In this episode, Annalisa Parent Summea talks with Andi in the first episode of a 6 part series.

In the first episode, we talk about feedback. Are you tired of getting cursory and/or unhelpful feedback? Are you sick to death of meaningless comments that have nothing to do with your manuscript? This episode will teach you all about:

• What quality feedback is
• How you can get it
• Where you can get it

In this episode, Annalisa Parent Summea and Andi talk to Gary Barnes, a high-performance business and sales coach. He has personally sold over $280 million dollars in services. He spend this episode giving his top tricks for success. Don't miss out on his advice for:

• motivating yourself
• growing your business savvy
• expanding your abilities
• find out what you want, and get it

This week on the Writing Gym podcast, Annalisa Parent Summea sits down with John David Mann and Ana Gabriel Mann to discuss their co-authored book The Go-Giver Marriage. Learn about how to collaborate with a partner and let their writing take its own style. To get the most out of this episode, download the free resource guide How to Turn Your Passion into a Book, at writing-gym.com/passionbook.

This week on the Writing Gym podcast, Annalisa Parent Summea sits down with writer and novelist Denise Cloutier. Learn about how to confidently finish your novel for publication and about putting together a query for agents. To get the most out of this episode, download the free resource guide How to Confidently Query Your Novel at www.writing-gym.com/goodenough/

In this episode of the Writing Gym Podcast, Annalisa Parent Summea speaks to science fiction and horror novelist Stephen Oliver. Learn how to publish short stories in magazines and anthologies, how to sell your novel to agents and publishers and, most important, how to see your name published in magazines, anthologies and on the cover of your published novel. To get the most out of this episode, download the free resource guide, How to Live the Author Lifestyle at www.writing-gym.com/shortstory/.

This week on the Writing Gym podcast, we’re pulling out a favorite from the archives. Annalisa Parent Summea and Andi Davies interview bestselling co-author of the Go-Giver, Bob Burg. In this episode, you’ll learn how to find a topnotch co-author, what the difference between work-for-hire and co-authorship is, how to write a business parable and more. To get the most out of this episode, download our free step-by-step guide on How to SELL Your Book at www.writing-gym.com/gogiver2.

This week on the Writing Gym podcast, we’re pulling out a favorite from the archives. Annalisa Parent Summea and Andi Davies interview award winning author Cristina Istrati. In this episode you’ll learn how to write successfully in multiple genres and what the balance really is between natural talent and showing up to do the work. To get the most out of this episode, download our free guide that will help you elevate your writing to publish in multiple genres. Download here: https://writing-gym.com/genres2/.

This week on the Writing Gym Podcast, Annalisa Parent Summea speaks with Jeanne Covert. Jeanne is an author and screenwriter who novelized her screenplay in the Writing Gym. Listen to learn about novelizing your movie, how to build your author platform and how to know if your novel is publishable. To learn how to novelize your movie, download this step by step free resource guide -- How to Novelize Your Movie Script -- at www.writing-gym.com/screenplay/.