Explore every episode of the podcast Two Writers, Many Wrongs
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| Two Writers Chat with Author Jandy Nelson About Writing and Publishing | 12 Dec 2025 | 01:02:00 | |
Maddy and Abigail sit down with Jandy Nelson author of The Sky is Everywhere, I'll Give You the Sun, and When the World Tips Over. Jandy shares her journey as a writer from poet to having one of her books adapted into a movie. | |||
| Two Writers Chat with New Romantics Bookstore Owner & Founder Jane Rodriguez | 28 Nov 2025 | 00:58:24 | |
Maddy and Abigail sit down with Jane Rodriguez owner of the romance-only bookstore New Romantics located in Orlando, Florida. Jane shares her journey of becoming a bookstore owner. | |||
| Two Writers Chat with Jennifer Lyn Parsons from Luna Station Quarterly | 14 Nov 2025 | 01:00:00 | |
Maddy and Abigail sit down with Jennifer Lyn Parsons the editor-in-chief of Luna Station Quarterly. JP talks about her personal journey as a writer and about running a literary magazine. | |||
| Two Writers Chat with Author Bethany Jacobs About Writing and Publishing | 24 Oct 2025 | 01:03:59 | |
Maddy and Abigail sit down with Bethany Jacobs author of The Kindom Trilogy. Bethany shares her writing journey from writing novitiate to a fully fledged cleric. The third book in The Kindom Trilogy This Brutal Moon is out December 2nd. | |||
| Two Writers on How to Write a Novel | 10 Oct 2025 | 01:06:08 | |
Maddy and Abigail have done what they thought was impossible: they wrote a novel. In this episode, they chat about how you write a novel from conception to the finished draft. | |||
| Two Writers Go Back to Basics and Talk Setting | 26 Sep 2025 | 00:51:26 | |
In their back to basics series, Maddy and Abigail chat about fundamental craft elements. This episode they chat about the importance of settings and how you to put setting onto the page. | |||
| Two Writers Discuss the Hard Truths They've Learned About Being a Writer | 12 Sep 2025 | 01:00:29 | |
Maddy and Abigail chat about the hard truths they've discovered about being a writer. They chat about the performative pressure of social media and the idealized version of being a writer and open up about the struggles in their writing lives. | |||
| Two Writers Discuss the Different Paths to Publishing | 22 Aug 2025 | 00:58:48 | |
Maddy and Abigail chat about the different methods available for writers to publish book length projects from self-publishing to traditional presses. | |||
| Two Writers Chat with Author Paige Lavoie About Writing and Publishing | 08 Aug 2025 | 00:58:33 | |
Maddy and Abigail sit down with Paige Lavoie author of the Mothman in Love series and Dear Galaxy. Paige shares her writing journey from web comics to published author. | |||
| Fiction Editing for an Online Literary Magazine with Rhiannon Fisher of Silly Goose Press | 11 Jul 2025 | 01:00:02 | |
Hear from Rhiannon Fisher about her personal journey as a writer and her work as a co-founder and fiction editor for the online literary magazine Silly Goose Press. | |||
| Two Writers Chat with Author Claire Lombardo About Writing and Publishing | 27 Jun 2025 | 01:00:46 | |
Maddy and Abigail sit down with Claire Lombardo author of Same As It Ever Was and The Most Fun We Ever Had. Claire shares her writing journey from grad student to best seller. | |||
| Two Writers and Their Husbands Discuss the Writing Life | 13 Jun 2025 | 01:11:05 | |
Josh and Michael join Maddy and Abigail on this very special episode where the boys discuss what it's like being married to a writer. | |||
| Two Writers Discuss What They Wished They Knew About Writing | 23 May 2025 | 00:54:59 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about the lessons about writing they wish they could go back and tell their younger selves. | |||
| Running an Online Literary Magazine with Lexi Rosen of Silly Goose Press | 12 May 2025 | 01:01:24 | |
Hear from Lexi Rosen about her journey as both a writer of both fiction and poetry and as a co-founder of the online literary magazine Silly Goose Press. | |||
| Writing a Successful Query Letter and Other Things with Literary Agent Michaela Whatnall | 28 Apr 2025 | 01:05:07 | |
Maddy and Abigail speak with literary agent Michaela Whatnall. The three of them cover topics ranging from what it's like being an agent to the components of a successful query letter. | |||
| What Two Writers Learned from the AWP Writing Conference | 11 Apr 2025 | 00:59:38 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about their experience at the Associations of Writers and Writing Programs Conference (AWP) 2025. They discuss the panels they went to and share some of the advice they got as well as their overall take on the conference as a whole. | |||
| An Author's Journey with Author of Collateral Damage and An Infinite Pull Taylor Simonds | 28 Mar 2025 | 00:54:52 | |
Maddy and Abigail speak with author Taylor Simonds. The three of them discuss the writing craft and Taylor's journey as an author. | |||
| Two Writers Discuss The Writing Conference AWP | 10 Mar 2025 | 00:48:40 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about the upcoming Associations of Writers and Writing Programs Conference 2025. They discuss their previous experience at the conference as well as their hopes and dreams for this year's conference. | |||
| Two Writers Discuss the Craft of Editing a Novel | 03 Mar 2025 | 00:55:51 | |
Maddy and Abigail discuss the editing process and what works for them as well as what doesn't work. | |||
