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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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:
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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#WritingPodcast #WritingCommunity
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
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
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
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
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
pnc.st/s/unfortunat...
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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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
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:
pnc.st/s/unfortunat...
#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:
pnc.st/s/unfortunat...
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
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
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
Oh, also, we chugged past a milestone over the weekend... Thank you so much for listening!
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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
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
*A wild preview drops on the timeline.*
Episode 14 with the fantastic @roselynclarkebooks.bsky.social, is out next Friday. And Roselyn's debut NOW SHE'S DEAD is out on Tuesday! Ahhh! Find out more at roselynclarke.com/books #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcasts #BookSky
Episode 14 with the fantastic @roselynclarkebooks.bsky.social, is out next Friday. And Roselyn's debut NOW SHE'S DEAD is out on Tuesday! Ahhh! Find out more at roselynclarke.com/books #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcasts #BookSky
May 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
*A wild preview drops on the timeline.*
Episode 14 with the fantastic @roselynclarkebooks.bsky.social, is out next Friday. And Roselyn's debut NOW SHE'S DEAD is out on Tuesday! Ahhh! Find out more at roselynclarke.com/books #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcasts #BookSky
Episode 14 with the fantastic @roselynclarkebooks.bsky.social, is out next Friday. And Roselyn's debut NOW SHE'S DEAD is out on Tuesday! Ahhh! Find out more at roselynclarke.com/books #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcasts #BookSky
I (Courtney) made a second preview of just this short snippet SPECIFICALLY because I need to hear it at least twice a week. Thanks so much for chatting with us @rainewilson.bsky.social!
May 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I (Courtney) made a second preview of just this short snippet SPECIFICALLY because I need to hear it at least twice a week. Thanks so much for chatting with us @rainewilson.bsky.social!
Friday's episode with @rainewilson.bsky.social is such an amazing deep dive into agent relationships and being strategic about your career long term. Here's a preview!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
May 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Friday's episode with @rainewilson.bsky.social is such an amazing deep dive into agent relationships and being strategic about your career long term. Here's a preview!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
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!
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@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
May 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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
@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
Here's a little preview of next week's episode with @darylwriterguy.bsky.social in which we chat community, imposter syndrome, awards, teaching, and tricking yourself into writing. #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcasts
April 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Here's a little preview of next week's episode with @darylwriterguy.bsky.social in which we chat community, imposter syndrome, awards, teaching, and tricking yourself into writing. #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcasts
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!
@cj-dotson.bsky.social! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
This one was such a blast!
March 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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!
@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
March 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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
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
#WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast #NewEpisode #BookSky buff.ly/iLmdKPI
March 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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
#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
February 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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