Episode 5: July Reading Wrap-Up

in which Laila and Lorrie in which Laila and Lorrie wrap up their reading month July and chat about The Catcher in the Rye, 1984, To Kill a Mockingbird and Slaughterhouse Five.
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[audio http://www.lailablake.com/Podcast/Lilt-Podcast_EP5.mp3]

What about you? Have you read any of these, what did you think?
And what did you read last month?

Credits:

The books mentioned and discussed in this episode were: 
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger;
Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger;
1984 - George Orwell; 
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee; 
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut;
Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegut;
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut.

Our intro music was taken from the Free Music Archive:
GeeNerve - Pink Fish Signs (Take Two).

Episode 4: Beta-Reading

in which Laila and Lorrie discuss beta readers and beta reading – what to expect, how to facilitate the process and how to read the results.
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[audio http://www.lailablake.com/Podcast/Lilt-Podcast_EP4.mp3]

What about you? Have you had any good experiences beta-reading?
Or would you like to try and don’t quite know how to get involved in it? 

Credits:

Our intro music was taken from the Free Music Archive: 
GeeNerve - Pink Fish Signs (Take Two).

Episode 3: Working With Editors

in which Laila and Lorrie discuss professional editors – what to expect from them, what they are like and how they fit into the puzzle of publishing a beautiful book.?
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What about you? Have you had any experiences with editors worth sharing?
And remember, next week we’ll talk about beta readers, so please comment and ask away about those as well!

Credits:

Our intro music was taken from the Free Music Archive: 
GeeNerve - Pink Fish Signs (Take Two).

Episode 2: Editing Your Manuscripts

in which Laila and Lorrie discuss editing manuscripts from the writer’s side. How much do we do to our writing before we give it into the able hands of other people?
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[audio http://www.lailablake.com/Podcast/Lilt-Podcast_EP2.mp3]

How do you edit? Do you have writing crutches that you always have to take out?
Or do you have any questions about our two upcoming podcasts about professional editors and about beta readers?

Credits:

Our intro music was taken from the Free Music Archive: 
GeeNerve - Pink Fish Signs (Take Two).