The Victorian heroine has long been celebrated in China for her independence and insistence on equality.

Black Château participated in the prestigious DPA Pre-Awards Gifting Suite, showcasing their authors at an exclusive event.

The publisher marks 15 years with bestselling authors, a growing catalog, international readership, and its forthcoming 100th release.

This is the final episode of our fifth season, as always culminating in this LIVE recording made on Sunday afternoon during the conference with keynote speaker and NYT #1 bestseller William Martin, USA Today bestseller Dani Pettrey, and game writer and designer Dan Martin. We're taking a break for the rest of September, but we will return in early October with our sixth season! Opening Thoughts We LOVE WriterCon! News 1) Defendant ordered to pay attorney fees for Tracy Wolff 2) AI detection kills $2M book deal JESSE'S GAME! In the first of what I hope will be a new feature, Jesse, always obsessing over James Patterson, created a game for the panel: James Patterson Books: Real or Fake. He gives you the titles and co-writers, and you have to decide whether it is a real Patterson book. The audience loved it. Interview With three great writers all at once, we investigated how they became writers, their writing process, and also took a deep dive into some offbeat questions that provoked some very unexpected answers. Parting Words Let me also remind you that WriterCon has its own newsletter and you don’t want to miss the next issue, which has wonderful articles on breaking issues. Go to Substack. If you haven’t joined the WriterCon Facebook Group yet, do it now! Do it today and join this wonderful community of writers. https://www.facebook.com/groups/113141678727273 If you’re enjoying this podcast, please subscribe, then rate or review wherever you get podcasts. It does make it easier for new listeners to discover us. You can find the video version of these podcasts on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/@writerconpodcast1307 Until next time, keep writing, and remember: You cannot fail, if you refuse to quit. William Bernhardt http://www.williambernhardt.com/ http://www.writercon.com/ 

Bestselling authors William Bernhardt (https://www.amazon.com/Superman-Wars-Battle-Justice-American/dp/B0FLKBB8JC/) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview https://laurensmithbooks.com/, the USA Today-bestselling author of many books, some romance, some romantasy, and some involving Sherlock Holmes. She has published over 90 books that have been translated into at least 6 languages. She was a Semi-Finalist award for the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award and a 2018 RITA ® Finalist in the Romance Writers of America Contest. 0:00 Opening Thoughts Of course, all we can think of is https://writercon.com/writercon-2026-conference/, our annual writers conference in Oklahoma City over Labor Day weekend, Sept 4-7—barely two weeks away! It is not too late to register! Come join us and take your writing career to the next level! www.writercon.com 4:05 News 1) Amazon Sponsors Pop-Up Library for Indie Authors 2) Atlantic Report Reveals 20% of Self-Pub Books Use AI 14:32 Craft Corner Leticia Gomez talks about how to make the perfect pitch 18:08 Interview with Lauren Smith 47:16 Parting Words Come to https://writercon.com/writercon-2026-conference/! It's all we can think about! This will be the biggest and best conference yet and you need to be a part of it. Join us!  Until next time, keep writing, and remember: You cannot fail, if you refuse to quit. William Bernhardt  http://www.williambernhardt.com/ http://www.writercon.com

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