Our podcast guest this week is Raquel Y. Levitt (The Seer, Acorn Publishing, March 2025). We discuss the originals of her debut which started as a single clear image she saw of a woman in a marketplace in the 1800's and why she decided going for her MFA was the next right move for her. Then we move into the tricky challenge of marketing a mixed genre (historical fiction with paranormal elements) from cover design to finding the right audience and the effective use of contests to establish legitimacy in a crowded publishing environment.
Raquel Y. Levitt received her master's degree in English and has taught Literature and Composition at the university level. After a few years she decided to pursue what she really loved—writing, so she shelved her gradebook and pursued an MFA in Creative Writing. Her debut novel, The Seer, has received multiple accolades and awards, including Literary Global Book Awards 2025 Fiction Book of the Year. Her short stories have been published in literary journals and anthologies, including the multi-award-winning Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women. Besides being a writer, Raquel is an avid reader, book hoarder, world traveler, amateur nature photographer, birder, and collector of cool rocks.
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