Shipping & Handling Jennifer Udden and Bridget Smith

or: Now Kiss!
In which Bridget and Jen talk about Bridget’s return to fandom after a decade away, and also have a full meltdown about how long this podcast has been going on. 
Spoilers for The Magicians from 12:21 onwards
Note: Jen’s audio is a little off in this because she used airpods like a dumb dumb, so our apologies for that.
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Discussed in This Episode:
The Magicians (SyFy)
A Marvelous Light by Freya Marske
The Untamed (Netflix)
The Robber Girl by Frannie Billingsley
The Elemental Logic series by Laurie Marks
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes

In this episode, Bridget and Jen take you through the submission process, talk about publishers decentralizing from NYC post-pandemic, and discuss why that second book is just such a pain in the a** to write. 
Note: Jen’s audio is a little off in this because she used airpods like a dumb dumb, so our apologies for that. 
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Did Twitter Break YA? (Misshelved #6) by Nicole Brinkley - we are going to be discussing this article next time. 
Unspoken - Sarah Rees Brennan
To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis 

In this episode Bridget & Jen critique twitter pitches, discuss Jen’s weird hate for movie comps, talk about Ea Nasir’s historical perfidious copper sales, and more! 
Please enjoy the moment at 36:53 where we lose our damn minds. 
Question topics include New Adult, the essential worker’s trauma, and the looming Godzilla vs. Kong situation of the Big 4 vs the Big 5! 
Special thanks to Angeline for the generous donation on KoFi! 
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In A World 
Meet the Worst Businessman of the 18th Century BC
Mur Lafferty - Six Wakes 
Stargate
Lana Wood Johnson - Technically, You Started It 
Laurie J. Marks - Fire Logic 
Sarah Rees Brennan - In Other Lands
Martha Wells  - All Systems Red 
Heaven Official’s Blessing 
Angeline Boulley - Firekeeper’s Daughter

Recorded Tuesday, May 18. It’s been 84 years dot gif. In this episode, Bridget and Jen discuss Jen’s new career move, favorite pandemic reads, how deeply weird socializing is going to be post-panorama, and more! 
Question topics include getting to narrate your own audiobooks, how many rejections are enough to give up on a manuscript, unreliable narrators, our thoughts on a certain very late author, and more!
Special thanks to everyone who has donated to KoFi ever, but especially to the folks who donated during the panini. Some of these folks we thanked in our previously-aired episode, but guess what - they’re getting thanked again! 
Thank you to rothmg86, Lorna, Lauren, Jared, MH, CC, wickedgoblinking, Rie, and Jessica. And CONGRATULATIONS, Jessica, on your multiple offers of representation! 
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Discussed in this episode: 
Naomi Novik - His Majesty’s Dragon
Naomi Novik - Black Powder War
Naomi Novik - Empire of Ivory  
Tamzyn Muir - Gideon the Ninth
Tamzyn Muir - Harrow the Ninth
Casey McQuiston - Red White and Royal Blue
Maggie Tokuda-Hall - The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea 
Erika Swyler - The Book of Speculation
Wu Ming-Yi - The Man with the Compound Eyes
墨香銅臭 Mo Xiang Tong Xu (MXTX) - 天官賜福 Heaven Official’s Blessing

In which Bridget and Jen discuss copyright law, plagiarism, and why published authors won’t read your fic, for legal reasons. Also! Cookbook photography, dead parents in YA, and more! 
Thanks to this week’s donors: Lorna, Lauren, Jared, and MH! 
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Discussed in this episode:
Copy/Paste Cris 
A Feud in Wolf-King Erotica Raises A Deep Legal Question by Alexandra Alter
Arkady Martine - A Memory Called Empire
Tamsyn Muir - Gideon The Ninth
Ngaio Marsh - Enter A Murderer
Carrie S. Allen - Michigan Vs. The Boys
Meryl Wilsner - Something To Talk About
Amanda Sellet - By The Book
Lee Gjertsen Malone - Camp Shady Crook

In this episode Bridget and Jen talk *waves vaguely* the State Of Things, UK vs ANZ vs US, and how many clients is too many! 
**ANNOUNCEMENT!!** We'll be answering your questions on a very special Instagram Live session on Thursday, May 7 at 7pm EST! 
Thanks to this week's donors, Sue, Joy, and Michael! 
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Discussed in this episode:

bookshop.org 
Tamsin Muir - Gideon the Ninth
Ken Dryden - The Game
Lucy Ellman - Ducks, Newburyport