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.
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"Unfortunately, this story just didn’t work for us…" Sound familiar? If that phrase is seared into your bones, we have the podcast for you! Every month @monawest.bsky.social and @cannfloyd.bsky.social chat with writers of all levels about rejection, failure, frustration, and why we keep writing.
Episode 23: Unfortunately... The Book of Your Heart is Not on Trend with @emilyzipps.bsky.social is out now!
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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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October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Episode 23: Unfortunately... The Book of Your Heart is Not on Trend with @emilyzipps.bsky.social is out now!
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Episode 23 with @emilyzipps.bsky.social is out tomorrow (in just a few more hours really)! Here's a preview:
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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!
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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!
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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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October 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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
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
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!
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October 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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
#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
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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September 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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
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
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!
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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
September 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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
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 😂
September 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Including the link might have been helpful 😂
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
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
September 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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
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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August 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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!
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
August 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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
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The publishing anxiety is so real.
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
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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
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August 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The publishing anxiety is so real.
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
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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
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August 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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
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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
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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.
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.
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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
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July 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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.
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
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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
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July 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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
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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
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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
We had a fantastic chat about co-writing, editing, navigating the industry with optimism, and building community! #WritingPodcast #WritingCommunity
July 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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
We had a fantastic chat about co-writing, editing, navigating the industry with optimism, and building community! #WritingPodcast #WritingCommunity
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woohoo! had a lot of fun talking about writing, journey, quitting and more!
New episode day!
Listen to Ep 16 - Progress isn't an Upward Slope with
@rukman.bsky.social here:
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Listen to Ep 16 - Progress isn't an Upward Slope with
@rukman.bsky.social here:
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July 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
woohoo! had a lot of fun talking about writing, journey, quitting and more!
New episode day!
Listen to Ep 16 - Progress isn't an Upward Slope with
@rukman.bsky.social here:
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#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
Listen to Ep 16 - Progress isn't an Upward Slope with
@rukman.bsky.social here:
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#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
July 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New episode day!
Listen to Ep 16 - Progress isn't an Upward Slope with
@rukman.bsky.social here:
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#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
Listen to Ep 16 - Progress isn't an Upward Slope with
@rukman.bsky.social here:
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#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.
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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
July 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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
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
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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!
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...
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If you missed it, listen here: pnc.st/s/unfortunat...
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Plotters have an Advantage
Courtney and Mona chat with debut author Sasa Hawk about short story vs novel submissions, identifying your own patterns, writing synopses, genre labels as marketing tools, and DIY promo strategies.
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June 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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!
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It has unironically been such a joy to commiserate with so many amazing and gracious writers. Failure loves company, so give us a listen!
Oh, also, we chugged past a milestone over the weekend... Thank you so much for listening!
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June 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It has unironically been such a joy to commiserate with so many amazing and gracious writers. Failure loves company, so give us a listen!
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I've enjoyed listening to this podcast just as much as being a guest on it!
Oh, also, we chugged past a milestone over the weekend... Thank you so much for listening!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
June 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I've enjoyed listening to this podcast just as much as being a guest on it!
Oh, also, we chugged past a milestone over the weekend... Thank you so much for listening!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
June 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Oh, also, we chugged past a milestone over the weekend... Thank you so much for listening!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
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
If you missed it, listen here: pnc.st/s/unfortunat...
#WritingPodcasts #WritingCommunity #NewEpisode
Plotters have an Advantage
Courtney and Mona chat with debut author Sasa Hawk about short story vs novel submissions, identifying your own patterns, writing synopses, genre labels as marketing tools, and DIY promo strategies.
...
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June 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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
If you missed it, listen here: pnc.st/s/unfortunat...
#WritingPodcasts #WritingCommunity #NewEpisode
How about a little preview of our next episode (out Friday!) for your Tuesday scroll?
We chatted with @sasahawk.bsky.social about identifying your own patterns, plotting vs pantsing, writing synopses, genre labels as marketing tools, promo strategies, and more! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
We chatted with @sasahawk.bsky.social about identifying your own patterns, plotting vs pantsing, writing synopses, genre labels as marketing tools, promo strategies, and more! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
June 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
How about a little preview of our next episode (out Friday!) for your Tuesday scroll?
We chatted with @sasahawk.bsky.social about identifying your own patterns, plotting vs pantsing, writing synopses, genre labels as marketing tools, promo strategies, and more! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
We chatted with @sasahawk.bsky.social about identifying your own patterns, plotting vs pantsing, writing synopses, genre labels as marketing tools, promo strategies, and more! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
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
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June 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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
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