M.M. Olivas is an alumna of the 2022 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop and the 2023 Under the Volcano Writers Residency. Her short fiction has appeared in several publications, including Uncanny Magazine, Weird Horror Magazine, Apex, and Bourbon Penn. As a trans, first-generation Chicana, she explores the intersection of queer and diasporic experiences in her fiction. She currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, earning her MFA in Creative Writing at San Jose State Un...
Jul 15, 2025•1 hr 52 min
What is the strangest thing you own? We cackled at the answer of today's guest who is none other than Aussie darling, Mikayla Bridge @mikayla_bridge Mikayla Bridge is a fantasy author living in Melbourne, Australia. She completed an honours degree in Political Science and International Relations, and she loves writing books that feel like a triple espresso: high-energy, heart-racing, and might ruin your sleep schedule. Of Flame and Fury is her debut novel. #OfthePublishingPersuasion #podcast #wr...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Join us for a gloriously chaotic episode where we check in on our anthology journey and give you a sneak peek of some of the pieces we've been editing lately! Of the Publishing Persuasion is a podcast for writers at all stages, shedding light on the journey to publication and beyond. The ups, the downs and everything in between. HOSTED BY: Angela Montoya: @angelamontoya_author & Melanie Schubert: @melanie_schubert_writer Find us on Instagram: @pubpersuasion #OfthePublishingPersuasion #Jingl...
Jun 16, 2025•37 min
Writing journey, Interview with the Vampire, we discuss it all on our brand new episode of the podcast with the absolute star that is THE Julie Soto @juliesotowrites We can't wait for you all to tune in! But first, here's more about Julie: Author, Playwright, Actress Originally from Sacramento, Julie spent many years bouncing between New York and California before eventually settling in coastal Fort Bragg, CA. A theatre and fandom nerd, Julie can tell you the name of any Buffy episode if you pic...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 17 min
We are thrilled to have the Author + Agent powerhouse that is THE Sandra Proudman on the show today! Not only is Sandra Melanie's amazing, glorious agent, she is the newly debuted author of Salvación , a YA reverse gender Zorro retelling, out now! We can't wait for you all to tune in! But first, here's more about Sandra! Sandra Proudman (she/her/ella) is the editor of the YA Latinx SFF anthology, Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories and a contributor to the YA horror anthology, The House ...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Today we chat with the picture book queen, THE Jackie Morera! @ jmorerabooks We can't wait for you all to tune in, but first here's a bit more about Jackie: Jackie Morera is a Cuban American author of books for young-at-heart readers. Born and raised in Miami, Jackie now lives with her family in Central Florida. She’s a wife of 10+ years, a mom to the most marvelous kid, and is never far from her animal familiar: currently, a floppy black lab named Tanner. Outside of writing, Jackie enjoys talki...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 12 min
This week on the pod we chat with Senior Agent and Partner at Transatlantic Agency, the absolute powerhouse agent that is THE Carolyn Forde @cforde_litagent Carolyn has a wealth of magical stories and industry insights. we can't wait for you all to listen! Carolyn's Bio: Previous to joining Transatlantic Agency as Senior Agent, Carolyn was a literary agent and International Rights Director at Westwood Creative Artists for 14 years. For the last decade Carolyn has traveled to both the London Bo...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Why is voluntourism so bad? And how can you join the Chapters for Change readathon? All this and more in our brand new episode with special guest, Human & Hope Founder and CEO SALLY HETHERINGTON! About Sally: In 2011, at 25, Sally Hetherington bought a one-way ticket to Cambodia. She found that voluntourism was causing harm, deepening local poverty. Sally supported a team in Cambodia to develop Human and Hope Association Cambodia (HHA Cambodia). They built a community centre in rural Siem Re...
May 04, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Querying Authors, you won't want to miss our brand new episode with Senior Literary Agent and all round superstar THE Amanda Orozco! Amanda Orozco is a senior literary agent at Transatlantic based out of Los Angeles. She graduated from NYU with her Masters of Science in Publishing: Digital and Print Media. Before joining Transatlantic, she worked in Subsidiary Rights at Little, Brown and at Park & Fine Literary and Media. While at NYU, she interned at the National Book Foundation, Shreve Wil...
Apr 19, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Our next spicy book club episode is here! You'll have to excuse the jumpiness of this episode. The internet and Zoom gods were not our side for recording that day! But we still had fun and hope you do too! These very short stories had us cackling and we can't wait for you to cackle with us! Brought to you by Of the Publishing Persuasion podcast @pubpersuasion by your friendly cloaca cohosts @angelamontoya_author @melanie_schubert_writer #spicybookclub #OfthePublishingPersuasion #bookstagram #spi...
