{"podcast":{"title":"The Failing Writers Podcast","slug":"the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374","podcast_index_feed_id":3571374,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66202cf262f822001203895b","website_url":"https://www.failingwriterspodcast.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66202cf262f822001203895b/1774252797881-8978c666-7232-4bd8-a257-0baa322169ea.jpeg","author":"The Failing Writers","episode_count":163,"summary":"Becoming a better writer, writing a novel, being a successful author - whatever your writing goal is, we’re here for you! Join two struggling writers learning everything there is to know about writing. They talk to best-selling authors, screenwriters and poets - people who actually know what they’re talking about. The award-winning Failing Writers Podcast is the best writing podcast around. Why? It’s funny, informative and could help you get over writer’s block, finish that novel, get a literary agent and achieve your writing goals. (Oh, and they do silly little songs too) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T04:19:51.659016+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374"},"episode":{"title":"S5 Ep11: Hamilton Nolan - Publishing laid bare","slug":"s5-ep11-hamilton-nolan-publishing-laid-bare","published_at":"2025-08-11T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374/s5-ep11-hamilton-nolan-publishing-laid-bare","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374","url":"https://shows.acast.com/failing-writers/episodes/s5-ep11-hamilton-nolan-publishing-laid-bare","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66202cf262f822001203895b/e/6895be54f9482328d0f48a70/media.mp3","summary":"For many, the idea of having their book published is an actual dream. A beautiful, glorious, waking dream. But for others, perhaps even most writers, the dream isn't quite as dreamy as people might imagine. So let's draw back the curtain and have a little peek at the actual, unfiltered, no-bull realities of giving birth to a beautiful baby book, with the supremely talented (and honest) journalist and author, Hamilton Nolan. And if you too want to be all professional and authory, you could do a lot worse than getting yourself a copy of Scrivener. It's a brilliant bit of software that honestly and genuinely makes writing easier. Use our cheeky little code FAILING and get yourself 20% off the usual cost! Go to https://www.literatureandlatte.com right now. And you'd assume, wouldn't you, that THAT might be all. Because any more of this aural nourishment could easily result in indigestion. Well no. Sorry, but you should undo your belt a couple o' notches and ready yourself for pudding. Because we've got our brand new feature starting this week. Yep. It's HYPE-WRITER! Where you send us a bit of writing you're real proud of. Could be your novel, could be a piece of flash, could be a short story, could be an article, could be a comedy sketch, could be a play, could be a sitcom episode. OR... it could be a poem, which is what we've got this week from the talented Guy Jones , founder of Hothouse Theatre, Nottingham: https://www.hothousetheatre.com/ Insta: @ hothouse_theatre If you'd like to send us a bit of writing you're proud of so we can hype YOU up - send it over to failingwriterspodcast@gmail.com with a bit of blurb about it, and you could see your name in lights* *Forgive us a bit of hyperbole. x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"For many, the idea of having their book published is an actual dream. A beautiful, glorious, waking dream. But for others, perhaps even most writers, the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2617,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374/episodes/s5-ep11-hamilton-nolan-publishing-laid-bare/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374/s5-ep11-hamilton-nolan-publishing-laid-bare.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}