Hello writers! New episode of Bad Lit Friends is up in your internets! 💥🔥🌟 We talk opening lines and share some of our current favorites. And then we have thoughts on maybe how you might want to read outside your comfort zone. #WritingCommunity #podcasts #WriteSky open.spotify.com/episode/3Sg7...

👀NEW BAD LIT FRIENDS EPISODE👀 Writing communities! The good (support, feedback, not feeling alone), the bad (gatekeeping, toxic positivity), and in—Hot Goss—the ugly (publishers, again). Also Meagan's tire tried to kill her. Listen now! #writingcommunity #writesky #podcast #booksky

As the poet of our* age, Axl Rose, once sang: all we need is just a little patience. In this week's episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS, Kirk says that goes for writing too as we discuss what we wish we'd known when we started this writing lark. Listen: youtu.be/TI_B0M2-wIg *Meaning the hosts. We're olds.

WHAT??? 😲 You haven't caught the latest episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS yet? This week we're talking stuff we wish we knew when we started writing, including when the best time to get going with that first book (hint: sooner than you think). Listen now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

🚨NEW BLF EP ALERT🚨 We get all nostalgic and stuff as we talk about the things we learned the hard way so you don't have to. (You'll probably still have to learn them the hard way. Sorry.) Plus Hot Goss: what the ever-lovin' HELL is speed editing??? LISTEN NOW! #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast

Dream agents--who needs 'em? What if it's a case of mistaken identity? Hey we're BAD LIT FRIENDS, of course we have a hot take! Listen to our latest ep about handling rejection and...maybe you'll feel like less of a reject? (No promises.) #writesky #writingcommunity open.spotify.com/episode/1zXo...

Dear writer: YOU SUCK! A new episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS is up and it's all about everyone's favorite part of querying: rejection letters.😐 But what if "it's not your book, it's me?" is an undercover blessing? PLUS in Hot Goss: Agents behaving badly. Very badly. #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast

We... did not know we could make clips that made us look like we almost understand marketing but you learn something every day! Listen to our latest episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube (when we remember to enable the episode) and all the usual places. And unusual ones. #booksky #writesky

We know it's late but this is 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵. This week we're illuminating the mysteries of comp titles: what they are, how to find them, and why maybe your Aunt Sue might be the superhero you didn't know you needed. Plus in Hot Goss: buy my book or we're not friends.😤 #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast

After a hard week (trial, migraine, living through my own very special Gen X version of The Big Chill), looking forward to recording next week's episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS w/@kirkrafferty.com. We're talking everyone's version of a good time: rejection letters! GOOD TIMES. #writesky #writingcommunity

Season 2 of BAD LIT FRIENDS is here! And in our first ep of the new year, we're using our inside voices VERY LOUDLY to talk about when your book starts off in the wrong place, why it matters, and how to fix it. Also a lot about spontaneous human combustion. Very normal! #writesky #booksky #podcast

No BAD LIT FRIENDS this week (boo! hiss!) because Kirk & Meagan think they deserve a break. Next thing you know, they're going to want to be PAID! Jesus. New episode coming Friday 1/16--listen (again) to the last episode of our debut season in our lamentable absence. #writesky #podcast #booksky

🎆✴️BAD LIT FRIENDS HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA IS HERE!!!✴️🎆 They said we couldn't do it, so we did. Actually, 𝘸𝘦 said we couldn't do it, but whatever. Join us for an hour of ranting about a cuckoobananas publishing contract as you come down from the holidays! #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #podcast

BAD LIT FRIENDS loves you so much during the holiday season that we're putting something extra special in your stockings with our HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA EDITION! Dropping Friday 1/2/26 (!), it's about the sexiest writing topic EVAR. Contract law, anyone? #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity

Hey listeners, you made us a Fan Fave for 2025, an Instant Hit Show, and a Most Shared Show on Spotify, and we cannot thank you enough! 🥇👏🙌🫶🔥 Special end of year episode dropping soon, and of course more BAD LIT FRIENDS coming in 2026! 🥂✨ #podcasts #WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadingCommunity

💥📚🚨NEW BAD LIT FRIENDS EPISODE 🚨📚💥 Just in time for the holidays, we roast and toast as many literary tropes as we had time for. From grumpy/sunshine to sudden amnesia, we got a little something for everyone to think we're wrong about. Love us anyway! #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #podcast

New BAD LIT FRIENDS is in the universe!!! You have GOT to listen to our interview with indie author Jessica Lunt. Her novella about a marriage unraveling during the Salem Witch Trials is 🔥🔥🔥 #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Podcasts #booksky #writesky open.spotify.com/episode/3ygm...

✨🎙️📖 Less than 24 hours until our new episode drops -- set your reminder to listen..... NOW! And while you're waiting, GO BUY JESSICA'S BOOK! #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #podcast

BAD LIT FRIENDS INTERVIEW ALERT! This Friday 12/19 we're talking to the amazing Jessica Lunt about her new novella THE WITCH HUNTER'S WIFE, an intimate look at a marriage unraveling during the Salem Witch Trials. Plus we ask a bajillion questions about indie publishing! #writesky #booksky #podcast

Yes, we have done the impossible by creating matter from OUR BRAINS!!!! NEW BAD LIT FRIENDS IS UP! Get it now before the universe decays into a flat, empty, nothingness! (We woke up in the throes of existential crisis this morning...) #WritingCommunity #podcasts open.spotify.com/episode/1BHK...

WE LIVE!!! Yes, BAD LIT FRIENDS has clambered off of its sick bed to give you some more half-baked takes. We're joined by YA fantasy writer Anne Wells to talk writing groups, critique partners and why romantasy isn't all patriarchal BS. (Unless that's your kink.) #writesky #podcast #writingcommunity

A Friday with no new BAD LIT FRIENDS? Alas, our intrepid co-host @kirkrafferty.com has come down with a case of the dreaded lurgy, impeding editing progress. BUT FEAR NOT! Our next ep—all about critique partners & writing groups—will be out next week AND we have a special guest! Get well soon, Kirk!

Welp, Spotify done defecated in the bed and our RSS feed isn't updating BUT! We are available on all major platforms! (Phew!) This week we wrap up our series on the bananabonkers choice to write a novel with a big THE END and discuss the worst flavor of socialism: parasocialism. Yuck!

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨 In Part 2 of our series on the demented decision to write a novel, we cover the logistics of actually, y'know, writing: where to start, writing tools (the good, the bad, & the ugh), the importance of backups, and why you have permission to suck. (Spoiler: we both do. It's okay.)

New BAD LIT FRIENDS drops tomorrow! Part 2 in our 3 part series on "So you want to write a novel!" We've got some ideas churning around our little noggins, but what would you like to hear us talk about next? Bad Lit Friends podcast is on Spotify, Apple, and wherever else you get your podcasts!

NEW BAD LIT FRIENDS EP! 2 IN 1 WEEK! YES THIS SCHEDULE WAS ON PURPOSE!* In this episode, we kick off a three part series: So You Want to Write a Novel—Really? (no really, why would you do this?) We talk reality checks, genre panic, POV disasters & some salty Hot Goss. #writesky #podcast *it wasn't

New BAD LIT FRIENDS podcast is up! 🔥💥🌶️🚸 (help we don't know how emojis work!) This week on BLF, editing! Yay?! Also Penguingate. (not that Penguin) We're on Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you get your podcasts! #WritingCommunity #Podcasts #Writesky open.spotify.com/episode/0aBf...

New Bad Lit Friends has dropped!!! It's all about pitch contests! The good, the bad, the mood boards. Also: Book piracy. Is it bad? (uhhh...yeah, duh) Wherever you get your podcasts...you know the drill! #WritingCommunity #Podcasts #PitchContests #BookPiracy open.spotify.com/episode/3w80...

Goooooood MORNING BLUESKY! Our latest episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS is up in the podonets! Have a listen to our interview with Amber Hamilton, author of her debut novel, SEVEN DEADLY THORNS, a fairy tale where love's true kiss is deadly. And drop a line here, tell us what you think! #WritingCommunity

NEW BAD LIT FRIENDS drops tomorrow! 🔥💥🎉😱 And damn, this is a good one! We spoke with Amber Hamilton, whose debut novel is SEVEN DEADLY THORNS, a fairy tale retelling where true love's kiss kills. Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts! #WritingCommunity #Podcasts #YA #Romantasy

"Make fairy tales gruesome again!" And while you wait for this episode to draft, you can listen to our previous podcasts on Spotify or wherever else you get your podcasts! We're so freaking excited about this one! #Podcasts #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #YA

NEW EPISODE OF BAD LIT FRIENDS IS UP! Wherein we talk about writing rules and why every single one of them is complete trash. (not really) Bad Lit Friends is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever else you get your podcasts! #WritingCommunity #Podcasts open.spotify.com/episode/1eMk...

HEY #WritingCommunity, NEW EPISODE OF BAD LIT FRIENDS IS UP!!!! Coming to you live (recorded!) from the RMFW #ColoradoGold conference, held this last weekend. And we're talking about--DUH!--conferences! Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/0EBW...

For next week's Episode 10 (!!!) of Bad Lit Friends, we're asking you: which writing rule makes you irrationally angry? 1️⃣ Show, don't tell 2️⃣ Kill your darlings 3️⃣ Write what you know 4️⃣ NO ADVERBS -- NEIN! 📊 Show results

Hey #ColoradoGold people! Say hi if you see us this weekend at the #RMFW Colorado Gold Conference! We bite, but only if you ask nicely! #WritingCommunity

BREAKING NEWS STOP EVERYTHING New ep of BAD LIT FRIENDS is up! This week, Rylan, Kirk and Meagan talk writer's block (it's real) and how to unlock it, why criticism of performative bookishness tastes a tiny bit like misogyny, and how Faulkner comes off like Elle Woods, but not in a good way.

We'd like to thank all our hosts, @rytingwithcats.bsky.social, @kirkrafferty.com and @thecrumpet.bsky.social for their sterling service. 🫡 What it's in service of, we're not sure, but we appreciate it nonetheless.

@kirkrafferty.com, @thecrumpet.bsky.social, and @rytingwithcats.bsky.social will be at the @rmfwriters.bsky.social Colorado Gold Writers Conference on September 26-28! Please say hi if you see us! Please. We need the validation. rmfw.org/12-pro-tips-...

New episode of BAD LIT FRIENDS!!!! 💥🔥💥🔥💦 We tackle the dreaded synopsis! Also, more on the Anthropic settlement, and how fanfic is influencing tradpub. Go get it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/4wio... #WritingCommunity #amquerying

Episode 7 of BAD LIT FRIENDS drops tomorrow, wherever you get your #podcasts! Part 2 of our #amquerying series: The Synopsis. Also, more on the Anthropic settlement and how fanfic is influencing tradpub. BYOB! (Bring your own books! Or beer! Or bath gel! We're not your boss!) #WritingCommunity

Episode 7 OF BAD LIT FRIENDS (@badlitfriends.bsky.social) is wrapped! Rylan joins us as co-host, synopsis writing tips from Kirk, & my rant about how Big 5 publishing cannibalizes folk art. Plus my graduate dissertation on the Teletubbies and MOAR Anthropic settlement stuff. Dropping 9/15! #writesky

New Bad Lit Friends is up, wherever you get your podcasts! In this episode, we talk about SQUIRRELS! No, that's a lie. We talk about query letters. Also the super crappy Anthropic settlement. (yeah, we said it because we're edgy!) #WritingCommunity #amquerying open.spotify.com/episode/6Sox...

What happens when our producer is out of town and we think we can handle the pod on our own? Did we talk query letters? The Anthropic settlement? Did it take our producer 11 HOURS to edit our rambling thoughts? Um... Find out tomorrow when a very messy Episode 6 of BAD LIT FRIENDS drops!

🎧 NEW Episode of Bad Lit Friends is up! Meagan & guest co-host Rylan dive into the writing contest industrial complex: real path to publication or just a pricey detour? Plus spilled tea and more! Available now, wherever you get your #podcasts! #WritingCommunity open.spotify.com/episode/7dW2...

New episode of Bad Lit Friends has dropped! 💥 We all do it. We compare our journeys to those of other writers, and it's hard on the soul. Do we have a solution? No, we do not. But we sure do like to pontificate. Ep 4 of Bad Lit Friends is available wherever you get your podcasts! #WritingCommunity

New Bad Lit Friends (@badlitfriends.bsky.social) episode—our FOURTH!—dropping in the morning! We talk the perils, pleasures, and pffffffft of comparing your writing to others, @kirkrafferty.com sounds like he knows what he's talking about, and quite frankly I'm unhinged at times.

Bad Lit Friends Ep 4 will be a wreck but we know you love that. We discuss: how writing isn’t like knitting & should be like flying a plane; letting the hate flow through you; appalling behavior at writing conferences; & authors who actively despise their readers. #badlitfriends #writingcommunity

This sounds... ominous. Or like Meagan's been drinking vodka tonics (splash of Rose's and a twist of lime!) again. Pray for Bad Lit Friends, the podcast that is trying to rein in one of its co-host's pretentious tendencies. #writesky #writingcommunity #thoughtsandprayers

Bad Lit Friends episode 3 is up! We talk about the Pubtips subreddit, and quite frankly we're disturbed at the lack of slendermen. (I'm being told that's a different subreddit—never mind!) Also, hotgos and hot takes: do you even need an editor? #WritingCommunity open.spotify.com/episode/2pad...

omg wait wut new ep of Bad Lit Friends tomorrow morning? NEW EP OF BAD LIT FRIENDS TOMORROW MORNING!!!!!