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S2E17 BLF Court Is Now in Session: Archetypes on Trial
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The Court of Bad Lit Friends is now in session, and the defendants have been waiting a looooong time for their day of reckoning. In this episode, we don our very snazzy judicial…
S2E16 By the Pricking of Our Thumbs: On Writing Villains
Description: This week, we’re talking villains: the delicious ones, the flat ones, and the ones you love to ruin your main characters' lives with.We get into what separates a villain from an…
S2E15 (Mostly) Good Lit Friends: In Conversation with Regina Robbins
Kirk is at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference this week, so Meagan has done the only possible thing and invited her best friend since college, playwright/screenwriter/cultural critic/general force of…
S2E14 Algorithmically Yours: How BookTok Ate Reading
This week we throw BookTok on the pyre. Meagan sacrificed her wholesome cats and makeup tutorials algorithm just to research this episode for you, dear listener. Now it's shadow daddies and Colleen…
S2E13 Interview with Author Isaac Grijalva
This week we're talking to author Isaac Grijalva about his debut novel 6 ½ Days in the City, an LGBTQIA contemporary novel about a bisexual, burnt-out EMT who's finally confronting trauma and healing…
S2E12 Sir, This Is a Wendy's: What Do Writers Owe Readers
This week on Bad Lit Friends, we tackle the pressing question of what writers actually owe their readers. And sorry, it's not food.After catching up on the ongoing Mia Ballard AI witch hunt and why…
S2E11 We Regret to Inform You Everyone Sucks: How Capitalism Brought Us "Shy Girl"
Ah, capitalism! BLF gets all topical as we dive into the Mia Ballard Shy Girl debacle and spoiler alert: we're not here to pile on Mia. We've got bigger, smellier fish to fry, starting with the Big…
S2E10 Hot Gos Warmed Over!
This week we're revisiting some old Hot Gos, and seeing what's changed. Also a new hot gos that we hope to never revisit again because yuck.Welcome to Bad Lit Friends. We’re glad you’re here, even if…
S2E9 Agent Wish List: What We Wish Literary Agents Would Do Better
This week, BLF's all about our agent wish list: all the things we wish literary agents would do better. (You're all perfect though! Utterly and thoroughly!) We are back in the trenches (deal with it,…
S2E8 Please Hate Me: Social Media For Writers
In this episode, we explore the complex landscape of social media and why it's all evil evil evil. We talk about our own personal experiences with social media, going all the way back to the halcyon…
S2E7 Kill All the Darlings: The Art and Agonies of Shelving a Book (S02E07)
What's in your boneyard? This week we're talking about shelf novels, not-ready-for-primetime attempts, and all those beautiful disasters collecting dust in your Scrivener files. Join us as we confess…
S2E6 Love at First Line (S02E06)
In this episode, we read some iconic opening lines, from timeless classics to modern favorites (we got you covered too, indies!), and why those first few words have so much pressure to be brilliant…
S2E5 Misery Loves Company: Why Writers Need Community (S02E05)
After Meagan's car tries to murder her (and she still shows up to record because some people have PRIORITIES), we tackle something actually positive for once: the writing community! Well, we try to…
S2E4 It's a Hard Knock (Writing) Life: What We Wish We’d Known When We Started (S02E04)
In this episode, we chat about our own writing journeys: what went wrong, what went right, and what we really wish we’d known back in the day. We talk discipline (no, not that discipline, get your…
S2E3 Rejection Letters: When They're Just Not That Into You (S02E03)
Rejection letters: they suck! But also they're not the end of the world! (Trust us, we've been there. Repeatedly.) Join us for a loosey-goosey conversation about what you can learn from form and…
S2E2 Comp Titles and Other Humiliating Experiences (S02E02)
In this episode, we dive into the oft-dreaded topic of comparison titles, or 'comps,' which are essential for writers looking to query agents. We talk about the importance of comps in understanding…
S2E1 Right Book, Wrong Place (S02E01)
We’re back for Season Two, huzzah! And we’re literally starting at the beginning. Also figuratively.This time around, we dig into why first pages matter so much, and how they so often go sideways. We…
S1E21 BLF Holiday Extravaganza!!! (S01E21)
BAD LIT FRIENDS FIRST ANNUAL HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!!! We were going to take the week off, but then a publisher was VERY WRONG on the internetz and… well. Surprise! Consider this a late holiday season…
S1E20 Tropes: Love Them or Leave Them? (S01E20)
EPISODE 20! We made it even though we still barely know what we’re doing. This week we’re roasting literary tropes like chestnuts in the fire. Join us as we rate enemies-to-lovers, chosen ones…
S1E19 Interview with Author Jessica Lunt (S01E19)
In this episode, we’re chatting with indie author Jessica Lunt about her writing journey and her debut novella, The Witch Hunter’s Wife. We talk about what it’s really like to write historical…
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