POW Podcast UK

We’re celebrating our 40th episode with a little look at ways to boost your creativity. There are many ways to help your creativity, but hopefully you’ll get some new ideas and info from our comprehensive-ish research.    Also this episode - Jenni can’t pronounce ‘Nietzsche’ More "The Good Place" talk   DON’T GIVE UP Big up our hero Dr Rangan Chatterjee The return of talking about rollercoaster games – woohoo! Amazing insights into the world of charity shops and puzzles.  A silly word game of Rhyming Tennis   Find our full show notes on our website. Thanks to our sponsor, BadFish - use offer code POW for 10% off Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @POWpodcastUK Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com   Music credit: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes  

Marc happened upon this lovely clip of writers talking to Women's Hour about their writing tips and advice. Writers such as Prue Leith, Angie Thomas, Ruby Wax, Allison Pearson and Nina Stibbe talk about how to write and how they write, and how to write that book! Jenni and Marc pull out their highlights, what resonated with them, and also how Prue Leith manages to get her laptop into the toilets at cocktail parties (what if she needs a plug? Does she carry a rucksack? Does everyone else think she's just doing a massive poo? SO MANY QUESTIONS!).   Find full show notes on our website

A special bonus episode featuring Jen's meanderings as she attempted NaNoWriMo 2019.  Jen challenged herself to write a brand new novel over the course of November. That means 50,000 words. It was, as she finds out, a challenge. That is why they call it a challenge. Join her in an audio diary to find out exactly how many words she managed to write each day and her struggles with procrastination and plot lines.   Visit our website to find the show notes for this episode

We chat about Jen's NaNoWriMo achievement, what else we've done over the end of 2019 and what books and other sources of inspiration we've found lately. And then we talk a lot about puddings.   Find our full show notes at our website

Can we get a drumroll please? ...Has Jenni done it? Is the end in sight? Has Jenni completed NanoWrimo2019?   

The Nanowrimo extravaganza continues...will Jenni keep up with her word count, or is the Crown just too distracting?

How is Jenni getting on with her NaNoWriMo month? There's only way to find out...

We're back! Well, sort of...in a twist to the POW podcast proceedings, Jenni is going it alone for a quick moment to take us on her NaNoWriMo 2019 journey. Are you in the midst of all things National Novel Writing Month? Join Jenni as she talks progress, procrastination and all things writing.

While Jenni only cleans her desk when she gets told off by her cleaner, and Marc settles into his brand new tailor-made studio workspace, we talk about the impact that your workspace has on your productivity and creativity. Looking after and improving your environment is an extension of self-care, and will help you not only avoid procrastination but also being called Mr Treebus (if you don’t know who Mr Treebus is, all is explained in the episode). It makes an impact on your state of mind and when you feel good about where you are, you’re bound to create some amazing things. Find full show notes here   Thanks to our sponsor, BadFish - use offer code POW for 10% off Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @POWpodcastUKEmail us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Find all our episodes: Pow Podcast UK Episodes Music credit: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes If you're reading this far, maybe you have time to like and leave a review on our podcast...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.

In this episode, we discuss motivation and how to find inspiration! What are your quick go-to points of inspiration? What are the tools you always have on hand to fire up your brain and fuel your creativity? Thanks to our sponsor, BadFish - use offer code POW for 10% off Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @POWpodcastUKEmail us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Find all our episodes: Pow Podcast UK Episodes

Focusing on procrastination and taking on a new angle for this episode, we look at new directions, career paths and how we (well, Jen) could be avoiding big decisions by generally just faffing about. What would you do if you could do it all again? Would you make different choices? Jen is interested in career changes and how people turn their lives in different directions. As someone who’s been in the same sort of job since uni, she’s fascinated about the reasoning and decision making that goes into changing your life completely.  We delve deep into the reasons why Marc has changed from his childhood dreams to be an animator, to his new print making and design business – MarcoLooks. Marc also tries to pin down the theorectical ‘Jennifer’ (not based on Jen in any way) on what she wants to do next! Thanks to our sponsor, BadFish - use offer code POW for 10% off Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @POWpodcastUK Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Find all our episodes: Pow Podcast UK Episodes Music credit: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes If you're reading this far, maybe you have time to like and leave a review on our podcast...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.

Marc and Jenni look at games and tips to help your character development. Just like Mary Poppins (Disney version, not the PL Travers version) we are going to sprinkle some fun into the ways you can develop your characters. You want to make characters that people believe in and care for, so how can you create depth for the personalities that make up your novel or creative writing piece? Jenni and Marc look at the different games and situations that you can use with your characters to make them well rounded, interesting people that your readers want to get excited about. Whether it’s moral dilemmas, practical spreadsheets, jumping off points, interesting questions or suggestions to push your characters forward, we cover it all. We had two years pretending to be trees in Theatre Studies A Level so we know characterization. Come and join us on our journey!  Visit our website for our full show notes.

Join Marc and Jen as they talk about getting back to creative work after a break. If life has got in the way of your writing, how can you get back in the swing of things? We discuss 'Percolating', the new phrase the lovely Chris Billingham (from the last episode) started using to brew ideas and mull over stories in his head, and how this has impacted on Jenni’s work positively. The dwell factor and reflection is an important process, reducing writer’s block and giving you time to really deepen your plot, plus it sounds like you're just about to make a lovely coffee! For more information about today's episode, check out our full show notes. Thanks again to our sponsor, BadFish - don't forget, use offer code POW for 10% off your order.

In this episode Jenni talks to Chris Billingham, one of our favourite people and a writer of many things. Chris has written three plays, a web series, two short films and won at least two awards. This means he is an 'award winning writer', although he doesn't like us saying that at all. He's a fantastically proficient writer, as well as having a proper job and having two/three podcasts with podcast partner Dan Doolan. We talk about how it's different writing with a partner, increasing the diversity in our work, procrastination, deadlines, expectations and even term a band new writing phrase - 'percolation'. For links to Chris's work, check out our full show notes.   Thanks to our sponsor, BadFish - use offer code POW for 10% off

Join us for a little catch up episode where we check in on each other and how we’re doing, motivation-wise. We’ve come up against a strange sort of writer’s block when it comes down to finishing our book, so we talk through how writing letters from their characters has given us a push to get into the next phase of novel writing. Will we achieve our Italian-sauce based goals? Will Jenni’s family get bored with constant pasta dinners?  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @POWpodcastUK Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Find all our episodes: POW Podcast UK Episodes Check out Jen's 2018 booklist Music credit: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes If you're reading this far, maybe you have time to like and leave a review on our podcast...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.

You lucky listener, you...not one, but TWO bonus episodes before our latest proper episode reaches you! We couldn't keep this bonus edition buried away for much longer. Jen and Marc finally get chance to catch up on our thoughts about RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 4 (has Latrice had more chances than Shangela? Did Naomi make the right choice? Who's the real winner?) and we also chat all things season 11 (which has just started on Netflix/VH1), particularly which queens are standing out to us and who are early predictions might be. Our next episode is nearly ready for your ears, so keep an eye out for that too x   #TeamNina

Yes! We're approaching Eurovision season already! Whilst you're waiting for our next regular episode to emerge from the editting studio, Marc thought he would put together a tiny, bonus episode talking about one of the things he loves the most...no, not Kylie...Eurovision! Just over half of the competing countries have announced which song will represent them this year, in Tel Aviv, so Marc takes us through some of his favourites so far, and also has a look at who the bookmakers are predicting to come out on top. Our next episode will be winging its way to your podcast devices in the next few days, so keep an eye out x

We have hit a wall in our book writing process, so we’ve decided to work on our plots. Jenni and Marc break down some plots from famous novels and try and apply them to their own book. We also look at classic plot structures from Well-Storied.com, using Freytag’s Pyramid, the Fichtean Curve and the Hero’s Journey. Also in this episode: · Writing down the Status Quo · Who is the main character in Lord of the Rings?  · Is Harry Potter the main character in the Harry Potter books? (yes, yes he is)  · Our main plot line appears to be ‘he’s being a naughty boy and shagging about a bit’ · Jenni’s kids book plots – 'The Dog Stuck in the Fence' and 'The Trip to the Post Office' · An update of the effect of the lovely Dr Rangan Chatterjee’s book on Jen and reducing phone time · Our amazing idea of a pub, where your loyalty card gets you story updates! Plus red wine and steak night!  *** Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @POWpodcastUK Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Find all our episodes: Pow Podcast UK Episodes Check out Jen's 2018 booklist Music credit: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes If you're reading this far, maybe you have time to like and leave a review on our podcast...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.  

We’re discussing writing challenges this time – the whys and hows of setting specific goals for your writing. If you want to stimulate your creativity and set some priorities for your writing, a challenge is the way to go. Writing challenges give you some space to try something different – looking at perspectives, forms, narration and themes that you might not have tried before. Whether it’s something based the style of prose, or something more practical like scheduling in your writing into your day, there’s a writing challenge for you. After discussing some types of challenges and the theories behind them, we find a challenge that works for us and we’re excited to see how this works for our book! Find all our show notes on our website.

We’re talking about reading for pleasure versus reading as a task. Following on from Jenni’s 2018 reading challenge against friend-of-the-show-Gemma’s husband Scott, Marc and Jenni discuss how the challenge went, how it affected Jenni’s love of reading and, crucially, WHO WON! If you’re reading with one eye on the total, it really makes a difference about what and how you read. We discuss the choices that you make, as well as the books Jenni really enjoyed this year, which ones she read really quickly, and which ones she abandoned because they were just taking too long. We also discuss the perfect environment for competitive reading, which may or may not involve a spa break paid for by Marc, and whether listening to an audio book counts as reading an actual book. For full show notes, visit our webpage! 

It’s Chriiiiiiiiistmas! Marc and Jen are back to give you a run down of the best Christmas gifts for the readers and writers in your life.  With jingle bells at the ready and a naughty elf, Marc and Jen either think about what other people would like (Marc) or just write down what they want (Jen).  Along the way we ponder the trouble with goats and sheep, reminisce about the books we read as kids, confuse Albert with Abdul and reignite the Kindle debate. Whether it’s a bestseller, something critically acclaimed or an off the wall choice, we’ve got a great selection should you need a last minute present. There’s still time, so make someone happy with a book specially chosen from the masters of procrastination. Find all our show notes, including links to our book recommendations, here... www.powpodcastuk.blogspot.com

In the midst of Nanny Flymo (#NaNoWriMo) Marc and Jen talk about getting feedback from their first chapters and the best ways to deal with critiques and comments from those lucky few that have finally had a peek at your writing. If you’ve written a novel, short story or any sort of creative writing, there will be a time where you’re going to have to put it front of someone to read it and, hopefully, give you a bit of useful feedback. But what should you do with that feedback? We have some top tips to help you apply any criticism to your work. Whether it’s avoiding taking comments personally, extracting those golden nuggets and common themes or remembering the bigger picture, our advice should allow you to take feedback on board without sinking! It’s also November, National Novel Writing Month, so check in with how we’re getting on with NaNoWriMo and listen to us talk way too much about pie and the problems with fitting in writing when that tricky old life stuff gets in the way. Visit our website for full show notes.

It’s episode 21 of POW Podcast UK and with NaNoWriMo 2018 just round the corner, Marc and Jen look at 10 useful ways to approach National Novel Writing Month.  Are you planning to write 50,000 words in November to create a novel? Do you need some help with how to plan your month and stay motivated? We used NaNoWriMo in 2017 with the aim of writing 5,000 words each, and we’re planning to do the same this year. We give you some ideas to help you along the way from our experience and other great tips we found about organizing your writing. We don’t want you to feel like it’s a chore, so follow our advice to really enjoy NaNoWriMo and the community it creates this year. We talk about pacing yourself, freewriting, using practical support and much more. We also manage to digress into our tsundokus, some terrible singing, even worse inventions and the importance of making sure your dinner choices take exactly 25 minutes to cook so you can write a book while you wait.

Do you worry about what your parents, significant other, or friends think about your life choices? As a creative person this can be an issue, so we can talk about how we can tackle this.  Jenni and Marc discuss unrealistic expectations – not everyone is going to write a best selling book or win an Oscar – and how we impose our standards on other people’s expectations. There’s also impostor syndrome – have you ever felt like you don’t belong beside your peers? We talk about the types of impostor syndrome and how you can overcome these feelings to motivate yourself to achieve more. It’s a deep old chat for us, as we delve deep into what we expect from our children, our families and ourselves and how these change as we grow, so join us as we unravel our brains just for you.  

This episode we talk to Janu Miah, a leadership and organisational development specialist, about rewards and motivation. How can we use rewards to get ourselves out of procrastination holes? Jan guides us towards better uses of our time and how our minds work. For full show notes visit our website

  We love a bit of reality telly, and we've got properly sucked in to Channel 4's new show, The Circle. It's all about how people use and present themselves on social media, and what lengths they'll go to to become the most popular.  We chat what we think about it, how it makes us think about our own use of social media (and how lucky we were to grow up on MSN Messenger!) and how the show works. We also talk about how fab Sophie Willan, the narrator of the show, is. Join us in the excitement! And let us know what you think about The Circle! Find full notes at POWpodcast HQ

Should you be striving for wellness as a creative? Despite the notorious anguished artist stereotype, we believe that you should look after yourself if you want to create amazing things. Looking after yourself and making time for the self care is a priority, and we talk about how you can start to do that. We talk about what makes us feel good and how to integrate self care rituals into our everyday lives. Big shout out to Emma from Shine for her teaching and advice, which forms a big part of what we talk about. We’re also caught up in the "back to school" vibe, so we set ourselves some goals – personal, work, podcasting and more - to get us to the end of the year. We are all about the wellness this episode, appreciating and nurturing our bodies with l’eau mineral and pink Vimto.  For full show notes visit our website

We're back. You missed us, didn't you? In this eagerly anticipated episode, we have highlights from our recent writing retreat. We pod directly from a beautiful setting, just outside Leicester, while we edit, rewrite and work through the beginning of our book, Too Much. Are writing retreats useful? How do you approach them? What’s it like re-reading your first chapters, especially when a lot of them were written about 10 years ago? We cover all these points and more when we do our own mini writing retreat. As well as some plot holes, we discuss the differences in perspective and narrative in the first few chapters and how effective we thought it was. For full show notes visit our website

Yaaaasssss! We have a new Queen! We are too excited about the dramatic reunion and finale of Drag Race Season 10 - and you just knew that we had to share our thoughts with you in another bonus episode! We talk about the bust up at the reunion, Aquaria's well deserved win, whether the reveals were actually worth it, our dream Drag Parliament, our opinions on Eureka, Asia and Kameron, and of course the BUTTERFLY in the room. Look out for our next full episode, hitting your devices soon. Full episode notes can be found on our website....and whilst you're there, join our mailing list for all our latest news!  

How do you develop a plot? In this episode we talk about the best ways to develop your storyline, what the classic plotlines are and how our own novel fits into it all. We also try to fit in a discussion about Horcruxes wherever we can. Jenni has a massive problem in developing plots on her own, but finds the process easier when writing with Marc. Why is that? We look at different techniques of plotting and storylines, structuring a novel, whether a character can carry a story and if actually it’s all down to confidence. Also, are plots like songs? Is it all down to character? Are there really only six real plots? Are Christopher Booker’s plots plots, or are they themes? We try to classify our own novel into one of the seven classic plots and work out how we are structuring our storyline.  Marc also talks about the fantastic background work he's put in on character development behind one of our characters, Darvin, and how it fits into how our plot is developing. Darvin goes from flimsy weirdo to Guy With a Backstory. Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK and tweet us some drink suggestions or just say hi! Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Full show notes can be found at our website. Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support. ...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.  

In this episode we explore character development by looking at one of our characters in more detail – the lovely Darvin. We explore some popular and less well known ways to capture a personality that you are writing about, while drinking prosecco and gradually becoming more random (and slightly slurred). How can you approach character development? We look at techniques and tricks for getting an in depth feel for your character’s personality and background. This includes looking at things like online dating profiles, questionnaires, theme songs, family trees and loads more. Jenni and Marc chat about how all of these factors shape the character of our Darv and how it adds to the story. This episode also includes... We are now on so many channels/apps/listening thingies! Find us on Stitcher and Player.fm. The effect of prosecco – once you pop you can’t stop. Writing a book based in the 90s is filled with problems, mainly related to TV programmes, films and other cultural bits.  Jenni’s son has super sonic hearing (he interrupts at about 3.40 after hearing us mention Pringles) Puss-filled piercings of the 90s, and how hip and happening we were Jenni is writing a play with the lovely Mandy (of Mud and Marriage fame) The advantages and pitfalls of writing journals, including Fearne Cotton's Happy journal We rant about the Royal Wedding and how we should care about the love and not about what people are wearing. Also how Amal Clooney is way more important than her husband. Marc has met POSH SPICE! Can you read 200 books a year? We question how many books the lovely Greg Jenner reads, and how long they are. We are clearly just jealous.  Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK and tweet us some drink suggestions or just say hi! Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Full show notes can be found at our website. Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support. ...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.  

Welcome to another special BONUS episode of the Procrastinate or Write Podcast!  In this cheeky little extra chat, we talk about the weekend's Eurovision highlights. Find out who we loved, what the UK judges thought and the mysterious meaning behind Marc's Eurovision costume. It's all here! Look out for our next full episode, hitting your devices soon. Full episode notes can be found on our website....and whilst you're there, join our mailing list for all our latest news!

This podcast features a wonderful interview with Esther Fairfax and Jenifer Klepfer - Esther Fairfax is the daughter of Lotte Berk, the creator of the Lotte Berk Technique, also known as ‘slutty yoga’ (although we found out after we recorded this that Esther hates that term!). Esther wrote an autobiography about her mother and her upbringing, and Jenni talks to her and Jenifer about the writing process, what they are writing now, and generally how to approach the wonderful ‘mish mash’ that is life and enjoying it for what it is. Apologies for the sound quality in this one, Jen really has to learn about microphone placement! What we’ve learnt this episode:  There’s never a right or wrong time to change your life and how we’re inbuilt to succeed  How to break up with your phone – How we are getting with cutting down our phone use  If you can’t look after yourself, how the hell you gonna look after someone else? (Sorry Ru Paul) We reveal some self care tips, including the legendary ‘Stroke yourself’  We shouldn’t try to sing “I Touch Myself’  Jen’s thoughts on How To Stop Time by Matt Haig, It Started With A Tweet by Anna Bell and how much she bloody loves Mary Beard  All of Marc’s loves are on Netflix, including Victoria Wood and French & Saunders  The Manic Street Preachers and Kylie have got new albums out and they are both so good!  Jenni’s Nan doesn’t understand veganism Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK and tweet us some drink suggestions or just say hi! Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Full show notes can be found at our website. Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support. ...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.

Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Procrastinate or Write Podcast!  Ok, ok, we know, we know...ALL STARS 3 finished ages ago now...but we thought we'd share this nugget of audible wonderment, that we recorded ages ago, as a cute little bonus. You're welcome. DRAG RACE SPOILER WARNINGS! Look out for our next full episode, hitting your devices next Monday. Full episode notes can be found on our website....and whilst you're there, join our mailing list for all our latest news!

In this episode, Jenni tries to give up her phone. Not only that, but we talk about the books we've been enjoying recently, we share some terrible book puns and Marc talks about his experience of Hamilton. We talk, How To Break Up With Your Phone and if it works, as Jenni talks about Catherine Price's guide to giving up the evil technology and how it's affected her. Marc has decided that Claire Foy is much better than the Queen at being the actual Queen, and we talk a bit about historical dramas such as The Crown and The Darkest Hour...and Sing Street. This episode also includes... A (brief) update on our writing challenge (...we're writing a book, don't you know?) The WONDERFUL Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Shows that we're looking forward to seeing this year, including the Ladyboys of Bangkok, Kylie Minogue and more Marc is not fussed about This Is Us  Jenni has finally read the Tom Hanks' book, Uncommon Type, and it isn't about giant typewriters that come alive and take over the world (it is quite good though). Jen's 'tinkle-tonkle' spa and the flotation pool experience.   Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK and tweet us some drink suggestions or just say hi! Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Full show notes can be found at our website. Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support. ...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.  

Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Procrastinate or Write Podcast!  Join Jenni and Marc at a cheeky kiki about Ru Paul's Drag Race and the first episode of Season 10! SPOILER WARNING! We're so excited about the finale of All Stars 3 that we couldn't wait to have a chat about Ru Paul's Drag Race Season 10 queens and pick out our favourites. Who do you want to win? Who do you think will crash and burn? Will Eureka's knee hold out? Tell us what you think! Join us next time as we return to our usual scheduling with our April writing challenge! Full episode notes can be found on our website....and whilst you're there, join our mailing list for all our latest news!

Welcome to the 12th episode of the Procrastinate or Write Podcast! Join Jenni and Marc in the same room - wowzers - as we talk about the tips and tricks to overcome writers block. Your whole life will be sorted and you will never suffer from writer's block again as a result of this podcast* What is writer's block? What's the definition of writer's block? Is it about being motivated to write or not knowing what to write next? We explore techniques such as free writing, writing games, motivation, muses and if you need them, as well top tips from Stephen King and other authors/bloggers. This episode also includes... How to pronounce the name of our podcast and the country we live in,  Marc rants for far too long about potholes and dog poo,  We rave about the wonderful new reboot of Queer Eye, and side step a conversation about white privilege (phew!) Jenni's struggles with her political party of choice the Women's Equality Party and gives us a little mini history of universal suffrage We talk about what we're reading right now - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle and This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay  An update of Jenni's battle with Gemma's husband about who will read the most books in 2018, and you can check out the full reading list here Why Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham is on Jenni's bookshelf How privilege can help you get published (or not) via Chris Colfer and Deliciously Ella, RuPaul and JK Rowling   This podcast is brought to you by half-time cups of tea! Don't jiggle our board! Join us next time as we start our April writing challenge and try to avoid writer's block. *This is not true. Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK and tweet us some drink suggestions or just say hi! Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Full show notes can be found at our website. Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support. ...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.  

In this episode we speak to first time published author and lovely lady, Negeen Papehn on the release of her book Forbidden by Faith. Jen speaks to Negeen via the wonder of the internet in our first INTERNATIONAL interview! Woohoo! We find out Negeen’s writing process, how she deals with procrastination and writer’s block and her journey to publication. We also spend time with a fun writer’s game delving deep into another character in our own book – Hilary! What makes Hilary’s morning? If Hilary’s mum was a celebrity, who would it be? Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK and tweet us some drink suggestions or just say hi! Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Full show notes can be found at our website. Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support. ...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.  

    That's right! It's our best bits! To celebrate our tenth episode...it's our bestest bits! Thanks for joining us on our journey so far, it’s been lovely having you with us. Since we’ve been podcasting, we have over 40,000 words in our book! Not only is this episode cram packed with our (and yours, thank you to those that sent us suggestions) favourite bits, we also review how our Jan-Wri-Cha challenge went. Or is it Wri-Jan-Mo, Na-Wri-Ja-Mo…? Who cares…but yay for the great word count… it’s looking good, guys. It’s looking good! Since we started podcasting, some wonderful things have happened. We improved our sound quality, we got lovely tweets from fellow authors and we wrote a blurb: Four lives intertwine into a tangled web of lust, deceit and betrayal ...Nice! Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK and tweet us some drink suggestions Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Full show notes can be found at our website. Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support. ...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.  

Hello! It's us, Jenni and Marc! We've been friends for year...join us on our writing journey! Our 9th episode of Procrastinate or Write includes a jolly discussion on what procrastination is and ways to perceive it, to help you stop doing it! We examine a TedX Talk...but does this teach us how to stop procrastination? We chat about how Woebot can support your efforts to be more productive, whilst improving your mood and well being. Jenni laments only reading four books since Christmas whilst Marc rejoices over the return of Celebrity Big Brother! We have some fan feedback! …from Louisa! Thanks, Louisa! Jenni has a Cock Jacques revelation and likes mixers with her bubbly and Marc escapades as a wannabe sommelier and likes his wines deep Did YOU know you could buy a bootleg gig at your local market...yes, on an actual cassette tape! We also share a recipe on how to make an awesome pomodoro sauce Today’s management meeting has hated being part of Dry January…don’t even get us started on the silliness of Veganuary. Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK and tweet us some drink suggestions Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Full show notes can be found at our website. Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support. ...also, don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list, to keep up to date with all our latest news.  

We are Jenni and Marc, we have been friends for years and we’re writing a book…join us on our journey…It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid…we’re here! This episode includes: - Our very special guest (and friend of the show), Gemma Powell! We discuss motivational techniques used in schools, managing your time, the importance of a digital detox and why it’s important to elevate the quality of your work and life balance…but who is Granny Flymo? Things we’ve learnt from recording episode 8 of POW podcast UK: - Since we’ve started podcasting we have added 13,000 to our book. So far, as we draw to the end of 2017, we are at a total word count of 31,000 - yessssss! - As well as being a superstar young person educator, Gemma is also part of a sensational acapella singing group - follow them at @avenue_acapella Today’s management meeting is supported by festive drinks (namely snowballs and Cinnamon Baileys)   For full show notes, visit our website. Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK and tweet us some drink suggestions Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Support our podcast by “buying us a beer” Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes   Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support.

Welcome to Procrastinate or Write! Its our survey episode! A few weeks back, you may recall taking part in our survey about the things that make YOU procrastinate and what you do to stop...well here are the results...and that's not all...this is the very first time, in POWpodcastUK history, that an episode has been recorded with Jenni and Marc being in the same room...we think you'll agree it's a marvellous joy to put upon your ears!   We are helped by coffee and the antics of Jen's beautiful dog, Boo. As well as the survey, we discuss writing fanzines and have a good old catch up! Enjoy!   For full episode notes full of links and wonderment, visit our website Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Support our podcast by “buying us a beer”   Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes   Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support.

In this episode, we have a very special guest interview with BBC radio and Listening Project producer, Linda Walker. We also have some of your listener questions and we talk about every writer’s favourite month of the year (or not), NaNoWriMo and its dilemma that can steer us for quantity over quality. Other chats includes RuPaul’s Drag Race and their sponsors, Sushi, The Book of Dust and our book blurb   We’re also still riding high on our tweets and retweets from Sophie Kinsella and Jonathan Harvey…and did you know, we’re also on Acast now?   Full for episode notes full of links and joy, visit our website   Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Visit our website at: powpodcastuk.blogspot.co.uk Help our podcast by “buying us a beer”   Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes   Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support.

Join in our discussion on the opening lines of our favourite books. Our 5th “Procrastinate Or Write” episode includes our chat about about whether the openings lines really matter? Do they set the tone for the whole book, or are they just there to grab our attention as a reader? Has an opening line ever put you off reading a book?   We also learn about the connection between free writing and tomato sauce… which is not to be confused with Italian cake.   Full for episode notes full of links and joy, visit our website Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Support our podcast and “buy us a beer”   Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes   Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support.

In our 4th instalment of “Procrastinate Or Write” we interview the wonderful Mandy Clark, self-published author of “Mud and Marriage”. We also answer our first listener question! We talk about progress reports, free writing and book themes. We discuss the use of “said” in a book and other important topics, such as which reality shows would our characters go on. We also learn that you don’t have to be going back to school to buy a new pencil case. Marc totally balls up his example of a book written as stream of consciousness. Jenni is a walking thesaurus…and you should always have something on you that you can write with! For full episode notes crammed with links and joy, visit our website: Interview with Mandy Clark Follow us on Twitter: Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Stop by our website: powpodcastuk.blogspot.co.uk Support our podcast by “buying us a beer” Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support.

  Here’s the latest update on Jenni and Marc’s writing adventure. Join us. In this episode we discuss: Writing to conquer phobias, What we’ve been reading and Resources online to support writers. We explore another character of ours, Niamh (and compare her to Italian biscuits) and we play a game to help get to know our characters! If you like listening to us, you can even buy us a beer if you fancy - visit our website for all links: powpodcastuk.blogspot.co.uk (Today’s management meeting is supported by red, red wiiiine).   Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Visit our website at: Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/ Please like and rate our podcast. The both of us really appreciate all your lovely support.

We are Jenni and Marc. We have been friends for years. We’re writing a book…and we finally got round to publishing our second podcast. This episode’s discussions include: - What we’ve been up to since we last podded - More podcasts we would like to share: Stories Unbound and Attitude Heroes. - What we’re reading right now: Varjak Paw and The Shortest History of Europe - What we’re watching: Game of Thrones (spoiler alert) and Stranger Things - How far we’ve got with our writing and how we actually write, using pbworks.com - We delve into one of our characters, Ben. - How do other writers, write? - What things are inspiring us, right now? - Has the remake of Beauty and the Beast ruined the characters? We’d like to apologise for the little crackly bits throughout this episode. Eeek. Sorry :( Today’s episode is sponsored by real (Yorkshire) ale Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/ Please like and rate our podcast. We’d really appreciate your support.

We are Jenni and Marc. We have been friends for years. We’re writing a book. In this episode, we explain a little bit about our writing project and why we’re doing this podcast...but we’re not writing enough…WHY? POW stands for Procrastinate or Write. We share ideas on how to avoid procrastination… we also have a good catch up about all those things that contribute to us procrastinating! Does being outside the house help us write? Where are the best places to work? All good questions! Discussions include: - How we’re writing our book - Rupaul’s Drag Race - Podcasts (What’s The Tee podcast with RuPaul and Michelle Visage, Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Podcast and Richard & Judy’s Book Club) - Fringe festivals - TV (A Handmaid’s Tale, American Gods, The Crystal Maze and GLOW) - The power of the jigsaw puzzle - Movies (Lethal Weapon 3, Eddie Izzard Documentaries and The Theory of Everything) - Coffee shops, white noise and lack of professional writer deadlines - Characters, plotlines and how we find them - Ideas how to defeat the dreaded procrastination Today’s episode is sponsored by gin Follow us on twitter: @POWpodcastUK Email us at: powpodcastuk@gmail.com Music: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/ Please like and rate our podcast. We’d really appreciate your support.