Latest Agenting Podcast Episodes
Episode 79: Sort By Kudos
Shipping & Handling - September 28, 2021 14:43 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsor: Now Kiss! In which Bridget and Jen talk about Bridget’s return to fandom after a decade away, and also have a full meltdown about how long this podcast has been going on. Spoilers for The Magicians from 12:21 onwards Note: Jen’s audio is a little off in this because she used airpods l...
Episode 78: Fling it Into the Void
Shipping & Handling - August 04, 2021 15:28 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen take you through the submission process, talk about publishers decentralizing from NYC post-pandemic, and discuss why that second book is just such a pain in the a** to write. Note: Jen’s audio is a little off in this because she used airpods like a dumb dumb,...
Episode 77: Vibes Only
Shipping & Handling - June 03, 2021 19:05 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode Bridget & Jen critique twitter pitches, discuss Jen’s weird hate for movie comps, talk about Ea Nasir’s historical perfidious copper sales, and more! Please enjoy the moment at 36:53 where we lose our damn minds. Question topics include New Adult, the essential worker’s tra...
Episode 76: Do you remember second locations?
Shipping & Handling - May 20, 2021 23:41 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsRecorded Tuesday, May 18. It’s been 84 years dot gif. In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss Jen’s new career move, favorite pandemic reads, how deeply weird socializing is going to be post-panorama, and more! Question topics include getting to narrate your own audiobooks, how many rejectio...
Episode 75: Omegaverse is in the New York Times
Shipping & Handling - June 10, 2020 23:26 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn which Bridget and Jen discuss copyright law, plagiarism, and why published authors won’t read your fic, for legal reasons. Also! Cookbook photography, dead parents in YA, and more! Thanks to this week’s donors: Lorna, Lauren, Jared, and MH! Like the podcast? You can support us through ...
Episode 74: In Plague-Adjusted Terms
Shipping & Handling - May 01, 2020 19:39 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode Bridget and Jen talk *waves vaguely* the State Of Things, UK vs ANZ vs US, and how many clients is too many! **ANNOUNCEMENT!!** We'll be answering your questions on a very special Instagram Live session on Thursday, May 7 at 7pm EST! Thanks to this week's donors, Sue, Joy, ...
Episode 73: The Book Equivalent of a Weighted Blanket
Shipping & Handling - April 23, 2020 21:08 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episodes, Bridget and Jen talk bad contracts, manuscript requests, how to avoid brown-nosing and more! Thanks to our editor, Cheyna Roth, for her help with this episode! A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to our donor Jessica!!!!! Like the podcast? You can support us through a donation on ko-...
Episode 72: I Would Marry These Potatoes In A House Of God
Shipping & Handling - March 27, 2020 16:12 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode Bridget and Jen discuss *waves vaguely* The Situation, the Simon & Schuster sale, living with our parents, and cheaply priced Texas ciders. (Hit us up, Austin EastCider!) Thanks to our editor, Cheyna Roth, for her help with this episode! A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to our donors ...
Episode 71 - I'm In This Picture And I Don't Like It
Shipping & Handling - March 06, 2020 14:34 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss career planning or the occasional impossibility thereof, catch up on thanking donors, and generally continue the discussion from Episode 70! A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to our wonderful backlog of donors! Jenn, Andrew, Lana, Kristen, Joy, Teresa, MH, Cool Sh...
Episode 70 - It's Been A Long, Long Time
Shipping & Handling - March 06, 2020 14:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, recorded on Jan. 22 after a *coughcough* three month involuntary hiatus, Bridget and Jen discuss realistic expectations, the American Dirt fiasco, the RWA fiasco, and picking up the can. Like the podcast? You can support us through a donation on ko-fi, by subscribing to us o...
Episode 69: Nice :)
Shipping & Handling - February 27, 2020 16:54 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, recorded back in *coughcough* November, Bridget and Jen do an all-questions-all-the-time deep dive into our Tumblr inbox. Among other things we discuss sex in YA, the relative value of an MFA, and disclosure of advances. This episode is so outdated that the RWA is barely an orga...
Episode 68: A Simple Village Goose
Shipping & Handling - November 08, 2019 15:14 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss self-care for authors (and agents,) burnout, and give a shoutout to nanowrimo! Thank you to John, this week’s donor! Hope you’re enjoying IN THE WOODS. CW: In this episode there is a frank discussion of health issues. Please do not send us advice, h...
Episode 67: Inappropriate Seasons
Shipping & Handling - October 16, 2019 22:57 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn which Bridget and Jen discuss the seasons of love er, publishing, query length, POV and tense, and more! Thank you to this week's donors, Kristin and Joy! Like the podcast? You can support us through a donation on ko-fi, by subscribing to us on iTunes, or by leaving a review! We’re do...
Episode 66: Money Talks
Shipping & Handling - September 28, 2019 19:01 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss That Article, money in publishing, and asking questions. Thank you to this week’s donors, John, Jen, and Lana! Like the podcast? You can support us through a donation on ko-fi, by subscribing to us on iTunes, or by leaving a review! We’re doing ...
Episode 65: Parental Warnings for Swears
Shipping & Handling - August 30, 2019 15:11 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss trigger warnings, author responsibilities, and rapid release scheduling, among other things. Thank you to this week’s donors, Alice, Alison, and Alyssa! Thank you also for arranging your names alliteratively. Thank you to Michael for writing in with...
Episode 64: Incitement & Stakes
Shipping & Handling - July 28, 2019 15:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss inciting incidents, raising the stakes, word count, comp titles, and more! This episode’s topic was suggested by John Appel on twitter! Got suggestions for beating writer’s block? We’d love to hear them for our next episode! Like the podcast? You ca...
Episode 63: The Slow Realization That Nothing Makes Sense
Shipping & Handling - July 10, 2019 14:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss world building- how to do it, what not to do, and examples of when it’s done right. Also, typos, covers, and more! This episode’s topic suggested by Elyse Martin on twitter. Like the podcast? You can support us through a donation on ko-fi, by subscrib...
Episode 62: Cool For The Summer
Shipping & Handling - June 13, 2019 14:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode Bridget & Jen discuss what the F happens in publishing during the summer (spoiler alert: the same thing that happens every other time of the year, except it’s warmer), answer reader questions, and talk about HBO’s Chernobyl! Fun times! Thanks to Annaka, who donated this week! ...
Episode 61: The belt says "I Love Them"
Shipping & Handling - May 31, 2019 20:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss author self-advocacy, navigating cliques, and general author survivalship. Special thanks to our donors this week, L.T., Bridget, and Maria! Discussed in this episode: Lana Wood Johnson - Technically, You Started It Daniel Mallory Ortberg - Texts...
Episode 60: U Up?
Shipping & Handling - May 06, 2019 11:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss what the heck happened midway through episode 59, what happens when an agent moves agencies, contingency plans for becoming George RR Martin famous, and more! Thanks to this week’s donors, Felicity and Debbie! Discussed in this episode: “Som...
Episode 59: Things That Matter Except When They Don't
Shipping & Handling - April 23, 2019 21:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss awards nominations, six figure deals, how much we love fake dating, Jen’s sputtering rage and fascination about Theranos, and more! This is a bit of a silly episode, for reasons that we will be able to tell you about soon, so bear with us if we’re a lit...
Episode 58: Pitch Contests, How Does It Work?
Shipping & Handling - March 19, 2019 20:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss the merits, drawbacks, and etiquette of twitter pitch contests, talk about when to leave your agent (again??) and the relative usefulness of constant vigilance. Like the podcast? Support us by buying one of the books we mention in this podcast and usin...
Episode 57: Dig Two Graves
Shipping & Handling - March 07, 2019 21:58 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode Jen and Bridget discuss SurveyGate, finding the right agenting fit as an author, and more! Thank you to this week's donor, Caroline! Like the podcast? Support us by buying one of the books we mention in this podcast and using our affiliate links (Currently only Indiebound.)...
Episode 56: Summarize This
Shipping & Handling - January 31, 2019 21:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss synopses, writing on proposal, and how freaking cold it is outside. Like the podcast? Support us by buying one of the books we mention in this podcast and using our affiliate links (below! Currently only Amazon and Indiebound.) You can also support us...
Episode 55: Stacks Of Cash
Shipping & Handling - January 18, 2019 04:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode we discuss New Years’ Resolutions, Jen’s intense desire for compliments, throwing away all your books, and the authors we aren’t allowed to discuss anymore. Thanks to our donors: John, March, and Anon!! Like the podcast? Support us by buying one of the books we mention in thi...
Episode 54: Now Kiss!
Shipping & Handling - January 01, 2019 00:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode Bridget & Jen discuss shipping, the Tumblrpocalypse, and face mites. Happy New Year! Thank you to our donor for this episode, Randee!
Episode 53: "Damn You, Elon Musk"
Shipping & Handling - November 18, 2018 19:43 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, an update on the nationwide Bevi shortage, Queries & How We Do Them, and a grab bag of questions from across the internet! No new donors at time of recording, but THANK YOU to everyone who has donated & all our listeners! Quote of the episode: “Your brain is an asshole, an...
Episode 52: R&R&R
Shipping & Handling - November 18, 2018 17:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget & Jen talk career longevity, branding, R&Rs, and mental health disclosure. Thank you to this week’s donors: Marty, Carrie, Julia, and Katie! Listen to the episode here. Like the podcast? You can support us through a donation on ko-fi, by subscribing to us on iTun...
Episode 51: Worldbuilding (Go You Huskies)
Shipping & Handling - October 17, 2018 02:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsIn this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss world building likes/dislikes, DM etiquette, and what it means to be tall. Thank you to this week’s donors – Martine, Claire, Will, Ally, and Julia! *at one point in this episode, Jen says Mansfield Park when she means Sense & Sensibility. Listen ...
Episode 50: Fifty and Fabulous
Shipping & Handling - August 24, 2018 02:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 122 ratingsLike the podcast? Support us by leaving a review, rating us on iTunes, or by using our affiliate links to purchase one of the books you’ve heard us talk about. NB: Affiliate links not working this week, except for Indiebound. You can also support us through a donation on ko-fi. Thank you to t...
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