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Hear us Roar

Hear us Roar

Von: Maggie Smith
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If you're an aspiring author and want insights into what's involved in launching a book into the world, this is the podcast for you. Debut writers discuss not only the inspiration behind their book, but also their insights into the writing process, the best advice they ever got, and the joys and sometimes pitfalls they encountered on their path to publication.Maggie Smith Kunst Marketing & Vertrieb Ökonomie
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  • 319: Kristin Owens - Author of Elizabeth Sails

    319: Kristin Owens - Author of Elizabeth Sails
    May 21 2026
    Our guest this week is Kristin Owens (Elizabeth Sails, Rising Action Publishing, October 2024). We discuss how Kristin's critique group convinced her to write a novel instead of short fiction, how a trip on the Queen Mary inspired her setting, and how she learned to stop being kind to her main character and to get tough instead. Then we discuss how she's paired with cruise lines like Cunard to market her book, spending six months last year on ships where she lectures about the publishing industry and teaches classes.

    Kristin Owens holds a Ph.D. in higher education and is an award-winning faculty member with over 25 years university experience. Now a full-time writer in sticky southwest Florida, Kristin has over 100 bylines with celebrated magazines such as Wine Enthusiast, Writer's Digest, and 5280. Her personal essays have won Honorable Mention for the New Millennium Writing Awards, awarded finalist for the New Letters' award in nonfiction, and included in RISE! Colorado's Book of the Year. Her debut novel, Elizabeth Sails, was shortlisted for The Gilda Prize and Killer Nashville's Silver Falchion Award for Best Cozy. With her background in instructional design, she takes complex subjects and breaks them down into entertaining bite-sized pieces. Her high-energy presentations motivate writers to stick with it.

    To learn more about Kristin, go to her website https://www.kristin-owens.com/
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    39 Min.
  • 318: Faye Arcand - Author of Inside Outside

    318: Faye Arcand - Author of Inside Outside
    May 14 2026
    This week we talk with Faye Arcand (Inside Outside, indie published November 2024). Learn how a best-seller psychological suspense informed Faye's debut plot, how she delved into a fourteen-year-old's brain, and how having an agent didn't work out for her. Then we discuss the importance of an author website and how having a plan for marketing makes everything smoother. And don't miss her quirky secret—it's a doozy.

    Faye Arcand is the author of the award-winning psychological suspense novel INSIDE OUTSIDE. Arcand spent several years working within the criminal justice system before travelling the world. Every experience is fodder for her twisted writer brain. She's fascinated by the quirks and perspectives life presents as she peers through the lens of deviance, mental health, fear, or anything antisocial, weird, or different. When she's not eavesdropping on a conversations or observing from afar, you'll find her studying reality TV, chatting with her golden retriever Piper, or editing her upcoming thriller, Can You See Me? She lives somewhere in the wilds of British Columbia, Canada.

    To learn more about Faye, go to https://fayearcand.com/
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    36 Min.
  • 317: Stephanie Claypool - Author of A Thousand Tiny Stitches

    317: Stephanie Claypool - Author of A Thousand Tiny Stitches
    May 7 2026
    Our guest this week is Stephanie Claypool (A Thousand Tiny Stitches, Atmosphere Press, November 2024) Here how tips about outlining from both James Patterson and J.K. Rowling were key to Stephanie's finding a new way to approach her novel, which she wrote out in narrative form and on a spreadsheet first before drafting a word. Hear why she chose a hybrid press over a small press and how she plans to write a series centered not around her characters but around the town she invented for her debut.

    Stephanie Claypool, a native of metro New York, weaves her diverse life experiences into stories that celebrate resilience and the surprising untapped capabilities that lie within us all. From London to San Diego and Annapolis, her journey eventually led her to call Pittsburgh home, where she lives with her retired Navy husband, her father, and a menagerie of beloved pets. Beyond her writing desk, Stephanie pursues passions as varied as her travels. An enthusiast of cooking and wine, fountain pens and notebooks, and fabrics and threads, her greatest joys are the simple things in life. As Vice President of Finance for the Women's Fiction Writers Association, Stephanie is an active member of the writing community. Her debut novel, A Thousand Tiny Stitches, was published in November 2024.

    To learn more about Stephanie, go to https://stephanieclaypool.com/
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    36 Min.
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