About this episode

Carly and CeCe discuss the impact of AI on publishing and reflect on their conversation with author Andi Bartz.

This week, on Shooting the Shit Carly and CeCe unpack their conversation with best-selling author Andi Bartz and dive deeper into the growing role of AI in publishing. They discuss a listener's candid confession about using AI during the research and drafting process, the fear and uncertainty many writers are feeling, and how transparency and trust factor into agent-author relationships. The conversation also explores new AI-powered reading tools from Google Play Books and Storytel, raising questions about whether technology can ever replace the human connection that makes reading. Note: CeCe Lyra is a literary agent at Wendy Sherman Associates. If you’d like to query CeCe, please refer to the submission guidelines at www.wsherman.com. Carly Watters is a literary agent at P.S. Literary Agency, but her work on this podcast is not affiliated with the agency, and the views expressed by Carly on this podcast are solely that of her as a podcast co-host ​and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, policies, or position of P.S. Literary Agency. Find us on our socials: Threads: https://www.threads.net/@the_shit_about_writing https://www.threads.net/@biancamarais_author…

People in this episode

Hosts: Carly Watters, CeCe Lyra

Guest: Andi Bartz

Topics covered

• AI in publishing
• author-agent relationships
• AI reading tools
• writing process
• transparency in writing

Keywords

• AI
• publishing
• writing
• reading tools
• author-agent relationship
• transparency
• research process

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wendy Sherman Associates, P.S. Literary Agency, Google Play Books, Storytel

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