Bright & Ambitious - Writing, Revising, Sharing Your Next Novel
Kailey Bright
18 episodes
1 week ago
Some scary movies use jump scares as a cheap trick to get a startle out of you, but if you’re writing a horror novel, you don’t get the same luxury. How do you make your writing actually scary, and why would you want to in the first place?
In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks with horror novelist Gaeli Love Weiss (Stagnant Water) about the role scary stories have played in her life, how she’s developed terrifying monsters, and how they can be used to explore terrors scarier than fiction.
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Some scary movies use jump scares as a cheap trick to get a startle out of you, but if you’re writing a horror novel, you don’t get the same luxury. How do you make your writing actually scary, and why would you want to in the first place?
In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks with horror novelist Gaeli Love Weiss (Stagnant Water) about the role scary stories have played in her life, how she’s developed terrifying monsters, and how they can be used to explore terrors scarier than fiction.
Some scary movies use jump scares as a cheap trick to get a startle out of you, but if you’re writing a horror novel, you don’t get the same luxury. How do you make your writing actually scary, and why would you want to in the first place?
In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks with horror novelist Gaeli Love Weiss (Stagnant Water) about the role scary stories have played in her life, how she’s developed terrifying monsters, and how they can be used to explore terrors scarier than fiction.
We’ve all heard the advice “write what you know,” but what happens when you want to tell a story about a character with different life experience than your own? How do you make a diverse story, and how can you make sure you do so well?
In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks with indie author and editor Whitney McGruder (The Throwaway Queen, The Destiney Seeker duology) about how to develop diverse stories, why diversity matters, and how sensitivity readers can be essential to the success of your story.
Every writer dreams of having their book on store shelves, but it can be intimidating to try to figure out the path to publishing alone. In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, YA author Kailey Bright explains the differences between traditional publishing houses and self publishing, how to get your book published with one of the big 5, and the steps taken to get your book from your head to your readers hands.
From choosing a target audience to picking out your book cover, being an author requires a lot of bold, difficult choices. How do you know you’ve made the right decision? In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks to fellow self-published author Rebecca Garner about writing for an overlooked audience, recording her own audiobook, and how she responded after her book was banned from an event.
Completing a first draft can be a difficult process, but it’s not impossible. In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks to aspiring author Arielle Wilder about how she’s kept herself accountable as she completes her first draft, what she’s learned about character development, and how to finish writing those difficult chapters.
Publishing your next novel traditionally takes a lot of work, connections, and most of all time. In this episode of Bright and Ambitious, indie author Kailey Bright talks with Moriah Chavis (author of Heart of the Sea) about how to network with publishers, what tools you need to query your books effectively, and why shelving a project may help it get published in the long run.
Finding time to write is hard, but it’s possible if you know how to do it. Poet, artist, and short story author Amber Mulinax gives advice on how to keep up with your creative passions while balancing a busy schedule. She also shares a warning to new writers who may be miss out on their opportunity to get their work published.
After publishing the final installment of her debut trilogy, Kailey Bright (author of “The UN Series”) returns to the microphone. In this first episode of Bright and Ambitious, Kailey and her husband Joel discuss how to set realistic writing goals in 2025 as well Kailey’s personal hopes for the new year.
Bright & Ambitious - Writing, Revising, Sharing Your Next Novel
Some scary movies use jump scares as a cheap trick to get a startle out of you, but if you’re writing a horror novel, you don’t get the same luxury. How do you make your writing actually scary, and why would you want to in the first place?
In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks with horror novelist Gaeli Love Weiss (Stagnant Water) about the role scary stories have played in her life, how she’s developed terrifying monsters, and how they can be used to explore terrors scarier than fiction.
