Episode #24: Reading for Pleasure VS Reading for Challenge

Happy New Year from POW Podcast UK! This episode 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!


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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.

Also on the podcast:

• Hot lovin’ with the band on the aeroplane on holiday in the shack
• Approaching reading like eating, and getting your full range of nutrients
• A lot of Harry Potter chat
• The perils of listening to a podcast on 11/2 speed
• How do you say Katniss?
• Some more podcast recommendations including Off Menu, Homosapiens and Happy Place
• Marc talks about one of inspirations and mentors Douglas Jeal

You can find out all the books Jenni read in 2018 on the official reading list page

And finally, we realise that we haven’t done any writing recently which is the point of this podcast. We need some help with ideas for writing challenges – can you help us?

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Music credit: "Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes

Episode #5: The POWer of the Opening Line

Welcome! Let us introduce ourselves…we are Jenni and Marc, we have been friends for years and we’re writing a book…and we have a survey for you!

You can listen to our 5th eppysoda right here...

or at iTunes,

or Soundcloud.

We like to give you many options...


 
This episode includes:
- All the latest goings in the beautiful lives of the would-be-writers
- We chat about Katherine Ryan (and The Last Leg)!
- We talk BOOKS! Specifically, The Humans (Matt Haig), The State We’re in (Adele Parks). The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
- We mention a few Podcasts too… the Penguin Podcast, MuggleCast, Disney Brit, Richard Herring, Adam Buxton, Nothing But Static, What’s The Tee, The Comedian’s Comedian.
- We talk about our free writing - have you tired free writing? Send us your free writing! …do you free write with tomato sauce?
- We talk about Strictly - we’re supporting Joe McFadden all the way, obviously!
- We discuss our favourite first lines from some books we love: Specifically…The Crow Road (Iain Banks), The Confusion of Karen Carpenter (Jonathan Harvey), How I Live Now (Meg Rosoff), The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom), Confessions of a Shopaholic series: Shopaholic Ties the Knot and Shopholic Abroad (Sophie Kinsella), Holding (Graham Norton), Harry Potter and the Philoshopher’s Stone (JKRowling).
- We share a few tips from other fellow writers.
- Please take a moment to join our survey, about YOUR tips to stop procrastinating. What helps you get on with that task that you might otherwise think you don’t have time for.

Things we’ve learnt from recording episode 5 of POW podcast UK:
- Jenni has a business blog. Check out her article about her writing!
- Have you read our blurb yet?
- Pandoro is a real actual Italian cake of deliciousness
- Here is the place to go, if you want to check today's Amazon Daily Deals
- We now have a Google+ profile, so go and find us there too

Today’s management meeting is supported by drinks that are disguised as other things - mwah ha haa

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Music:
"Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes


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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.

You can listen to Episode4 on iTunes, Soundcloud...or right here:

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!

Today’s management meeting is supported by ciiiiider.

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Music:

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Episode #2: Defining A Character

Hey lovely podcast listeners,

We're back with another Procrastinate of Write episode, in which we flesh out one of the characters in our story.
You can find our latest episode on iTunes. Yay!
or listen directly here...



Show notes:
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

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Music:
"Clap Your Hands" by Scott Holmes
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/

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Episode #1: Why Aren't We Writing Enough?

Hello!

Listen to episode #1: Why Aren't We Writing Enough?

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Show notes:
We explain a little bit about our writing project and why we’re doing this podcast. We’re not writing enough…WHY?

We share ideas on how to avoid procrastination… we also 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!

Other discussions include:

- How we’re writing our book

- Rupaul’s Drag Race, What’s The Tee podcast with RuPaul andMichelle Visage, Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Podcast and Richard &Judy’s Book Club podcast

- Fringe festivals

- A Handmaid’s Tale, American Gods, The Crystal Maze and GLOW

- The power of the jigsaw puzzle

- Lethal Weapon 3, Eddie Izzard Documentaries and The Theoryof 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

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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.