Nov 8, 2025

We continue our discussion about the publishing journey of what Manacled turned into: Alchemized. One of the hottest book releases of the year, the film rights were quickly bought, further legitimizing converted fanfiction and the audiences insatiable appetite for it. We also discuss wether it stands on its own without...

Oct 31, 2025

This weeks episode continues our series on self publishing, fan fiction, romantasy, and booktok as we delve in the controversy around the sale and marketing of pull to publish fan fiction. First with a brief introduction to the history of fan fiction and its culture, followed with a discussion of the extreme popularity...

Oct 24, 2025

In this episode Jasmine discusses the recent controversy around up and coming author Audra Winter, and her years long marketing campaign for her debut novel The Age or Scorpius, it's diasterous release, the ensuing fallout, and the way Tiktok has changed how commercial fiction is marketed and sold. Jasmine also explains...

Aug 16, 2025

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE, MY GOD WE'VE MISSED YOU SO UNBELIEVABLY MUCH!!! And WOW!! What a crazy episode this turned out to be. We just get straight to it, Sov has a lot of changes to announce, including the upcoming release of her first book, Which we are all incredibly excited about. This weeks episode is VERY SPICY!...

Jan 24, 2025

Welp... looks like were in the prologue of a YA dystopian novel. Hope our protag has the pluck and gumption to tackle this one, cuz we're running out of ideas!