The Failing Writers Podcast
@failingwriters.bsky.social
A podcast for anyone who’s ever dreamed of being a writer… then got distracted by a video of a cat being frightened by a cucumber.
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Yvette has good taste
Many thanks to Yvette Huddleston @yorkshirepost.co.uk
Her TV pick of the week is
Leonard and Hungry Paul @ronanhession.bsky.social
Episode 3 is on BBC Two tonight at 10pm and on BBC iPlayer.
Marvelous.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-cul...
Her TV pick of the week is
Leonard and Hungry Paul @ronanhession.bsky.social
Episode 3 is on BBC Two tonight at 10pm and on BBC iPlayer.
Marvelous.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-cul...
TV Pick of the Week: Leonard and Hungry Paul - review by Yvette Huddleston
Leonard and Hungry Paul BBC iPlayer, review by Yvette Huddleston
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Yvette has good taste
Check out Map Men, @JayForeman.bsky.social & @markcooperjones.bsky.social in this week’s ep.
Talking about their brilliant book This Way Up - OUT THIS WEEK @HarperCollins.bsky.social and about collaborative writing, working in different mediums… & Mark’s beautiful 🧠❤️
Listen here!
pod.fo/e/340266
Talking about their brilliant book This Way Up - OUT THIS WEEK @HarperCollins.bsky.social and about collaborative writing, working in different mediums… & Mark’s beautiful 🧠❤️
Listen here!
pod.fo/e/340266
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Check out Map Men, @JayForeman.bsky.social & @markcooperjones.bsky.social in this week’s ep.
Talking about their brilliant book This Way Up - OUT THIS WEEK @HarperCollins.bsky.social and about collaborative writing, working in different mediums… & Mark’s beautiful 🧠❤️
Listen here!
pod.fo/e/340266
Talking about their brilliant book This Way Up - OUT THIS WEEK @HarperCollins.bsky.social and about collaborative writing, working in different mediums… & Mark’s beautiful 🧠❤️
Listen here!
pod.fo/e/340266
Did this in Edinburgh with the lovely Veronique. Can highly recommend!
Writing, tea, friends, joy. Bliss 😍
Let's do this one last time in 2025...
Birmingham, 26 Oct & 16 Nov
Bradford, 2 Nov
Brighton, 1 Nov & 22 Nov
Chichester, 9 Nov
Edinburgh, 9 Nov
Leeds, 8 Nov
Walthamstow, 15 Nov SOLD OUT
Book now writershq.co.uk/creative-wri...
Let's do this one last time in 2025...
Birmingham, 26 Oct & 16 Nov
Bradford, 2 Nov
Brighton, 1 Nov & 22 Nov
Chichester, 9 Nov
Edinburgh, 9 Nov
Leeds, 8 Nov
Walthamstow, 15 Nov SOLD OUT
Book now writershq.co.uk/creative-wri...
October 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Did this in Edinburgh with the lovely Veronique. Can highly recommend!
Blummin lovely chatting to ‘viral sensation’ (yep, that’s what I’m going with) @autumnwoods-author.bsky.social about getting TikTok to work for you, writing on a phone🤯 and planting your feet firmly on the ground while the world goes crazy.
Hit that bio link
Hit that bio link
October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Blummin lovely chatting to ‘viral sensation’ (yep, that’s what I’m going with) @autumnwoods-author.bsky.social about getting TikTok to work for you, writing on a phone🤯 and planting your feet firmly on the ground while the world goes crazy.
