Two Writers, Many Wrongs

Maddy and Abigail chat about making connections. They discuss their experience forming connections and how their connections have helped them in their lives.

Maddy and Abigail chat about developing characters. They chat about some of their favorite tools to help them with characters and how the make characters in their own work.

Maddy and Abigail chat about finding joy in writing and in life during these unprecedented times. They chat about radical hope, the hard work you have to put in to find joy, and the ways they are avoiding joy.

Maddy and Abigail chat about common pieces of writing advice that they had to unlearn over the years. They chat about the five paragraph essay, "said is dead", and what it means to finish a project.

Maddy and Abigail reflect on the past two years, chatting about what the new year has in store and their favorite lessons from their podcast guests in 2025.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Jandy Nelson author of The Sky is Everywhere, I'll Give You the Sun, and When the World Tips Over. Jandy shares her journey as a writer from poet to having one of her books adapted into a movie.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Jane Rodriguez owner of the romance-only bookstore New Romantics located in Orlando, Florida. Jane shares her journey of becoming a bookstore owner.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Jennifer Lyn Parsons the editor-in-chief of Luna Station Quarterly. JP talks about her personal journey as a writer and about running a literary magazine.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Bethany Jacobs author of The Kindom Trilogy. Bethany shares her writing journey from writing novitiate to a fully fledged cleric. The third book in The Kindom Trilogy This Brutal Moon is out December 2nd.

Maddy and Abigail have done what they thought was impossible: they wrote a novel. In this episode, they chat about how you write a novel from conception to the finished draft.

In their back to basics series, Maddy and Abigail chat about fundamental craft elements. This episode they chat about the importance of settings and how you to put setting onto the page.

Maddy and Abigail chat about the hard truths they've discovered about being a writer. They chat about the performative pressure of social media and the idealized version of being a writer and open up about the struggles in their writing lives.

Maddy and Abigail chat about the different methods available for writers to publish book length projects from self-publishing to traditional presses.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Paige Lavoie author of the Mothman in Love series and Dear Galaxy. Paige shares her writing journey from web comics to published author.

Hear from Rhiannon Fisher about her personal journey as a writer and her work as a co-founder and fiction editor for the online literary magazine Silly Goose Press.

Maddy and Abigail sit down with Claire Lombardo author of Same As It Ever Was and The Most Fun We Ever Had. Claire shares her writing journey from grad student to best seller.

Josh and Michael join Maddy and Abigail on this very special episode where the boys discuss what it's like being married to a writer.

Maddy and Abigail talk about the lessons about writing they wish they could go back and tell their younger selves.

Hear from Lexi Rosen about her journey as both a writer of both fiction and poetry and as a co-founder of the online literary magazine Silly Goose Press.

Maddy and Abigail speak with literary agent Michaela Whatnall. The three of them cover topics ranging from what it's like being an agent to the components of a successful query letter.

Maddy and Abigail talk about their experience at the Associations of Writers and Writing Programs Conference (AWP) 2025. They discuss the panels they went to and share some of the advice they got as well as their overall take on the conference as a whole.

Maddy and Abigail speak with author Taylor Simonds. The three of them discuss the writing craft and Taylor's journey as an author.

Maddy and Abigail talk about the upcoming Associations of Writers and Writing Programs Conference 2025. They discuss their previous experience at the conference as well as their hopes and dreams for this year's conference.

Maddy and Abigail discuss the editing process and what works for them as well as what doesn't work.

Maddy and Abigail talk about what it means to be successful. They discuss their idea of what success means for their careers as well as what their dream job would be.

Maddy and Abigail talk with author TJ Klune. The three of them discuss the writing craft, TJ's journey as an author, and his latest book The Bones Beneath My Skin.

Maddy and Abigail go back to basics and talk about dialogue and how you can use dialogue to develop characters, world build, and establish setting.

Maddy and Abigail talk about their new year's resolutions and how want to challenge themselves to be better writers in the new year.

Maddy and Abigail talk about the podcast and everything that happened this year. They reminisce about the start of the podcast as well as go over ideas of what they hope for the future of the podcast. A very special thanks to our listeners who have take the time to listen to us ramble about writing.

Maddy and Abigail talk about inspiration. They discuss the different ways they find inspiration to write, including writing prompts and in their daily lives.

Maddy and Abigail talk MFA programs. They discuss their experience with their MFA program, whether the MFA was worth it, and the lessons they learned along the way.

Maddy and Abigal talk query letters with fellow writer Jake Kyer. They discuss the mechanics of queries and their experiences with writing query letters and querying agents.

Maddy and Abigail speak with author Vanessa Montalban. The three of us talk craft and about Vanessa's journey as a writer.

Maddy and Abigail talk rejection letters. They discuss what it feels like getting a rejection letters, the different types of rejection letters, and how they deal with getting rejections.

Maddy and Abigail speak with Jason Ockert. Jason mentored both Maddy and Abigail while they were in grad school. Join them as the three talk craft and about Jason's journey as a writer.

Maddy and Abigail go back to basics and talk about story engines and how you can use different engines to power your story.

Maddy and Abigail speak with Rachel Lynn Solomon. The three of us talk craft and about Rachel's journey as a writer.

Maddy and Abigail talk about their love of reading and how books have influenced them both as people and writers.

Maddy and Abigail speak with Kristin Harmel. The three of us talk craft and about Kristin's journey as a writer.

Maddy and Abigail talk about the many roadblocks that stop you from writing. Life uh... gets in the way. We also discuss some tips to help overcome writer's block.

Maddy and Abigail talk about being a planner versus being a pantser. What are the differences between each method? Which is better? And why was the ending of Game of Thrones so bad?

Maddy and Abigail talk about the various projects they are working on. How long have we been working on these projects? What counts as a draft? And when is that novel coming out?

Maddy and Abigail talk about the pitfalls of workshop and how we can help create a less toxic environment when workshopping each other's work. What were your best workshops, what were your worst, and how can we make the workshopping process better for everyone?

Maddy and Abigail talk about building a community. Where do you meet writers, how do you get writers to be your friend, and how do you even people?

Maddy and Abigail talk submissions. How does one submit something, where does one submit something, and how do you keep track of all those submissions?

We are Maddy and Abigail, the two writers behind all the wrongs. We've been writing friends for years and finally decided to share all of our rejections and mistakes in the hope that it will help other writers.

Maddy and Abigail have been writing a long time and thought that their collective experiences and mistakes might be useful to other writers. Whether you are joining us for some advice or to commiserate, we are happy you are here!