The one where Ashley Winstead explains story arcs and why Twilight was important.

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including some exciting publishing news for our very own J.D.! Then, stick around as Christine chats with Ashley Winstead.

Ashley Winstead is the author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and The Last Housewife. She holds a Ph.D. in contemporary American literature and a B.A. in English and art history. She lives in Houston, Texas, where she drinks red wine and dreams up novels. Her latest, Midnight is The Darkest Hour, was released last week, October 3, and is available wherever books are sold!

Check It Out!

Midnight is The Darkest Hour - https://bookshop.org/p/books/midnight-is-the-darkest-hour-ashley-winstead/19462760

Simon & Schuster Team Up With J.D. Barker Imprint, Hampton Creek Press - https://bit.ly/3rH78YX

Lit Agent Laura Zats' Twitter Thread on Lit Agent Landscape - https://twitter.com/LZats/status/1707414688173064584

Can Spotify Take Digital Audiobooks to the Next Level? (via Publishers Weekly) - https://bit.ly/3rO2atp

Show Links:

Writers, Ink on YouTube! - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@jdbarker_author/podcasts⁠⁠⁠

J.D. Barker - ⁠⁠⁠https://jdbarker.com/⁠⁠⁠

Christine Daigle - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.christinedaiglebooks.com/⁠⁠⁠

JP Rindfleisch IX - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jprindfleischix.com/⁠⁠⁠

Kevin Tumlinson - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.kevintumlinson.com/⁠⁠⁠

Patrick O'Donnell - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.copsandwriters.com/⁠⁠⁠]

Ashley Winstead - https://www.ashleywinstead.com/

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Voice Over by Rick Ganley - ⁠⁠⁠http://www.nhpr.com⁠⁠⁠ and recorded at Mill Pond Studio - ⁠⁠⁠http://www.millpondstudio.com⁠⁠⁠

Show notes & audio production by Geoff Emberlyn - ⁠https://twitter.com/horrorstoic⁠⁠⁠

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