A 60-minute podcast in which Author Andrew Buckley joins Kelsey and Kaisha to discuss the writing humor, reading The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and adopting the devil incarnate. He also shares some tips on landing an agent and getting out into the world as a writer. Diversity of options available to writers. Andrew gives…
Andrew Buckley’s Proust-ish Questionnaire
Speculative and humor fiction author Andrew Buckley joins us on our upcoming episode to talk about all manner of writerly things, including what to do if you start growing hair in all the wrong places. Check out his answers to our quirky, Proust’s Questionnaire based questions. The Proust-ish Questionnaire Q. If not yourself, which fictional…
Kelsey’s Birthday Tangent: Tacky book covers, author threesomes & man cloaks-Ep.14
Today is Kelsey’s birthday. Kaisha queries her with all manner of bookish questions, and they find themselves on all manner of random tangents from Immaculate Conception to lazy research. Don’t miss their discussions about shooting off butt cheeks, cow research, finding experts for book research, and turtles crapping through their eyeballs. Kaisha asks Kelsey the…
Author Nick Dybek & Magic Beans: useful terrible words, ironic singing, created experiences-Ep.13
A 60-minute podcast in which Author Nick Dybek joins Kelsey to discuss the books that impacted him the most as a writer. He also shares his writing process, discusses his bad writing habits, and talks about the tenacity required to make it as a writer. Don’t miss it. Nick’s debut novel, When Captain Flint Was…
Book Reviews & Literary Coattails: book bafflement, critical VS negative, brilliant allusions-Ep. 12
A 30-minute episode in which we discuss what makes a good book review, learning how to put down books that are not for us, and the literary allusions that drive us nutty. Welcome to Read.Write.Repeat. This month we will be giving away an advanced reader copy of The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim Fergus. We…
A Simple Heart and Heteroclite Things: selling books, evil reviews, cow whisperer, beta readers-Ep.11
A 60-minute episode in which we discuss parrots and the holy spirit, Flaubert’s simple, beautiful language, the importance of being a cow whisperer, and how we will not ship to Neptune. Kaisha talks about what books used bookstores are looking for, what not to bring them, and shares a few horror stories. Kelsey discusses the…
Book Cars & Booker Stalling: Hobbit parties, readathons, Proust, reading critically-Ep.10
A 30-minute tangent episode in which we discuss how Kaisha’s Booker reading is going, her thoughts on The Underground Railroad, and the massive pile of fantasy novels she fell into. We circle around to Proust, our favorite classics, Stream of Consciousness, and why we read Faulkner. I talk about subverting narrative elements and the one…
The Crimson Curtain & Impassive Faces: book crystals, squirrel stashes, blurp deaths, cheap irony-Ep.9
A 60-minute episode in which we discuss flamboyant dandyism in “The Crimson Curtain” by Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly and contrast that with the everything-sucks-ism of postmodern literature. Kaisha talks about her squirrel stash of books and Kelsey delves into the misconception that indie publishing is easier than traditional publishing. We explore what humanity will look like…
Book Movies: casting characters, motorcycle man, strange descriptions, evocative ambiguity-Ep.8
A 30-minute tangent episode in which we obsess over the good, the bad, and the ugly of book movies. Come along as we ponder character descriptions, icky tropes, unusual visualizations, and bad adaptations. Kaisha talks about her struggles when reading science fiction and Kelsey dreams about the perfect movie adaptation of her favorite Dean Koontz…
The Grey Champion & Hoary Beards: pickled books, classic lust, devil worshiping, Modernist killers-Ep.7
A 60-minute full episode in which we discuss the devil in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” and what Star Trek’s Nomad character has in common with Modernist Literature. Kaisha talks about the classic book she’s been meaning to read for years, I talk about my dangerous technique of pickling parts of my manuscript, and we…