winey writers
two writers, phd students, and friends talking about everything from current reads, romance fiction, life in your early twenties, writing your first novel, and more — featuring occasional guest speakers, including industry professionals, authors, fellow academics and friends. Join our conversations about the books we love and hate, the ups and downs of being an emerging writer, what it’s like to be a phd student in writing, and everything else in between. This podcast embraces the messiness of conversations, and engages in a lot of — as Harry likes to call it — Fuckidiness™.
Episodes
5 days ago
5 days ago
Happy Pride Month!!
this episode, we celebrate Pride Month by having an open conversation about what it means to be queer, the definition of queerness, and queer politics. We apply these discussions of the LGBTQIA+ community to recent debates about Bridgerton, drag queens, and Gen Alpha activism while also recommending a range of fictional and academic readings.
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
fuck The Rings of Power?? — Series Review
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Harry is a fanatic of everything J.R.R. Tolkien, and Abby (who knows very little) finally watched The Rings of Power. This episode, we review Amazon Prime Video's adaption of the history of the Middle-earth, as detailed in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. We discuss character, plot, predictability, and our opinion on book to film adaptions.
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
a time travelling sexaholic in search of the ultimate dinogasm. — Fake Book Titles
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
this episode, we play a self-invented game/plotting exercise called 'Fake Book Titles' or 'These Books Do Not Exist' in which we exchange fabricated book titles and must brainstorm a relevant plot, characters, setting, etc. according to the book title alone. Listen in to hear all about a book with a burning sea, a budding romance between a bronco and his pickup rider, boys who fall in love over penne pasta, and more.
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
the absolute piggiest of stys. — How to Rot Consciously
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
this episode, we discuss the importance of mental health days, regardless of where you sit on the rotting scale — from slightly bruised banana to wholemeal sandwich that has been in the bottom of a child's backpack for a week.
Wednesday May 29, 2024
find your person to word spew at. — Writing a Novel
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
how do you write a novel? we're still trying to work it out, and as we hit new stages of writing our books we take to the pod once again with an update on the processes and tips that are working for us — from music, to location, to writing chronologically, and the value of daydreaming.
Wednesday May 22, 2024
have you ever listened to bardcore? — Audiobooks
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 2024
this episode, we discuss audiobooks using our perspective as both readers and writers. What are the benefits of audiobooks verses paperback? What expectations would we have if our work was being narrated? And the long-standing debate: is listening to audiobooks considered reading?
more importantly, Harry listens to a snippet from an audiobook that brings him to tears and Abby introduces him to the magic of bardcore.
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Abby's just lost a toe! — What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Welcome to #2 of the WineyWriters Book Club!
This episode we review What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera. We describe this novel as a cutesy, coming-of-age, gay romance in New York about two boys who fall in love...for the time being. Join our honest conversation as we discuss the importance of own voice representation in novels, character, plot, and pop culture references that do not age well.
Wednesday May 08, 2024
the punks confuse me. — Genres We Don't Write
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Wednesday May 08, 2024
as writers, we are happily wedded to the romance and fantasy genres (with no divorce in sight), but this episode we take to the pod to discuss the genres we don't write: historical, sci-fi, crime, and literary.
Wednesday May 01, 2024
less of an overwhelming, steaming pile of shit. — Writing First Drafts
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
we are in the pits of writing hell, and so this episode we discuss what it's like to be writing our very first novels. We sat down to chat about the consumption of media whilst writing and how this impacts the words on the page -- but this quickly turns into a conversation about first drafts: the blocks we run into, the holes we fall through, and the methods we use to get back on track.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
let me buy some new shoes, i'll stand corrected. — Currently Reading
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
we're a third of the way into 2024 (oh god), and so that calls for another reading wrap-up!
this episode, we discuss the books we've read recently, what we're reading right now, and what we hope to read soon. These discussions include but are not limited to the following titles: Seducing My Brother-in-Law by Shae Michaels, the ACOTAR series by Sarah J. Maas, The Red Palace by June Hur, The Last Sun by K. D. Edwards, and works of fanfiction.