Episode 279: Collaborating, Revising and Proposing--What We Did On Our Summer Vacations

Jess and Sarina are back! After a hard-working summer and an August of anxiety (don&#8217;t tell us you didn&#8217;t feel that too), we talk about how we got all the things done and all the things we have planned, with a fun diversion into how and where to end a chapter to create the illusion of a break while keeping the reader hooked. Plus, a summer reading review that will absolutely add to your #tbr.<br/><br/>Links:<br/><br/>Sarina&#8217;s new co-author, <a href="https://laurenblakely.com">Lauren Blakely</a><br/><br/>Sarina&#8217;s latest best-seller: <a href="https://sarinabowen.com/truenorth">Waylaid</a><br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781732753013">The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction</a> by Erik Bork. KJ thought she&#8217;d brought that book up on a Writer&#8217;s Bookshelf episode, but it turns out she didn&#8217;t&#8212;so it may turn up again in a future show.<br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Jess: <br/><br/><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/B092MVYF26">The Stand-In</a> by Lily Chu, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781681373713">Wilding</a> by Isabella Tree, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781250244147">Once There Were Wolves</a> by Charlotte McConaghy <br/><br/>KJ: <br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780525542285">The Guncle</a> by Steven Rowley, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780062876003">Good Company</a> by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781982121433">The Roxy Letters</a> by Mary Pauline Lowry, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780525537458">Having and Being Had</a> by Eula Biss<br/><br/>Sarina: <br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781250790767">The Plot</a> by Jean Hanff Korelitz, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780316500319">Who is Maud Dixon?</a> by Alexandra Andrews, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781538715666">Life&#8217;s Too Short</a> by Abby Jimenez, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781501128035">The Unhoneymooners</a> by Christina Lau