Podcasts | Will Write for Wine

Surprise! It’s a podcast! Seriously, a new podcast! It’s been six years, and we figured it was time. We talk about what’s changed, CJ’s aversion to TV shows, George Hamilton, and baby hawks. Enjoy! We did! DOWNLOAD EPISODE (Right-click and Save As) Or listen here: Will Write for Wine Anniversary Podcast (with complimentary water slide […]

This show is not for the squeamish…writer. We talk about guts–how to get them, how to trust them, how to use them, and if necessary, how to shoot them. Well, not really, but Ceej was getting bored. We answer your burning questions, we talk about getting old, and we drink wine. Just another typical WWfW […]

2010 finds us thinking we are psychic! That’s right. Get the scoop on the innards of publishing and our predictions for this year–the good, the bad and the ugly. All true — plus or minus 50%. DOWNLOAD EPISODE (Right click and save) Or listen here: Share this:

It’s the holidays again. We sing (sorry!), we drink, we make merry, but mostly, we come up a story like no other. Casablanca has nothing on us. DOWNLOAD EPISODE (Right click and save) Or listen here: Share this:

No, not us. The movie, silly. We critique Dirty Dancing. We talk about the joy of flying these days, Harlequin woes, and say goodbye to one of our own. We laugh, we cry, we fight, we drink. Pretty much the usual. Except the fighting. DOWNLOAD EPISODE (Right click and save) Or listen here: Share this:

We cut loose! Finally! Okay, Sam/CJ cuts loose. Lani/Lucy is about the same. We drink mimosas, discuss what it’s like to have a split personality and generally go off on tangents. We missed you too. DOWNLOAD EPISODE (Right click and save) Or listen here: Share this:

So, what does it take to make Lani and Sam come out of hiding? Find out on this special episode of Will Write for Wine! There’s bad behavior, bad language, and fightin’ PSAs! Now what could be more fun than that? Aside from a new podcast every week? DOWNLOAD EPISODE (Right click and save) Or […]

Hey, it’s a special WWfW episode! No, we haven’t improved with time. We sing. Computers burst into flames. Brains melt. We make up a Christmas story that involves duct tape and bagpipes. And there are bells. Consider yourself warned. DOWNLOAD EPISODE (Right click and save) Or listen here: Share this:

The last episode. We drink. We laugh. We end an era. DOWNLOAD EPISODE (Right click and save) Or listen here: Share this:

It’s another Improv Week on Will Write for Wine – this time at the specific request of the Wiffers… so don’t blame us. Plus, school shopping, things that run on batteries, and flying pants. Also, we announce the birth of the first Will Write for Wine baby – welcome to the world, Jack! Plus, we […]

We discuss endings this week on Will Write for Wine, and it quickly degenerates into crude sexual innuendo. What can we say? We've been drinking. We cover when to get a PO Box, soul wine, and a few of the many reasons why Lani is going to hell. Also, Sam has a hot flash and Lani mocks her mercilessly. (See above, re: hell.) Pretty much an average week on Will Write for Wine.

We're getting sexy on this week's Will Write for Wine, as Lani and Sam bow to popular demand and do a show on balance with as many off-color references as they've ever packed into one show! They talk about what to do when you've got life interfering with your writing, or writing interfering with your life. Plus, dirty werewolves, our good friend Pimp, and sadomasochists. Also, Gaelics, galeanthropists, and Lani's adventures in sewing! So take some time for yourself, be selfish and listen!

This week on Will Write for Wine, Lani and Sam talk about when to let go of a project. Also, ex-boyfriends in a drawer, bad advice for serial killers, and wine in a straw casing. Plus, bonus, no fighting! It's okay, y'all can come out from under your desks now. It's a happy podcast!

This week on Will Write for Wine…the gloves come off as Sam and Lani disagree, or… do they? or do they just think they do? Elwin comes through with cheap Spanish wine, MWD has their own Witness Protection Program, Sam tries to do math while drinking wine, and it's the fight heard around the world! Pull up a chair.

We have prevailed! Despite all the technical difficulties we had last week, we managed to get the podcast done this week, and we're very happy about that. We blame it all on Mercury. Anyway, this week, we discuss revisions – how to handle them, how to avoid them, and how much wine to drink while you're doing them. Also, UPS men in shorts, wine writers who try way too hard or – possibly – not hard enough, and what not to crochet. Trust us. Don't crochet it.

