EPISODE · Dec 20, 2018 · 58 MIN
117I – All I Want For Christmas Is a Book Contract: An Interview with Alys Murray
from WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast: Write a Book, Change the World with Kitty Bucholtz
New author Alys Murray joins us today to talk about her first book, The Christmas Company, released by Hallmark Publishing in October 2018.Alys shares her journey from finding Hallmark's call for unagented writers to submitting her manuscript to finding an agent to selling two more books - all in short order. Quite the exciting journey! Since she found both Hallmark's call and her agent via Twitter, I also asked her to explain a little about #PitchWars. ;-)Alys is a playwright, too, and we talked about the differences in media as well as the difference between the type of writing expected in grad school and finding your own writer's voice in genre fiction. Interesting stuff!She was also a guest on Hallmark's "Home & Family" TV show, and tells us all about the fun of being interviewed - and cooking! - on a TV show. :-DYou can find The Christmas Company at Hallmark Publishing, select Hallmark stores, all of the usual online sites, as well as Target stores, some Walmart stores, and some Meijer stores. You can follow Alys at WriterAlys on Twitter and Instagram, AlysMurrayAuthor on Facebook, and on her website AlysMurray.com.
NOW PLAYING
117I – All I Want For Christmas Is a Book Contract: An Interview with Alys Murray
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
Mar 26, 2026 ·1m
Mar 19, 2026 ·34m
Feb 18, 2026 ·11m
Feb 11, 2026 ·45m