Publishing Disrupted
Exploring the ways in which book publishing is changing and how writers can best meet the challenge. A conversation between two publishing veterans and friends, editor Mick Silva and publisher and literary agent David Morris.
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Publishing Disrupted
Latest Episodes
Facing the Disruption with Honesty and Healthy Skepticism
We tried to distill some recent news and articles to see what's useful and what's not: Some tips for podcasts from Jane Friedman’s post about a publicists’ panel at the U.S. Book Show. A widely shared article in PW about an Authors ...
Find Your Book’s Hidden Interest, with Audrey Clare Farley
How a multi-published, celebrated author, instructor, and literary agent finds her focus.Follow what genuinely surprises you.This is one big takeaway for writing (and maybe for life) in this episode of Publishing Disrupted...
When the Anxiety Narrative Becomes a Trap
Following some professional and personal updates, we embrace the energy of the coming summer by digging into a recent Publisher's Weekly Religion article highlighting how "anxious readers" are apparently buying up Bibles. It felt like a suspici...
Writing the Story that Chose You
In this episode, David and I talked about the difference between writing books that seem important or interesting, and writing the stories that you didn't choose, but must be told. That's a massive difference, and it's not often talked about en...
Our Takeaways from the Festival of Faith and Writing, 2026
David and I discussed our impressions of the FFW writers conference this year where we had many conversations at the Lake Drive Books table about some of our favorite topics--and books.For some reason, none of the big 5 Christian publish...
