The Bleeders is a podcast (and support group!) about book writing and publishing. Transparent conversations with authors, agents, and people in the publishing industry about how to write and sell books. The title is a nod to the famous (potentially misattributed) Hemingway quote: “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” Sign up for The Bleeders companion Substack! https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome
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Sep 28, 2026 · 59:21
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Aug 13, 2026 · 41:43
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jul 8, 2026 · 43:58
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
May 8, 2026 · 44:52
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Apr 10, 2026 · 1:09:19
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Mar 20, 2026 · 49:04
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Mar 18, 2026 · 21:09
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Feb 17, 2026 · 52:37
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Dec 28, 2025 · 46:41
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Dec 21, 2025 · 52:58
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Aug 4, 2025 · 22:32
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jul 14, 2025 · 31:54
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jul 7, 2025 · 21:03
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jun 30, 2025 · 7:23
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jun 23, 2025 · 29:43
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jun 16, 2025 · 5:48
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jun 9, 2025 · 18:11
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jun 2, 2025 · 1:03:12
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
May 26, 2025 · 26:02
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
May 19, 2025 · 47:06
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
May 12, 2025 · 36:41
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
May 5, 2025 · 7:12
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Apr 28, 2025 · 42:20
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Apr 21, 2025 · 7:49
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Apr 14, 2025 · 27:41
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Apr 7, 2025 · 48:50
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Mar 31, 2025 · 1:03:00
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Mar 24, 2025 · 57:31
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Mar 17, 2025 · 1:06:57
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Mar 10, 2025 · 53:47
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Mar 3, 2025 · 13:13
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Feb 24, 2025 · 1:02:38
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Feb 17, 2025 · 19:12
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Feb 10, 2025 · 7:14
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Feb 3, 2025 · 1:17:56
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jan 27, 2025 · 7:26
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jan 20, 2025 · 44:43
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jan 13, 2025 · 7:05
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Jan 6, 2025 · 1:03:33
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Dec 30, 2024 · 9:36
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Dec 23, 2024 · 5:20
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Dec 16, 2024 · 13:32
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Dec 9, 2024 · 8:13
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Dec 2, 2024 · 20:24
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack :…
Sep 19, 2024 · 37:58
Today’s guest is Lexi Kent-Monning, who details the five-year journey of revising and submitting her debut novel, The Burden of Joy , which found its home at the small press…
Aug 30, 2024 · 40:16
This is Jon Small's second interview for The Bleeders podcast. In this episode, Jon delves into the creative process behind his debut book, Write About Now , which is based on…
Jun 2, 2024 · 23:32
This is four-time author Chloe Caldwell's second interview for The Bleeders podcast. In this episode, Chloe shares two submission stories — one a nightmare and one a dream —…
Jan 2, 2024 · 34:33
The new year is upon us, which has got me thinking about my writing-related resolutions, and how to accomplish them. So today’s episode is all about writing practice — the daily…
Oct 9, 2023 · 41:58
Today's guest is Chelsea Martin. I adore indie queens like Chelsea. She has been incredibly prolific thus far in her literary career, and I love her "just do it" approach to…
Sep 25, 2023 · 1:01:24
Today's guest Chloe Caldwell has forged her own unique path in the literary scene, and it’s one that I really admire. In this throwback episode, she gives us the play by play for…
Sep 11, 2023 · 38:09
Today’s guest is feminist noir crime writer Halley Sutton. She wrote the first draft of her debut novel, The Lady Upstairs , while getting her MFA at Otis College of Art and…
Aug 28, 2023 · 9:12
Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Elle Nash, Glasgow-based author of the novels Gag Reflex and Animals Eat Each Other and the short story…
Aug 21, 2023 · 9:35
Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Victoria Kielland, Norwegian author of My Men , which was translated to English by Damion Searls. Follow…
Aug 14, 2023 · 8:52
Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Frances Badalamenti, author of I Don't Blame You and Salad Days . Follow Frances on Instagram @franbad and…
Aug 7, 2023 · 10:04
Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Jon Small, host of the Write About Now podcast, editor-at-large for Entrepreneur.com , and, in a past…
Jul 31, 2023 · 5:43
Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Laura Cathcart Robbins, author of Stash: My Life in Hiding . Follow Laura on Instagram…
Jul 24, 2023 · 7:11
Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Antonia Crane, author of Spent . Follow Antonia on Instagram @antoniacrane and Twitter @antoniacrane.…
Jul 17, 2023 · 14:47
Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Rachel Kramer Bussell, author of How to Write Erotica and editor of over 70 anthologies of erotica. Follow…
Jul 10, 2023 · 8:45
Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Andrew Bomback, author Doctor and Long Days, Short Years: A Cultural History of Modern Parenting . Follow…
Jul 3, 2023 · 9:01
Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Samantha Mann, author of Putting Out: Essays on Otherness and editor of the anthology I Feel Love: Notes…
Jun 26, 2023 · 9:59
Summer school is officially in session, Bleeders! Today's instructor is Zachary Zane, author of Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto . Follow Zachary on Instagram @zacharyzane_ and…
Jun 19, 2023 · 30:26
Opportunities of the Week is the brilliant brainchild of our guest today, Sonia Weiser. It’s the type of newsletter that I’ve seen gets recommended a lot in the writing scene…
Jun 8, 2023 · 1:05:27
Today’s guest is Carmen Rita Wong, and she has a doozy of a story — it’s memoir meets family mystery, and it’s so freaking good! In this episode, Carmen shares how her magnum…
Feb 14, 2023 · 24:30
I found Marina through a Twitter thread she wrote about querying, so today, I’m bringing you the first Work in Progress, with an emphasis on publishing. Marina shares how she…
Jan 11, 2023 · 1:09:10
I’m so excited to have Allie Rowbottom on the show today! Allie is the author of the memoir/family history/cultural commentary Jello Girls, which I love, and the new novel…
Dec 26, 2022 · 40:59
The new year is upon us, which has got me thinking about my writing-related resolutions, and how to accomplish them. So today’s episode is all about writing practice — the daily…
Dec 12, 2022 · 49:02
Alissa Wilkinson wrote her book Salty during the first year of the pandemic, which left its mark on both the process and the content. Alissa tells us about how "Salty: Lessons on…
Nov 27, 2022 · 45:01
Today's guest is Matt Bell, who wrote his novel-writing craft book Refuse to Be Done between drafts of his latest novel Appleseed , and perhaps both books were the better for it.…
Nov 7, 2022 · 28:15
Elle Griffin set out to query her gothic novel and, in the process, made some disappointing discoveries about the publishing industry that led her to serialize it on Substack.…
Oct 27, 2022 · 29:15
In today's episode, Write or Die Tribe founder Kailey Brennan DelloRusso explains what she's learned while writing her untitled novel-in-progress (which got its start during…
Oct 7, 2022 · 1:03:48
Bassey Ikpi’s “I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying” is one of my all-time favorite books. She grew up thinking authors were magicians, but it turns out she knows how to cast the…
Sep 27, 2022 · 31:10
If you love writing and publishing advice as much as I do, this episode is going to make you horny, baby! To celebrate our 13 amazing guests from this summer, I'm dropping the…
Sep 8, 2022 · 35:09
Today's guest is Shelby Hinte. I know Shelby because we took a Chloe Caldwell workshop together this spring (all roads lead back to Chloe on this podcast, lol). In this episode,…
Aug 25, 2022 · 57:37
Omar Mouallem wrote the historical travel memoir "Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas." However, he struggled to tackle that subject matter without finding a new…
Aug 11, 2022 · 37:10
Today’s guest comes all the way from Africa! Ghanaian author Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah has such a cool story about how she used her blog as a launch pad for publishing her first…
Jul 28, 2022 · 38:46
Today's guest is Caroline Shannon-Karasik. I know Caroline because we took Catapult’s 12-Month Essay Generator together, led by Chloe Caldwell. In this episode, she fills me in…
Jul 21, 2022 · 43:51
Today's guest is Elle Nash, author of Animals Eat Each Other, Nudes, Gag Reflex, and the upcoming novel Deliver Me. This episode is an interesting peek into Elle's creative…
Jul 14, 2022 · 23:28
Today's guest is Emmy Olea. I first discovered Emmy's writing through her podcast Crumbs about Emmy's dating experiences as a trans woman recovering from alcoholism whose mom was…
Jul 7, 2022 · 38:02
Today's guest is Chelsea Martin. I adore indie queens like Chelsea. She has been incredibly prolific thus far in her literary career, and I love her "just do it" approach to…
Jul 1, 2022 · 38:52
Today's episode is a great interview about book writing and publishing from another show. The Book I Had to Write is hosted by book coach Paul Zakrzewski. He interviews memoir…
Jun 28, 2022 · 49:02
Today’s guest Bridgette Bianca is a fantastic spoken word poet with a Grammy nomination on her bucket list, and it was so interesting to hear her describe the interplay between…
Jun 23, 2022 · 53:46
Today's guest is Hannah Howard, author of two food memoirs, Feast: True Love in and Out of the Kitchen and Plenty: A Memoir of Food and Family, that transcend the genre and are…
Jun 20, 2022 · 22:46
Amanda McNeil wrote a draft of an essay collection during the first year of the pandemic.... and then sat on it. Now she’s gearing up to write another draft and wondering if…
Jun 16, 2022 · 57:48
Chloe Caldwell has forged her own unique path in the literary scene, and it’s one that I really admire. She gives us the play by play for how she became the author of four books…
Jun 13, 2022 · 37:07
Today’s guest is feminist noir crime writer Halley Sutton. She wrote the first draft of her debut novel, The Lady Upstairs, while getting her MFA at Otis College of Art and…
Jun 9, 2022 · 58:47
Samantha Allen is the author of Real Queer America: LGBT Stories From Red States and the upcoming novel Patricia Wants to Cuddle (pub date June 28th). Samantha shared so many…
May 25, 2022 · 1:03
Introducing... The Bleeders! Welcome, writers and book lovers. Thanks for tuning in to the trailer for my new podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe…
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