Plotless Podcast

We interview journalist Rini Jeffers and ask her burning question we all want to know the answer to - will she drink it?Brief awkwardness around 43 minutes in - cut due to a brief power outage, not for legal reasons, we promiseSend us your spooooky Appalachian book reccs!Rini can be found:@rinijeffers on Instagram & Threadshttps://www.facebook.com/rinijeffersauthorworks/ Find her columns here: https://chroniclet.com/ Plotless:Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Some laundry tips, but mostly book gossip!Open Wide by Jessica GrossElizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters by Andrew MortonGod of Malice by Rina KentBluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Can Man celebratory dinner at the Olive Garden!Steph got a rejection letter and it was oddly validating, does she have a rejection kink?Give us pants men fear and a big sack of dubloonsBook Gossip: Open Wide by Jessica Gross and The Wig, The Bitch and the Meltdown by Jay Manuel, also some book about Elizabeth and Margaret and whether or not some dude from the Navy can really emotionally destroy a member of the royal family (spoiler: no)Rant about fanfiction turned publishing deal that devolves into a talk about TwilightWhat are our goals? Will we immediately forget them?Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

This week we interview Mom of the Pod and singer songwriter Diana TylerHas Ken Jennings listened to Plotless yet?Are firemen humorless and sexless?Magicians are cancelled!The PlotLasses get a lecture about gossip, fortunately the audio medium does not show the eye rollingDiana's socials - https://open.spotify.com/album/6YPJiVWeRGt9fh4Z7wNezPhttps://dianatyler.com/Bluesky - @xnrock.bsky.comSpoutible - @xnrockPlotlassesBluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Congratulations to Vikki on finishing Can Man!The motivator has been called off, the celebrant has been called in!Steph finished her short story!Taco Bell Quarterly = our destiny?Antisocials: Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Happy 50th to us!Parties, tech disasters, victories, ultimate goals, and a little wrap up of some Book Gossip. Did we stay on topic for ONCE? Sort of ! Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Apologies for ruining your childhood nostalgiaHave you ever thought about how a T Rex makes love?One night stands of friendship

Like a vampire, Vikki needs to be invited insideInappropriate book recsWriting project statusesDo you remember forum culture and have you ever become obsessed with a fandom? Steph is about to find how so many people became involved in adult Anne Rice cosplayContact info:Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Gossip, beta reader pre-crashout, review maxxingRobert Stanek info: https://web.archive.org/web/20220725063123/http://conjugalfelicity.com/robert-stanek/https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1jxoo62/exploring_the_world_of_robert_stanek/Other fake authors include:Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Backup brunette Molly joins us to address the allegations and prove that she and Vikki are two very different people. It's very suspicious, like they're Kane and the Undertaker, clearly the same person who just hires a stunt double when he needs to be both guys in the same place. Molly is a paid crisis actor paid to fight with Vikki and Steph until someone somewhere finishes a project. Will it work? Will any of this work? Will we all die with our dreams and goals unfinished? Where do they go? What is the point of any of this?Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialMolly - @mollymcawesome.bsky.socialMolly's business Insta @astral_pearhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

It's Fight Week here at Plotless where we discuss setting goals and then immediately getting mad at having goals, why Gandalf and Bilbo are the villains, and also - surprisingly - some actual thoughts while working on our current WIPs! Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

We're back and we're WORSE THAN EVER!New goals, new motivations, new book gossip, same old us. Come for the midwestern recipes and stay for the threat of blackmail!Contact us if you DARE:Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Book gossip, beta readers, internet gossip, and more! Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

