Bright & Ambitious - Writing, Revising, Sharing Your Next Novel

Sept. 30, 2025

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Why Sensitivity Readers Are So Important - Bright & Ambitious Episode 9

We’ve all heard the advice “write what you know,” but what happens when you want to tell a story about a character with different life experience than your own? How do you make a diverse story, and how can you make sure you do so well?

In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks with indie author and editor Whitney McGruder (The Throwaway Queen, The Destiney Seeker duology) about how to develop diverse stories, why diversity matters, and how sensitivity readers can be essential to the success of your story.

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Pre-order The Vindicated Queen or check out Whitney’s other books

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Aparna Verma (The Burning Queen)

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