This week, Lisa gives you a free pass to watch TV, Brooke gets tongue-tied interviewing our guest Ella Ward and has a pre-prepared tea rant that SLAPS.

Two of us are in the sin bin, one of us delivers words while the other two hype her up like she’s famous, one of us has her dreams come true by becoming an Ella Ward and Lisa Ireland sandwich and delivers a pre-prepared tea rant that scolds genre snobs.

It’s chaotic. It’s unhinged. It’s exactly the kind of writing therapy you didn’t know you needed.

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What’s inside this episode?

🔥 Sins & Wins – We win, we lose, we try to correct our errors by teaching you useful writing techniques but two of us are in the sin bin (again!)

✍️ Roast or Toast – Annie reads the latest from her WIP and stuns Brooke into a face that resembles buffering internet.

🙋‍♀️ Author Interview – Ella Ward as a good sport when Brooke (again) mentions her shrine and talks about cicada shape-shifting and shares with us a brilliant example of ‘before and after’ the edits!

🍵 Tea Time Rant – The kettle gets hot as we talk about genre snobbery and why smut has a place. Don’t yuck someone’s yum!

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