| Two Writers, Many Ways to Succeed | 14 Feb 2025 | 00:44:58 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about what it means to be successful. They discuss their idea of what success means for their careers as well as what their dream job would be. | |||
| Two Writers, One TJ Klune | 04 Feb 2025 | 00:57:34 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk with author TJ Klune. The three of them discuss the writing craft, TJ's journey as an author, and his latest book The Bones Beneath My Skin. | |||
| Two Writers, Many Conversations | 24 Jan 2025 | 01:03:43 | |
Maddy and Abigail go back to basics and talk about dialogue and how you can use dialogue to develop characters, world build, and establish setting. | |||
| Two Writers, Many Resolutions | 10 Jan 2025 | 00:50:42 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about their new year's resolutions and how want to challenge themselves to be better writers in the new year. | |||
| Two Writers, One Year | 20 Dec 2024 | 00:54:42 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about the podcast and everything that happened this year. They reminisce about the start of the podcast as well as go over ideas of what they hope for the future of the podcast. A very special thanks to our listeners who have take the time to listen to us ramble about writing. | |||
| Two Writers, Many Inspirations | 06 Dec 2024 | 01:02:49 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about inspiration. They discuss the different ways they find inspiration to write, including writing prompts and in their daily lives. | |||
| Two Writers, Many MFA Programs | 15 Nov 2024 | 01:00:59 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk MFA programs. They discuss their experience with their MFA program, whether the MFA was worth it, and the lessons they learned along the way. | |||
| Three Writers, Many Queries | 01 Nov 2024 | 01:09:44 | |
Maddy and Abigal talk query letters with fellow writer Jake Kyer. They discuss the mechanics of queries and their experiences with writing query letters and querying agents. | |||
| Two Writers, One Vanessa Montalban | 18 Oct 2024 | 00:55:13 | |
Maddy and Abigail speak with author Vanessa Montalban. The three of us talk craft and about Vanessa's journey as a writer. | |||
| Two Writers, Many Rejections | 04 Oct 2024 | 01:01:56 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk rejection letters. They discuss what it feels like getting a rejection letters, the different types of rejection letters, and how they deal with getting rejections. | |||
| Two Writers, One Jason Ockert | 20 Sep 2024 | 00:56:59 | |
Maddy and Abigail speak with Jason Ockert. Jason mentored both Maddy and Abigail while they were in grad school. Join them as the three talk craft and about Jason's journey as a writer. | |||
| Two Writers, Many Story Engines | 06 Sep 2024 | 00:58:15 | |
Maddy and Abigail go back to basics and talk about story engines and how you can use different engines to power your story. | |||
| Two Writers, One Rachel Lynn Solomon | 16 Aug 2024 | 00:47:24 | |
Maddy and Abigail speak with Rachel Lynn Solomon. The three of us talk craft and about Rachel's journey as a writer. | |||
| Two Writers, Many Books | 02 Aug 2024 | 01:02:14 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about their love of reading and how books have influenced them both as people and writers. | |||
| Two Writers, One Kristin Harmel | 19 Jul 2024 | 00:54:40 | |
Maddy and Abigail speak with Kristin Harmel. The three of us talk craft and about Kristin's journey as a writer. | |||
| Two Writers, Many Roadblocks | 05 Jul 2024 | 00:49:27 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about the many roadblocks that stop you from writing. Life uh... gets in the way. We also discuss some tips to help overcome writer's block. | |||
| Two Writers, Many Methods | 21 Jun 2024 | 01:08:15 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about being a planner versus being a pantser. What are the differences between each method? Which is better? And why was the ending of Game of Thrones so bad? | |||
| Two Writers, Many Projects | 07 Jun 2024 | 00:55:38 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about the various projects they are working on. How long have we been working on these projects? What counts as a draft? And when is that novel coming out? | |||
| Two Writers, Many Workshops | 03 May 2024 | 00:56:12 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about the pitfalls of workshop and how we can help create a less toxic environment when workshopping each other's work. What were your best workshops, what were your worst, and how can we make the workshopping process better for everyone? | |||
| Two Writers, Many Friends | 05 Apr 2024 | 00:51:43 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk about building a community. Where do you meet writers, how do you get writers to be your friend, and how do you even people? | |||
| Two Writers, Many Submissions | 01 Mar 2024 | 00:55:56 | |
Maddy and Abigail talk submissions. How does one submit something, where does one submit something, and how do you keep track of all those submissions? | |||
| Two Writers, Many Wrongs | 01 Mar 2024 | 00:53:05 | |
We are Maddy and Abigail, the two writers behind all the wrongs. We've been writing friends for years and finally decided to share all of our rejections and mistakes in the hope that it will help other writers. | |||
| Two Writers, Many Wrongs Trailer | 29 Feb 2024 | 00:01:31 | |
Maddy and Abigail have been writing a long time and thought that their collective experiences and mistakes might be useful to other writers. Whether you are joining us for some advice or to commiserate, we are happy you are here! | |||