It's don't-look-down week on Will Write for Wine, with Lani talking about doing a rough draft without a net, and Sam having to drink a lot just to listen to her. Also, herding beta readers, SocNoc (dirty!) and somebody won the Stanley Cup, although neither Lani nor Sam can remember who. Plus, Lani gets all preachy about egos and writer crazy and blah blah blah blah. After a while, she starts to sound like the parents on Charlie Brown. Next week – revision!

We're back after three long weeks, and we're talking about villains. How to make one, how to keep one, how to make him do tricks for your friends at parties. Plus, lazy hosts, insulting political opinions we don't really mean, and Lani's kids' future therapy sessions. Also, two really good reasons why you should buy a magnum of fortified wine. But you gotta listen to find out! Enjoy!

It's our 50th Show! Yeah, we can't believe it either. We give you 50 – yes, 50 – reasons why you should stop worrying and learn to love that you're a writer. And we manage to take a lot of shots at Ed McMahon. Also, padawiffs, Tums wine, and why media rate at the post office is a big, fat scam. Plus, verbal sobriety tests, killer word, and just a bit of despair. No wonder Wayne keeps running away.

This week on Will Write for Wine – how to deal with the non-writers (aka, normal people) in your life. It's like a podcast and a therapy session all in one! We'll bill your HMO. Also, commitment-phobic Chilean wines, virgins, Catholics, Aunts… basically, we insulted everyone. But it's all in good fun! Please don't sue us.

It's query week on Will Write for Wine. Lani gives her famous (well, kinda) Funky Bird Query Workshop, and Sam makes wise-ass remarks. Plus, the Wine Card Challenge, phallic skeptics, hot flashes, cats in heat and fleas. Aren't you glad to be spending your Friday nights with two middle-aged women?

This week on Will Write for Wine… it's week two of our two-week series on goal, motivation, conflict, and Podcast Alley Top Ten Stunts! Last week Sam drank a stout, this week Lani sings a WWfW theme to the tune of Gilligan's Island. Hey, you asked for it. Plus, Lani goes the extra mile and drinks some bad wine. So who loves you more, huh? And who wrote this description? Same person. Lani. That's right. Also, wine cork people, Jon Stewart's extreme HOTness, and Lani plays straight man to Sam's wise-ass remarks. Did the poles shift? We don't know. All in all, a pretty good show, especially if you like Lani going, “Eueugh!” every time she drinks. Which Sam really did.

This week on Will Write for Wine… we're talking goal and motivation! And Sam drinks stout! Yes, because the Wiffers organized and got us in the top 10 for more than 24 hours, Sam's holding up her end of the bargain and drinking stout. Listen for the “eeughs” throughout the podcast! Also, Lani gets the giggles, Light interrupts the podcast, and Forrest Gump waits for a bus. Arfarfanarf.

It's the WWE on WWfW as Lani and Sam bicker over everything from critiquing to damaged heroes to the Depression! Yes, the Depression! Only on World-Building night would two writers laugh while fighting over economic devastation. Also, fast editors, Missouri wine and Sam admits she's a pantser! (No, she doesn't.) Yes, she does! (No, she doesn't.) Plus, Sam says “ass.” Twice. This is an episode you don't want to miss!

It's been a whole year on Will Write for Wine! Who knew it would ever last this long? Not us! To celebrate, Lani and Sam get together in the same house and drink mimosas! In the middle of the day! Don't judge. Also, writing lessons learned, straight talk for the wives of misbehavin' politicians, and apologies to… oh, hell. Everyone. Plus, the decision of whether to continue for another six months… oh, the suspense!

This week on Will Write for Wine, Lani and Sam get together to talk about voice, sacrificial chickens, toasted fruit and elegant wood. (Sounds dirty. It's not.) Lani breaks with tradition by going non-alcoholic and STILL manages to screw up every block at least once. Also, green beer, Mac's feet, and Wifflings! Be sure to head to the forums to participate in the voice exercise and discussion – we'll see you there!

Will Write for Wine returns with… Rules! How to know one when you see it, how to break it when you have to. Also, adverbs, Pennsylvania's mysterious invisible snowplows, and unpronounceable French wines! Plus, Sonic burgers, the beauty of narcissism, stirrup pant rules, cranky heroines and the glory that is red-headed heroes. We're back, baby!

It's Movie Night on Will Write for Wine! We talk about writing action adventure, the key to great reversals, and why Marion was the only Indiana Jones heroine worth her salt. Plus, fire pajamas, cute UPS guys, and Steak and Shake Thighs. All in all, a productive night!

Tonight on Will Write for Wine… Sam's sick! Poor Sam! But the show goes on, as Lani interviews New York Times bestsellers (and co-collaborators for DOGS AND GODDESSES) Jennifer Crusie and Anne Stuart! We discuss collaborations, of course, plus prologues, sex scenes, and our first ever one star wine! And if Jenny had her way, it would be a broken wine stem. Enjoy the podcast; we'll be contacting our lawyers.

Tonight on Will Write for Wine… it's our longest podcast ever! We're published, and we can't get up! Tips on how to prepare yourself for the wild ride of publication. How to pitch, Lani and Sam's diverse approaches to promotion (Lani does nothing, Sam does everything), and the scary places people find inspiration from. Plus, nouveau wine, Mrs. Giggles, and the release of the first Wiffer book! (Little Ray of Sunshine, which Lani wrote live on Will Write for Wine last year.) Plus, a surprise podcast for next week. Nothing but good times ahead!

It's the most boring episode of Will Write for Wine – EVER! We discuss office supplies, what kind of printers you should get and xczzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzm///. Whoops. Sorry. Just fell asleep writing the description. But we save the day with exciting discussions of Glamour Shots, pimp names and WriterWear, our new brand of underwear just for writers! Patent Pending! Not really! Plus, a wine with an identity crisis! Really, it's a fun podcast. No. Really.

It's all about the big heave-ho on Will Write for Wine tonight. Wanna know how to get your ego stomped on and still maintain your dignity? Well, we can't help you with that, but we can tell you how to take rejection like a writer – with a little bit of wine. Also, cheap wine, how to insult quilters (it's easier than you'd think) and one of Lani's finest parenting moments, caught live on the air. Plus, heaploads of luscious schadenfreude as Lani and Sam relive their rejections. And drink.

Tonight on Will Write for Wine, Lani and Sam discuss sexual tension! And drink leftover champagne! All of which sounds a lot dirtier than it really is. Plus, Sam gets a Wii! (Also, not as dirty as it sounds.) And we discuss rictus! (Also… not as dirty as it sounds.) Overall, this show sounds dirty, but is actually highly intellectual. Okay, kinda intellectual. As intellectual as we get, anyway

It's the last Will Write for Wine of 2007! If we'd realized that, we would have worked harder on the script. As it is, we discuss life and writing lessons from classic holiday specials! Frosty, Rudolph, Gus from The Ref. Plus, snowblowers, food banks and writer neuroses! Happy Holidays to all, and we'll see you again in the new year!

It's all about the conflict on Will Write for Wine this week as Lani and Sam debate the care and feeding of antagonists – in the same room! (Meaning, Sam and Lani are in the same room; the antagonists are where ever you decide they need to go). Also, we drink the same wine and break into a second bottle. Woo hoo! Plus, special holiday recommendations, tarot readings for characters, and slams on communists (just kidding; we love communists)!

Tonight on Will Write for Wine, Lani and Sam discuss structure, even though they're not really sure what they're talking about. Plus, they discuss selling out, UPS guys, and Sam's ass bone. (She's fine. Don't worry.) Also, Lani sings (you knew it was going to happen eventually) and Sam suffers in polite silence (the wine helped.) Can we possibly fit in one more parenthetical aside in this description? (You bet!)

Tonight on Will Write for Wine, Lani and Sam talk about writing – why they hate it, why they love it, why they can't quit. Also, cheap wine, crock pots and why writers are like drug addicts. (No, really.) Plus, Christmas trees, random Google searches, and faulty garage doors. And ten reasons why you should ignore our whining and keep writing anyway.

Tonight on Will Write for Wine, Lani and Sam fight crime! Also, they talk about agents. Plus, German wines, secret secrets, and berries that relax under awnings! Also, Wiffers gone Wild, wine cozies and Awesome drinking games. All in all, a classy night, if you don't have too strict a definition of classy.

Tonight on Will Write for Wine, Lani and Sam jump without a parachute. Or a script. And they go looooonnnnnnng. Sorry. But, since there was no topic, they didn't go off-topic. So yay! Discussed: German wines, spam (both the meat and the mail), socks, speeding tickets, and Alaska State Troopers. Plus, Wiffers Gone Wild (no, there won't be a video), Nanowrimo, and pop quizzes. Also, things your cat can scratch. Overall, the most well-rounded show we've ever done.

