winey writers

it starts with the heart and it ends in space. — FUTURES anthology

did you know we're published in a book?!
 
A local South Australian publisher, Glimmer Press, just published their most recent anthology: FUTURES, and our very own winey writer hosts made the cut. This episode, we review and discuss FUTURES including conversations about our own stories, how difficult it is to write short form, what it's like to attend a book launch you're part of, and which stories in this collection really touched our hearts. 
 
interested in owning a copy? you can purchase through the link below <3
https://www.glimmerpress.com.au/product/futures/

murder your darlings. — How To Torture Characters

TW: discussions of trauma, injury, illness, and death.
 
this episode, we discuss the craft of writing in terms of torturing characters — how to torture your characters, the importance of internal torturing, how to write emotion and trauma that you are unfamiliar with, and how much trauma is too much trauma?
 

how many toddlers could you take in a fight? — Monsters and Villains

what makes the perfect villain? This episode we're chattin' monsters and villains, which includes discussions about how to write a convincing villain, how to keep readers invested in your monsters, and our favourite monsters/villains from books and media. 

a believer in the woo woo. — Book Tarot

this episode, Harry has cooked up some f*ckin' wild way for us to do tarot readings with books, and we put aside our pessimism to try our hand at reading fortunes. Can our (extremely) random assortment of novels tell us how successful are careers are? And what does the future say about our love lives? 

we're on schedule for a menty b. — PhD Check In

is a PhD in Creative Writing really worth it?
this episode is a PhD check in, in which we discuss what it looks like to be 18 months into a doctorate degree for Creative Writing. We chat about the drastic changes in our research topics, what we're working on now, what a PhD schedule looks like for us, and whether the PhD is worth it for aspiring writers. 

i'm in a lot of debt to know what a sentence should look like. — Editing

this episode we discuss how we feel about editing a novel, including what it's like to edit your own work, the different stages of a draft, and receiving constructive criticism. We also dedicate a significant amount of this conversation to which grammar choices make a sentence hotter (spoiler, a correctly used semi-colon is hot as hell and the em-dash is rising in popularity). 

the queerness of it. — Happy Pride Month!

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. 

fuck The Rings of Power?? — Series Review

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. 

a time travelling sexaholic in search of the ultimate dinogasm. — Fake Book Titles

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. 

the absolute piggiest of stys. — How to Rot Consciously

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.