Hit that bio link
Hit that bio link
⏰ There’s still plenty o time to enter our £500 flash fiction contest! In assoc’ with @scrivenerapp.bsky.social
300 words
Theme: “a lie”
Head of judgery the amazing @fictionalsarah.SubStack.com from @writershq.bsky.social
£4 entry fee
Deadline midday Fri Oct 24
Info here: failingwriterspodcast.com
300 words
Theme: “a lie”
Head of judgery the amazing @fictionalsarah.SubStack.com from @writershq.bsky.social
£4 entry fee
Deadline midday Fri Oct 24
Info here: failingwriterspodcast.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
⏰ There’s still plenty o time to enter our £500 flash fiction contest! In assoc’ with @scrivenerapp.bsky.social
300 words
Theme: “a lie”
Head of judgery the amazing @fictionalsarah.SubStack.com from @writershq.bsky.social
£4 entry fee
Deadline midday Fri Oct 24
Info here: failingwriterspodcast.com
300 words
Theme: “a lie”
Head of judgery the amazing @fictionalsarah.SubStack.com from @writershq.bsky.social
£4 entry fee
Deadline midday Fri Oct 24
Info here: failingwriterspodcast.com
Please tell me this is just some publicity stunt and not actually true. 😳
Book banners hate books about Crayons?!!?
This is ridiculous.
Sign the petition against book bans at www.bookbanpetition.us
This is ridiculous.
Sign the petition against book bans at www.bookbanpetition.us
October 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Please tell me this is just some publicity stunt and not actually true. 😳
May I alert you to a rather joyful £500 writing competition you perhaps didn’t know you needed in your life, but in fact absolutely do…?
www.failingwriterspodcast.com
#flashfiction
www.failingwriterspodcast.com
#flashfiction
The Failing Writers Podcast - the world's bestest writing podcast ever... probably
The Failing Writers Podcast is a writing podcast for everyone who has ever wanted to write a book... then put the kettle on instead.
www.failingwriterspodcast.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
May I alert you to a rather joyful £500 writing competition you perhaps didn’t know you needed in your life, but in fact absolutely do…?
www.failingwriterspodcast.com
#flashfiction
www.failingwriterspodcast.com
#flashfiction
And awaaay! Our 300 word flash FICTION competition is officially go. With the marvellous Sarah Lewis from @writershq.bsky.social taking the gavel. Have a squizz at the latest episode for the FACTS about how to get your grubby mitts on that 500 knicker
pod.fo/e/3331dd
pod.fo/e/3331dd
The Failing Writers Podcast: S5 Ep16: FLASH FICTION COMPETITION!
Finally.I know, I know.It's that time of year we all look forward to.The leaves begin to loosen their grip. The sky is pregnant with it's autumnal offerings.Jon gets poetic.But aside from all that ...
pod.fo
September 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
And awaaay! Our 300 word flash FICTION competition is officially go. With the marvellous Sarah Lewis from @writershq.bsky.social taking the gavel. Have a squizz at the latest episode for the FACTS about how to get your grubby mitts on that 500 knicker
pod.fo/e/3331dd
pod.fo/e/3331dd
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Julia Roberts narration of the BBC TV adaptation of Leonard and Hungry Paul @ronanhession.bsky.social is in the can as they say.
Transmission date is confirmed and I'll let you know very, very soon.
We established BM in Nov 2005 and now our second book is made into a TV drama.
Bloody Magic!
Transmission date is confirmed and I'll let you know very, very soon.
We established BM in Nov 2005 and now our second book is made into a TV drama.
Bloody Magic!
September 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Julia Roberts narration of the BBC TV adaptation of Leonard and Hungry Paul @ronanhession.bsky.social is in the can as they say.
Transmission date is confirmed and I'll let you know very, very soon.
We established BM in Nov 2005 and now our second book is made into a TV drama.
Bloody Magic!
Transmission date is confirmed and I'll let you know very, very soon.
We established BM in Nov 2005 and now our second book is made into a TV drama.
Bloody Magic!
Reposted by The Failing Writers Podcast
Thanks to the Failing Writers podcast for having me and other writers on to chat about indie/snall press publishing.
Give the episode a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/5Gxx...
Give the episode a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/5Gxx...
S5 Ep14: Small Independent Publishers Pt1
open.spotify.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thanks to the Failing Writers podcast for having me and other writers on to chat about indie/snall press publishing.