Tonight on Will Write for Wine, Lani and Sam explore the many ways in which unprofessionalism can ruin your career, not the least of which is getting drunk on a podcast every week. All we have to say is, consider the source, folks. Lani's punchy from not getting any sleep and Sam's cranky because her French wine doesn't have a website, so you know this is going to be a good show. Plus, bad French accents, Dance Dance Revolution, and fat bastards.

Tonight on Will Write for Wine, Lani and Sam get a little winey. (Sorry. They thought that was funny when they wrote it, but then, they'd been drinking.) They discuss the way writers think… and it ain't pretty. From self-deprecation to professional jealousy to learning when to say “Thank you,” and shut the hell up, they cover it. Also, slutty meerkats, crows vs. magpies, and Lani finds a decent boxed wine! All in all, a successful evening.

Tonight on Will Write for Wine, Lani and Sam discuss the romance in Romancing the Stone. And how movies suck nowadays and the only good ones are the old ones. In other words, we're cranky and old and we don't care who knows it! Also, look Ma, no expiration date! Wiffers Unite! And we discover we are unable to pronounce the title of our show by the E-block. Don't judge; you say it out loud a few times and see how you do.

Tonight on Will Write for Wine… Lani and Sam almost come to blows. About damn time. Also, we discuss Nanowrimo, whatever the hell that is. Plus, butt wine, stuffed pugs (dirty! not!), things you very definitely should NOT eat, and – finally – a legend for our wine rating system! All in all, a night to be remembered! Or forgotten, it's really up to you!

A quick mini-cast to celebrate our making it into the Top Ten at Podcast Alley (even though we had to cheat, and it only lasted for a few hours) and also to share with you a quick writing-related Top Ten List just to make it feel like we're contributing something to your day. Thanks, Wiffers!

Look Ma! No script! This week on Will Write for Wine, we discuss feedback. And critiques. And we do it without a script, so we go a tad long. Well, maybe two tads. But we're worth it! Trust us! Also, the Word of the Blog winner, inspirational quotes, and Wiis! And Miis! And yes, that's spelled right. No, really.

Tonight on Will Write for Wine… we prove we are really writers by not screwing up Writer Improv! We build a scene using conflict, and antagonists, and beats! Plus, big bang theories, pirate guidelines, and how to properly say “blanc.” We talk turning points, tannins, and blowing things up. All in all, a successful evening!

Tonight on Will Write for Wine we review the last six months. We talk about our beginnings, Nazis, what we accomplished, serial killers, whether we want to continue, and chardonnaries. Which is a made-up word. Also, confidence, “I love you, man,” and verbal sobriety tests. This is a good one. Trust us.

This week on Will Write for Wine… we're funny! No, really! We talk about what makes funny funny, what makes funny not, and cryptograms! Also, water slides, Alaskan moose and Galaxy Quest! Plus, monkeys, donkeys and ducks. Warning: Maybe don't drive while listening to this one.

This week on Will Write for Wine… it's all about the Muse and how to get her to give you the goods. We discuss cowpaths, celebrity crushes, and, of course, chocolate. Also, good wines, happy campers and tannins! And – a new contest! Really, what more could you ask out of a single podcast?

This week on Will Write For Wine… it's Writing Improv: Creating a Hero! And this podcast is one you don't want to miss because it's just that bad. We screw up every block, not just the D. We insult ferret people, Trekkies, Buffy fans and the military. We try to build a romantic suspense and fight about it. But damnit, we had fun. And hopefully, so will you! If not, don't complain. We're cranky and we've been drinking.

We're back! This week, Sam and Lani discuss jumping the shark – how to do it, how not to do it, and… well… what it is. For those of you who are worried, it doesn't involve any actual sharks. We may drink a lot of wine, but we're not crazy. We manage to not answer the question of the week while encouraging cats with bad grammar. Also, we go long. Really long. But that's because we're making up for all those weeks we missed, and not because we can't shut up. Right? Riiiiiiiggggggghhhhhht.

It's a Very Special Episode of Will Write for Wine as Lani and Sam do their first ever podcast from the same location! Yay! It's fun, frolic and procrastination with wine!