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On this episode of the WriterFest Podcast, I get welcome my friend Mary O’Donohue into the studio. In addition to being a #1 bestselling parenting book author, Mary has worked for decades on such high profile shows as The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, The Kelly Pickler Show, and many, many more. Writers, when it comes to media pitches, this show featuring Mary O'Donohue is one you're not going to want to miss.

• When You Say 'Thank You,' Mean It: And 11 Other Lessons for Instilling Lifelong Values In Your Children
• The origins of her book
• Shoplifting
• A different George Washington
• What was in her proposal?
• Adams Media, S&S
• The lies we tell
• “I am not”
• Making a covenant
• Behind the scenes of a talk show like sharing a happy surprise with Oprah
• Mary on Nashville
• Ten thousand media interviews
• Turning media interviews into marketing assets someone else paid to create
• The target for an effective interview is Old Macdonald: entertainment, inform, educate, inspire, offer
• Media anthropologist
• Instead of letting the interview happen to you, co-create it.
• You target an audience but at the end of the day, your audience chooses you.
• WriterFest exists to inspire, empower, and connect writers of book, song, and film.
• Sue Monk Kidd’s The Invention of Wings
• Atlas Shruggedby Ayn Rand
• Watching Black Widow
• Bechtel Rule
• Wonder Woman
• Why we need writers

“WriterFest is a transformational experience. I cannot recommend it enough You have to come.” -Mary O’Donohue

Mary O’Donohue is a Media Coach for Authors, a #1 Bestselling Parenting Author, and a former Post Producer for The Oprah Winfrey Show who has worked in high-profile media for decades including years on The Today Show and NBC Nightly News. As the founder of Authors In Media, Mary teaches women nonfiction authors how to get publicity (without a publicist) and turn media interviews into valuable marketing assets. Join Mary’s community at maryodonohue.com or reach out to her at mary@maryodonohue.com.