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- 1 weeks ago59 min
S6 Ep4: Philippa Perry - From fact to fiction
We're doing a live podcast at Goldfinch Books in Alton on Monday the 6th of July, with the brilliant Claire Fuller.Come and join us!CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR TICKETS TO SEE US LIVE AT ALTON ARTS FESTIVAL!!!So what do we have in today's episode?An absolute treat, that's what.Philippa Perry, agony aunt, psychotherapist, artist, self-help-book writer and now cosy crime author.How the heck does she do it all? She must be either:A) Some sort of magic fairy-person.or B) An amazing human being.Have a listen and I'll let you decide.We talk about:Failing and rejection.How to develop meaningful relationships with your family and friends.Writing for fun.Cats.Making your main character a sorta-kinda-loosely-based-but-actually-quite-similar version of yourself.and of course Philippa's excellent new cosy crime novel, Shrink Solves Murder.You can buy that here:Buy Shrink Solves MurderBut also don't forget to buy the book that has changed Jon's life the most (in a good way!) :)The Book You Wish Your Parents Had ReadHell... buy 'em all... they're all great!All the books!OK. Is that it?No!It's HYPEWRITER, Silly. And this week we've got the opening of a hardboiled detective novel called No Saints Only Killers by Luke Deckard. (Released on the 10th of June)Details below!Luke's podcast Cinema SleuthsWebsite: lukedeckard.com & FacebookPhoto of Philippa by Pal Hansen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago1h 2m
S6 Ep3: How To Write & Perform A Play
OK, so you've written something.Well done. *light applause*That's nice.But the next stage - getting it out into the world... that's a really tricky bit.However... one sure fire way of doing that, if you can't persuade some other mug to do it for you, is to blummin'-well slap on some grease paint, don some tights and perform it yourself, on what we call...... the stage.Well that's what Jon and his wife Katie did with their play How to be The Perfect Couple.A project you may remember from earlier episodes (Such as S1 Ep10 - 30mins in - where Jon first reveals the logline of the show.)And now....Will you look at that!Years later, the play has finally come to fruition and a tour is in progress.If you like the sound of it, you can catch Jon & Katie at:Alton Arts festival 10th July:https://wegottickets.com/event/696218Also at Buxton Fringe on the 14th 15th & 16th of July:https://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2026.htmlAnd at Seven Arts in Leeds on the 12th of September:https://www.sevenleeds.co.uk/event/how-to-be-the-perfect-couple-2/Have a listen to the episode and learn how it all went down, including the rather meta reveal of how Jon & Katie managed to stay a couple during the process.And while we're on the subject of relationships..... we should mention Relate. If anyone's struggling with a relationship… and a massive amount of people do… there are amazing resources available.Relate offer relationship counselling at a reduced rates depending on household income. As well as other things like… sex therapy, family counseling, online courses and toolkits… all sorts. Life’s hard enough! Don't just muddle on - Relate might be able to help.https://www.relate.org.ukAnd here are the books Jon & Katie recommend: (We promise you won't regret reading these!)Getting the Love you WantThe 7 Principles for Making Marriage WorkPhilippa Perry's The Book You Want Everyone You Love to Read:Also a massive THANK YOU! to Aaron Courts! Steve Salisbury & May King! David Lucas! and of course Kristof Mikes-Liu. We love you all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 12, 20261h 0m
S6 Ep2: Gareth Rubin - books about books about books
Oh, you've listened to this episode already and you'd like to cross our palm with gold?Well, you're in luck.... Simply click HERE to show your appreciation in a pecuniary fashionAnd speaking of fashion - take a look at our merch HEREand THANK YOU!Now... onto the less grubby business of writing...and this week we're lucky enough to be joined by the excellent Gareth Rubin, a writer whose career caught our eye recently from, of all things, an article about pensions!What do writers do about pensions when your income is so unpredictable?Well... that introduced us to Gareth... who it turns out isn't just interesting about pensions!No, seriously. I know that seems crazy, but it's true.He's written some books that are right up our street. Books within books within books within books, tête-bêches, an officially estate-sanctioned Sherlock Holmes book, a choose your own adventure-type murder mystery! OK... now you can see why we had to talk to him.Check out Gareth's website:https://www.garethrubin.com/Buy Gareth's books here:https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Gareth-Rubin/188678671But that's not bloody all. Of course not!Because our HYPEWRITER feature is BACK.and this week we're celebrating the rather splendid Simon John Parkin.Support a fellow writer by buying his excellent book of short stories (all 999 words!)HERE’S Simon’s info - and he’s @sparkin.lit on instagram - That's a follow! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 6, 20261h 0m
S6 Ep1: Setting Targets (or 'Own Goals' as Jon likes to call them)
Heeeey!You’re back.Well, that’s bloody joyful isn’t it?Nice of you to join us again.Now, let me ask you an impertinent question.How seriously are you taking your writing this year?The reason I ask is we’re looking at writing goals. Last year’s first of all… see how we got on… and then… we’re all making new ones. Yeah. You too.Come join us in stating your targets and let’s keep each other accountable.Send your writing goals to failingwriterspodcast@gmail.com and we’ll send you a little reminder of what they were at the end of the year, (plus an email of encouragement about halfway to keep you on track!)Also don’t forget, if you’ve written something you’re proud of, share it with us!Send roughly 1000 words to us, (either in a doc, or as a sound file) and we’ll celebrate your beautiful wordage on our regular feature HYPEWRITER.Could be the start of your latest brilliant novel. Could be some flash you smashed. Could be a poem you wrote. Maybe some lyrics for the greatest song noone’s ever heard of, or could be a letter you wrote your ex-partner explaining why they need to stop calling you when they get drunk.And a big shout out to www.paragraphplanet.com - you really should think about send them your finest 75 word flash fiction musings!!Right. That’s the important stuff dealt with. Now sit back and as Tom and Jon reveal how they got on with their targets last year!... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Mar 12, 20262 min
S6 Ep0: Season 6 trailer!
Not long until we get this show back on the road!! Join us for season 6 when we interview some amazing writers, get stuck into some proper writing craft bits and bobs, and loads and loads and loads and loads and loads and loads more beside!!Season 6 of the award-winning Failing Writers Podcast... coming sooooooon!!!!!(Oh, and while you're here, check out our new merch store right here... https://the-failing-writers-podcast.teemill.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Dec 22, 202553 min
S5 Ep24: Doug Johnstone
How do you give your readers everything they're looking for?And your agent? You have to feed the beast don't you? (Is calling agents 'The Beast' too offensive?)It's your job as a writer to offer up precisely what your readership is looking for. Anything else and you risk losing your commercial edge.And we can't have that can we?Oh we can?Oh... OK.We met up with the wonderful Doug Johnstone, to hear how he refuses to be pigeoned-holed, writes what he likes, and just so happens to say what he like too - and yes, by that, I mean he swears quite a lot.Some great advice in this chat about the importance of loving what you write and worrying about it later. Plus lots of other entertaining advice too. Get it into your ear'oles now!And a big THANKS to Scrivener for sponsoring this season of the podcast!THANK YOU SCRIVENER!If you haven't tried Scrivener, you can sample their lovely wares for free for 30 days.OR you could just blummin well take our advice and buy a copy! and using our special code you can get 20% off!I know. Mental.You're welcome.Just go to https://www.literatureandlatte.com/ and use the code failing.Right. That's the Christmas presents sorted. Have a great festive celebration, happy new year and see you on the other side for Season 6!Buy Doug's bookshttps://orendabooks.co.uk/authors/doug-johnstoneMore Doug:https://dougjohnstone.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Dec 15, 20251h 7m
S5 Ep23: The Scottish Literary Legends
The second stop on our literary whistle stop tour of Edinburgh is The Writers Museum in Makars Court.Focussing on the three writers generally considered to be the great Titans of Scottish Literature: Robbie Burns, Sir Walter Scott & Robert Louis Stevenson.We have a wander round, read some poetry and look into why these fellas are so revered.We also go on a literary pub tour and have a chat with actor Mike Daviot, who just so happened to be an absolute font of knowledge about poetry and the Scots language.Turns out literary pub tours are one of our favourite kinds of tour! Now who could have guessed that?!So hop on board the Failing Writers Tour Bus and join us for a fascinating, if admittedly wholly inadequate look at three of the greatest writers, not just of Scotland, but the world.The Writer's Museum:https://cultureedinburgh.com/our-venues/writers-museumThe Literary Pub Tour we enjoyed:https://www.edinburghliterarypubtour.co.uk/Tam o' Shanter:http://www.robertburns.org.uk/Assets/Poems_Songs/tamoshanter.htmHopefully that's inspired you to take a closer look at the poems and novels of these absolute titans. More than that, maybe it's encouraged you to have a go yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Dec 1, 20251h 26m
S5 Ep22: Michael Pederson
Ahoy there, you weary word-wanderer. You found us. Finally! Thank goodness.Welcome to the Failing Writers Podcast. Think of us as your writing harbour.Your safe haven.Your Lighthouse.Come and moor here for a while and have your brain de-barnacled by the glorious mind of poet Michael Pederson.Writer, linguaphile, Edinburgh Makar and all-round inspirational wordsmitherizer.And once you’ve been inspired… time to get involved and write something wonderful yourself.But hang on… before you do… you might want to consider the fantastic writing software Scrivener? An app that makes writing novels, plays, screenplays, poetry and all the other stuff soooo much easier.Plus we’ve got a special code you can use at https://www.literatureandlatte.com/store/scrivener to get yourself a majestic 20% off. Our little gift to you for being awesome.FAILING(That’s the code btw, I’m not just shouting FAILING! at you. That would be mean)And now you’ve listened to Michael, I’ll bet you want all his essential info?...Yep. Thought so.Insta: @michaelpedersonoysterGo see Michael live:https://www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/eventsBuy Muckle Flugga:https://linktr.ee/mucklefluggaBuy Boy Friends:https://linktr.ee/boyfriendsbookOther stuff:https://www.michaelpedersen.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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