I hate TFW you see a headline and you're like, "That looks like a fun read." But then, turns out, it's 90-minute podcast and I'm like, "this is some bullshit."

Shawna Kenney stopped by the club for Issue 7 of Pitch Club! In it, she walks us through how she pitched a podcast series with a local public radio station.

Big thanks for this! What a thrill to be featured!

Wow, this is so kind! Thank you, Tracy!

I don't need to tell you that this was a toe-tappin' good time. Pod experienced its 500th episode. Had to reach out to a hero of mine.

Great chat with @maggiemertens.bsky.social about #book #writing and her wonderful debut work of historical narrative nonfiction Better Faster Farther. @algonquinbooks.bsky.social Dig it wherever you get your pods!

Looking for a little free literary help? Support for a new agent pitch? Happy to offer an explanation and sample of the pitch letter that earned me the incredible good luck of signing with my current agent, Amy Bishop-Wycisk. 💜 #writingcommunity #booksky

Hey, Issue 6 of Pitch Club (six months of Pitch Club?!). It's @tracyslater.bsky.social and her query to a literary agent that earned representation for Together in Manzanar. Dig it. welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/so-you-bro...

Author @jeffpearlman.bsky.social stopped by ye ol' CNF Pod to talk about his new book "Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur." In this clip, Jeff talks about book promotion. Listen wherever you dig your pods, friend.

Rate and review.

Pod coming this Friday with @provenself.bsky.social, the one, the only, Peter Rubin!

Issue 1 of Pitch Club, the one that started it all, the phenomenon sweeping across the nation! Proof that the internet can, in fact, break.

Oooooo, my ego could use a good gush today :) Thanks to the pair of you CNFin' patrons!

I'm admittedly sad Marc sunsetted WTF. I listened to the final episode already. His episode from Thursday was the real final episode. Today seemed like a hidden bonus track. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/a...

It's a different kind of clubbing! I hope you'll join us! welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/justin-hec... #freelance #querying #writing #journalism #pitching

Oh, wow, thanks for sharing Justin's Pitch Club, Mark!

My apologies. open.spotify.com/episode/2fZR...

An honor and a delight to be a guest on one of the podcasts I listened to every single week while I was working on the book. Thx @brendanomeara.bsky.social of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast! brendanomeara.com/episode-491-... #writingcommunity 📚💙

Disney+ customer service line, for those getting blocked online: (888) 905-7888 I had about a 2 minute wait, and then was helped very cordially in canceling my subscription

Hey, ya heard? I'm going to Boise soon, driving across the vast expanse of eastern Oregon to throw Front Runners at your face. It's free, but ya getta dizcount if you RSVP and buy a ticket, which includes a signed and stamped book and a stern talkin' to. www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-di...

For the @atavist.com Robert Weintraub came by to talk about "American Hindenburg." Great talk!

@cassidyrandall.bsky.social stopped by Pitch Club HQ to talk about her @atavist.com pitch for her story "Alone at the Edge of the World," a story was anthologized in Year's Best Sports Writing 2023. welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/how-to-wra...

Yep!! QB1!

It is science!

September rager just went out: Author as QB1.

Very nice of the author @timqueeney.bsky.social to write this kind and insightful review of "The Front Runner." He's got a really cool book out called "Rope," and I'm eager AF to read it and speak with him about it. timqueeney.com/more-than-ju...

Whereby @leahsottile.bsky.social talks to me about lots of great stuff ... and bidets.

I've taken, as part of my promoting people's appearances on the podcast, to including short, 5-star reviews on Amazon/ Goodreads. I use the same one for each. Point being, these things matter, especially for little no-names like me. If you like someone's work, go that little extra mile for them.

Really, what a joy to be on @leahsottile.bsky.social's home turf for this bright and vibrant conversation about unauthorized biography, podcasting, and Steve Prefontaine.

Julia Barton was pretty dang cool.

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Can we get this to Rachael Ray? I think she needs to see it!

Hey @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social, our books are pals at an indie store in Springfield, OR!

It's the thing I wish I had as a baby #freelancer. It's also the thing I need now because I'm shitty at pitches, lol.

Joe Donahue, of @wamcradio.bsky.social, has long been my favorite interviewer. So it was such a joy to reconnect with him for a 20-minute segment of The Roundtable.

The phenomenon that's sweeping across the nation! It's Pitch Club! It was generously featured by @markarms.bsky.social in the @niemanstoryboard.org newsletter. Issue 3 of Pitch Club features Kim Cross. I have journos audio annotate pitches. You read a little. Listen a little. Learn a lot!

Honored to be included, Mark! Thanks!

"I ask her if she remembers 'challenging' Rachael Ray to cook the beef Stroganoff in thirty minutes, a memory so vivid that it must be tucked somewhere the dementia can’t get it." Wonderful flash essay by @brendanomeara.bsky.social via @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/racing-racha...

So nice of you to share, Kate!

Follows up are always quick. "Just a quick follow up ..."

Rage! Rage against the algorithm!

Issue 3 of Pitch Club is up! This features Kim Cross and her pitch for "Operation Wheelie," a "quest narrative" where she taught herself how to do a wheelie. It ran in @outsidemag.bsky.social. welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/kim-h-cros...

Honored and thrilled to join @brendanomeara.bsky.social on the Creative Nonfiction Podcast today. We talked about the state of journalism and storytelling, some early #longreads lore, and why I love taking voice lessons. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Calendar porn.

Hot Take: The best athletes in the world are heptathletes and decathletes. If not best, then maybe the most perfect.

This is great stuff. www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...

Thanks to @markarms.bsky.social for the shout out about the fun event @brendanomeara.bsky.social and I did at Elliott Bay Books last week. I wholeheartedly agree that reading books and connecting in real life is an antidote to this awful awful time.

Dana Jeri Maier, cartoonist extraordinaire, talking about #rejection on this week's CNF Pod, Ep. 480.

The hottest thing since me in 7-inch inseam shorts. It's Pitch Club! welcometopitchclub.substack.com