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The Failing Writers Podcast

Becoming a better writer, writing a novel, being a successful author – whatever your writing goal is, we’re here for you! Join two struggling writers learning everything there is to know about writing. They talk to best-selling authors, screenwriters and poets – people who actually know what they’re talking about. The award-winning Failing Writers Podcast is the best writing podcast around. Why? It’s funny, informative and could help you get over writer’s block, finish that novel, get a literary agent and achieve your writing goals. (Oh, and they do silly little songs too)

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Latest Episodes:

S2 Ep1: We're back! Welcome to Season 2 Apr 03, 2022

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Big ideas, rude t-shirt slogans, misplaced confidence and our infallible master-plan – The Failing Writers return for season 2 of their potentially award winning podcast.

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S2: Here we go again! Mar 23, 2022

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So, we're back! And this time we're having a BIG idea. (Hopefully. At some point. Maybe. If we get round to it).

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S1 Ep37: End of season spectacular (pt2) Jan 01, 2022

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Some people are on the podcast* - they think season one's all over... it is now!!
*(those people would be Adrian Poynton, Caimh McDonnell, OMJ Ryan, Andy Stanton, Beth Chalmers and Simon Griffin - to whom we offer our thanks for dropping back in to have a catch up with us).
Thank you to everyone who has listened to, supported and championed the podcast in our first season. We've had a great time putting it together and can't wait to bring you more thoroughly average chit-chat and moderately interesting happenings in March!
Happy new year!!
Music by Dano Songs (and Jon & Tom & Dave)

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S1 Ep36: The End of Season SPECTACULAR (pt1) Dec 27, 2021

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The end is nigh. The first part of our two part End of Season Spectacular sees us catch up with some of the guests that have helped make The Failing Writers Podcast one of the best (and as yet, pretty much undiscovered) podcasts of the year in the whole wide world. We have a quick catch up with poet Kate Fox, novelist Chris Paling, comedian and author Rosie Wilby, fabulous flash fictioner Tim Craig, children's author Adam Bushnell and international spy Tim Glister.
Music by Dano songs

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S1 Ep35: The Failing Writer's Christmas Special Spectacular! Dec 20, 2021

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Wrap yourself in tinsel, stuff 12 pigs in blankets in your mouth and get yourself comfortable to listen to this festive treat. In this seasonal spectacular, we proudly present the Failing Writers Podcast Panto (ohhhh yes we do!) and also a journey back through our first season, via some of our favourite songs from the series, in our top ten silly little ditty countdown (with a mystery celebrity DJ presenter!) Enjoy... and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Music by Dano Songs
(And Jon and Tom and Dave)

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S1 Ep34: Sally Wainwright Dec 13, 2021

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Sally Wainwright OBE joins us on the show this week! What do you ask a multiple BAFTA award winning screenwriter with an impressive string of hit TV series to her name; like Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax and At Home With The Braithwaites?Oh really? You’d have asked her that? OK… OK… So... nothing about her bus driving career and her favourite crisps?You sure?
Music by Dano Songs

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S1 Ep33: Our 250 word NYC midnight flash fiction challenge Dec 06, 2021

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Undaunted by our ignominious failure in the previous NYC midnight flash fiction competition, we once again put ourselves through the short story wringer and present our writing for all to see and to praise/laugh at/mock/experience as an epiphanical life changing moment (delete as appropriate). And as well as giving our honest, frank and uncompromising feedback on each other’s 250 word "masterpieces", we also wrap up our NaNoWriMo adventure and review some writing software while we’re at it.
Find out more about NaNoWriMo here...
https://nanowrimo.org/
Scrivener here...
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
And the HG Wells story that Jon blatantly ripped off is here...
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/23218/23218-h/23218-h.htm
Music by Dano songs

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S1 Ep32: Lets' talk about using f*$%ing apostrophe's correctly with Simon Griffin Nov 29, 2021

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So, this week its' time to have a little chittertychat with Mr Simon Griffin, author of F*$%ing Apostrophes'. We talk about review's and how Simon pretty much almost became an author by accident! Enjoy's!
Find Simon's lovely book here https://iconbooks.com/ib-title/fucking-apostrophes/
And, now Jon's little feature is finally off and running, you can find David Lucas' book here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Uprooted-Vietnamese-Familys-Journey-1935-1975-ebook/dp/B019DIW1DS
Music by Dano songs

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S1 Ep31: The greatest day of Jon's life - an interview with Andy Stanton Nov 22, 2021

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We're pretty lucky that Jon's writing hero responded to his somewhat serial killer-esque letter of invitation in the affirmative, rather than pursuing it further through legal channels. But all's well that ends well! We had a proper funty time with Andy, his chair and loads of really good insights into "the craft". (Fortunately we managed to keep Jon from embarrassing himself and letting it slip that he's actually got an Andy Stanton shrine in his downstairs loo... oh, and that he nearly called one of his kids Jammy Grammy Lammy F'Huppa F'Huppa Berlin Stereo Eo Eo Lebb C'Yepp Nermonica Le Straypek De Grespin De Crespin De Spespin De Vespin De Whoop De Loop De Brunkle Merry Christmas Lenoir).
Find the wonderful world of Mr Gum here
http://www.mrgum.co.uk/
See Jon's...um...not at all creepy letter to Andy here
https://www.failingwriterspodcast.com/blog/why-jon-wanted-andy-stanton-on-the-show-so-bad/
Music by Dano songs

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S1 Ep30: An interview with Tim Glister - author of "Red Corona" Nov 15, 2021

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We talk to Tim Glister, who is definitely not a spy. And he tells us about when he REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED at Cambridge Analytica, as well as the time he REDACTED. But what's probably most interesting is the REDACTED REDACTED and the REDACTED, with anostrich feather umbrella.
Find out more (or at least as much as one can for such a secretive character) here
https://www.timglister.com/
And buy his fabulous new book right here
https://bit.ly/30aJaY1
Music by Dano songs (and Jon)

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