It's time to make plans for the new year. Eliza and Adrienne, having learned absolutely nothing from last year, talk about their resolutions. From action plans to mindset changes, it looks like 2020 is going to be a wild ride.

Let's travel back to a simpler time. All the way back to Jan 1st 2019, and listen to the goals Eliza and Adrienne had for the year. Did they achieve their goals? Do they even remember them a year later? Find out next week when the Misfits return with the Goals 2020 edition.

Beginnings are exciting, and endings are climactic, but middles...oh, those poor middles can sag. This week Adrienne and Eliza talk about what to do when you realize the middle of your story lags and drags.

This week Eliza and Adrienne welcome Jolie Moore to the show, and talk about making lemonade out of life's nasty lemons. Jolie shares the ways she's flourished in difficult circumstances thanks to a mixture of creativity, imagination, and humor.

How do you keep writing when the blahs hit hard? This week Eliza and Adrienne share some of their favorite short and long-term motivation solutions.

NaNo is over, and that means it's time to check in on how things are going with Eliza's second novel. Did she reach her production schedule goals? What were successes and failures? And what major lessons did she learn along the way?

Fashions change in books too. What's in now, might be out tomorrow, so this week Adrienne and Eliza talk about their favorite current trends.

Money--some people think it has no place in the arts. Those people obviously don't have to worry about paying the electric bill. But money can also be a difficult and uncomfortable subject, as Adrienne finds out as she tries (unsuccessfully) to face her money issues. 

Writing styles change. So why do we act like some writing rules are set in stone? This week Adrienne and Eliza give their hot takes on a few of the always-and-never-dos of the genre fiction world. 

Keeping track of every little detail in an ongoing series can drive a writer crazy. This week Eliza and Adrienne discuss how they keep their series bibles organized, current, and easy to use.