BAD LIT FRIENDS' hot goss this week is pipin': should a writer (1) not read a genre and (2) hate the genre but (3) decide to write in the genre and (4) proceed to shit all over it? Listen to our latest ep to find out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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Social media: as a writer, you gotta lovβ
No, no you don't. But sometimes it's useful? Sometimes enjoyable? Maybe? We don't promise anything EXCEPT that our Hot Goss about a writer who won't read in and hates her genre will make you mad! #writingcommunity #writesky #podcast
Please do check us out! We just dropped a new episode today about the evils and necessities of social media but, um, we still need to do a promo post for it here. But in the interim: open.spotify.com/episode/4pMc...
On this week's BAD LIT FRIENDS, it's true confession time: Meagan spills the beans on how she came back to writing by embracing her inner forum troll. Turns out, sometimes it's good to feed them! LISTEN: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmuK...
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β¨YOUR FRIDAY IS COMPLETEβNEW BAD LIT FRIENDS EPβ¨
This week we take on shelf novels: manuscripts that seemed like a good idea at the time but on second thought... πποΈπJoin us for true confessions from our boneyards. And in Hot Goss: rejection letter drama. Listen! #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
πΆBooks? What are they good for? ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING - SAY IT AGAINπΆ
On this week's BAD LIT FRIENDS we talk about books' superpower as empathy engines. The more empathy right now the better, as if you needed an excuse to read more. Listen! youtu.be/FeUvHWqOnRI #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity
Hello writers! New episode of Bad Lit Friends is up in your internets! π₯π₯π
We talk opening lines and share some of our current favorites. And then we have thoughts on maybe how you might want to read outside your comfort zone.
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πNEW BAD LIT FRIENDS EPISODEπ Writing communities! The good (support, feedback, not feeling alone), the bad (gatekeeping, toxic positivity), and inβHot Gossβthe ugly (publishers, again). Also Meagan's tire tried to kill her. Listen now! #writingcommunity #writesky #podcast #booksky
As the poet of our* age, Axl Rose, once sang: all we need is just a little patience. In this week's episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS, Kirk says that goes for writing too as we discuss what we wish we'd known when we started this writing lark. Listen: youtu.be/TI_B0M2-wIg
*Meaning the hosts. We're olds.
WHAT??? π² You haven't caught the latest episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS yet? This week we're talking stuff we wish we knew when we started writing, including when the best time to get going with that first book (hint: sooner than you think). Listen now!
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π¨NEW BLF EP ALERTπ¨
We get all nostalgic and stuff as we talk about the things we learned the hard way so you don't have to. (You'll probably still have to learn them the hard way. Sorry.) Plus Hot Goss: what the ever-lovin' HELL is speed editing??? LISTEN NOW! #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
Dream agents--who needs 'em? What if it's a case of mistaken identity? Hey we're BAD LIT FRIENDS, of course we have a hot take! Listen to our latest ep about handling rejection and...maybe you'll feel like less of a reject? (No promises.) #writesky #writingcommunity
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Dear writer: YOU SUCK! A new episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS is up and it's all about everyone's favorite part of querying: rejection letters.π But what if "it's not your book, it's me?" is an undercover blessing? PLUS in Hot Goss: Agents behaving badly. Very badly. #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
We... did not know we could make clips that made us look like we almost understand marketing but you learn something every day! Listen to our latest episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube (when we remember to enable the episode) and all the usual places. And unusual ones. #booksky #writesky
We know it's late but this is π§πͺπ―π¦ π’π³π΅. This week we're illuminating the mysteries of comp titles: what they are, how to find them, and why maybe your Aunt Sue might be the superhero you didn't know you needed. Plus in Hot Goss: buy my book or we're not friends.π€ #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
After a hard week (trial, migraine, living through my own very special Gen X version of The Big Chill), looking forward to recording next week's episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS w/@kirkrafferty.com. We're talking everyone's version of a good time: rejection letters! GOOD TIMES. #writesky #writingcommunity
Season 2 of BAD LIT FRIENDS is here! And in our first ep of the new year, we're using our inside voices VERY LOUDLY to talk about when your book starts off in the wrong place, why it matters, and how to fix it. Also a lot about spontaneous human combustion. Very normal! #writesky #booksky #podcast
No BAD LIT FRIENDS this week (boo! hiss!) because Kirk & Meagan think they deserve a break. Next thing you know, they're going to want to be PAID! Jesus.
