Shipping & Handling

Hosted ByJennifer Udden & Bridget Smith

Join Bridget Smith of Dunham Literary Inc. and Jennifer Udden of Barry Goldblatt Literary LLC as we discuss books, publishing, writing, fandom, and more!


All Episodes

Episode 23: Hey Ladies!

In this episode, recorded in the distant past, Bridget & Jen discuss what makes a strong character that happens to be female, awkward acronyms, and just how many people you should query at one time from the same agency. 
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Episode 22 – Queries!

Finally, the query episode! In this episode we critique the queries you sent in via email. Thanks so much to everyone who participated! 

Episode 21 – Thorns & Responsibility

In this episode, Bridget and Jen talk diversity, bigoted romance novels, how publishing is the worst, cowriting, and more. 
You can blame Jen for the awful title. 

Episode 20 – Reviews

In this episode Bridget and Jen talk reviews, Goodreads, trunk novels, and portal fantasy. 

Episode 19 – Agency

In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss agency (not the place where we work,) active versus reactive characters, “good YA” and more! Also, Jen says “sort of” approximately 36,000 times.
ANNOUNCEMENT: We will be doing a query…

Episode 18 – Visceral & Emotional

In which Bridget and Jen discuss Mad Max, Jurassic World, running in heels, how to be a writer-friend, how to forget the word “solstice,” and much, much more! 

Episode 17 – Summer Reading

Obviously the itle of this episode should be sung to the tune of Summer Lovin’ from GREASE. 
In this episode, we discuss reading during the summer, audience and genre, communcation, small presses, and more! 

Episode 16- Puppies & Statues

 
In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss the Hugo awards, Puppies, and whether it’s ever appropriate to do the bare minimum and call it a day. 

Episode 15 – Questions of authenticity

In this episode, we discuss youtube, authenticity, and how quickly we’d sell out if given the chance. (Very.) 
As always, any questions/feedback/topic suggestions can be sent to shippingandhandlingpodcast@gmail.com, @shipandhandling, or…

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