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Want to write, publish, and market your book, but feel overwhelmed by where to start? Write the Damn Book Already breaks down the writing process, self-publishing, and traditional publishing so you can move from idea to finished book with clarity and confidence. Hosted by Elizabeth Lyons—author, book writing coach, book editor, and self-publishing expert—this show untangles the often-confusing world of writing and publishing. From first draft to finished manuscript, indie publishing to traditional publishing, Amazon strategy to long-term book visibility, you’ll get practical guidance and honest conversations about what it really takes to get a book into the world. Through solo episodes and interviews with both traditionally published and indie authors—across fiction and nonfiction—Elizabeth brings a well-rounded, no-hype perspective to the publishing industry. Whether you’re working on memoir, nonfiction, or a novel, you’ll w
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Write the Damn Book Already is hosted by Elizabeth Lyons. The show has published 192 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ep 191: Novel Writing When You’re Also an Editor (with E.L. Shen)" (28 October 2026, 39 minutes), "Ep 190: Novel Writing for People Who Hate Self-Promo (with Anna Dorn)" (21 October 2026, 34 minutes), and "Ep 189: 120 Rejections and Two Agents Later | Jane Bitomsky on Her Debut, Death by Misadventure" (14 October 2026, 34 minutes).
Write the Damn Book Already publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 192 episodes.
Booking probability for Write the Damn Book Already is 42%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Write the Damn Book Already requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Write the Damn Book Already's contact route on record: public web form.
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Elizabeth Lyons hosts Write the Damn Book Already, an arts podcast with 192 episodes published.
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! E.L. Shen’s (who goes by Elizabeth) fourth book, Foreigners , came out September 22, 2026 from Quill Tree Books. It’s her first historical novel, it moves...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Anna Dorn’s debut novel, Vagablonde , came out in May 2020, which was a spectacular moment to launch a book (hear the sarcasm). Her tour was obviously...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Jane Bitomsky’s debut novel, Death by Misadventure , came out October 1, 2026 from Lake Union. It opens in the 1500s with a naked dead man found under a...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Anna Pitoniak spent years as a senior editor at Random House, wrote her first two novels in the hours before and after work, and has now published five books...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! She's back! Cassie Miller joined me last spring to talk about her debut, Meet Me Under the Lights , and now she's here with book two, Meet Me on Mistletoe...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! After writing 6 nonfiction books, I'm working on my first novel, which everyone who listens to this show is painfully aware of by now. So when Kim Purcell...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Katie Clapham didn't set out to build an author platform. (Anyone else tired of that word?) She had a week where she had nothing ready to publish, she was...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! I have been quietly fangirling over Allison Buehner's editing tips on Instagram for months. I have so many of them saved that at this point she deserves her...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Eli McCann never planned to write a novel. He wrote one chapter kind of, maybe, to prove to himself he couldn't. But when he handed it to his husband, who...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Ten books in, Meg Mitchell Moore still doesn't know what her plot is going to be when she starts writing. Meg Mitchell Moore has published ten novels. And...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! This episode quickly got personal because I'm elbow-deep in my first novel after six nonfiction books, and Angela Brown writes the kind of fiction that makes...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! TV writer, screenwriter, and author Eric Garcia has published six books (so far). He sold three of them to Hollywood and somehow still managed to write his...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! In this episode, I chat with children's book author and illustrator Erin Thorburn. (She also happens to be my best friend.) We wax not so poetic on book...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Nadia Hashimi's newest novel (her seventh published book), City of Widows (William Morrow), releases in July 2026. She's already published four books for...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! In this episode, Ann Garvin (who will release her 7th novel, Tell Two Friends , in September 2026 with Lake Union) discloses the often messy, unglamorous...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! The woman. The myth. The legend: Jordan Roter. She's a TV writer, screenwriter, author, and one of the funniest and most genuine people I know. I truly could...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! In this heartfelt interview, author Cinelle Barnes shares her journey through writing A Way Home (Little A, June 9, 2026), a heart-wrenching memoir about...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! In this episode, Elizabeth Lyons and Liz Lawson discuss Liz's journey from YA to adult fiction ( It Happened One Murder, July 2026), the realities of book...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! In this episode, Joan F. Smith, author of Your Soulmail is Attached (her debut adult novel), shares her journey through the publishing world, her writing...
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Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! Louise Marburg has spent years devoted to the short story form. So naturally, she accidentally wrote a novel. Her debut, Fancy Meeting You , features Laura...
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