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Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business — editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins.
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In her latest book, 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet (Crown), Pamela Paul urges her readers to take a step back and contemplate just how much the internet has shaped society. From its influence on the very basis of social interaction to the way authors think about and write stories, she seeks to capture all the ways new tech has changed our world and “memorialize the very recent past”. Pamela is the editor of The New York Times Book Review, host of the Book Review podcast, and has written seven books in her free time. 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet is available now for purchase.
From Amazon.com:
Pamela Paul is the editor of The New York Times Book Review, which she joined as the children’s books editor in 2011, and oversees books coverage at The New York Times, where she hosts the weekly Book Review podcast. She is the author of seven books: The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony was named one of the best books of 2002 by The Washington Post; her second book, Pornified, was named one of the best books of 2005 by The San Francisco Chronicle. She is also the author of Parenting, Inc., By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review, My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues and most recently, How to Raise a Reader, co-written with Maria Russo. Her first picture book for children, Rectangle Time, came out in February 2021.
Paul has been a contributor to Time magazine and The Economist, and a columnist for The New York Times Sunday Styles section and Worth magazine. Her work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and other publications.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- Why J likes interviewing other podcasters
- COVID-19’s effect on the writing process
- How to switch from op-eds to traditional book writing
- How to deal with writer’s block
- How to write while commuting
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Show Credits
Host: J. D. Barker
Host: J. Thorn
Host: Zach Bohannon
Music: Nicorus
Voice Over: Rick Ganley (recorded at Mill Pond Studio)
In This Episode
Pamela Paul
100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet
Story Rubric
Nonfic Rubric
The Career Author Summit 2021
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