In episode 149 of the Write for Your Life podcast, Iain and Donna talk about the TV show, Vikings, and oversmizing. More importantly, they also cover podcasting woes and talk for quite some time about that wonderful phrase, authorpreneurship. Expect minor ranting.

In this somewhat delayed Valentine's episode, Iain and Donna talk about 'my Dad, the pornographer' and his incredible writing system, speech marks or not for writing dialogue, and various outlining techniques for writing a book.

This week, Iain and Donna talk about personality tests, Harper Lee's upcoming novel being published (finally!), testing a book idea before you start, A is for Angelica and piracy working on more than one project at a time, and a mischievous knight of the realm.

This week, Iain and Donna cover Helen McDonald's H is for Hawk winning the Costa prize; the harsh reality of publishing poetry; should you copyright your work before submitting it; robots and whether they can write novels; and stuff no one tells you about book publishing.

Iain and Donna talk about the latter's most loved and hated things of 1993, Mark Zuckerberg's lame book club, and then True Detective, the willies and the (mis)representation of women in film, television and literature. Oh, and how to start working on those second drafts!

Iain and Donna discuss the world's top sexy creative pursuits, writing myths and what not to say to writers, baby steps at learning Danish, and do writers repeat small writing exercises? Why yes. Yes they do. Like Morning Papers, Newspaper Blackouts and Index Card Shorts.

Iain and Donna talk about some extreme wind, what pages to include on your author website, Kickstarter and the Stacey Jay kerfuffle, Mark Zuckerberg's brand new book club and, seriously, who's controlling our channels?

In the first show of 2015, Iain and Donna look back at some highlights from last year and then forward to the writing changes ahead, including the idea of writing one novel instead of two, allotting tasks to physical space and making and sharing more of our work.

In this Christmas special, Iain says a few thank yous before sending you off on a journey with The Little Match Girl via some marvellous music from friends of the podcast, Native and the Name. Happy holidays folks!

Iain and Donna talk about Christmas cards, family holidays, Zoellagate (again), publishing short stories, style guides for companies, and creating a style guide for your fiction.