This week we debut our new advice-column segment, where we try get a handle on the messiest book situations our listeners have found themselves in. We’ve got some critique-group quandaries this week, which felt like a good place to start. Also: please, please send us your messiest, stupidest, and most dramatic publishing-related qualms! Email the bird. Let the healing in.

Special episodes for the month will all be out by end of this week (still August, baby!). As always, you can send us materials for any of those shows at [email protected].