Podcast Episodes

S4 Ep26 Flash Fiction Competition Runners Up 2024

Season 4 Episode 26

This week we have a look at the rest of our festive flash fiction competition shortlist.

Warning:  They’re upsettingly good.

Any one of them, frankly, could have won.

Which must rankle somewhat.

Thankful…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

S4 Ep25 Festive Flash Fiction WINNER

Season 4 Episode 25

Winners winners, turkey dinners!

Thanks to the absolute legends at SCRIVENER - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/

You can get 20% off a copy by using the code 'failing' until the end of 2024.

ORRRR

mayb…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

S4 Ep24 The Lost Art Of Letter Writing

Season 4 Episode 24

Don't forget you can still get 20% off SCRIVENER using the code 'failing' until the new year - so do that first before you get side-tracked with all the less-important Christmas stuff.

OK. Done that? …

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

S4 Ep23 Resuscitating The Subject of English (pt2)

Season 4 Episode 23

Time to finish our letter to Bridget Phillipson, and once again thank the incredible teachers we spoke to, and the pupils for their fabulous creative writing.

And hey, thank yourself too! Whether you…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

S4 Ep22 Resuscitating The Subject of English (pt1)

Season 4 Episode 22

"Thank goodness for the Failing Writers."

A phrase you've no doubt overheard people say quite a lot over the years. At bus stops. Maybe in libraries? At the off licence?

No? Not even the off license?

Oh…

Published on 9 months ago

S4 Ep21: Henry Normal & Performing Poetry

Season 4 Episode 21

If Tom & Jon wrote poems

‘spose it will be assumed

They won’t be as good as Henry’s

Normal service will be resumed.

In this episode, we meet up with Henry Normal: poet, writer of famous sit-coms, TV prod…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

S4 Ep 20: The Failing Writers Festive Flash Fiction Competition

Season 4 Episode 20

Sorry? Did you just say you'd love to enter an almost free* festive flash fiction competition to win £500?

I thought you did!

Well as coincidence would have it, that is exactly what we've got going on …

Published on 10 months ago

S4 Ep19: Ergodic Fiction

Season 4 Episode 19

What is ergodic literature? Well, it's when a story becomes more than just something you read, and you become part of it.

But pretend you haven't read that, so that you can find out from listening to …

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

S4 Ep18: What do we think of writing retreats?

Season 4 Episode 18

Should you treat yourself to a writing retreat?

If you did it twice would you be re-treating yourself to a writing retreat?

If you tweeted about treating yourself to a writers retreat would you be twee…

Published on 11 months ago

S4 Ep17: A Shortcut To Querying Success

Season 4 Episode 17

Are you querying? or nearly querying? Maybe you’re fearing querying? Or merely getting weary and a bit teary querying? Well let’s hear from three writers who’ve been down in those querying trenches f…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago