This week, things get weirdly sexual.

One of us ghosts an agent (for five years), one of us confesses to writing nothing (again), and one of us accidentally turns a homicide detective into a Renaissance actor. There’s also drone footage, shame spirals, and the most unexpected sex metaphor ever uttered on a writing podcast (thanks, Lisa.)

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 spiral. We stall. We sort-of-write. Lisa stares us down with disappointed mentor energy. Also, immersive writing via candlelight and Scottish landscapes becomes a thing. It shouldn’t work. It does.

✍️ Roast or Toast – A listener’s submission blows us away—emotional, elegant, and full of potential. Lisa gives light-touch feedback, high praise, and a not-so-subtle plea for the rest of the manuscript.

🙋‍♀️ Curly Questions – Annie admits to ghosting an agent after a full request. Lisa reacts in real time. What follows is… educational. And slightly unhinged. (Yes, there’s a metaphor. No, we won’t spoil it.)

🍵 Tea Time Rant – We unpack the Belle Gibson scandal, publishing accountability, and the uncomfortable truth that some writers are lying—and it’s probably not you. Probably.

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