Episode 79: Sort By Kudos

or: Now Kiss!

In which Bridget and Jen talk about Bridget’s return to fandom after a decade away, and also have a full meltdown about how long this podcast has been going on. 

Spoilers for The Magicians from 12:21 onwards

Note: Jen’s audio is a little off in this because she used airpods like a dumb dumb, so our apologies for that.

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Discussed in This Episode: The Magicians (SyFy) A Marvelous Light by Freya Marske The Untamed (Netflix) The Robber Girl by Frannie Billingsley The Elemental Logic series by Laurie Marks A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes

Episode 78: Fling It Into The Void

In this episode, Bridget and Jen take you through the submission process, talk about publishers decentralizing from NYC post-pandemic, and discuss why that second book is just such a pain in the a** to write. 

Note: Jen’s audio is a little off in this because she used airpods like a dumb dumb, so our apologies for that. 

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Did Twitter Break YA? (Misshelved #6) by Nicole Brinkley - we are going to be discussing this article next time.  Unspoken - Sarah Rees Brennan To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis 

Episode 77: Vibes Only

In this episode Bridget & Jen critique twitter pitches, discuss Jen’s weird hate for movie comps, talk about Ea Nasir’s historical perfidious copper sales, and more! 

Please enjoy the moment at 36:53 where we lose our damn minds. 

Question topics include New Adult, the essential worker’s trauma, the looming Godzilla vs. Kong situation of the Big 4 vs the Big 5, and more! 

Special thanks to Angeline for the generous donation on KoFi! 

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In A World  Meet the Worst Businessman of the 18th Century BC Mur Lafferty - Six Wakes  Stargate Lana Wood Johnson - Technically, You Started It  Laurie J. Marks - Fire Logic  Sarah Rees Brennan - In Other Lands Martha Wells  - All Systems Red  Heaven Official’s Blessing  Angeline Boulley - Firekeeper’s Daughter

Episode 76: Do you remember second locations?

Recorded Tuesday, May 18. It’s been 84 years dot gif. In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss Jen’s new career move, favorite pandemic reads, how deeply weird socializing is going to be post-panorama, and more! 

Question topics include getting to narrate your own audiobooks, how many rejections are enough to give up on a manuscript, unreliable narrators, our thoughts on a certain very late author, and more!

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Special thanks to everyone who has donated to KoFi ever, but especially to the folks who donated during the panini. Some of these folks we thanked in our previously-aired episode, but guess what - they’re getting thanked again! 

Thank you to rothmg86, Lorna, Lauren, Jared, MH, CC, wickedgoblinking, Rie, and Jessica. And CONGRATULATIONS, Jessica, on your multiple offers of representation! 

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Discussed in this episode: 

Naomi Novik - His Majesty’s Dragon Naomi Novik - Black Powder War Naomi Novik - Empire of Ivory   Tamzyn Muir - Gideon the Ninth Tamzyn Muir - Harrow the Ninth Casey McQuiston - Red White and Royal Blue Maggie Tokuda-Hall - The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea  Erika Swyler - The Book of Speculation Wu Ming-Yi - The Man with the Compound Eyes 墨香銅臭 Mo Xiang Tong Xu (MXTX) - 天官賜福 Heaven Official’s Blessing

Episode 75: Omegaverse is in the New York Times

In which Bridget and Jen discuss copyright law, plagiarism, and why published authors won’t read your fic, for legal reasons. Also! Cookbook photography, dead parents in YA, and more! 

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Discussed in this episode:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">omegaverse</p>— New New York Times (@NYT_first_said) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYT_first_said/status/1264131813016064001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Copy/Paste Cris  A Feud in Wolf-King Erotica Raises A Deep Legal Question by Alexandra Alter Arkady Martine - A Memory Called Empire Tamsyn Muir - Gideon The Ninth Ngaio Marsh - Enter A Murderer Carrie S. Allen - Michigan Vs. The Boys Meryl Wilsner - Something To Talk About Amanda Sellet - By The Book Lee Gjertsen Malone - Camp Shady Crook

Episode 74: In Plague-Adjusted Terms

In this episode Bridget and Jen talk *waves vaguely* the State Of Things, UK vs ANZ vs US, and how many clients is too many!

