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Date with a Debut - The Book Deal crossover episode

Host Tina Strachan welcomes Date With a Debut host Nick Wasiliev for a collaboration episode. Nick explains his podcast’s focus on debut authors’ books, publication paths, and behind-the-curtain industry insights, noting it began at Booktopia and later grew into four series with Words and Nerds after his 2023 redundancy. He discusses his debut novel When Men Cry (set in early 2020 Sydney, about four men confronting a friend’s wellbeing), his goal to finish a second novel’s first draft by year’s end, and his non-chronological drafting approach. They roundtable the biggest challenges for debut…

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