Shipping & Handling
Join Bridget Smith of Dunham Literary Inc. and Jennifer Udden of Barry Goldblatt Literary LLC as we discuss books, publishing, writing, fandom, and more!
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 86
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2021
Episode 39: If You Don't Care What You Call Fine
In this episode we discuss voice, point of view, the seasons of publishing, and answering how we’re doing in “Trump-Adjusted Terms,” and discover that Jen doesn’t know what to call the pluperfect ten…
#SHBookClub Episode 7: Ethan of Athos
“Ethan, you weird sweet goober.”
Listen to the episode here.
In this episode of the Shipping & Handling Book Club (#SHBookClub) we talk about Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold. Check out Jo Wa…
Episode 38: Nebulastravaganza
In this episode, Bridget and Jen speak to a whole crowd of awesome folks at the 2017 Nebula Awards Weekend, held in June in Pittsburgh, PA. “Come eat things with us, because you are also people.” Gue…
Episode 37 - Our Real Feelings
The all-singing, all-dancing, all-questions episode of Shipping & Handling. We discuss sensitivity readers, “write what you know,” revision, pitching novels in “dead” genres, and much, much more.
AN…
#SHBookClub Episode 6 - Cetaganda
In this episode we discuss Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold. Mild spoilers about THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Stiefvater also contained therein. (I know.)
For next time, we’re reading Ethan of Athos!
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#SHBookClub Episode 5 - The Vor Game
Bridget & Jen read THE VOR GAME by Lois McMaster Bujold as part of the Vorkosigan Saga #shbookclub!
Episode 36: Sometimes You're Just Gonna Go To Alaska
In this episode we discuss the merits and drawbacks of Having A Plan as a writer. Quote of the episode:
Jen: “I wonder what my thing is [that I dislike], besides characters being happy.”
Episode 35: Red-blooded patriotic watersports
In this episode we discuss social media-ing while anxious, the current political climate, amazing rumors, and That Book Deal.
Episode 34: The Terrorists Are Calling From Inside The House
Well, some shit’s happened. In this episode, recorded December 5, 2016, Bridget and Jen discuss Recent Events, election-related depression, cheer-up media, and listicles.
#SHBookClub Episode 4: The Warrior's Apprentice
Notes for this episode: We realized midway through recording the regular episode that Bridget’s mic was turned around, so if she sound tinny that’s why.
Episode 33 - Back to Basics
In this episode (recorded before the election, ahahah) Bridget and Jen discuss the basics of vetting agents, critique partners, and career moves.
Episode 32: FANTITLEMENT
In this episode, Bridget snd Jen discuss the thinning boundaries between fans and creators, when your ship becomes a hassle, and what to do if you meet an editor out in the wild. We also wrap up our …
#SHBookClub 3 - Barrayar
This episode is 90% shrieking “CORDELIA!!!” and 10% feudal nonsense.
TW for abortion, child murder, ableism.
You can listen to the episode here.
The next book in the series is THE WARRIOR’S APPREN…
Episode 31 - The Raven Cycle
SPOILERS FOR THE RAVEN CYCLE FROM 17:57 ONWARD
“Magic! History! Fast Cars! Crushing Poverty! Gayness!”
In which Jen and Bridget talk about Maggie Stiefvater’s four-book YA series THE RAVEN CYCLE.
Episode 30 - Special Guest Mika Kasuga!
In this episode we talk to special guest Mika Kasuga, Associate Editor at Random House, about nonfiction, what platform actually means, and more!
Favorite quotes from this episode:
“You can’t make …
#SHBookClub Episode 2 - Shards of Honor
In which Bridget and Jen basically just doodle little hearts that say ARAL + CORDELIA 4 EVA
Episode 29: Captain America - Civil War
In which Jen, Bridget, and special guest Connor Goldsmith of Fuse Literary talk Captain America: Civil War, romance novelist pseudonyms, and the Best Vegas Story of All Time.
#Shbookclub Episode 1 - The Vorkosigan Saga - Falling Free
In which Bridget & Jen talk about Falling Free, the first (chronological) volume in Lois McMaster Bujold's long-running Vorkosigan saga. Covered in this episode are such topics as how weird it is to …
Episode 28: Too Many Dukes
In this episode, Bridget and Jen ask each other Why Do You Read That? regarding middle grade and romance and are terrified for a good five minutes by a creature that may or may not be coming to attac…
Episode 27 - Vegas, Baby
In this episode Jen recounts magical tales of her travel to the nation’s silliest city, the insanity of RT, and the details of the Shipping & Handling Book Club, plus much more!