**ANNOUNCEMENT!!** We'll be answering your questions on a very special Instagram Live session on Thursday, May 7 at 7pm EST!

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Thanks to this week's donors, Sue, Joy, and Michael!

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Discussed in this episode: bookshop.org Tamsin Muir - Gideon the Ninth Ken Dryden - The Game Lucy Ellman - Ducks, Newburyport

Episode 73: The Book Equivalent of a Weighted Blanket

In this episodes, Bridget and Jen talk bad contracts, manuscript requests, how to avoid brown-nosing and more! 

Thanks to our editor, Cheyna Roth, for her help with this episode!

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to our donor Jessica!!!!!

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Discussed in this episode:

Margot Rabb - Kissing In America Frances Mary Hendry - Quest for a Maid Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity’s Death 

Episode 72: I Would Marry These Potatoes In A House Of God

In this episode Bridget and Jen discuss *waves vaguely* The Situation, the Simon & Schuster sale, living with our parents, and cheaply priced Texas ciders.  (Hit us up, Austin EastCider!) 

Thanks to our editor, Cheyna Roth, for her help with this episode!

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to our donors Awesome Shades Anon and March!!!!!

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Discussed in this episode:

Simon & Schuster is Up for Sale by Edmund Lee and Alexandra Alter Webinar: How to Make Progress When Sh*t Is Dire by GetBullish/Jen Dziura Lyssa Kay Adams - The Bromance Book Club Patricia Wrede & Carolyn Stevermer - Sorcery & Cecilia Sarah Dessen - Once and For All Robert Jackson Bennet - Foundryside 

Episode 71 - I’m In This Picture And I Don’t Like It

In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss career planning or the occasional impossibility thereof, catch up on thanking donors, and generally continue the discussion from Episode 70! 

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to our wonderful backlog of donors! Jenn, Andrew, Lana, Kristen, Joy, Teresa, MH, Cool Shades Anon, Ruth, and Hamilton! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! 

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Discussed in this episode: 

Miss Fisher & The Crypt of Tears Eyes Up, Writers by Maggie Stiefvater Chuck Wendig - Wanderers Ellen Goodlett - Rule Ellen Goodlett - Rise Emily Duncan - Wicked Saints Francisco A. Flores - Tears of the Truffle-Pig Roberto Bolaño - 2666

Episode 70 - It’s been a Long, Long Time

In this episode, recorded on Jan. 22 after a *coughcough* three month involuntary hiatus, Bridget and Jen discuss realistic expectations, the American Dirt fiasco, the RWA fiasco, and picking up the can. 

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Discussed in this episode: 

Amanda J. Sellet - By The Book People are calling out “American Dirt” with this meme  How To Push Past The Bullshit and Write That Goddamn Novel: A Very Simple No-Fuckery Writing Plan To Get Shit Done by Chuck Wendig  Julia Drake - The Last True Poets Of The Sea Susan Casey - The Wave: In Pursuit of the Monsters of the Ocean The Deep Sea by Neal Agarwal  Maureen Johnson - The Hand On The Wall Amor Towles - A Gentleman in Moscow Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - This Is How You Lose The Time War

Episode 69: Nice :)

In this episode, recorded back in *coughcough* November, Bridget and Jen do an all-questions-all-the-time deep dive into our Tumblr inbox. Among other things we discuss sex in YA, the relative value of an MFA, and disclosure of advances. This episode is so outdated that the RWA is barely an organization anymore and one of the agents mentioned is no longer agenting! 

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Discussed in this episode: 

Leigh Bardugo - The Ninth House Noah Lukerman - The First Five Pages: The Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile  MSWL Manuscript Academy Emily Tesh - Silver in the Wood Casey McQuiston - Red White & Royal Blue Eve Babitz - I Used To Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz Erin Morgenstern - The Starless Sea 

Episode 68: A Simple Village Goose

In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss self-care for authors (and agents,) burnout, and give a shoutout to nanowrimo! 

Thank you to John, this week’s donor! Hope you’re enjoying IN THE WOODS. 

