Somebody Write This

25/08/2024

"A socially awkward fourteen-year-old who, after everything gets thrown into turmoil, decides to become the queen of evil witches but must continually prove along the way that she's capable of making a thinly-veiled campaign move." ...Well. That's a mouthful. At least we have two guests instead of just one to help us this time -- thanks, Mike and Brittany Sherman! Follow their podcast Oh Crap: Our F***l Misfortunes and Foibles on Facebook, on Instagram, or anywhere you get your podcasts!

08/08/2024

NEW EPISODE! "When their love lives interconnect, she threatens the students by taking a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted." How are students threatened by someone else's business trip? Someone's falling in love somewhere in here, right? Our guest Omar Siddiqui is here to help us make sense of it all! Listen in here: https://buff.ly/4fNrvrQ

25/07/2024

NEW EPISODE! Our plot: "When the tapes vanish, she teams up with his late dad's assistant by coming to the aid of a single mother." That's a lot of people... but then again it is a conspiracy! Friend of the pod Randy Kirkpatrick rejoins us to figure out what this could all mean. Listen to find out! https://buff.ly/4di4L0Q

17/07/2024

Did you know you can rate a podcast on Spotify? So far we have three 5-star ratings but 85 Spotify followers. If you listen to us on Spotify, go ahead and give us a 5-star rating to show you're a fan. This will help connect the show to other potential fans!

16/07/2024

ICYMI: New episode! "Men with short-term memory loss, Kurt and Michael, are barely functional humans with Luke Skywalker." Our third-time guest Josh Garcia-Cotter returns to write even more confusing Star Wars fan fiction with us. Listen in to find out how it all works out! https://buff.ly/4d4SexE

01/07/2024

NEW EPISODE! "Comedy writers Johannes and Jack are neither naive nor attractive with an Irish bomber." Well.. that's a vague plot with somehow still a lot happening. We'll have to see if our guest Christine Nielson can make it make sense! Check out the results here: https://buff.ly/4blQsqM

14/06/2024

NEW EPISODE! "An unscrupulous gunman must solve a strange case of a superior olfactory sense and deal with an ancient prophecy." How do these things tie in together? What does the ancient prophecy predict? And whose professional success is involved? Our guest Jake Stoddard is here to work out all these details! Listen here: https://buff.ly/3xgMH80

06/06/2024

NEW EPISODE! "This story follows a well meaning but selfish young woman at Jessica's gym." What makes this woman selfish? Who is Jessica? And which one of them is in danger of being erased from existence? Our guest Aaron Canton is here to work out all these details! https://buff.ly/3XavFCY

16/05/2024

"In a chicken farm, giant bugs become a suspect when a rivalry develops between the Empire and an asthmatic ju**ie." What do giant bugs have to do with this rivalry? What does the entire Empire have against one ju**ie? And which of these characters is named Barney? Our guest Logan R. Kearsley is here to work out all these details! Check out his writings on human-alien linguistics (and more) on his blog: https://buff.ly/4bs3JPC

02/05/2024

"John F. Kennedy has a series of surreal encounters with a brokenhearted English artist who died 10 years ago." Is JFK seeing a ghost? Is JFK a ghost at this point? And what artist would go by the name "Cryptic Greg"? Our guest Dan Sinker is here to figure out those details! Check out him and his co-host Maureen Johnson on Says Who Podcast, wherever you're listening to Somebody Write This!

11/04/2024

"3 friendly locals uncover a family secret in the local church." What is the family secret? Whose family is it? And whose loyalty is required? We've got our guest, B. McGraw, here to figure it out with us! Find his book "Et Al" on Amazon or follow him on jabde.com, on Twitter, or on his subreddit, r/immaterialscience.

https://buff.ly/3VQukkg

30/03/2024

"In 1960s Los Angeles, a new business partner, Hades, and the new Italian cowboys find the real killer." Who are the new Italian cowboys? Why are they in business with Hades? And is that... THE Mr. Rogers? Our guest Quinn Que () is here to work through this with us!
https://buff.ly/3vuI4GH

16/03/2024

"In a microscopic community, Ichabod Argyle and his friend Graham Pease have obtained a custody battle and end up on a soul-searching journey across America." Those may be the best-named characters our podcast has ever seen, but what does the rest of it mean? Our guest Kylar Merrell is here to figure it out! Follow him at https://buff.ly/490MW3M.

