Maddy and Abigail chat about developing characters. They chat about some of their favorite tools to help them with characters and how the make characters in their own work.

Maddy and Abigail chat about finding joy in writing and in life during these unprecedented times. They chat about radical hope, the hard work you have to put in to find joy, and the ways they are avoiding joy.

Maddy and Abigail chat about common pieces of writing advice that they had to unlearn over the years. They chat about the five paragraph essay, "said is dead", and what it means to finish a project.

Maddy and Abigail reflect on the past two years, chatting about what the new year has in store and their favorite lessons from their podcast guests in 2025.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Jandy Nelson author of The Sky is Everywhere, I'll Give You the Sun, and When the World Tips Over. Jandy shares her journey as a writer from poet to having one of her books adapted into a movie.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Jane Rodriguez owner of the romance-only bookstore New Romantics located in Orlando, Florida. Jane shares her journey of becoming a bookstore owner.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Jennifer Lyn Parsons the editor-in-chief of Luna Station Quarterly. JP talks about her personal journey as a writer and about running a literary magazine.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Bethany Jacobs author of The Kindom Trilogy. Bethany shares her writing journey from writing novitiate to a fully fledged cleric. The third book in The Kindom Trilogy This Brutal Moon is out December 2nd.

Maddy and Abigail have done what they thought was impossible: they wrote a novel. In this episode, they chat about how you write a novel from conception to the finished draft.

In their back to basics series, Maddy and Abigail chat about fundamental craft elements. This episode they chat about the importance of settings and how you to put setting onto the page.