CW: In this episode there is a frank discussion of health issues. Please do not send us advice, however well-intentioned! 

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RIP Sabrina Chin 1981-2019

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Discussed in this episode: 

NaNoWriMo John Hodgman - Medallion Status Casey McQuiston - Red White & Royal Blue Julia Drake - The Last True Poets of the Sea  Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone - This Is How You Lose The Time War Leigh Bardugo - The Ninth House Alexander Chee - How To Write An Autobiographical Novel

Episode 67: Inappropriate Seasons

In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss the seasons of love er, publishing, query length, POV and tense, and more!

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Discussed in this episode:

Publishing is Hard by Dongwon Song Susannah Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Susannah Clarke - The Ladies of Grace Adieu Susannah Clarke - Paranesi Jenn Wilde - Queens of Geek Jurgen Tempke - A Perfidious Distortion of History Maureen Johnson - Truly Devious 

Episode 66: Money Talks

In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss That Article, money in publishing, and asking questions. 

Thank you to this week’s donors, John, Jen, and Lana! 

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Discussed in this episode:

How To Lose a Third of a Million Dollars Without Really Trying by Heather Demetrios Literary agent ordered to pay $500,000 to Australian author Kate Morton after lawsuit loss (Australian Associated Press)  Sam Morgan thread about publishing money Emily Suvada - This Mortal Coil Brittany Cavallaro - A Study In Charlotte  Jia Tolentino - Trick Mirror Jurgen Tampke - A Perfidious Distortion of History: The Versailles Peace Treaty and the Success of the Nazis

Episode 65: Parental Warnings for Swears

In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss trigger warnings, author responsibilities, and rapid release scheduling, among other things. 

Thank you to this week’s donors, Alice, Alison, and Alyssa! Thank you also for arranging your names alliteratively. 

Thank you to Michael for writing in with your great writers block tip! 

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Discussed in this episode: 

Leigh Bardugo - The Ninth House R. F. Kuang - The Poppy War Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games Leigh Bardugo - Six of Crows Rory Power - Wilder Girls Jen’s newsletter A Faster No Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson Wynonna Earp Emma Mills - Foolish Hearts W.L. Goodater - Breach Emma Mills - First & Then Spoilers for Schitt’s Creek from 55:00 onwards

Episode 64: Incitement & Stakes

In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss inciting incidents, raising the stakes, word count, comp titles, and more! This episode’s topics were suggested by John Appel  and Amy Anderson on twitter! 

Got suggestions for beating writer’s block? We’d love to hear them for our next episode! 

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Discussed in this episode:

Lois McMaster Bujold - The Curse of Chalon Richard Kadrey - The Grand Dark Melissa Caruso - The Tethered Mage  Casey McQuiston - Red White and Royal Blue  Helen Hoang - The Kiss Quotient Emma Mills - First & Then  Naomi Novik - Spinning Silver Knives Out (Trailer) L.M. Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables Tracy Townsend - The Nine Sarah Kuhn - Heroine Complex Juliet Grames - The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna Chuck Wendig - The Wanderers Jenny Odell - How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy  Charlie Jane Anders - City in the Middle Of The Night

Episode 63: The Slow Realization That Nothing Makes Sense

In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss world building- how to do it, what not to do, and examples of when it’s done right. Also, typos, covers, and more! This episode’s topic suggested by Elyse Martin on twitter. 

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Discussed in this episode: 

Sanderson’s First Law by Brandon Sanderson How Lord of the Rings Should Have Ended Charlie Jane Anders’ World Building Thread C.M Waggoner - Unnatural Magic Emily Duncan - Wicked Saints Zen Cho - Sorcerer to the Crown W.L. Goodwater - Breach Ngozi Ukazu - Check Please!  Dylan Meconis - Queen of the Sea N.K. Jemisin - The Fifth Season Robert Jackson Bennett - City of Stairs A Fan Rewrote Season 8 of Game of Thrones - Goes Viral on Reddit!  Lois McMaster Bujold - The Vorkosigan Saga Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games Tim Powers - The Anubis Gates Kate Racculia - Bellwether Rhapsody Ellen Raskin- The Westing Game