Apr 16, 2025•34 min
If you look up persistence and tenacity in the dictionary, you'll definitely find a picture of Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez, who had us hanging off every word in our chat with her this week @kelsiesheridangonzalez 💗👑✨️ We can't wait for you all to tune in, but first, here's more about Kelsie: Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez lives in New York with her husband, their son, and a fluffy dog named Oliver Queen. When she's not writing, she can be found in Ireland, touching stones, and trying to fall through th...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 45 min
We had the best chat with the Aussie icon that is THE Lisa Fuller @lisasfuller 🤩👑✨️ We can't wait for you all to tune in! But first here's more about Lisa! Lisa Fuller is a Wuilli Wuilli woman from Queensland, also descended from Wakka Wakka and Gooreng Gooreng peoples. She's lived on Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands (Canberra) since 2006, where she is a lecturer at the University of Canberra. Lisa is an award-winning writer, editor and literary agent. She loves to play and finds herself working ...
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 8 min
It's just us saying hiiii because we missed recording this past couple weeks! So pour yourself a cuppa, sink into that sofa and hit play--and check out that new logo!! thanks to all who joined in voting and helped us pick! Of the Publishing Persuasion is a podcast for writers at all stages, shedding light on the journey to publication and beyond. The ups, the downs and everything in between. HOSTED BY: Angela Montoya: @angelamontoya_author & Melanie Schubert: @melanie_schubert_writer #OftheP...
Mar 21, 2025•39 min
We had the absolute queen that is THE Allison Saft join us recently for a chat @allisonhsaft 👑🤩✨️ We can't wait to share the episode with you all soon. But first, here's more about Allison: Allison Saft is the #1 New York Times, Sunday Times, and USA Today bestselling author of A Dark and Drowning Tide, A Fragile Enchantment, and other romantic fantasy novels. After receiving her MA in English Literature from Tulane University, she moved from the Gulf Coast to the West Coast, where she spends ...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Our exciting new podcast episode is here! With the author queen that is Catherine Bakewell @catbake 🤩👑✨️ Catherine Bakewell writes fairytales for anyone with big feelings. She currently lives in St. Louis, but she misses her time in Spain and in France, where she romped through gardens, ate pastries, and worked on her novels. She is represented by Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency. Her debut Middle Grade novel WE ARE THE SONG and her debut YA Fantasy FLOWERHEART, are available no...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 17 min
I don't know if we can quite put into words what a truly inspiring, wonderful, badass our next guest is! The one and only @authorrobinalvarez 🤩👑✨️ We can't wait fo you all to tune in! But first, here's more about Robin: Robin Alvarez is the author of the #1 New Release YA Ethnic Fairy Tale When Oceans Rise (May 2023). Strong female characters, mythological creatures, and a mixed-race perspective are staples of her work. While she's spent the majority of her life in beach towns, having almost d...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Friends, podcast fam, it is with feral glee we bring you another Of the Publishing Persuasion spicy book club special. On today's high altitude episode of the podcast, we discuss AIRPEEN, a standalone sentient object fantasy by Holly Wilde. Guaranteed to take you sky high. About AIRPEEN : Sentient Air. It's a place where wine is served at no extra cost, and so are the passengers. Work trips are stressful, and this last one was no exception. Thank goodness for the ability to upgrade to the Exclus...
Feb 18, 2025•40 min
We were beyond lucky to interview the Aussie ICON that is @holdensheppard right as INVISIBLE BOYS, the series based on his book by the same name, is dropping on Stan! We're so excited for the release of the series and so glad we got to celebrate with you Holden! Can't wait for you all to tune in, but first, here's more about Holden: Holden Sheppard is an author from Geraldton, Western Australia. His debut coming-of-age novel, Invisible Boys, won multiple accolades including the 2018 City of Fre...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Q: How can you not fangirl over our latest guest? A. You can't. She's wise, she's funny, she's hot, of course she's none other than THE Kamilah Cole!!! @wordsiren 🤩👑✨️ We can't wait for you all to tune into this amazing new episode! But first, here's more about Kamilah: Kamilah Cole is a national bestselling, Dragon Award-nominated author. Jamaican-born and American-raised, she works in publishing by day and by night she writes like she’s running out of time. In the past, she’s also worked as ...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 10 min
When I tell you we hung off every word Vanessa L. Torres had to say I tell no lie! We were so lucky to have this truly magical human on the show and can't wait for you all to tune in! But first, here's more about Vanessa: Vanessa L. Torres is a Mexican American author, an adventure seeker, and a mom to a flashlight-under-the-covers-reader. She is a thirty-year veteran of the fire service and is equally proud to call her herself an author. Her debut young adult novel, The Turning Pointe, released...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 18 min
We were so lucky to chat with the absolute powerhouse, Author/Agent/Editor extraordinaire THE Alex Brown!! @madethisforlu 🤩👑✨️ We cannot wait for you all to tune in! But first, here's more about Alex: Alex Brown is a queer, biracial Pilipino American writer who loves rooting for the final girl—especially if she’s a monster. Alex is also one of the co-creators and producers of The Bridge, a spooky, folklore-filled audio drama podcast that has over 1,000,000 downloads to date. Alex's YA comedy-h...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 15 min
What a glorious start to the year with the amazing Ali Terese first up for our author interviews @alitereseauthor 🤩👑🩸! We loved chatting with Ali and can't wait to share this hilarious, heartfelt episode with all of you soon! But first, here's more about Ali! Ali Terese writes funny and heartfelt middle grade and YA stories. FREE PERIOD (Scholastic Press – March 5, 2024) is her debut novel. It is a middle grade story of friendship and period equity complete with laugh-out-loud shenanigans, de...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Happy new year podcast fam! We are back with a new episode full of good vibes for 2025 ✨️✨️✨️ Of the Publishing Persuasion is a podcast for writers at all stages, shedding light on the journey to publication and beyond. The ups, the downs and everything in between. HOSTED BY: Angela Montoya: @angelamontoya_author & Melanie Schubert: @melanie_schubert_writer #OfthePublishingPersuasion #podcast #writing #Publishing #bookstagram #podcastsforwriters #writingpodcast #authortube #authorsofinstagra...
