INCOMING! We're going to be at @readercon.bsky.social and perhaps doing some pod recording. Find Courtney or Mona for info and swag!
Unfortunately... Podcast
@unfortunatelypod.bsky.social
A podcast about fiction, failure, and moving forward. Hosted by Mona West & Courtney Floyd. New episodes on the 1st & 3rd Friday of each month. 💻 https://unfortunatelypod.com/ 🎙️ https://pinecast.com/feed/unfortunately
Did you know I cohost a disaster class on writing with @monawest.bsky.social? It's called Unfortunately... and it's available wherever you get your podcasts. The complete first season is out now, and we're excited about season two - coming later this year. @unfortunatelypod.bsky.social
I (Courtney) am running behind getting our final season 1 episode up. I'm hoping to get it out this weekend. In the meantime: Wanna do a short writing (or editing or reading or crafting or whatever) challenge with us this month? Details and join link here:
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Episode 24 - Unfortunately... It's Never Gonna Be Perfect with @jenniferhudak.bsky.social is out now! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast #SFFWriters
It's Never Gonna Be Perfect
Courtney and Mona chat with author Jennifer Hudak about negotiating major career shifts, the necessity of fallow periods, negotiating identity as a writer, and finding ways to build resilience. Transc...
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This is such a great podcast, and always love hearing what @jenniferhudak.bsky.social has to say!
Unfortunately... Podcast@unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe have one more guest interview this season, and it's a phenomenal one. Tune in this Friday for the rest of our chat with @jenniferhudak.bsky.social!
I had a blast chatting with @courtney-floyd.com and @monawest.bsky.social about learning and growing from failure, art that takes as long as it takes, and how it's important to let yourself suck at something.
Unfortunately... Podcast@unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe have one more guest interview this season, and it's a phenomenal one. Tune in this Friday for the rest of our chat with @jenniferhudak.bsky.social!
We have one more guest interview this season, and it's a phenomenal one. Tune in this Friday for the rest of our chat with @jenniferhudak.bsky.social!
Episode 23: Unfortunately... The Book of Your Heart is Not on Trend with @emilyzipps.bsky.social is out now! #WritingPodcast #WritingCommunity
The Book of Your Heart is Not on Trend
Courtney and Mona chat with debut novelist Emily Zipps about going on sub when the world is on fire, silence around the novel submission process, the debut learning curve (options and deadline jugglin...
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Episode 23 with @emilyzipps.bsky.social is out tomorrow (in just a few more hours really)! Here's a preview:
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
If You Force the Zipper, It Won't Budge
Courtney and Mona chat with debut author, Piper L. White, about the debut learning curve, how other types writing and art inform and interconnect with our fiction, and writing genre in a BFA program. ...
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In tomorrow's episode, we're chatting with debut author @piperlwhite.bsky.social about all of the varied ways we write, moving between genres and modes, and lots more. Here's a little preview! #WritingPodcast #WritingCommunity
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
It's an Economy of Favors
Courtney and Mona chat publishing, precarity, and privilege with debut author Lacey Dunham. Transcripts here! Find Lacey online at www.laceyndunham.com., on Bluesky and on Instagram. And check out T...
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On tomorrow's episode, with guest @bookbent.bsky.social, we're chatting publishing, precarity, and privilege. Lacey's debut dark academia, The Belles, is out as of last week -- help her celebrate debut month by snagging a copy or requesting at your library! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
Including the link might have been helpful 😂
It's Like Army Crawling Through 30 Inches of Snow
Mona and Courtney chat with debut novelist Rebecca Danzenbaker about the power of persevering, finding what works for you in the publishing process, and using privilege to lift underrecognized authors...
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Unfortunately... Podcast@unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · 11mo agoWe 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
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
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!
You Need a Suitcase Full of Skills
Mona and Courtney chat with author Lisa Tirreno about shifting from journalism to novel writing, celebrating rejections, gamifying the writing process, motivation, and working out what works for you a...
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Here's a preview of Friday's episode, with @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social. We chat about coming to writing from journalism, gamifying rejections, and so much more! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
The publishing anxiety is so real.
Unfortunately... Podcast@unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · last yr.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...
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...
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.
Unfortunately... Podcast@unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · last yr.Episode 17 is out now! We chat with @mkhardywrites.com, co-authors of debut Sapphic Gothic Horror, The Needfire (out 7/31!), about co-writing & editing, managing disagreements, & creating community. #WritingPodcasts #WritingCommunity pnc.st/s/unfortunat...
Episode 17 is out now! We chat with @mkhardywrites.com, co-authors of debut Sapphic Gothic Horror, The Needfire (out 7/31!), about co-writing & editing, managing disagreements, & creating community. #WritingPodcasts #WritingCommunity pnc.st/s/unfortunat...
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
New episode day! Listen to Ep 16 - Progress isn't an Upward Slope with @rukman.bsky.social here: pnc.st/s/unfortunat... #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
New episode tomorrow! Here's a preview of our conversation with author @rukman.bsky.social, who braved a storm and internet issues to chat with us the importance of complexity in representation, getting paid, why it's okay to quit, survivorship bias, and so much more. #WritingCommunity
I had the honor of being a guest on the Unfortunately...Podcast! If you're a writer who has ever gotten an "Unfortunately..." message, this podcast is for you! It's a writer to writer discussion about craft and how we learn from failures. Here's my episode, but you should listen to them all!
Unfortunately... Podcast@unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · last yr.Our scheduled post failed, but YOU didn't listeners -- delighted to see that a bunch of you found our episode with @sasahawk.bsky.social over the weekend. If you missed it, listen here: pnc.st/s/unfortunat... #WritingPodcasts #WritingCommunity #NewEpisode
It has unironically been such a joy to commiserate with so many amazing and gracious writers. Failure loves company, so give us a listen!
Unfortunately... Podcast@unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · last yr.Oh, also, we chugged past a milestone over the weekend... Thank you so much for listening! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
Oh, also, we chugged past a milestone over the weekend... Thank you so much for listening! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast