Episodes: 177
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Listener location: USA
Instagram: 2.1k followers
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Beth McMullen - Author and co-host focused on writing craft, publishing, and book marketing.
Lisa Schmid - Author and co-host focused on writing craft, publishing, and book marketing.
Vicki Weber - The State Of Middle-grade Publishing, Querying Literary Agents, Traditional Versus Self-publishing, Author Platforms, And Building An Email List.
Susan Marston - Children's Book Acquisitions, Publishing Trends, Manuscript Submissions, Picture Books, Chapter Books, Middle-grade Fiction, And Gaps In The Market.
Joel Brigham - First-page Mistakes, Opening-page Tension, Suspense, Mystery, Inciting Incidents, Prologues, And Improving Manuscript Submissions.
Why Fiction Needs Older Characters: Inside 20 Over 60
October 26, 2026
Publishers kept saying “great idea, but short story collections are a hard sell.” Then Beth Weinhouse built a pitch showing how much more older readers spend on books, and a press said yes.Most fiction treats older characters as the wise grandmother or the crotchety sidekick. Beth Weinhouse, co-editor of the short story anthology 20 Over 60, explains why that stereotype was a problem, and what two editors did about it. If you read, write, or want to pitch a book of your own, her story is wort...
Writer’s Block Isn’t One Thing: How to Get Unstuck Fast
October 19, 2026
Forcing yourself to "just write every day" can make writer's block worse. Author Sylvia Liu shares the sideways fixes that actually get you unstuck.Writer's block isn't one problem. It's too many ideas, no ideas, a muddy middle, a deadline that's choking you, or a world that feels too loud to write in. Use the wrong fix and you stay stuck for months. Sylvia is a former environmental attorney turned middle grade and dystopian sci-fi author, and her toolkit co...
How a Thriller Writer Wrote a Cozy Mystery in Four Weeks
October 09, 2026
What do you do when the story you can't stop thinking about doesn't fit the genre you're known for? Thriller author Dina Marie (Dina Santorelli) took a ghost, a Salem mansion, and a big risk, and ended up with a paranormal cozy mystery series.She started with zero readers, and her first draft took four weeks. The cost of not knowing how she did it is another year of sitting on an idea that won't leave you alone. Hit play to hear what she learned, and why one very popular g...
Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing · Low booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
Self Publishing Insiders · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
Kobo Writing Life Podcast · Medium booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
The Writing at the Red House Podcast · Medium booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
Author Rising - The Podcast (Previously Relaunch My Life Radio) by Juliet Lever · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
Writers With Wrinkles is hosted by Beth McMullen and Lisa Schmid. Its publicly listed email is beth@bethmcmullenbooks.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed email for Writers With Wrinkles: beth@bethmcmullenbooks.com.
Podseeker estimates Writers With Wrinkles reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Writers With Wrinkles typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Established expertise in writing, children's or commercial publishing, literary representation, editorial development, book marketing, or author platform building. Common among recent guests: Bestselling books; Senior editorial or publishing leadership; Literary agency or author-platform leadership. Recent guests include Vicki Weber, Susan Marston, and Joel Brigham.
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