, The Long March Home. She is the recipient of two International Book Awards, Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion, and the ECPA Book of the Year. In addition to the New York Times list, her books have appeared on the IndieBound bestseller list, the Library Journal’s “Best Of” list, and many others.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Burning WriterCon Issues: Will Jesse Sing Karaoke? (and more)
Chapter 2: News
Update: Biden Appoints Supervisor for Book Ban Requests
Update: Amazon Adds AI-generated Review Summaries
Update: Kindlepreneur Adds AI Tool to its book description generator
New Story 1: HarperCollins Bids on Simon & Schuster (with help)
New Story 2: Elizabeth Gilbert Pulls Book After Goodreads Review-Bombing
Chapter 3: Interview with Tosca Lee
In this interview, the author discusses:
1) why she writes without an audience in mind;
2) how she collaborates with other authors;
3) reimagining Biblical characters;
4) planning ahead without restricting yourself; and
5) the benefits of genre-jumping.
Chapter 4: Parting Words
Writing Momentum Has Created a Pre-Conference Video
WriterCon is Sept 1-4 (Labor Day weekend) in Oklahoms City at the Renaissance Waterford, with more than sixty presenters like Tosca Lee, as well as contests, critiques, consultation, classes, plus fun stuff like Open Mic, evening roundtables, and karaoke night. For more info, visit our website: www.writercon.com.
William Bernhard
twww.williambernhardt.com
www.writercon.com
Chapter 1: Introduction
Burning WriterCon Issues: Will Jesse Sing Karaoke? (and more)
Chapter 2: News
Update: Biden Appoints Supervisor for Book Ban Requests
Update: Amazon Adds AI-generated Review Summaries
Update: Kindlepreneur Adds AI Tool to its book description generator
New Story 1: HarperCollins Bids on Simon & Schuster (with help)
New Story 2: Elizabeth Gilbert Pulls Book After Goodreads Review-Bombing
Chapter 3: Interview with Tosca Lee
In this interview, the author discusses:
1) why she writes without an audience in mind;
2) how she collaborates with other authors;
3) reimagining Biblical characters;
4) planning ahead without restricting yourself; and
5) the benefits of genre-jumping.
Chapter 4: Parting Words
Writing Momentum Has Created a Pre-Conference Video
WriterCon is Sept 1-4 (Labor Day weekend) in Oklahoms City at the Renaissance Waterford, with more than sixty presenters like Tosca Lee, as well as contests, critiques, consultation, classes, plus fun stuff like Open Mic, evening roundtables, and karaoke night. For more info, visit our website: www.writercon.com.
William Bernhard
twww.williambernhardt.com
www.writercon.com