Writers Behaving Badly Podcast
Episodes
✍️ Can a sexy scene be funny?
10 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Writers Behaving Badly: Brooke’s manuscript is in the hot seat with feedback from Lisa. The crew are smashing their own different...
✍️ Your book is NOT your baby...
11 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Writers Behaving Badly: Brooke’s manuscript finally gets a name and we are squealing at it! Lisa and Annie find wins amongst the ...
✍️ When a literary agent ghosts you...
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Writers Behaving Badly: Brooke, Lisa and Annie tackle the heavy vibes of 2026 with podcasting joy and a new format. We’re folding...
✍️ Stephen King's Weirdest Writing Advice
14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Writers Behaving Badly: Brooke, Lisa and Annie tackle the heavy vibes of 2026 with podcasting joy and a new format. We’re folding...
✍️ How to Find the Right Beta Reader (and Be One)
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: It’s the season two finale! Annie, Brooke, and Lisa wrap up a year of literary chaos with bread, burnout, and b...
✍️ Kate Solly on Writing, Imposter Syndrome & Novlr Obsession
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: We’re back with New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth for Part Two of our rollicking chat. Sally dis...
✍️ When to Send Your Book to Beta Readers
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: It’s our very first live, in-person episode—recorded in Sydney with questionable tech, maximum chaos, and at ...
✍️ How to Write Believable Romantic Conflict
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: Season Two kicks off with triple wins! Brooke discovers the power of horny ghosts, Lisa finds her character voice...
✍️ Sally Hepworth on Social Media for Authors
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: We’re back with New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth for Part Two of our rollicking chat. Sally dis...
✍️ Sally Hepworth's Writing Routine
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: We welcome New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth! She joins us to chat about her incredible career, fr...
✍️Complexity vs. Depth: are you writing layers or just noise?
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: The hosts sin in varying degrees (and one of them blames it on their husband 👀). Brooke dusts off her shiny fl...
✍️Tess Woods On Why Overnight Success Takes Years
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: We interview the incredible and hilarious Tess Woods about her publishing journey (and why she almost quit for go...
🍿Prologues: genius or garbage?
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: Lisa smashes through her word count goal and we all feel confident this book is going to get finished, Brooke unl...
✍️Prologues: genius or garbage?
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: Lisa smashes through her word count goal and we all feel confident this book is going to get finished, Brooke unl...
✍️The truth about money in the book biz
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: We wrap our very first Badly Behaved Write-Along with zero sinners and a podium full of winners. Brooke hypes str...
✍️ Do you need a first chapter checklist?
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: Season Two kicks off with triple wins! Brooke discovers the power of horny ghosts, Lisa finds her character voice...
✍️Rachael Johns On Navigating Writer Burnout
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s bonus episode of Writers Behaving Badly: It’s the full, un-cut interview with Rachael Johns covering the highs and lows of the publ...
✍️What a Writing Coach’s First Draft Really Looks Like
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: Annie cries into her keyboard and calls it kink, Brooke rewrites her way out of despair, Lisa almost writes (Word...
🔥What Makes a Killer First Page?
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly: Annie cries into her keyboard and calls it kink, Brooke rewrites her way out of despair, Lisa almost writes (Word...
The internet is not a safe space
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Kelly Rimmer joins the pod to chat imposter syndrome and drops some truth bombs for aspiring writers, Brooke and Annie face off over trigge...
Why is my manuscript being mean to me?
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lisa fesses up to making her debut (pics below), Brooke wants to know why her manuscript hates her then proceeds to read a breathtaking pas...
"Just Admit You're Bad in Bed..."
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Lisa gives you a free pass to watch TV, Brooke gets tongue-tied interviewing our guest Ella Ward and has a pre-prepared tea rant that SLAPS...
Unhinged and Un-Agented
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, things get weirdly sexual.One of us ghosts an agent (for five years), one of us confesses to writing nothing (again), and one of us acciden...
Everyone’s a Sinner, Baby!
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Writers Behaving Badly, Brooke and Annie spiral into shame spirals, Lisa serves up a full-course manuscript masterclass (with sides of en...
Dirty Wordle and Lisa's Worst Client
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Writers Behaving Badly, the podcast where the manuscripts are dusty, the ideas are questionable, and the clients are—well, if you as...
Brooke Has the Shinies ✨
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Writers Behaving Badly, the podcast where writing sins are confessed, manuscripts get a little crispy, and literary chaos reigns supre...
#This Is Where My Career Died
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Writers Behaving Badly podcast—where writing sins are confessed, manuscripts get lightly roasted, and mayhem is inevitable.In our ver...
Writers Behaving Badly – Trailer 🎙🍷
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Writers Behaving Badly, where Lisa Ireland, Brooke Turnbull, and Annie Bucknall take you behind the scenes of the writing world—spilling ...