Making It Up with Lisa Unger, author of Served Him Right

About this episode

Carter Wilson interviews bestselling author Lisa Unger about the realities of the writing life and the journey beyond the first publishing contract.

“I think people think that the first publishing contract is a windfall... But for most of us, it's the beginning of the story. All it is, is an open door to the writing life. And if you want to succeed... you're going to roll up your sleeves and get to work like everybody else who wants to do anything well in this life.” — Lisa Unger Lisa Unger is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of twenty-three novels. Her critically acclaimed novels have been featured on “Best...

People in this episode

Host: Carter Wilson

Guest: Lisa Unger

Topics covered

• publishing
• writing life
• author success
• novels
• literature

Keywords

• publishing contract
• writing
• Lisa Unger
• bestselling author
• novels

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times

Books & works: Served Him Right

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