This time out, Scott and Kit (and not RJ) are joined by indie horror author and YouTuber George Daniel Lea. In a fun filled, free roaming conversation, we cover such things as:

• RJ being on holiday and Kit not being rude about it
• Scott’s epic list of watching/listening/reading
• The return of Russell T Davis to Doctor Who
• The ethics of including real-life experiences in fiction
• Real-world concerns as fuel for creativity
• The inherent selfishness of parenthood
• George cutting the Gordian knot of the scaly question
• The Poetry wars reignited
• The singular brilliance of Blake

Enjoy! And thanks for your continued support :)

This time out, RJ, Scott and Kit are joined by self published legend Jon Cronshaw! Amongst many other things, we get into:

• The awfulness of Discord
• Kit recommending crap TV shows
• Absolute chaos
• Justice for obscure Spiderman actors
• Slagging off Morbius before it was cool
• Jon’s Spanish-reading guide dog
• The imaginary reaction of readers
• The return of the Ur Text
• RJ and Kit somehow turning picking a Writeopolis playlist track into 3D chess

An absolute joy from start to finish :)

An ill guest and absent Scott mean RJ and Kit are left alone to play, which goes exactly how you'd expect. Expect a lot of rambling. Also, Craig briefly stopped working somewhere in the middle, so there's a brief tone to note the point where recording stopped and restarted.

Enjoy :)

This time out, Scott, RJ and Kit are joined by the brilliant author Sophia McDougal. Topics covered include:

• The joys of Discord
• Often, but not always, getting Sophia's name right
• Sofia Loren ruining everything for everybody
• Watching mediocre TV for Reasons
• The many, many pitfalls about writing about cops in 2022
• Kit and psychological breakthroughs
• The annoyance of getting characters up and downstairs
• The return of the Ur Text
• Being our kind of people
• A very abrupt ending

On that last, we had some problems with the bot which unfortunately cut the recording short. Apologies for this.

In a guest-free episode, Kit, RJ and Scott get even more off topic than usual, but do end up brainstorming their alleged co-authoring project. Gound covered includes:

• RJs ongoing struggles with the nature of linear time
• Spoiling The Responder for Scott
• Spoilers also for Squid Games and Mandalorian and Boba Fett
• The Guy Ritchie/Spielberg sweet spot
• RJ discovers that the show is recorded
• Live brainstorming for a novel
• Bookending fridge talk

And much, much more. Enjoy :)

This time out, RJ and Scott are joined by brilliant script writer and novelist James Moran. Topics covered include:

• Scott in a submarine
• “Off topic is on brand!”
• Murderous kindly old ladies and giggling with glee
• Writing fast for TV
• Spooks, and Not Killing Harry
• The mechanics of writing for TV and around outside factors
• The formative power of the Target DW novelisations
• The moral certainty that Peter Capaldi wasn’t the 12th Doctor
• Dealing with online anger and abuse
• The Torchwood S3 writers room
• Writing for Donna Noble/Catherine Tate (both in a script and in a novel)

And much, much more. Enjoy :)

The boys are back in town - or, rather, back huddled behind microphones in houses and/or garages. In this guest-free first show of 2022, expect a rambling conversation taking in the following bullet points:

• The dreaded ‘soft relaunch’.
• Scott having read three whole books
• RJ and the swinging hot takes
• Some Muppet Christmas Carol controversy
• Dissecting The Tourist
• Scott and the virtues of spreadsheets
• Kit’s enormous feeling of validation from watching Don’t Look Up
• The many highs and lows of Brian DePalma
• Watching Heathers with Grandma
• Johnathan Extender
• An Actual Writing Question
• RJ the psychopath
• Metallica shade and DBT love
• The sorcery of drummers
• The 'middle aged white men talking HipHop' show

And, as you've come to expect, much more. Enjoy.

In what could possibly be the longest delay in releasing an episode ever, we found a lost recording! All the way back from season 1 we have the wonderful Stark Holborn discussing:
- where cowboys/westerns belong in the bookstore.
- Scott takes us on a deep dive on how to organise Dr Who books.
- There is cautionary tale of plotter vs pantser, where the pantsers try to plot and it all goes very, very wrong.
- Springsteen makes an appearance, despite RJ’s best efforts.
- And RJ sets out a dastardly plan involving coconuts.

We can only apologise for this episode getting lost in time, but it’s worth the wait, we promise!