this episode, Harry has cooked up some f*ckin' wild way for us to do tarot readings with books, and we put aside our pessimism to try our hand at reading fortunes. Can our (extremely) random assortment of novels tell us how successful are careers are? And what does the future say about our love lives?

is a PhD in Creative Writing really worth it?

this episode is a PhD check in, in which we discuss what it looks like to be 18 months into a doctorate degree for Creative Writing. We chat about the drastic changes in our research topics, what we're working on now, what a PhD schedule looks like for us, and whether the PhD is worth it for aspiring writers.

this episode we discuss how we feel about editing a novel, including what it's like to edit your own work, the different stages of a draft, and receiving constructive criticism. We also dedicate a significant amount of this conversation to which grammar choices make a sentence hotter (spoiler, a correctly used semi-colon is hot as hell and the em-dash is rising in popularity).

Happy Pride Month!!

this episode, we celebrate Pride Month by having an open conversation about what it means to be queer, the definition of queerness, and queer politics. We apply these discussions of the LGBTQIA+ community to recent debates about Bridgerton, drag queens, and Gen Alpha activism while also recommending a range of fictional and academic readings.

Harry is a fanatic of everything J.R.R. Tolkien, and Abby (who knows very little) finally watched The Rings of Power. This episode, we review Amazon Prime Video's adaption of the history of the Middle-earth, as detailed in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. We discuss character, plot, predictability, and our opinion on book to film adaptions.

this episode, we play a self-invented game/plotting exercise called 'Fake Book Titles' or 'These Books Do Not Exist' in which we exchange fabricated book titles and must brainstorm a relevant plot, characters, setting, etc. according to the book title alone. Listen in to hear all about a book with a burning sea, a budding romance between a bronco and his pickup rider, boys who fall in love over penne pasta, and more.

this episode, we discuss the importance of mental health days, regardless of where you sit on the rotting scale — from slightly bruised banana to wholemeal sandwich that has been in the bottom of a child's backpack for a week.

how do you write a novel? we're still trying to work it out, and as we hit new stages of writing our books we take to the pod once again with an update on the processes and tips that are working for us — from music, to location, to writing chronologically, and the value of daydreaming.