Jan 03, 2025•39 min
We had the most fun ever recording our spicy Christmas special discussing the hilarious, VERY spicy🌶🌶🌶🌶 novel SANTA CLAUS IS GOING TO TOWN ON ME by Marie Lipscomb writing as M.L. Eliza. But we do more than just discuss the foretold sm^t novel, we go deep too, and somewhere about midway we discuss why we think books like these are peak literature🎅💥 About the book: Santa Claus is Going to Town On Me (Jingled All The Way Book 1) ♥♥♥ When Holly wakes up on Christmas Eve to find an intruder in ...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 19 min
If we're honest, we're still reeling from the ultra BIG MAGIC, BIG ENERGY chat we had with Rosecliff Literary Agent THE Jessica Berg @jesssica__berg 🤩👑✨️ Basically every word out of this woman's mouth is a glittering gem 💎 A truly unmissable episode for writers at all stages. Needless to say, we can not wait for you all to tune in! But first, , here's more about Jessica: Jessica Berg is a literary agent and the founder of Rosecliff Literary. With a Master's in Fiction from Spalding Univer...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 17 min
We had the best time chatting with the absolute ICON that is Analeigh Sbrana @literaryxqueen 🤩👑✨️ We can't wait for you all to tune in! But first here's more about Analeigh: Analeigh Sbrana is a writer and visual artist. She lives in California with her husband, daughter, and a chonky kitty named Rey. Her favorite things to do include wandering through forests looking for the Fae, trying new cafés, and scouring used bookstores for hidden gems. She is the Sunday Times author of LORE OF THE ...
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr 16 min
It's just a great month for Aussie writers on the pod! We had the best chat with the lovely Lisa Tirreno @lisatirrenoauthor about her gorgeous debut PRINCE OF FORTUNE 🤩👑✨️ We can't wait for you all to tune in soon! But first, here's more about Lisa: Lisa Tirreno lives in Melbourne, Australia with her family and a soap opera of chickens. A recovering journalist, she likes museums, old Hammer Horror movies and Pre-Raphaelite art. She has a degree in English literature and history, and is goo...
Nov 22, 2024•1 hr 16 min
We were in awe chatting with the wise, big magic human that is THE Tigest Girma @tigestgirma 🤩👑✨️!! It was just one of those writer therapy episodes and we can't wait for you all to tune in! But first, here's more about Tigest! Tigest Girma is an Ethiopian writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her debut Immortal Dark is a #1 New York Times bestselling title and will be available in more than ten languages. After graduating with a Bachelor of Education, she splits her time between writing and t...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 17 min
We had the best fun ever chatting with the warm, bright spark that is THE Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez on the show 🤩👑✨️ We can't wait for you all to tune in. But first here's more about Steena: Steena Hernandez holds a BFA in theatre, music, and dance from Texas Tech University, and has performed with the Rent Broadway tour, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra as a vocalist, and the United Service Organization (USO) tour, and more. She now resides in San Antonio, Texas, with her family. She'...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 16 min
HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!! 🎃☠️ 🍬 🏚️ 👻 👺 💀 Join us for an Adults only Halloween special as we discuss the spicy Halloween book: PLOWED BY THE PUMPKIN KING....You only have yourselves to blame for this 😂🎃👑💦 Of the Publishing Persuasion is a podcast for writers at all stages, shedding light on the journey to publication and beyond. The ups, the downs and everything in between. HOSTED BY: Angela Montoya: @angelamontoya_author & Melanie Schubert: @melanie_schubert_writer #OfthePublishingPersu...
Oct 31, 2024•40 min