New episode coming Friday 1/16--listen (again) to the last episode of our debut season in our lamentable absence. #writesky #podcast #booksky
πβ΄οΈBAD LIT FRIENDS HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA IS HERE!!!β΄οΈπ
They said we couldn't do it, so we did. Actually, πΈπ¦ said we couldn't do it, but whatever. Join us for an hour of ranting about a cuckoobananas publishing contract as you come down from the holidays! #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #podcast
BAD LIT FRIENDS loves you so much during the holiday season that we're putting something extra special in your stockings with our HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA EDITION! Dropping Friday 1/2/26 (!), it's about the sexiest writing topic EVAR. Contract law, anyone? #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity
The BAD LIT FRIENDS writing podcast was a Spotify 2025 Fan Fave, a 2025 Instant Hit Show, and a 2025 Most Shared Show.
Hey listeners, you made us a Fan Fave for 2025, an Instant Hit Show, and a Most Shared Show on Spotify, and we cannot thank you enough! π₯πππ«Άπ₯
Special end of year episode dropping soon, and of course more BAD LIT FRIENDS coming in 2026! π₯β¨
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π₯ππ¨NEW BAD LIT FRIENDS EPISODE π¨ππ₯
Just in time for the holidays, we roast and toast as many literary tropes as we had time for. From grumpy/sunshine to sudden amnesia, we got a little something for everyone to think we're wrong about. Love us anyway!
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New BAD LIT FRIENDS is in the universe!!! You have GOT to listen to our interview with indie author Jessica Lunt. Her novella about a marriage unraveling during the Salem Witch Trials is π₯π₯π₯
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β¨ποΈπ Less than 24 hours until our new episode drops -- set your reminder to listen..... NOW! And while you're waiting, GO BUY JESSICA'S BOOK! #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast
Thank you SO much for listening! We're the little (writing) podcast that could... maybe be a little more organized but we pretend we thrive on chaos. Have a listen to our interview with indie author Jessica Lund which is dropping this Friday 12/19 -- we think it's kind of amazing.
Book cover for THE WITCH HUNTER'S WIFE by Jessica Lunt. A woman in a white cap and collar walks through wildflowers and a copse of trees.
An image of author Jessica Lunt. She is smiling and wearing glasses on her head and a white t-shirt.
BAD LIT FRIENDS INTERVIEW ALERT! This Friday 12/19 we're talking to the amazing Jessica Lunt about her new novella THE WITCH HUNTER'S WIFE, an intimate look at a marriage unraveling during the Salem Witch Trials. Plus we ask a bajillion questions about indie publishing! #writesky #booksky #podcast
Yes, we have done the impossible by creating matter from OUR BRAINS!!!!
NEW BAD LIT FRIENDS IS UP! Get it now before the universe decays into a flat, empty, nothingness!
(We woke up in the throes of existential crisis this morning...)
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WE LIVE!!! Yes, BAD LIT FRIENDS has clambered off of its sick bed to give you some more half-baked takes. We're joined by YA fantasy writer Anne Wells to talk writing groups, critique partners and why romantasy isn't all patriarchal BS. (Unless that's your kink.) #writesky #podcast #writingcommunity
A Friday with no new BAD LIT FRIENDS? Alas, our intrepid co-host @kirkrafferty.com has come down with a case of the dreaded lurgy, impeding editing progress. BUT FEAR NOT! Our next epβall about critique partners & writing groupsβwill be out next week AND we have a special guest! Get well soon, Kirk!
