In this episode (recorded before the election, ahahah) Bridget and Jen discuss the basics of vetting agents, critique partners, and career moves. 

In this episode, Bridget snd Jen discuss the thinning boundaries between fans and creators, when your ship becomes a hassle, and what to do if you meet an editor out in the wild. We also wrap up our discussion of Maggie Stiefvater's THE RAVEN CYCLE. 

This episode is 90% shrieking “CORDELIA!!!” and 10% feudal nonsense. 

TW for abortion, child murder, ableism. 

You can listen to the episode here. 

The next book in the series is THE WARRIOR’S APPRENTICE! 

SPOILERS FOR THE RAVEN CYCLE FROM 17:57 ONWARD

“Magic! History! Fast Cars! Crushing Poverty! Gayness!” 

In which Jen and Bridget talk about Maggie Stiefvater’s four-book YA series THE RAVEN CYCLE. 

In this episode we talk to special guest Mika Kasuga, Associate Editor at Random House, about nonfiction, what platform actually means, and more! 

Favorite quotes from this episode: 

“You can’t make eye contact with a woman, they’ll bite you.” 

“The Secret Passageway is a Metaphor!”

In which Bridget and Jen basically just doodle little hearts that say ARAL + CORDELIA 4 EVA 

In which Jen, Bridget, and special guest Connor Goldsmith of Fuse Literary talk Captain America: Civil War, romance novelist pseudonyms, and the Best Vegas Story of All Time. 

In which Bridget & Jen talk about Falling Free, the first (chronological) volume in Lois McMaster Bujold's long-running Vorkosigan saga. Covered in this episode are such topics as how weird it is to have four arms instead of two, the relative radness of a harpsichord in space, and whether or not engineering jokes are funny. 

In this episode, Bridget and Jen ask each other Why Do You Read That? regarding middle grade and romance and are terrified for a good five minutes by a creature that may or may not be coming to attack. 

In this episode Jen recounts magical tales of her travel to the nation’s silliest city, the insanity of RT, and the details of the Shipping & Handling Book Club, plus much more!