Give the episode a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/5Gxx...
Give the episode a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/5Gxx...
Considered publishing through a small press? Click the link in our bio for all the skinny in our doublebill on indie publishers.
In part 1 we talk to happy customers:
@cwmcguinness.bsky.social
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
#lukepalmer
@stgenevieve.bsky.social
… then … 1/2 🧵
In part 1 we talk to happy customers:
@cwmcguinness.bsky.social
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
#lukepalmer
@stgenevieve.bsky.social
… then … 1/2 🧵
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Considered publishing through a small press? Click the link in our bio for all the skinny in our doublebill on indie publishers.
In part 1 we talk to happy customers:
@cwmcguinness.bsky.social
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
#lukepalmer
@stgenevieve.bsky.social
… then … 1/2 🧵
In part 1 we talk to happy customers:
@cwmcguinness.bsky.social
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
#lukepalmer
@stgenevieve.bsky.social
… then … 1/2 🧵
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For those of you just waking up in the UK, sitting down to lunch in Goa, or enjoying your afternoon in Sydney, you'll be the first to read Issue 89 of SmokeLong Quarterly! www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty...
September 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
For those of you just waking up in the UK, sitting down to lunch in Goa, or enjoying your afternoon in Sydney, you'll be the first to read Issue 89 of SmokeLong Quarterly! www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty...
Cripes. Against all expectations we seem to be finalists in 4 categories of the Independent Podcast Awards.🧐(Checks the email again) Yep. Still there. Best dig out some gladrags! 😃🤯😭
#podcastawards
#jingleoftheyear
#books
#selfimprovement
#thearts
#podcastawards
#jingleoftheyear
#books
#selfimprovement
#thearts
September 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cripes. Against all expectations we seem to be finalists in 4 categories of the Independent Podcast Awards.🧐(Checks the email again) Yep. Still there. Best dig out some gladrags! 😃🤯😭
#podcastawards
#jingleoftheyear
#books
#selfimprovement
#thearts
#podcastawards
#jingleoftheyear
#books
#selfimprovement
#thearts
Yay! It’s arrived! Thanks @thelibbiegrant.bsky.social
Look forward to getting stuck in! 🫶
Look forward to getting stuck in! 🫶
September 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Yay! It’s arrived! Thanks @thelibbiegrant.bsky.social
Look forward to getting stuck in! 🫶
Look forward to getting stuck in! 🫶
Red Dwarf. The Chicken Song. A children’s book called Sin Bin Island.
What kind of brain comes up with all that?
The brain of @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social of course! 🧠
We talk #ideas, #writingcomedy,#RedDwarf, all sorts. Check the link in our bio.
What kind of brain comes up with all that?
The brain of @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social of course! 🧠
We talk #ideas, #writingcomedy,#RedDwarf, all sorts. Check the link in our bio.
September 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Red Dwarf. The Chicken Song. A children’s book called Sin Bin Island.
What kind of brain comes up with all that?
The brain of @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social of course! 🧠
We talk #ideas, #writingcomedy,#RedDwarf, all sorts. Check the link in our bio.
What kind of brain comes up with all that?
The brain of @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social of course! 🧠
We talk #ideas, #writingcomedy,#RedDwarf, all sorts. Check the link in our bio.
Just found this classic summer single in the garage! Anyone remember the first 4 genius lines? No cheating!
September 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just found this classic summer single in the garage! Anyone remember the first 4 genius lines? No cheating!
This week we talk to the inimitable @benaaronovitch.bsky.social. About spending 30 years doing the wrong thing, his new Rivers of London book, and finally learn the secret, magical ingredient to enormous surefire success*
Link in our bio.
*write a really good book that lots of people want to read.
Link in our bio.
*write a really good book that lots of people want to read.
August 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This week we talk to the inimitable @benaaronovitch.bsky.social. About spending 30 years doing the wrong thing, his new Rivers of London book, and finally learn the secret, magical ingredient to enormous surefire success*
Link in our bio.
