S3E1: Pincers & Pitch Wars with Special Guest Skyla Arndt

Get your Pitch Wars plan ready! Author and Pitch Wars 2021 mentor Skyla Arndt joins us for a fun discussion about the program, her own writing process, and her upcoming debut novel, Together We Rot (Penguin Random House and Viking Children, Fall 2023).

EPISODE RECAP

You'll hear about all this and more:

• Writing Community News - Nat's big announcement, Pitch Wars this month, Writer's Digest Novel Writing Conference in October, and #5amWritersClub Virtual Donut Parties monthly

• What brought Skyla to write her debut novel, Together We Rot, a mix of horror and romance about two best friends working together to take down a vicious ancient entity living in their forest

• Picking up new hobbies from your characters

• Moths! Bug Tik Tok! Cryptozoology!

• How to get ready for Pitch Wars and what it's like to be a mentee

• Tips for writing stories that blend horror and romance

IMPORTANT LINKS FROM THE SHOW

• Add Skyla's upcoming novel, Together We Rot, to your Goodreads list

• Check out reviews - and leave one yourself - on Goodreads

• Follow Skyla on Twitter and Goodreads

• Make a Pitch Wars plan

• Check out #5amWritersClub on Twitter and tweet to @RW_Igloo to get onto the Virtual Donut Party email list

• Register for the October 21-24 Writer's Digest Novel Writing Conference

• Consider supporting indie bookstores by ordering your books through bookshop.org. And if you're an audiobook person, libro.fm supports indie bookstores, too.

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Let us know if there’s anything you want to hear about later this season. Until then...