ACOTAR trash talk, sparkling soda Tussin, Only Fans brainstorming, beta readers providing both gossip AND feedback, too old for emotional manipulation, can good writing save characters we hate?Contact:Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Don't Circle Back to Sky DaddyYou wouldn't catch me on a throne of glassBugging writers with every election cycleWill the Plotlasses learn what a no contact order is?More things need roller skatesContactzzzzzzBluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Mostly book gossip and beta reader updates in this episode.Are we hurtling towards a quest of completion on our goals for this year? Will we achieve anything and what does success mean? Does it matter at all? What does anything matter? Are all lives devoid of anything original and is that terrifying or freeing? Should Steph stop spiraling and get back to her day job? Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Incremental progressBook gossipBusiness opportunities in the werewolf communityContact!Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Are we in an alternate dimension?TECHNICALLY meeting deadlinesMath off the clock warning about PayPal funding issuesBook gossip! Are commitment issues harder when you're immortal?Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

In this episode!The Largest Toilet I've Ever SeenSpooky Season of LifeA Wall Against the Tide of BullshitSteph's draft is ready for Beta Readers, but is her heart? Book Gossip: Sky Daddy by Kate FolkLinks: https://www.litcleveland.org/ https://inkubator.litcleveland.org/Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Vikki is back! Lots of gossip this week - Twilight, Babygirl, general friend gossip. Writing has been happening, editing has been happening. New motivational idea in the works?Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Thanks to Jasen, a man we've never met before and who we will never see again, for coming on to talk about non-fiction blogging about a super nerdy passion project. Find him on Bluesky at all the links:@[email protected] @theshowhole.com for the Masochists' Movie [email protected] @illuminatisocialclub.com Plotless links:Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Molly joins Steph to talk about the beauty and freedom of starting overWho motivates The Motivator?Contacts:Harm Reduction https://thrive4change.org/ Ella Minnow Peahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Minnow_PeaBluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialMolly - @mollymcawesome.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Writing on your phone!Stephenie Meyer is more than just Twilight!Vikki has kept The Motivator at bay for another week

We have an anniversary coming up! If you have a problem with our production values, blame it on Producer Buster, it's all his faultSelf discipline is not our strongest strength when it comes to making time for writing, self care, or burritosNew Twlight book or just TikTok nonsense?Vikki is making strides with her foam art!Steph sets an editing deadline for REALSIESBluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Imagine if a meatball sub was taco themed - Vikki broke her dry spell! - Steph does math off the clock and has ACCUSATIONS - would you like to write fanfiction with us? - Steph tries an editing tool and is pleasantly surprisedLinks: Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431The Showhole - Masochists' Movie Collective https://theshowhole.com/

Vikki had a birthday and Michael Welch from Twilight answered the pee question for her.Is it time for Creativity Enforcement yet? Vikki says no.Next project - dioramas? Steph is almost ready for human readers, but only if those readers are also human beehives. Submit your contributions to the Fiction in Focus fanfiction fight club project by sending us an email!Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Vikki demands to be bulliedBluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialhttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431

Are we professionals who don't get paid? Is there a better word for that?In this episode we discuss Book Boyfriends and Vikki discovers her passion for sculpting.Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialFight Club writing project: FanFiction in Focus - Fanfiction.net versionFanFiction in Focus - A03 version

Special thanks to Wesley Watts & Nathan Harms of the podcast Fiction in Focus, who attempted to keep us on track in a discussion about creativity. Writing Fight Club project REVEALED!https://www.youtube.com/@FictionInFocusPodcasthttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18505885.Nathan_Harmshttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20224955.Wesley_WattsBluesky @wesleywatts.bsky.socialWriting Fight Club - FanFiction in Focushttps://www.fanfiction.net/s/14470315/1/FanFiction-in-Focushttps://archiveofourown.org/works/65925328/chapters/169838431Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Book gossip has a sequel!Editing sucks because it's WORKIt's the fight club we talk aboutYOU'RE a plotting toolThe feelings box causes IBSSports, the musicalVenmo ice cream vanYou wouldn't imprint on a newborn, would you?Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

We discuss Weird Moments in Cleveland Sports with author and editor Vince Guerrieri, he shares some writing and tax advice, and we all left with an appetite for cookies. Also, did someone learn to clumsily edit? Listen to see if YOU can find our poorly integrated deep cut!Contact:Bluesky @vinceguerrieri.com‬https://www.vinceguerrieri.com/https://www.grayco.com/product/weird-moments-in-cleveland-sports/Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected]

