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Kelsey Erin Shipman's avatar

What a sweet and honest conversation! This reminds me of the truly human nature behind the big publishers. An author cohort is just beyond brilliant 💕

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Barrak's avatar

Is this video available somewhere else? Here on the app it keeps crashing and when my screen lock it stops playing

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Courtney Maum's avatar

Oh that’s terrible to hear. Right now, no, it’s only available via my Substack. I’m sorry to hear you are having trouble viewing it. It’s worked for others— have you tried a different browser?

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Barrak's avatar

I did try on a browser vs the app and it was better ty

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Alison Belsham's avatar

This was great. Even though I'm not a debut author, I'm about to change genres and use a new pen name - so it had a lot of resonance for me. I'll be publishing modern gothic (in the UK) so I'll be on the lookout for Kerry's book when it comes out here. Thanks for doing this, Courtney, and thanks to all of the participants.

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Courtney Maum's avatar

Congratulations on your new book and your new genre! That’s thrilling.

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Alison Belsham's avatar

Thank you!

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Joy Archer's avatar

I so appreciate the thought each of the authors put into their responses to the questions. Courtney, you're a wonderful facilitator, balancing context and personal anecdotes with warm responses to the panelists and still moving everything along. Well done. Thank you for sharing this with us!

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Courtney Maum's avatar

That’s so kind, Joy. They’re an awesome bunch. Thank you for watching!

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Cynthia Sibley's avatar

What a warm, optimistic but realistic conversation. Thank you so much!

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Courtney Maum's avatar

As the kids say, “the vibes were immaculate!”

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Sung Ju's avatar

As someone hoping to go out on submission this year, this was the best webinar! Publishing has been so bewildering (especially now!) and Courtney, your book and your newsletter, is doing much to demystify this whole Byzantine process. This webinar was the icing on the cake! Thank you, Courtney!

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Courtney Maum's avatar

I’m so glad you could join us! Thank you for these kind comments.

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Kat Lewis's avatar

This talk was so incredibly helpful! Thank you for organizing this, Courtney. And thank you to all of the writers sharing their experiences! My debut novel comes out with S&S next year, and this conversation has given me a lot of clarity on things I should prioritize and try out over this next year. Appreciate all of y'all and your work!

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Courtney Maum's avatar

Drop the name of your book so we can all look out for it! Congrats and thank you so much for joining us.

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Kat Lewis's avatar

It's a literary novel called GOOD PEOPLE. It's slated for Summer 2026!

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Courtney Maum's avatar

Brava!!

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