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251. Writing and Reading Sight Unseen: An Interview with Sherry Thomas, Erin Satie, and Emma Barry

I interview Sherry Thomas, Erin Satie, and Emma Barry, who – along with Meredith Duran and J.A. Rock – are the authors of five different novellas in the anthology, Sight Unseen. Released on June 6, each novella is anonymous, as in, you don’t know which author wrote which story. The authorship will be revealed on September 2017, so if you’re curious and want to guess, you can purchase this anthology at all major retailers.

Each was invited to “write something that scared them – a sub-genre they’d never written in before, characters or tropes that were over the top or underused, or a story they were told would not sell.” That freedom and the anonymity of writing without their names created a unique experience for each writer. This is a bit of a tricky interview, because I can’t ask questions about the stories themselves, or about anything that might reveal who wrote what. Our conversation covers branding, marketing, how they each approached the project, and what they learned through the experience. And of course, we talk about what they’re reading.

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  1. KtB says:

    Sight Unseen Sounds amazing. And thanks for the non-fiction rec for Carrying the Fire. I have trouble finding NF that keep me interested and this one sounds amazing!

    And thanks Sarah for somehow always magically making these podcasts the exact length of time it takes to mow my lawn every week!!!

  2. Nancy C says:

    The premise of this anthology has got me so intrigued. I’m definitely going to use it to punch my Anthology square on The Ripped Bodice’s summer reading bingo!

  3. Cat C says:

    I bought this a few days ago and am so excited to check it out this weekend! Can there be a followup podcast once the identities are revealed? I’d love to know if for each author this is a one-off venture or if it pushes them to publish more of X.

    @Nancy C great idea about the reading bingo! Sadly I can’t combine it with the “subgenre you’ve never read before” square as this will be my first motorcycle story. I’ll have to strategize which one to use it on…

  4. Kareni says:

    Thanks for another enjoyable interview!

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