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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:

S3 Ep20: How to write a book using ChatGPT - Andy Stanton Oct 23, 2023

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Well... there's a lot of talk about whether it's right or wrong to use AI to write your book for you. But that's not what this episode is about really.
I mean, we touch on that and discuss it. You can't just ignore the moral questions, can you? But we mostly have a natter with Andy Stanton. An author of some repute.
He's written a new book, using ChatGPT, but perhaps not quite as you would imagine. Benny The Blue Whale is a journey through the workings of the mind of a genius writer, and through the "mind" of ChatGPT.
https://oneworld-publications.com/work/benny-the-blue-whale/
Episode cover image created using https://hotpot.ai/

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S3 Ep19: 2023 Flash Fiction Competition Winners! Oct 15, 2023

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AND THE WINNER IS......... announced in the podcast. Plus the runners up and some highly commended entries, and as many of the superb entries that we can mention.
It's been a brilliant comp this year - with some amazing stories submitted. Listen to see if you've won, and to hear the winning entries in all their glory!
Huge thanks to our judge, Kathy Hoyle - and to our brilliant sponsors Scrivener!
https://kathyhoyle.com/
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/

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S3 Ep18: The Bookshop Episode Oct 08, 2023

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October 14th is BOOKSHOP DAY! So here's a little episode... well... it started out as a little episode... to celebrate the humble bookshop. Jon visits his local store to find out more about the art of selling paper and ink. In the process discovering the formula for writing the quintessential indie bookshop bestseller. The boys share the names of the bookshops they would open and.. well gosh... they just... have so many incisive and fascinating things to say about books and writing and candles and shelving... so... you definitely won't want to miss any of it. And then... as if you're not already stuffed to the very brim with amazing podcast content... off we go... on a whistle stop tour of THE GREATEST BOOKSHOPS ON THE PLANET.
We're too good to you. We really are.
Jon's local:
https://www.grovebookshop.com
Goldfinch Books in Alton:
https://www.goldfinch-books.com
Bookshop.org:
https://uk.bookshop.org
El Ateneo Grand Splendid in Buenos Aires:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ateneo_Grand_Splendid
Shakespeare and Company in Paris:
https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com
Livraria Lello in Porto:
https://www.livrarialello.pt/en/home
Barter Books in Alnwick:
https://www.barterbooks.co.uk
Also... don't forget you can get 20% off Scrivener if you're quick!
'urry up and go to https://www.literatureandlatte.com, Hit '+Add Discount' on the pay page - and use the code FAILING
The lovely pastel picture of Grove Bookshop used for the episode art is by Jon's dad, Clive Rand. Who sells all his work to raise money for The Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
https://www.cliverand.com

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S3 Ep17: A Simon Armitage, Stanza Stone Special. For National Poetry Day 2023 Oct 02, 2023

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This week we're out and about tracking down poetry for National Poetry Day 2023. We take to the Yorkshire hills in search of the Stanza Stones. Join us on our adventure and help us celebrate some of the work of our current Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage.
http://www.stanzastones.co.uk/
https://www.simonarmitage.com/

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S3 Ep16: Oliver Mol - Train Lord Sep 25, 2023

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Imagine being a writer and not actually writing!
Oh wait. That's us.
Imagine being a writer and NOT BEING ABLE TO WRITE!
That was Oli. He had a 10 month long migraine that almost literally killed him.
Listen to his fascinating story and hear how he tried to made sense of it all through his autofiction book: Train Lord. We talk about writing the truth, finding roots, failed orgies and about just how bloody hard writing can be.
You can buy Oli's fantastic book Train Lord direct from:
Penguin UK:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/444219/train-lord-by-mol-oliver/9780241525081
Penguin Australia:
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/train-lord-9780241525074
As well as all the usual places.
Plus we remind you, as if you needed reminding, about our £500 flash fiction contest in association with the wonderful Scrivener app.
For 20% off Scrivener in September... 'urry up and go to https://www.literatureandlatte.com, Hit '+Add Discount' on the pay page - and use the code FAILING
You're absolutely bloody welcome. x

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S3 Ep15: Emma Healey Sep 18, 2023

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Hello again.
This time out we're having a nice sit down with author Emma Healey. Her debut novel, Elizabeth is Missing, (which has been described as "bloody brilliant, honestly, you should read it Tom, it's funny and sad and intriguing. Proper mint it is.") has sold over a million copies and won the Costa First Novel Award. Plus it ended up being made into a film by the BBC, starring the late Glenda Jackson, who it turns out performed her own stunts.
(That will make sense when you listen)
Find out more about Emma here...
https://www.emmahealey.co.uk/
Here's where you can support Alzheimer's Society...
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/navigation/make-donation
and don't even think about forgetting to remember the Failing Writers Podcast £500, 500 word Flash Fiction Competition in association with Scrivener*.
(*An amazing writing app that facilitates the makey-upping of books a whole tonne-load. Which suggests you should really go to https://www.literatureandlatte.com, Hit '+Add Discount' on the pay page - use the code FAILING and get 20% off the indispensable Scrivener app!)

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S3 Ep14: £500 flash fiction contest - entry details! Sep 04, 2023

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DO YOU LIKE WRITING?
DO YOU LIKE FREE MONEY?
WHAT ABOUT HILARIOUS AND GOBSMACKING PODCASTING?

Yeah? Well then blummin' well enter the Failing Writers Podcast £500, 500 word Flash Fiction Competition in association with Scrivener, you noodle-face.
PLUS make writing easier and go to https://www.literatureandlatte.com, Hit '+Add Discount' on the pay page - use the code FAILING and get 20% off the indispensable Scrivener app!
But before you do any of that... listen to this episode! Not only will you hear the phrase you have to use in your story. You will also hear an amazetesticles chat with the fabulously talented, award winning flash fiction writer Kathy Hoyle - who’s basically going to tell you how to win. I mean, you’d be a proper nugget-munch to miss that one, wouldn’t you?
CHECK OUT THE BLOG POST FOR ALL THE T's AND ALL THE C's
Kathy’s website:
https://kathyhoyle.com
Flash Face Off!:
https://writershq.co.uk/creative-writing-retreats/flash-face-off-challenges/
Kathy’s Top Ten Tips for Writing Flash:
https://writershq.co.uk/ten-top-tips-for-writing-flash-fiction/
Kathy’s astonishing little novella in flash book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C79T4QVP?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_JGN4ZF0ESYQY0BC3KFDZ

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S3 Ep13: A chat with Patrick Ness Aug 21, 2023

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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 well as books for adults n all, like.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/patrick-ness
(Not to be confused with Patrick Nest, a bee keeper from Godalming, Surrey. Although, I'm not sure how you could become confused, they've got completely different names).
https://patrickness.com/
Also this episode, we've got a rather chilling listener WIP from Kalina Holzapfel.

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S3 Ep12: Where does the word etymology come from? Aug 07, 2023

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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 Paul Anthony Jones (you might know Paul as "Haggard Hawks") are two people obsessed with the roots, origins and use of language. So, we thought we'd bring them together for a big ol' chat about interesting word things.
Jess - https://uselessetymology.com/
Paul - https://www.paulanthonyjones.com/
https://www.haggardhawks.com
Also! In this week's "W.I.P. Me a New One" we look at an excerpt from Hayley Price's sapphic fantasy - The Vermillion Ribbon.

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S3 Ep11: Storytime! Jul 24, 2023

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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 bit of a story-a-thon. Enjoy!

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