Listen here! https://buff.ly/43iunaj

02/03/2024

New episode! "A drama centered on the efforts of an ex-mob lawyer to find an angry detective who might awaken to find strange horns sprouting from his forehead." Wow. We try to flesh this one out with the help of our guest John Lumgair! https://buff.ly/49W6uY5

27/02/2024

....Oh, hey, here's Hannah realizing that she had her Discord invite link set up to expire *eye roll*

For any new members wanting to hop in and chat with us or other fans of the show, here we are! Come say hi!

Check out the Somebody Write This! community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

23/02/2024

This week's Patreon exclusive is our extended interview with Michael Todd Gallowglas. And to give you a teaser, here's the first 2 minutes. You can get 11 more (plus weekly story prompts and additional interviews) for only $2 a month at our Patreon. Come on over and help support our show! https://buff.ly/3NosIYQ

17/02/2024

New episode! "Two British Agents ally with the Dark Lord to see booming business." Which Dark Lord is this? What kind of business are they hoping to boom? And who is Carly? Our guest Michael Todd Gallowglas is here to work through all of this! https://buff.ly/49BCO2q

21/01/2024

NEW EPISODE! "In the 1950s, Jerry's ambitious kid sister Cindy winds up undertaking a search for love and self in a quest to vanquish three teenagers." Writer and podcaster Mary Mascari joins us to work out what this all means. Give it a listen! https://buff.ly/4936uFa

16/01/2024

Oh hey... Somebody Write This has a Discord now! An easy place for fans to talk with Hannah & Jennie about new episodes, share their own creative projects... and maybe even in future have some patron-only writing sessions! Come join us and say hi!

Check out the Somebody Write This! community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

04/01/2024

New episode! Our plot is "Two known counter-culture figures become dangerously rural after witnessing a multi-billion eternal life." That's... a lot of confusion. Our guest Jason Luna (as well as emergency co-host Bethany Megill) will have to make sense of it!
https://buff.ly/48DJhcy

04/01/2024

What do Everything Everywhere All at Once, Into the Wild, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, The Good Place, and The Truman Show have in common? They were all used as story comparisons in our new episode coming out tomorrow. You'll have to tune in to figure out the common thread between them!

01/01/2024

In case you missed it... we dropped a new episode over the holidays! Our synopsis: "When a family's maid gets himself killed, they escape from prison." Our guest Peter Fenton () joins us to talk about how the family maid gets killed and who wants a book. Check it out! https://buff.ly/3NNGQfD

03/12/2023

New episode! Our plot: "Shortly after being involved in a web of corruption, Sarah becomes tied to a mysterious house." How is Sarah involved? How is the house involved? While we're at it, how is a school involved? Our guest Ally Liddell joins us on this episode to try to untangle this (sometimes literal) web.

https://buff.ly/3GnZzdA

05/11/2023

NEW EPISODE! "When his girlfriend's family has a loving family to support him, he is transformed into pirates." Hold on, he's transformed into pirates, plural? This one had some tech issues that kept it on the back burner for a little while, but now you can finally hear a great story of pirates and familial support, with guest Charlie Jane Anders!

https://buff.ly/45U3lFO

22/10/2023

We are coming up on our 100th episode here at Somebody Write This... and we're planning a special episode that will include a look back at some of our favorite plots over the last four years. Do you have any favorites you want to make sure we include? Mention them here and we'll make sure and get to them!

20/10/2023

NEW EPISODE! "A shy retelling of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' set at a major company." What major company? How is this retelling shy? And how does the title fit in? Our guest Tina Gallagher is here to make it fit! You can find her online .
https://buff.ly/3tLgTWE

09/09/2023

NEW EPISODE! "When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions, a group of beautiful yet troubled twenty-somethings must race to leave her lover." Who is her lover? Which one is the scheming ex? And how does a nuclear submarine fit into all this? Our guest, author Jacqueline Carey, is here to help us fit it all together!
https://buff.ly/45K3MTU

17/08/2023

It's here on Somebody Write This! Back in August of 2020, we featured YouTuber Elybeatmaker on our show to get into a dramatic story of friendship and peerage. It's one of our most-listened-to episode ever, and you can check it out here: https://buff.ly/3seA3U1

10/08/2023

New episode! "A strange old man has a series of surreal encounters with a nurse while becoming torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home." We needed TWO guests to figure this one out -- Melissa & Robert of the Haunted Tales podcast!

Give it a listen here: https://buff.ly/3Ov7hpN

05/08/2023

Did you miss our last episode? Here's a snippet of the conversation we had with Jeneta St. Clair. Check it out to find the context and learn what's going on with monsters vs. humans! https://buff.ly/44U1L6Z