*write a really good book that lots of people want to read.
Link in our bio.
*write a really good book that lots of people want to read.
The article by @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social that inspired today’s fantastic chat with him… 😬
Listen and weep. And then laugh. And then go write your book anyway! 😁
Linx in our bio
Listen and weep. And then laugh. And then go write your book anyway! 😁
Linx in our bio
August 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The article by @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social that inspired today’s fantastic chat with him… 😬
Listen and weep. And then laugh. And then go write your book anyway! 😁
Linx in our bio
Listen and weep. And then laugh. And then go write your book anyway! 😁
Linx in our bio
Boop the link in our bio for the best-ever natter with Jessica Knappett. ❤️
July 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Boop the link in our bio for the best-ever natter with Jessica Knappett. ❤️
We ❤️ to give props to our listeners’ writing.
So we’re starting a new feature. Each ep, we’ll big up a writer whose poem / 1st 3 chapters / flash / story we love - and share it with the 🌍 Details in the latest ep (link’s in bio)
So we’re starting a new feature. Each ep, we’ll big up a writer whose poem / 1st 3 chapters / flash / story we love - and share it with the 🌍 Details in the latest ep (link’s in bio)
July 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We ❤️ to give props to our listeners’ writing.
So we’re starting a new feature. Each ep, we’ll big up a writer whose poem / 1st 3 chapters / flash / story we love - and share it with the 🌍 Details in the latest ep (link’s in bio)
So we’re starting a new feature. Each ep, we’ll big up a writer whose poem / 1st 3 chapters / flash / story we love - and share it with the 🌍 Details in the latest ep (link’s in bio)
Tomorrow’s guest is WHO???!!!
a woman is sitting at a desk with a green background and making a funny face .
ALT: a woman is sitting at a desk with a green background and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Tomorrow’s guest is WHO???!!!
What we working on today folks?
Or is it a day-job getting in the way of our one true calling-type-day? 🤨
Or is it a day-job getting in the way of our one true calling-type-day? 🤨
July 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
What we working on today folks?
Or is it a day-job getting in the way of our one true calling-type-day? 🤨
Or is it a day-job getting in the way of our one true calling-type-day? 🤨
Ever stuck with your writing?
Then reach out to us for a pep talk!
It’s what we did in our 2 most recent eps…
Thanks @thomastaylor.bsky.social
& Samia Rida, you really helped!
Click on the link in our bio 👆
And get yourself some of those juicy words o wisdom!
Then reach out to us for a pep talk!
It’s what we did in our 2 most recent eps…
Thanks @thomastaylor.bsky.social
& Samia Rida, you really helped!
Click on the link in our bio 👆
And get yourself some of those juicy words o wisdom!
July 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ever stuck with your writing?
Then reach out to us for a pep talk!
It’s what we did in our 2 most recent eps…
Thanks @thomastaylor.bsky.social
& Samia Rida, you really helped!
Click on the link in our bio 👆
And get yourself some of those juicy words o wisdom!
Then reach out to us for a pep talk!
It’s what we did in our 2 most recent eps…
Thanks @thomastaylor.bsky.social
& Samia Rida, you really helped!
Click on the link in our bio 👆
And get yourself some of those juicy words o wisdom!
Reposted by The Failing Writers Podcast
I haven’t been on a podcast this fun in a long time. Check out my interview with the Failing Writers Podcast!
www.failingwriterspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
www.failingwriterspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
The Failing Writers Podcast - the world's bestest writing podcast ever... probably
The Failing Writers Podcast is a writing podcast for everyone who has ever wanted to write a book... then put the kettle on instead.
www.failingwriterspodcast.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I haven’t been on a podcast this fun in a long time. Check out my interview with the Failing Writers Podcast!
www.failingwriterspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
www.failingwriterspodcast.com/episodes/epi...