{"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":"S6 Ep6: Science Fiction - with Joseph Eckert","slug":"s6-ep6-science-fiction-with-joseph-eckert","published_at":"2026-06-08T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374/s6-ep6-science-fiction-with-joseph-eckert","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374","url":"https://shows.acast.com/failing-writers/episodes/s6-ep6-science-fiction-with-joseph-eckert","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66202cf262f822001203895b/e/6a22d8dfac951431d7d0b6bc/media.mp3","summary":"Hang on... before we start... let us just fill you in on a very exciting evening happening on Monday the 6th of July, in Alton, Hampshire. At 8pm in the lovely Goldfinch Books on Alton High Street, we are doing our first ever proper LIVE podcast. Our guest will be the fabulous Costa-Novel-Prize-Winning Claire Fuller. We'll be talking about her brilliantly unsettling new book Hunger & Thirst and asking her all the questions you want to know the answers to but don't want to sound stupid. Whereas - we don't mind. We're used to it. So come and join us in the flesh! I promise it's gonna be a reet proper laugh, as well, obviously, as being incredibly, edifyingly educational! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE! Right... on with the show... Do you love sci-fi? We love sci-fi. Sometimes I think we forget how much we love sci-fi. Why do we like sci-fi? well let's explore that for a moment. Hmmmmmm. I think it's because sci-fi is all about human possibility. About the extrapolation of all our greatest qualities. And yes, of course, our absolute worst. Sci-fi gives us a glimpse into the future of the human race. And none more so than Joseph Eckert's brilliant new book The Traveler. A sort of family drama / sci-fi mashup that brings some big emotional hits and meanwhile taps into our deep curiosity about where this strange and wonderful species we call Homo Sapiens are heading. We talk to Joseph about time travel, about where the stunning concept for his novel came from, about movie options, spending years trying to get a publishing deal, and about how you fit in writing when you have a full time job! Buy The Traveler HERE Joseph Eckert's website Then we check out another sci-fi novel! In our HYPEWRITER feature, we're celebrating David Deane Haskell 's latest work of science fiction: Solari…","meta_description":"Hang on... before we start... let us just fill you in on a very exciting evening happening on Monday the 6th of July, in Alton, Hampshire. At 8pm in the l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3258,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374/episodes/s6-ep6-science-fiction-with-joseph-eckert/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/s6-ep6-science-fiction-with-joseph-eckert.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}