Collaborative writing Fight Club!Editing is happeningBooks to movies - discuss!Nonfiction overlapVikki can still surprise StephContact:Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Special guest and author Sara Cleveland joins us to talk about writing, publishing, laundry, and answers whether she'd drink the pee. Sara's contact info:https://www.facebook.com/shclevelandhttps://bsky.app/profile/shcleveland.bsky.socialhttps://www.instagram.com/shcleveland/https://www.bookbub.com/profile/sara-r-clevelandShadows of the Mind anthologyPlotless contact: Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Editing has begun! Also we're going to need you to define "crime." We discuss a listener question, and Vikki descends into paranoia. Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialDiscussion questions - Is Vikki a budding confidence trickster? Will Steph actually start editing? Would you drink the pee?First Readthrough advice from Bookish Pixiehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fyTSoHcoFc

The Peelitzer Prize Winning Urinalists are back with an announcement!Unfortunately some of our dogs are suppressive and are very vocal on this audio, our apologies. Article with NaNoWriMo alternatives: https://medium.com/illumination/nanowrimo-alternatives-bcab90d8c512Social nonsense:Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Vikki is once again on the run for her many crimes. In this episode Molly recommends an Adrian Tchaikovsky book about hives minds, but Steph didn't write it down and apparently he wrote lots of books about insects. We discuss some conspiracy theories including a juicy one about Mr. Beast and his fans. Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.socialMolly - @mollymcawesome.bsky.social

Reading embarrassing old writing as punishment for not meeting goals, we're down to one body, writing playlists, business ideasBluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Loose notes:Piss talk/clicker training = treat training for writing/worst times to be hit by a canBluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Imagine what this podcast would be like if our notes and topics were more than just the two of us texting constantly. Imagine what the world would be like if we were all just skin suits filled with bees. Imagine if we all had a hive mind and that hive wanted nothing but bussy. Never mind, this isn't that kind of podcast. We discuss: impersonating famous singers, endings, plots that get away from us, hating our characters, bees, POV, and LentBluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Book gossip takes a turnWe divert into some shenanigans about dating that age us terriblyWhy is life so hard?Will the coming doom comet end our suffering or ultimately help us attain our goals?Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.socialInstagram @Plotless_PodcastEmail: [email protected] - @terselyverbose.bsky.socialSteph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Turns out our special guest was a RUSE for RAVARNGE, she should live in fear Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.social Instagram @Plotless_Podcast Email: [email protected] Vikki - @terselyverbose.bsky.social Steph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social Molly - @mollymcawesome.bsky.social

Vikki actually wrote something in her time between Garfield enthusiast conventions! Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.social Twitter @podcastplotless Instagram @Plotless_Podcast Email: [email protected] Vikki - @terselyverbose.bsky.social Steph - @heavydishongry.bsky.social

Episode notes: Branded backscratchers Come to laundry mountain, Charlie Sparkling urine Peecan murders Socials: Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.social Twitter @podcastplotless Instagram @Plotless_Podcast Email: [email protected]

Our goals for 2025: creativity, laundry, becoming worse versions of ourselves Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.social Twitter @podcastplotless Instagram @Plotless_Podcast Email: [email protected]

After all, what is a can being hurled through time and space if not a form of gentle redirection. Bluesky @plotlesspodcast.bsky.social Twitter @podcastplotless Instagram @Plotless_Podcast Email: [email protected]

Chatting is RESEARCH Bluesky: @plotlesspodcast.bsky.social Twitter: podcastplotless Instagram: @Plotless_Podcast Email: [email protected]

You're asking a lot of questions about math answered in the title of this episode. Bluesky: @plotlesspodcast.bsky.social Twitter: @podcastplotless Insta: @Plotless_Podcast Email: [email protected]

A live reading of some Christmas themed erotica, extending our deadlines (heh) and are we feminists?

It's going great, no hiccups, the mental vibes are immaculate. Nothing to see here.