Hosted by authors Sydney Kain (Our Love Language is Murder: coming Feb 2027), and Liza Petrov (Pre-Query). PAGE FRIGHT follows the journey of Sydney and Liza as they find their place in the literary world. Each week they offer a unique take on the ins and outs of the publishing industry, discuss craft and the vulnerability it takes to be a writer, and they answer questions from fans. New episodes every Tuesday.
Write to us Welcome back to another episode of the Page Fright Podcast, and this time, we're talking ALLLLLL about...talking! Dialogue can make-or-break many novels, and writing it well is SO difficult. Too much small talk can make the reader feel as if your book is dragging. Too little dialogue can leave the reader craving more context about character dynamics. And long monologues that are too on-the-nose might just make us roll our eyes and close the book. Sydney Kain and Liza Petrov break...
29 Sept 2026
Writing with Tension and Tropes or: How We Stopped Reinventing the Wheel!
Write to us Tension: You're writing it wrong. On today's episode of the Page Fright Podcast, Sydney and Liza explore this narrative concept closely. Creating tension does not happen during the climax of your novel but instead progresses throughout a scene or an entire work. You hear terms like, "foreboding" and "foreshadowing", but those aren't the only ways to cultivate this. Whether it's subtle or sudden, crafting tension is a tricky part of the writing craft, as delivering a reader or vi...
22 Sept 2026
What Even is "Bad Writing" and What Mistakes Do New Authors Make?
Write to us Oh dear, we have a BIG topic today on the Page Fright Podcast: What is Bad Writing? Authors Sydney Kane and Liza Petrov dive deep into their experiences with good and bad writing, approaching the question not only as writers, but as avid readers too. From justifying your character's emotions, to inconsistent prose and forgettable characters, there are a million things that can break a reader's interest leading to the dreaded "1/5 DNF" Goodreads review. Though it's worth remembe...
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