• They said we couldn’t make it… whoever they are…
• Pip and Tee chose Birds of Prey for their Valentine’s movie!
• We get cheers from chat!

3:04 Let’s Look Back

• Pip tried to count Dog Days of Podcasting that Tee did in 2018
• Consistency… well not so much our thing….
• Episode 1… we started off pretty exclusively about the craft!
• And we started with the idea of half hour episodes…

7:23 Types of episodes

• We’ve done craft and business episodes
• But our most downloaded episode was Episode 59, about Penny Dreadful from a writer’s point of view
• Then we’ve covered, marketing, had guests in show, and recorded from events
• Then there are the odd ones…
• And the evergreen content ‘writers did what now?’

9:29 Let’s talk about guests

• Guests… we’ve been very lucky!
• Piper J Drake and K T Bryski duke it out for most on show
• Nick and Stacia Kelly also been on there quite a few times
• Lauren ‘Scribe’ Harris has stopped on by a bit too!
• The WINNER IS KT Bryski! (Also involved in beer talk)
• Episode 30… what is a writer’s intern? K T came and stayed for quite a while.
• We’ve had MK Backstrom, Alex White, Tim Dodge, Spence, Nobilis on the show

14:02 We Tracked Smoky Writers

• From the beginning, our beloved retreat was covered. Either there, or a post-retreat review
• Our largest guest episode, with all the microphones!
• Pip reflects on the fun stuff represented by the Shared Desk

14: 55 Consistency? What’s that??

• Sometimes we slipped…
• Editing is a thing… we don’t like to just release into the wild
• Deadlines and families to come first… podcasting fell by the way side
• Some years have been easier than others
• We started streaming in 2018, episode 90.
• Streaming has kept us more on track

17:28 Memories of past segments

• Eagle vs kiwi — limited options after a point
• Crazy Uncle Charlie — his time passed (Pip was happy about that)

20:32 Picking out some favorite episodes and topics

• Pip mentions episode 23, where we talked about a writer’s kit and giveaway swag
• Tee diverts into Penny Dreadful side rant…
• Pip and Tee discuss some of the changes to swag people expect
• Pip mentions the 99c book promo choices authors make
• The infamous way Goodreads reviewers mark books before they’ve even been released
• Giving away your work, you need to be careful how you do it
• The short story market has changed over the course of this podcast
• Work for free is still however something to be avoided
• SFWA has also changed… and improved!
• Print is still alive!
• Pip’s patreon got started in the middle of the Shared Desk

36:37 Live shows!

• A lot of fun has been had at a lot of conventions
• Episode 75 from the SFWA Nebula Awards show. One of Tee’s favs
• Our first on the road show, was Author’s After Dark
• Demi-Con was a blast, and Tee was Guest of Honor
• Alyson Grauer we met there, and has a book out
• PC Haring showed us around

40:47 Pip can’t recall and episode

• The mysterious episode 45… the world is full of disturbing books
• Oh and it was a racist POS
• The Shared Desk could be writers behaving badly

41:52 Pip’s Favorite

• Episode 51: The ABC
• Recorded around the time of the book cover shoot. Featuring Verena Vorsatz and Christina Payton.
• Quite a memorable time

46:21 Pip gets the credit

• Tee riffs on Pip causing the whole damn thing
• So many good times, so many good friends.
• We met the Kellys just because of this podcast
• What a grand time it’s been…
• Thank you for all the support and love

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