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Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra · 448 episodes with transcripts

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Delivering on the DNA of the Book

October 8, 2026

Carly Watters (0:00)

As a literary agent, I spend every day looking at how words connect with an audience, and you might be surprised by how many iconic authors honed that exact craft through copywriting. Legends like Kurt Vonnegut, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Liam Moriarty, Salman Rushdie, Joseph Heller, and Bonnie Garmus all work as…

Bianca Marais (1:28)

Hi there, and welcome to our show, The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. I'm best-selling author Bianca Marais, and I'm joined by CeCe Lyra of Wendy Sherman Associates and Carly Watters of PS. Literary.

Hi everyone, welcome back to another Books with Hooks. We have a special guest joining us today, we're very excited about it. But before I get CeCe to introduce our guest, there is something super exciting that CeCe wants to tell you about. CeCe.

CeCe Lyra (1:57)

I am speaking from the future because even though we're not in October, this is airing on October 8th, which means that currently I'm on Tenter Hooks, Future Me is anyway, waiting for our live presentation of the acquisitions pipeline. And fun fact, Emma Caruso, who works with Elizabeth, who I'm about to introduce…

Now, if you're listening to this, it's too late to sign up for the acquisitions pipeline. Sorry, that ship has sailed, but there is another fun ship you can board. Head over to my Instagram page or website to find out all about CeCe's Coaching Corner, a year long membership program featuring lots and lots of cozy…

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