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…
Treacherous Hope
A guest fiction by author Dana Fraedrich The world is empty. I don’t know what happened. They’re all just…gone. It’s not like the movies and TV shows where this sort of thing happens. At least it wasn’t for me. There was no running down the fields of famous sports stadiums or drinking frozen yogurt straight…
Coming in August
Don’t miss this week’s Podcast, The Grey Champion & Hoary Beards! In it, Kaisha and I discuss two of Hawthorne’s short stories, one of which has a bit of a brouhaha with the devil. I tell you all about space pickles, and when not to pickle things and Kaisha obsesses over a book she’s been…
Nerding Out: fungus gifts, book loaning problems, snort laughing, short story drinking-Ep.6
A 30-minute tangent episode in which we bring you discussions and bloopers that were cut from various episodes or captured when we left the mic running. What started as a discussion of Romanticism turned into a contemplation of our emotionally devoid culture, interesting death rituals, and other strange tangents on emotionality. Kaisha talks moss—surprise, surprise—and…
The Gold Bug & Contracted Intimacy: wet cows, glass castles full of books, Vulcan field trips-Ep.5
Show Notes A 60-minute episode in which we discuss commonplace journals (and Kelsey’s random note-taking), a dream bookstore that presents you with your writing needs and looks like a forest, naughty Renaissance literature, the Enlightenment as told through Spock, and Poe’s “The Gold Bug.” Welcome to Read.Write.Repeat. This month we will be giving away a…
July Up & Coming
This month we will be giving away a copy of The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst and a bunch of adorable succulent bookmarks. You can enter by rating us on iTunes and then filling out the form on the Giveaways tab so that we can contact you if you win. If you have…
The Grande Breteche & Coquettish Behavior: reading nirvana, writing agony, Victorian Bones-Ep. 3
Show Notes A 60-Minute episode in which we discuss in which we discuss reading nirvanas, harsh feedback (and Kelsey’s bruised ego), Star Trek’s Dr. McCoy as a Victorian, and Balzac’s “The Grande Breteche.” Inspiration and cackling laughter abounds. Welcome to Read.Write.Repeat. This month we will be giving away a copy of The Queen of Blood…
Rip Van Winkle & Termagant Women: characterization, drunken naps, Romanticism & Captain Kirk-Ep. 2
Show Notes A 60-minute episode in which we discuss getting drunk and falling asleep for twenty years, Washington Irving’s fantastic characterization, the one book Kaisha refuses to read, and Kelsey’s insistence that Captain Kirk is the ideal Romantic Era hero. This month we will be giving away an unopened leather bound Great Expectations – we…
Gateway Books: reading addiction anonymous, book loaning taboos, writing dreams & nightmares-Ep.1
Show Notes Read.Write.Repeat Episode 1: A 30-minute mini-episode in which we discuss gateway books to a reading addiction, awkward bookish moments, and our goals with this podcast. Welcome to Read.Write.Repeat! We are excited to have you. Meet your hosts: Kaisha owns a bookstore and has worked in the book industry forever. She is THE bookiest…