In this episode, recorded on Jan. 22 after a *coughcough* three month involuntary hiatus, Bridget and Jen discuss realistic expectations, the American Dirt fiasco, the RWA fiasco, and picking up the can. 

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Discussed in this episode: 

Amanda J. Sellet – By The Book People are calling out “American Dirt” with this meme How To Push Past The Bullshit and Write That Goddamn Novel: A Very Simple No-Fuckery Writing Plan To Get Shit Done by Chuck Wendig  Julia Drake – The Last True Poets Of The Sea Susan Casey – The Wave: In Pursuit of the Monsters of the Ocean The Deep Sea by Neal Agarwal  Maureen Johnson – The Hand On The Wall Amor Towles – A Gentleman in Moscow Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone – This Is How You Lose The Time War