The Failing Writers Podcast
Join these success-starved wordwranglers as they stumble towards their shared ambition: to become proper writers!
Learning from guests like bestselling authors and BAFTA-winning writers. Setting themselves writing tasks and trying to improve their craft. Discussing how to get past all the things that stop us writing. And hopefully taking you on a journey with them to become successful writers!
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- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 143
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
S3 Ep13: A chat with Patrick Ness
This time out we chat with award-winning, best-selling Patrick Ness. Author of young adult books, including The Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls - his newest book Different For Boys - as we…
01:26:43 |
Mon 21 Aug 2023
S3 Ep12: Where does the word etymology come from?
Well, in answer to the question in the title... we're not sure. We should have asked our guests really - because they are self-confessed word-nerds. Authors and language bloggers, Jess Zafarris and P…
01:42:46 |
Mon 07 Aug 2023
S3 Ep11: Storytime!
Hello there. Welcome to our little podcast.
Do you like stories?
Would you like to hear some now?
Well click play, and you'll get to listen to loads of them!
Somehow this episode has turned into a bi…
Do you like stories?
Would you like to hear some now?
Well click play, and you'll get to listen to loads of them!
Somehow this episode has turned into a bi…
01:38:09 |
Mon 24 Jul 2023
S3 Ep10: Crime Writing with Mark Billingham
You might know Mark Billingham as the prolific and award winning crime fiction author. We know him as a really nice bloke who we had a really lovely chat with. But we didn't think that even an interv…
01:22:35 |
Mon 10 Jul 2023
S3 Ep9: Jack Meggitt-Phillips
This time out we talk to middle-grade kids' author Jack Meggitt-Phillips. We chat about his big break, about badgers and sexy fizzy drinks bottles. You know, all the usual stuff. We also check out an…
01:23:50 |
Mon 26 Jun 2023
S3 Ep8: A (Joanna) Frank Discussion About The World Of Publishing
Last week we talked to Louise Voss, who spoke to us about her first agent, Joanna Frank. So, this week we talk to Joanna Frank, who speaks to us about Louise Voss. She also chats about her journey th…
01:08:39 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
S3 Ep7: That's it, I quit...
Hello. Look at you reading the show notes! So... what have we got to tell you about? Erm, well, I guess the main bit is that we're talking to author Louise Voss this week. A bit back she tweeted that…
01:23:36 |
Mon 12 Jun 2023
S3 Ep6: Laura Barton Interview
Fancy going for a spin with us? ‘Cos we’re about to head off in this ole, beat up Cadillac. Laura Barton is at the wheel and she’s got the windows down and the radio up. Jon’s nodding seriously to th…
01:13:07 |
Mon 29 May 2023
S3 Ep5: There was a podcast about limericks...
Hello. Welcome to our limerick special! In celebration of National Limerick Day, on the 12th of May, we’ve had a good delve into where limericks came from, what they mean to people and we’ve even had…
01:26:33 |
Mon 22 May 2023
S3 Ep4: Ian McMillan
Eh up Chucks. Int’ episode this week, we bants wit’ Bard o’ Barnsley ‘imsen, like.
Ye know the fella: that one who does all that poetry, and is ont’ wireless: BBC’s T’Verb. Yeah. Reight Yorkshire Talk…
Ye know the fella: that one who does all that poetry, and is ont’ wireless: BBC’s T’Verb. Yeah. Reight Yorkshire Talk…
01:25:41 |
Mon 15 May 2023
S3 Ep3: ChatGPT, Kasim Ali and Orcs
This time out, we talk about Andy Stanton working with AI on his next book - and discuss whether that's a bit naughty of him or not. We also take a look at some work-in-progress that listener AB Finl…
01:18:55 |
Mon 01 May 2023
S3 Ep2: Stuart Turton
Hello again! This week we're having a chat with Stuart Turton, author of "The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" and "The Devil and the Dark Water". We also try to give some worthwhile feedback on wo…
01:13:17 |
Mon 17 Apr 2023
S3 Ep1: Elaborating on collaborating
Just a little episode, to say "Welcome to season 3". This week join Jon and Tom to have a chat about what it was like to (try and) work together on our Poker Night project.
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00:34:12 |
Mon 10 Apr 2023
S2 Ep31: Finally... we pitch Poker Night
Are you ready for a BRAND NEW SEASON of the Failing Writers Podcast? Of course you are!! Well... you'll need to wait a bit longer. We've got to finish the end of Season 2 first. We promised that we w…
01:02:31 |
Mon 03 Apr 2023
S2 Ep30: End of season-ish
Some will be sad. Some may be happy for what has been. Many will call it an “end of an error”. Well, you know what, they might all be right. This week we share some of our old writing from years ago,…
01:08:28 |
Mon 14 Nov 2022
S2 Ep29: Lucy Porter interview
Comedy star Lucy Porter joins us this week, to have a good old natter about comedy, quiz shows and cephaloporn. Plus she throws a few shiny pearls of wisdom in along the way too.
Fancy seeing Lucy on…
01:16:22 |
Mon 07 Nov 2022
S2 Ep28: Halloween and Sunyi Dean
A little bit of a spooky special this week, as we reveal the winner of our Trick or Tweet Halloween writing competition and we welcome author of The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean, on the show. We have a lo…
01:01:00 |
Mon 31 Oct 2022
S2 Ep27: Talking Pitching with TV Exec Saskia Schuster
This week we're after some tips and tricks to help us when we pitch our Poker Night idea. So, we've asked Sakia Schuster to come on. She's worked for loads of TV companies over the years, and is now …
00:52:28 |
Sun 23 Oct 2022
S2 Ep26: The Episode That Was Never Meant To Be
Well, we weren't actually going to do an episode this week. What with our various domestic dramas and general time shortages, we thought our time would be better focussed on doing more work on our Po…
00:27:46 |
Sun 16 Oct 2022
S2 Ep25: National Poetry Day 2022
We celebrate National Poetry Day with some “free writing”, as we go for a little paddle in the stream of consciousness. Four minutes of furious writing which we are brave stupid enough to share with …
01:07:04 |
Sun 09 Oct 2022
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