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The 7am NovelistHenriette Lazaridis on Tackling the Omniscient Point of ViewToday we get to hear from Henriette Lazaridis whose novel, LAST DAYS IN PLAKA, was released in April 2024. Henriette and I will be talking about her choice to use the omniscient point of view and how she tackled the notoriously tricky narrative perspective.Watch a recording here. The audio/video version is available for one week. Missed it? Check out the podcast version above or on your favorite podcast platform.To find Lazaridis’s debut and many books by our authors, visit our Bookshop page. Looking for a writing community? Join our Facebook page...2024-07-2439 min
The 7am NovelistListener Roundup 2: Writer Humility, Accepting When It’s No Good, and Always LearningToday, another special bonus episode of our “Listener’s Roundup” with Alison Langley, Patricia Manuel Go, and Erica Ferencik. The Listener’s Roundup is when we get to hear from some of our listeners about they’ve learned from the past few episodes, what ideas they consider the most important, what questions or confusions they have, and their own advice and/or experience in dealing with the same issues in their writing. By the way, we still have a couple more open spots for YOU to take part in a listener’s roundup. If you’re interested, email me at 7am...2024-07-0543 min
The 7am NovelistBONUS: Anjali Mitter Duva and Henriette Lazaridis on Changing the Publishing Industry with Galiot PressTo support the GALIOT PRESS kickstarter campaign, click here or go to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/galiotpress/galiot-pressToday, we’re talking to authors Anjali Mitter Duva and Henriette Lazaridis about a new publishing house they’re launching, Galiot Press, why they’re doing it, and how they hope to serve authors by changing the industry from the ground up. And a special treat for listeners this summer: you too can be a part of the podcast. If you’re interested in joining the show and discussing some of our summer episodes, join our Facebook...2024-05-0739 min
The 7am NovelistCutting and Querying Advice with Nancy Crochiere, Henriette Lazaridis, and Ethan GilsdorfWe’ve got two very different listeners’ questions today but they’re both common issues for writers to deal with. The first is trying to re-enter a 15-year old memoir manuscript the she needs to cut down enormously (either by 750K words or by 500 pages, depending on our understanding of her question. Either way: A lot!). The second wonders how he’s supposed to know what’s wrong with his query letter or sample pages when agents these days don’t offer a word of feedback. We’ve got Nancy Crochiere (Graceland), Henriette Lazaridis (Terra Nova), and Ethan Gilsdorf (Fantasy Freaks...2024-01-1843 min
The 7am NovelistFinding a Writing Community and Different Motivation Types with Jessica Bird and Henriette LazaridisWe hear from a writer today yearning to find a writing community, but not knowing how to do without spending money she doesn’t really have. Plus: A lot of questions we’re getting center on motivation in one way or another, so we’re going to discuss different kinds of motivations for different kinds of personalities. We’ve got writers Jessica Bird and Henriette Lazaridis to help us out.JOIN THE 7AM NOVELIST COMMUNITY ON FACEBOOK HERE.Watch a recording of our live webinar here. The audio/video version is available for one week. Missed it...2024-01-1740 min
The 7am NovelistPassages: Henriette Lazaridis on Terra NovaFirst pages are impossible… so we’re hearing from authors about how they got them right. In this episode, Henriette Lazaridis discusses the first pages of her second novel, Terra Nova, and how she discovered a new writing practice out of a heavy dose of writer’s block. We also talk about challenging the usual historical novel voice, putting yourself in the body of your characters to stir suspense and a sense of place, planting the seeds of conflict, and delaying the need for exposition by concentrating instead on rich sensory detail. Lazaridis’ first pages can be fo...2023-06-1932 min
The 7am NovelistWhat's Next: Passages of Summer—Starting May 25Good morning everyone. I just want to tell you about what we’re doing next on the 7am novelist, which is something I’m lamely calling “Passages of Summer.” But the upcoming episodes this summer won’t be so lame, because we’re going to be talking about one of the most difficult parts of a story or novel or memoir to get right: The first pages. I’ll be interviewing over forty writers as we read and analyze the beginning pages of their novels in hopes of helping you with your own. We’ll have Idra Novey, Caroline Leavitt, Paul Ru...2023-05-1801 min
The 7am NovelistDay 14: Solving Literary Problems with Non-Literary Forms with Henriette LazaridisWhen you’re stuck with your book, sometimes it’s better to step back from the words and find a different way of seeing what’s happening on the page. Author Henriette Lazaridis gives us loads of tricks to give you new insight into your novel or story through maps, objects, and other non-narrative visuals and spatial representations. For a list of my fave craft books and the most recent works by our guests, go to our Bookshop page.Henriette Lazaridis' novel TERRA NOVA (Pegasus Books) was called "ingenious" and "provocative" by the New York Times...2023-03-1430 min
The 7am NovelistDay 8: Author's Journey: From Writer to Publisher with Anjali Mitter DuvaJoin us as we talk about Anjali’s journey toward publishing her first book, writing her second, and her decision to launch an independent press with fellow author Henriette Lazaridis that re-envisions the writer-publisher dynamic and how books are marketed and sold.Anjali Mitter Duva is an Indian American writer who was raised in France. Her first novel, FAINT PROMISE OF RAIN, set in 16th century India, was shortlisted for a William Saroyan International Prize for Fiction. She has been a Finalist for a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship. She is a Fiction co-Editor at Solstice Literary Ma...2023-03-0830 min
The 7am NovelistWhat's Next?Get ready for our March March 31-day writing challenge, with live webinars and daily inspiration and writing tips—and it’s all free. Thanks to the writers who are helping us out for our second challenge: Rebecca Makkai, Allison Amend, Julie Carrick Dalton, Desmond Hall, Margot Livesey, AE Osworth, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Henriette Lazaridis, Jenna Blum, David Abrams, Dawn Tripp, Jane Roper, Randy Susan Meyers, Shuchi Saraswat, Patricia Park, Lara Prescott, Erica Ferencik, Michael Lowenthal, and many, many more! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce...2023-02-0101 min
The 7am NovelistDay 31: Turning Points & Most Important Moments with Henriette LazaridisWhat is a scene’s turning point, why do you need it, and how do you write it? How do turning points help you with your scene’s pacing and determine the scene’s most important moment? Helping us answer these questions is author Henriette Lazaridis.Henriette Lazaridis’ second novel Terra Nova comes out from Pegasus Books on December 6. Her debut novel, The Clover House, was a Boston Globe bestseller and a Target Emerging Authors pick. Her work has been published in such publications as Elle, Forge, Narrative Magazine, The New York Times, New England Review, The Millions, and Pangyru...2022-11-0331 min