Slush Pile Workshop #23
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
With Writing Show host Paula B.
This podcast series is designed to help you practice capturing readers’ attention. Inspired by literary agent Kristin Nelson’s two-page pitch sessions, Writing Show host Paula B. will play agent and comment on your anonymous submissions on the show.
Host: Paula B.
Date: January 17, 2012
Running time: 46:38
File size: 22 megabytes
Rating: PG (profanity)
Slush Pile Workshop #22
Saturday, December 17, 2011
With Writing Show host Paula B.
This podcast series is designed to help you practice capturing readers’ attention. Inspired by literary agent Kristin Nelson’s two-page pitch sessions, Writing Show host Paula B. will play agent and comment on your anonymous submissions on the show.
Host: Paula B.
Date: December 17, 2011
Running time: 44:36
File size: 22 megabytes
Rating: PG (profanity, violence)
Slush Pile Workshop #21
Saturday, November 05, 2011
With Writing Show host Paula B.
This podcast series is designed to help you practice capturing readers’ attention. Inspired by literary agent Kristin Nelson’s two-page pitch sessions, Writing Show host Paula B. will play agent and comment on your anonymous submissions on the show.
Host: Paula B.
Date: November 5, 2011
Running time: 39:14
File size: 19 megabytes
Rating: PG (profanity)
Download and listen to Slush Pile Workshop #21
Slush Pile Workshop #20
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
With Writing Show host Paula B.
This podcast series is designed to help you practice capturing readers’ attention. Inspired by literary agent Kristin Nelson’s two-page pitch sessions, Writing Show host Paula B. will play agent and comment on your anonymous submissions on the show.
Host: Paula B.
Date: October 4, 2011
Running time: 01:06:02
File size: 31 megabytes
Rating: G
Slush Pile Workshop #19
Friday, September 09, 2011
With Writing Show host Paula B.
This podcast series is designed to help you practice capturing readers’ attention. Inspired by literary agent Kristin Nelson’s two-page pitch sessions, Writing Show host Paula B. will play agent and comment on your anonymous submissions on the show.
Host: Paula B.
Date: September 9, 2011
Running time: 52:48
File size: 25 megabytes
Rating: PG (swearing)
Slush Pile Workshop #18
Monday, August 15, 2011
With Writing Show host Paula B.
This podcast series is designed to help you practice capturing readers’ attention. Inspired by literary agent Kristin Nelson’s two-page pitch sessions, Writing Show host Paula B. will play agent and comment on your anonymous submissions on the show.
Host: Paula B.
Date: August 15, 2011
Running time: 49:45
File size: 24 megabytes
Rating: PG (swearing, some religious issues)
Slush Pile Workshop #17
Thursday, July 14, 2011
With Writing Show host Paula B.
This podcast series is designed to help you practice capturing readers’ attention. Inspired by literary agent Kristin Nelson’s two-page pitch sessions, Writing Show host Paula B. will play agent and comment on your anonymous submissions on the show.
Host: Paula B.
Date: July 14, 2011
Running time: 01:03:47
File size: 30 megabytes
Rating: G
Slush Pile Workshop #16
Monday, June 27, 2011
With Writing Show host Paula B.
This podcast series is designed to help you practice capturing readers’ attention. Inspired by literary agent Kristin Nelson’s two-page pitch sessions, Writing Show host Paula B. will play agent and comment on your anonymous submissions on the show.
Host: Paula B.
Date: June 27, 2011
Running time: 48:43
File size: 23 megabytes
Rating: G
Slush Pile Workshop #15
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
With Writing Show host Paula B.
This podcast series is designed to help you practice capturing readers’ attention. Inspired by literary agent Kristin Nelson’s two-page pitch sessions, Writing Show host Paula B. will play agent and comment on your anonymous submissions on the show.
Host: Paula B.
Date: June 7, 2011
Running time: 43:41
File size: 21 megabytes
Rating: PG (swearing)
New article on the writer's voice now available
Friday, December 16, 2011
My new article, "The Writer's Voice in Fiction: What It Is and How to Develop Yours," is now available at the Amazon Kindle store for 99 cents:
Love the slush pile workshops? Now they're available as an ebook!
Paula B. brings her popular slush pile workshops to text. For this first volume in the series, Paula selected 13 first chapters and one short story from our audio slush pile workshops and expanded on her audio comments.
At the Kindle store:
Story consulting from Paula B.
Are you having trouble writing your story? Getting nowhere with agents? Writing Show host Paula B. helps writers get unstuck. Time to break through that barrier and make your dreams come true. Details here.
"In practically no time, Paula grasped our complex sci-fi time-travel thriller, wrote three tiers of outlines, and provided a full analysis of its strength and flaws. She assessed our story against multiple story structures; made countless suggestions to increase reader interest, boost suspense, and develop our characters; and helped us bring out the theme in our story. But most of all, we felt she really understood what we were trying to say. As a result, we now have a much improved book with a strong theme, higher suspense, greater conflict, and more compelling characters. We highly recommend Paula's services, and we plan on working with Paula for years to come."
--Edward Miller and Jerry Manas
"I would recommend Paula to anyone (and have been), and will be calling upon her often in the years to come. Here’s to you, Paula!"
--Marty Young - Australian Horror Writers Association Founding President, 2005-2010
"It's not always easy working with writers; the egos, the authorial control, the tightly defined visions of our stories. Paula has the special kind of patience and knowledge that is required for the task."
-- Mayowa Atte
The Writing Show is now all slush pile workshops
How to participate (it's free!)...
The Writing Show Slush Pile Workshop is designed to help you practice engaging readers. In each workshop podcast, Paula B. plays agent and comments on your anonymous submissions. Does she want to see more, or does she lose interest?
We’re sure you know how important it is to hook a prospective agent or publisher in your first couple of pages. But if you send your work out before it’s ready, you could squander an important opportunity. Don’t risk it. Try your material out on us first—for free!
Submissions selected for the show will be available to read from our site at WritingShow.com.
We know how hard it is to put your work out there, so we want to stress that all pitches will be anonymous! (We must know who you are because we need a disclaimer from you, but we won’t divulge your identity.)
Listen to our slush pile workshops:
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #1"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #2"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #3"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #4"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #5"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #6"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #7"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #8"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #9"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #10"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #11"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #12"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #13"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #14"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #15"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #16"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #17"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #18"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #19"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #20"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #21"
Download and listen to "Slush Pile Workshop #22"
New Kindle article from Paula B.
Writing Show host Paula B. has published a new article at the Amazon Kindle store: "How to Use Third Person Narration to Hook Readers and Keep Them Engaged." Ten pages, 99 cents.
The article is part of Paula's new series, Paula B's Writing Fiction Secrets.
Watch for more articles in this new series!
Paula's Self-Mentoring Checklist for Novelists available at the Amazon Kindle store for 99 cents! Check out my Writing Dialogue series too. Five articles for $3.99. Such a deal.