We’re BJ and Hillary— college friends turned writing pals. This podcast is our quest for the best writing tips and tools for our own projects, and yours too! Let’s get started.
Writing with Friends
Claim This Podcastby Hillary Barnes Martinez and BJ Williams
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86 episodes
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We’re BJ and Hillary— college friends turned writing pals. This podcast is our quest for the best writing tips and tools for our own projects, and yours too! Let’s get started.
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9/17/2022
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Recent Episodes
May 5, 2025
Tool Deep Dive: The Novelist Starter Pack
<p>Today we’ll discuss the novelist starter pack: five essential tools for your figurative writer’s knapsack as you make the journey from getting started with that novel to querying and hopefully publishing your work!</p><p><strong>Picks of the Week:</strong></p><ul><li><p>BJ: <a href="https://www.davidbrin.com/existence.html">Existence<u> by David Brin</u></a></p></li><li><p>H: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-new-diary-how-to-use-a-journal-for-self-guidance-and-expanded-creativity-tristine-rainer/11525428?ean=9780874771503&next=t">The New Diary<u> by Tristine Rainer</u></a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Mentioned in the Episode:</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BrandSanderson/videos"><u>Brandon Sanderson’s BYU Writing Course</u></a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/save-the-cat-writes-a-novel-the-last-book-on-novel-writing-you-ll-ever-need-jessica-brody/11368239?ean=9780399579745&next=t">Save the Cat! Writes a Nove<u>l by Jessica Brody</u></a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3k5SGqxMHSSlOKsTZ0xot1?si=60540918cc824e4b"><u>S1E10: The Revision Spreadsheet</u></a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/26mYKpKAGkV7cN8jDFLfbF?si=2d6201cbbe374c37"><u>S4E3 Fireside Chat: How Should I Use the Revision Spreadsheet?</u></a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0BpPLpECgLhAAdNJ0sIf77?si=1c93b6f78a5d4f80"><u>S1E1: Writers Workshops and Text to Speech Tools</u></a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://courses.londonwriterssalon.com/"><u>London Writers’ Salon Query with Confidence Course</u></a></p></li></ul>
April 28, 2025
Fireside Chat: Our Writing Lives Lately
<p>Today, we’ll be gathering around our metaphorical fireplace for a fireside chat– an honest conversation about our own writing practices that we hope you’ll find helpful for your writing life as well. In this episode, we’ll be talking about our writing lives lately– what’s going well, what’s not, and what we’re learning along the way.</p><p><strong>Picks of the Week:</strong></p><p>BJ: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85509.The_Best_Science_Fiction_of_Isaac_Asimov">The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov<u> by Isaac Asimov</u></a></p><p>H: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-service-of-the-dead-a-novel-candace-robb/605c08339bd7a7ea?ean=9781681771755&next=t">The Service of the Dead<u> by Candace Robb</u></a></p><p><strong>Mentioned in the Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1417344-i-found-that-life-intruding-on-writing-was-in-fact"><u>Sarah Ruhl Quote on Life Intruding on Writing</u></a><br></p>
April 21, 2025
Pitfalls of the Debut Novel
<p>We’ll be talking about the unique challenges of publishing a debut novel. Breaking into the literary world should be exciting and celebratory, and it definitely is! Still, there are a few considerations that debut authors should be aware of as they begin their publishing journeys, so we’re going to cover them here today!</p><p><strong>Picks of the Week: </strong></p><p>BJ: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/star-wars-thrawn-ascendancy-book-i-chaos-rising-timothy-zahn/18409776?ean=9780593157701&next=t">Star Wars: Thrawn<u> by Timothy Zahn</u></a></p><p>H: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-solve-murders-richard-osman/20984760?ean=9780593653227&next=t">We Solve Murders<u> by Richard Osman</u></a></p><p><strong>Mentioned in the Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/bonnie-garmus-interview-lessons-in-chemistry"><u>Bonnie Garmus Interview</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/interview-bonnie-garmus-and-felicity-blunt-lessons-in-chemistry"><u>Bonnie Garmus and Felicity Blunt Interview</u></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gxo8xkcweqpa1g5hEw7G2?si=a8130528eb0e4b5e"><u>S5E9 What’s a Commercial Hook and How do I write one?</u></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xsmBsAsPQEFGZtJ3FaQi3?si=b8d5615045024dc1"><u>S6E2 Pacing the First Five Pages</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BrandSanderson/videos"><u>Brandon Sanderson’s BYU Writing Course</u></a><br></p>
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