Join Bridget Smith of Dunham Literary Inc. and Jennifer Udden of Barry Goldblatt Literary LLC as we discuss books, publishing, writing, fandom, and more!
In this episode, Bridget and Jen talk the unbridled joy of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, the utility of abandoning oneself to the frozen winds, and the Shipping & Handling book club!
In which Bridget and Jen discuss what happens when your agent moves agencies, failures to communicate, and get way drunker than we had planned.
NB: When we recorded this episode, it came out to two …
In which Bridget and Jen attend World Fantasy, define Barcon, and interview the delightful Steve Saffel, editor at Titan Books!
In this episode, recorded in the distant past, Bridget & Jen discuss what makes a strong character that happens to be female, awkward acronyms, and just how many people you should query at one time f…
Finally, the query episode! In this episode we critique the queries you sent in via email. Thanks so much to everyone who participated!
In this episode, Bridget and Jen talk diversity, bigoted romance novels, how publishing is the worst, cowriting, and more.
You can blame Jen for the awful title.
In this episode Bridget and Jen talk reviews, Goodreads, trunk novels, and portal fantasy.
In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss agency (not the place where we work,) active versus reactive characters, “good YA” and more! Also, Jen says “sort of” approximately 36,000 times.
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In which Bridget and Jen discuss Mad Max, Jurassic World, running in heels, how to be a writer-friend, how to forget the word “solstice,” and much, much more!
Obviously the itle of this episode should be sung to the tune of Summer Lovin' from GREASE.
In this episode, we discuss reading during the summer, audience and genre, communcation, small presses, an…
In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss the Hugo awards, Puppies, and whether it’s ever appropriate to do the bare minimum and call it a day.
In this episode, we discuss youtube, authenticity, and how quickly we’d sell out if given the chance. (Very.)
As always, any questions/feedback/topic suggestions can be sent to shippingandhandlingpo…
This episode we talk time management, writing advice, and unsellable books. Feedback, questions, suggestions? Send them to us at [email protected], @shipandhandling on twitter, or via ou…
In this very special romance-themed episode of Shipping & Handling, we discuss our favorite fictional relationships and the difficulties of writing therein, take none of your questions because no one…
In this episode we discuss the upcoming meta project from Rainbow Rowell, how much comp could a comp title comp, and reading in and out of your genre.
As always, please send us your questions, commen…
In which Jen & Bridget talk about their reading plans for 2015, their query pile wish lists, and how low their tolerances have become after three weeks away.
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In which Bridget and Jen count down their favorite reads of 2014 and look towards the future!
As always, we welcome feedback, questions, and suggestions in our tumblr ask box or at shippingandhandlin…
In which we discuss RPF, monetizing fandom, and Jen Udden calls the Hugo awards. Recorded April 25, 2014.
As always, we welcome questions, comments, and suggestions in our tumblr ask box or via emai…
In which we talk about revising your book into a beautiful butterfly of fanciness. First posted 3/26/2014
In which 2014 comes in full of hope and promise only to give way to exhaustion and despair under the crushing weight of expectations (Or, reading books all the time is hard, y’all). First posted 2/14…