So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.

Our last interview of season one is here! Making @unfortunatelypod.bsky.social has been incredibly grounding and wonderful in a rollercoaster of a debut year. I loved chatting with @jenniferhudak.bsky.social and @monawest.bsky.social about fallow periods, persistence, and resilience. 💚

Normalize putting cup sleeves on iced drinks.

Delighted that my story, “CoverLetter_Version,5” appeared as a reprint with two other fantastic flash pieces in @podcastle.org today! They did my story proud! 🖤 Thanks specially to Kaitlyn Zivanovich for bringing my story to life so beautifully.

I once had the displeasure of talking with a billionaire tech bro about healthcare and he *literally* could not comprehend a system not driven by profit. Like, literally. Like a fish trying to wrap its brain around the concept of infinity. Impossible.

It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤

I simply respect my brain too much for this.

Courtney's! Book! Is! Out!!!!!

I don't like how everything always eventually sucks.

New episode day!!! Unfortunately... If You Force the Zipper, it Won't Budge with @piperlwhite.bsky.social is out now! We had such a blast chatting with Piper about the fact that everything is writing, the genre wars, and debut year! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast

New episode! Unfortunately... It's an Economy of Favors with Lacey Dunham is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Thank you so much to @bookbent.bsky.social for joining us! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast

What are you waiting for? You've still got one day!

We had a delay, but episode 20 is finally here! Listen to *Unfortunately... It's Like Army Crawling Through 30 Inches of Snow* with guest author, Rebecca Danzenbaker, wherever you get you podcasts. #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast

What happens to all the corporate real estate when AI takes everyone's jobs?

Everyone salivating over genAI should be forced to ask it 5 questions about a topic they actually know a lot about.

While we were out at WorldCon, our latest episode dropped! Check out Episode 19: Unfortunately... You Need a Suitcase Full of Skills with @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social!

It's a new episode day! We chatted with debut author Alysha Rameera about the feeling of not being enough to write your culture, how vital work-life balance can be in writing, and our strategies for managing publishing anxiety. #WritingPodcast #WritingCommunity pnc.st/s/unfortunat...

Sorry if you haven't been able to reach me. I threw my personal phone, my work phone, my personal email address, my junk email address, my work email address, my other work email address, my teams chats, my skype account, and my discord into the sea.

Our Unfortunately... episode is now live! Really loved chatting with Courtney and Mona about our journey and the unique ups and downs of being co-writers.

This Friday our latest episode with @mkhardywrites.com hits the feed. We had a fantastic chat about co-writing, editing, navigating the industry with optimism, and building community! #WritingPodcast #WritingCommunity

Today's the last day to örder my book with frëe shipping!! If you're ready for fall and want a suspenseful and engrossing novel, THE BELLES is probably exactly what you need. 😁

Love living in a timeline where pleasant community events need to post signs politely asking the government to please not kidnap people unless they've bothered to nominally abide by the constitution about it.

Listen to Jones!

Thank you so much to @locusmag.bsky.social for sharing the news about VILE LADY VILLAINS going to the US in their July issue! I’ve been a fan of Locus and all they do for many years, and it’s been one of my author dreams to see my name featured in this magazine (in any capacity, I’m not picky!) 🖤

woohoo! had a lot of fun talking about writing, journey, quitting and more!

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I know the contents are cataclysmically bad but i don't think enough people are making fun of the fact that it's literally called "big, beautiful bill."

I've enjoyed listening to this podcast just as much as being a guest on it!

It has unironically been such a joy to commiserate with so many amazing and gracious writers. Failure loves company, so give us a listen!

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Our latest episode, with @roselynclarkebooks.bsky.social, is out now. We chat deadlines, post-deal writing slumps, advocating for yourself as an introvert, and anxiety and mental health. #NewEpisode #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast pnc.st/s/unfortunat...

Sparrow Aviation Administration Blames Collision On Failure To Detect Pane Of Glass theonion.com/sparrow...

We feed you. They hunt us.

"Continuing to argue that fronts in this war are a distraction, because Democrats can’t reorient themselves to walk and chew gum at the same time, is an admission of weakness." Once again, @owillis.bsky.social nails it. www.oliverexplains.com/p/there-are-...

Why "jorts" but not "jants"?

Looking for a way to monetize napping.

You call it "channeling anxious energy into book promo," I call it alchemy. ✨ HIGHER MAGIC is a story about academic ableism & also an anthem to the staff, students, and faculty fighting for change and shaping better realities. Request it on NetGalley! @htpbooks.bsky.social @htphive.bsky.social

If you haven't encountered then yet, @unfortunatelypod.bsky.social is doing great things talking about the hard parts of author careers. It was a delight to get to chat with them about agent relationships & defining failure & other tricky things 🖤🎧✍️

AhHHh our scheduled bsky post didn't go out yesterday! Ep 13. Unfortunately... It's a Business Relationship is out now. We chat agent relationships, prioritizing yourself, and combatting comparanoia with author @rainewilson.bsky.social! #NewEpisode #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast

Mona and Courtney were such gracious hosts! With publishing because such an opaque industry where rejections are baked into the process in every step (forever!), podcasts like Unfortunately do a great job of shining a light on what it actually means to navigate all that. Thank you for having me!

@danaiwrites.bsky.social is so cool and so thoughtful about writing and the publishing industry. I hope you give this episode a listen - and pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS!

Dropping tomorrow!

Oops, we failed to post this preview for tomorrow's episode last week! @danaiwrites.bsky.social was a fantastic guest, & our conversation ranged from keeping chickens to writing in a second language, unsupportive family, and more! We hope you listen! #WritingPodcast #WritingCommunity

New episode! We had a blast chatting with @darylwriterguy.bsky.social about everything from imposter syndrome to story logics... and why writing full time might not always be the dream. Listen at the link, or wherever you get your podcasts. #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast

Our latest episode, featuring the fantastic @cj-dotson.bsky.social, is out now! Listen here: pnc.st/s/unfortunat... #WritingPodcasts #WritingCommunity

Here's a preview of next week's episode, in which we chat with debut horror author @cj-dotson.bsky.social! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast This one was such a blast!

Here's a preview of our next episode, in which we chat with the fantastic @premeemohamed.com about moving the needle, data in the publishing industry, and how to keep creating when the world wants to uncreate you. #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast

Hey is this a good time to buy a house?

In this week's episode, Courtney and Mona chat with fantasy author Demi Winters about writing from and about personal experiences, her journey from self-pub to trad pub, and letting go of the need to be in charge. #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast #NewEpisode #BookSky buff.ly/iLmdKPI

Here's a preview of next week's episode, in which we chat with Demi Winters about self-publishing, traditional publishing, and a bunch of things in between - including the vulnerable feeling of putting work out there. #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast