Episode #14: Interview with Esther Fairfax & Jenifer Klepfer

Jenni is banished upstairs with her wine in a Sainsbury’s bag filled with ice, Marc is confused about exactly what Lotte Berk is, we’ve just completed (ish) our 5,000 word April writing challenge… we definitely need some self care! Join us for a chat about why looking after yourself is so important and what you can do for some important self care while you’re writing, or just living your life.

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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!

Order Esther’s book My Improper Mother and Me, watch Esther demonstrate the Lotte Berk Technique and find out more about the amazing Lotte Berk technique.

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

This episode is brought to you by white wine!

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Episode #11: Forbidden by Faith. Interview with Negeen Papehn

In this episode we speak to first time published author and lovely lady Negeen Papehn on the release of her book Forbidden by Faith.

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Jen speaks to Negeen via the wonder of the internet in our first INTERNATIONAL interview! 

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?

Jen drinks a hot toddy as she slowly succumbs to tonsillitis while Marc is FORBIDDEN BY FAITH (geddit???) as he’s giving up weekday drinking for Lent, so he just has a Ginger Pepsi Max.

Negeen is doing a live Facebook webchat HERE on 10^th March at 8pm GMT. Be sure to stop by and say hi!

You can find out more about Negeen on her website, 

You can also find her in these places too...
Twitter,  
Facebook, 
Instagram 
Goodreads. 

Buy Negeen's book on Amazon here!

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Episode #4: Interview with Mandy Clark

We are Jenni and Marc. We have been friends for years. We’re writing a book…

Welcome to the latest episode of "Procrastinate of Write" (POW...gettit?) with updates on our writing adventure.

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Episode 4 includes:

- An interview with a wonderful friend of the podcast, Mandy Clark who self-published her very own book Mud and Marriage. She talks about her writing process, her obsession with writing and all the other elements that one might not think go into publishing your own book!

- Our first listener question!

- A progress report on how our book in progressing, we’re a third of the way through!

- We have advice from How to be Writer by Sally O’Reilly

- Do books needs lots of themes?

- Free writing! Check out Jenni and Marc’s efforts!

- A heated dispute about the need or lack of, for alternative words for “said”.

- What reality shows would our characters choose to go on? Is it Bake Off?

- …and Jenni finally reveals her favourite word

Things we’ve learnt:

- You don’t have to be going back to school to buy a new pencil case

- Always have something on you, that you can write with!

- The book Marc was talking about, that was written in a free writing style (known as a stream of consciousness) is actually On The Road by Jack Kerouac, not The Road by Cormac McCarthy. If this tickles yer pickle and you want to find out about more popular books written this way, check out this article from Goodreads.com (you’re welcome) 

- Jenni is a walking thesaurus

- When Marc thinks of Ben, he imagines Neil Stuke (or a randomer from The Apprentice) 

- Creative writing courses. Check out what amazon.co.uk have to offer

Thanks and that…

- Shout out to friends of the podcast, Chris Billingham and his awesome podcast, Nothing But Static

- Also thanks to Nina West for our shout out, in their podcast, Dragcast.

- don’t forget to check out Jenni’s blog post about overcoming a fear by writing

Don't forget, here is where you can find Mandy’s book, Mud and Marriage...get it sent to your kindle, immediately! Or visit her website www.mudandmarriage.co.uk to find out more!

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