In this episode, Bridget and Jen talk the unbridled joy of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, the utility of abandoning oneself to the frozen winds, and the Shipping & Handling book club! 

In which Bridget and Jen discuss what happens when your agent moves agencies, failures to communicate, and get way drunker than we had planned. 

NB: When we recorded this episode, it came out to two hours, because we had a bottle of wine each, and our answers to three or four questions were so rambly that they weren’t useful. So those questions will hopefully get addressed in a future episode, and here is your (hopefully) nonsense-free episode in the meantime! 

NBB: In this episode we talk about doing a read of Lois McMaster Bujold, which we will talk more about in the next episode now that we’ve worked out the logistics! 

In which Bridget and Jen attend World Fantasy, define Barcon, and interview the delightful Steve Saffel, editor at Titan Books! 

In this episode, recorded in the distant past, Bridget & Jen discuss what makes a strong character that happens to be female, awkward acronyms, and just how many people you should query at one time from the same agency. 

Quote of the episode: “Publishing is Mars. You are Mark Watney, and you will die if you don’t grow potatoes.”

Finally, the query episode! In this episode we critique the queries you sent in via email. Thanks so much to everyone who participated! 

In this episode, Bridget and Jen talk diversity, bigoted romance novels, how publishing is the worst, cowriting, and more. 

You can blame Jen for the awful title. 

In this episode Bridget and Jen talk reviews, Goodreads, trunk novels, and portal fantasy. 

In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss agency (not the place where we work,) active versus reactive characters, “good YA” and more! Also, Jen says “sort of” approximately 36,000 times.

ANNOUNCEMENT: We will be doing a query feedback/critique in an episode in August. If you would like to have your query discussed in an episode, please send it to shippingandhandlingpodcast at gmail dot com with the subject line FOR QUERY SHOW. No attachments, please. We will remove names and titles for anonymity. We may not be able to discuss all queries on the air. 

In which Bridget and Jen discuss Mad Max, Jurassic World, running in heels, how to be a writer-friend, how to forget the word “solstice,” and much, much more! 

Obviously the itle of this episode should be sung to the tune of Summer Lovin' from GREASE. 

In this episode, we discuss reading during the summer, audience and genre, communcation, small presses, and more!