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The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
45:01Apr 16, 2026
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
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Shooting The Shit About Changes to the NYT Bestseller List and Editors Allegedly Using AI
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
37:39Apr 13, 2026
Plugging in Mental Modules
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
38:14Apr 9, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Cancelled Books and the Shy Girl AI Discourse
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
38:04Apr 6, 2026
Insights from Beth O'Leary and Kate Hilton
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:00:12Apr 2, 2026
March Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:55:49Mar 30, 2026
Comp Titles That Make Agents Go...Hmm
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
41:29Mar 26, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Your Response to Last Week's Episode and What Can Be Copyrighted
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
41:24Mar 23, 2026
The Secret Behind Immersive Worlds
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
25:53Mar 19, 2026
Shooting the Shit About High Brow vs. Low Brow and Editors Who Hate Their Jobs
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
44:48Mar 16, 2026
When Characters Collide with Conflict
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
44:42Mar 12, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Sending The Elevator Back Down And Paying It Forward With Blurbs
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
41:47Mar 9, 2026
Insights from Lisa Unger
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
25:57Mar 5, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Memoirs That Sell and The Publicity Delusion
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
47:44Mar 2, 2026
Double Hooks & Power Imbalances
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
42:36Feb 26, 2026
February Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:19:11Feb 23, 2026
The Anatomy of an Opening
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
28:43Feb 19, 2026
Shooting The Shit About Our Publishing Pet Peeves and What To Do When Your One “Yes” Is A “No”
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
46:42Feb 16, 2026
How to Make Agents Curious While Also Impressing Them With Your Line Level Writing
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
48:27Feb 12, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Editors Quiet Quitting and the Unpaid Labour of Agents
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
42:44Feb 9, 2026
The Long Game of Publishing
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
53:44Feb 5, 2026
Shooting The Shit About Auctions, *That* Post, and The Right Resources
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
40:35Feb 2, 2026
When the Past Won't Stay Buried: Building Dark Psychological Thrillers
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
30:55Jan 29, 2026
January Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
54:27Jan 26, 2026
The Infinite Options of Where to Begin
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
44:29Jan 22, 2026
Shooting the Shit About What Carly and CeCe Want To Fix In The Publishing Industry and (of course!) Heated Rivalry
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
52:35Jan 19, 2026
The Mechanics of Great Storytelling
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
58:16Jan 15, 2026
Shooting the Shit About The Easiest Genres to Sell and How Agents Impact The Outcomes of Book Deals
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
40:06Jan 12, 2026
Perfecting the Page One Experience
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
43:48Jan 8, 2026
Shooting the Shit About Your Deepest and Darkest Book Money Questions PART TWO
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
32:52Jan 5, 2026
Big Auction Debuts and What Brings You Back to the Page
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:01:34Jan 1, 2026
December Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:39:48Dec 29, 2025
The Job of a Disruption
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
42:20Dec 25, 2025
Shooting the Shit About Your Deepest and Darkest Book Money Questions: PART ONE
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
38:08Dec 22, 2025
The Evolution of a Novel
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
30:20Dec 18, 2025
Shooting the Shit About How Much Agents Share
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
47:20Dec 15, 2025
Quiet Stories, Big Stakes
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
38:30Dec 11, 2025
Shooting the Shit: About the hidden side of best-of-year lists, AI worries, and the "midlist bestseller"
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
35:53Dec 8, 2025
Plotting With Fate
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
36:42Dec 4, 2025
Shooting the Shit: About agent burnout and the problems facing small publishers and booksellers
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
36:35Dec 1, 2025
The Pinball Effect in Fiction
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
22:01Nov 27, 2025
November Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
51:37Nov 24, 2025
When Writing Gets Personal: Two Authors on Vulnerability and Voice
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
1:19:15Nov 20, 2025
Shooting the Shit...Live from Hawaii! About turning down offers and how best to work with your literary agent.
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
24:59Nov 17, 2025
Murder, Metafiction, and Query Letter Mayhem
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
43:43Nov 13, 2025
Shooting the Shit Live From LA! About Page to Screen and NaNoWriMo
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
40:04Nov 10, 2025
Success after 800 Rejections!
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
29:22Nov 6, 2025
Shooting the Shit About Winning Author Mindsets and Agent Submission Timelines
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
43:37Nov 3, 2025
When Reality TV Meets Cli-Fi: Hooks, Depth, and the Dreaded Coincidence
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
48:31Oct 30, 2025
October Bonus Episode
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
27:06Oct 27, 2025