An Agent Miracle & Curveballs to Come

Journalist Mimi Montgomery signed with the first agent she queried (!!), and is using her dog as part of the guerrilla marketing campaign for her debut novel, MURDER BITES, which is a satirical murder mystery on the set of a reality TV show about dogs.

The Long Road to Publishing with Eva Langston:

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• Send me an email at longroad.pub@gmail.com
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• Find books by guests and books mentioned on the podcast at the Long Road Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/evalangston
• The Long Road to Publishing is sponsored by Wonderland Books: https://www.wonderlandbooks.com/

Mimi Montgomery:

• Website: https://www.mimimontgomerywriter.com/
• INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mimi_montgomery/
• SUBSTACK: https://mimimontgomery.substack.com/
• MURDER BITES: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/798842/murder-bites-by-mimi-montgomery/

Show Notes:

• "Half the People Who See This DIY Promo Go On to Preorder My Book" by Jo Piazza (Substack article): https://andibartz.substack.com/p/guest-post-half-the-people-who-see
• Book recs: Story Genius by Lisa Cron, Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody, Before & After the Book Deal by Courtney Maum
• Movie and TV recs: A Simple Favor and Bad Sisters
• Shoutouts to: The Writer’s Center, Carl Hiassen, Virginia Evans, Courtney Maum, Emily Jane, Jo Piazza, Andrea Bartz, The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

Credits:

The Long Road to Publishing is sponsored by Wonderland Books. The show is produced and edited by Eva Langston, and the intro/outro music comes from the artist Soundroll on #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/lost-in-love

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