Deadline City’s Podcast

Hosted ByZoraida & Dhonielle

Welcome to Deadline City: a podcast and a destination. We are two New York City-based authors who share an office and work on multiple books at a time. Between us, we have 40 books published and under contract, and we’re just getting started. If you’ve seen us on the road, you know how we cut up. We like to have fun and talk about the one thing that is always on our minds: creating books. Publishing is a big scary world to many of us, and our goal is to pull back the curtain on some of the mystery by simply talking about it. In our first season, we want to dig into subjects like YA fiction, editing, reading reviews, burnout. Most of the time, you publish a book and then you’re at a loss for what comes next. How do you navigate the industry and then still manage to write more books? That’s a journey we’re on and know that so many others are on the same road. We hope you come along for the ride.


All Episodes

S5: Episode 7 – From a Certain Point of View

This week on Deadline City we talk about POV. From a certain POV, that is. No, it's not a Star Wars episode, BUT we do dig into what makes...

S5: Episode 6 – Publicity Parlor w/ Saraciea J. Fennell

This week Deadline City has a special guest! Publicity manager, editor, and festival founder, Saraciea J. Fennell knows the ins and outs of the publishing industry. She stops by...

S5: Episode 5 – The Theme Park

This week on Deadline City we are digging deep into theme! We break down some of our recent reads and figure out how we build themes and make our...

S5: Episode 4 – The Query Quarter

This week on Deadline City we head to the Query Quarter. We have an honest discussion about how we got our agents, when you know you need to move...

S5: Episode 3 – Self-Pub Parlor w/ Sierra Simone

USA Today Bestselling author, Sierra Simone, stops by Deadline City to talk all things self-publishing. Sierra Simone is a bestselling author of angsty and dark romance. She's been in...

S5: Episode 2 – The Future of Publishing

This week on Deadline City we're talking about the future of the publishing industry from our perspectives. What are the changes we're reading out? How do we see buying...

S5: Episode 1 – Pandemic Book Babies

Season 5 of Deadline City is here, and we are back on our bullsh*t! We catch up on this episode and go over our pandemic releases and well as...

S4: Episode 13 – The Idea Factory

Welcome to the season finale of Deadline City! For our final episode, we've decided to talk about ideas and trends. We're often asked, “where do you get your ideas...

S4: Episode 12 – The Arena Pt 2 – YA vs. Adult

YA versus Adult! We get these questions quite a bit. Why write YA? Why write adult? What is the difference? Zoraida is making the move to adult in September...

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