Saved as Draft

Bradley Ramsey

Saved as Draft is a weekly writing podcast hosted by author Bradley Ramsey! Tune in for updates on current projects, shoutouts for fellow writers, writing tips, comedy sketches, and more! bradleyramsey.substack.com

  1. Saved as Draft Episode 73: Liminal Horror

    17h ago

    Saved as Draft Episode 73: Liminal Horror

    Hello everyone, and welcome to episode 73 of the Saved as Draft podcast. Here are links to the two items I mentioned in the introduction: * Hallie Jules’ Birthday Prompt * Novaheart’s 400 subscriber special video Please find links to everything else mentioned in today’s episode below: Community Spotlight This week’s community spotlight for pride month is on Avery Bridge! Avery also shared a link to an anthology they were included in, which highlights Bi+ authors. Shout out to Bi+ Book Gang as well for putting that collection together. Find a link to purchase your copy below: This Week’s Sponsor This week’s sponsor isn’t fictional! Well, it is fiction, but that’s beside the point. I am very excited to spotlight my friend J. Alleyn Winchester and the upcoming second book in his Nature Calls series! The second book is out very soon, so find a link below to grab your copy of the first book in the series today: Weekly Story Shout Outs And of course, a HUGE thank you to everyone who submitted links for a shout out this week. I pick five at random, so here are the stories featured on this week’s episode: * Not My Father’s Son by Brennen Costa * The Sable Mere by Sara da Encarnação * Another Request for Time Off by Jenifer Jorgenson * Selket Hara by Maryellen Brady 💗📚 * Gods, Ghosts, and Ghastly Fanfiction by Hallie Jules Stay tuned for the next shout outs thread this coming Tuesday in my Subscriber chat! And, don’t forget, Power up Prompts resume tomorrow as well. You know what? Better subscribe, just in case: I’ll see you all next week! Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

    45 min

  2. Jun 6

    Saved as Draft Episode 72 - The Halls of Pandemonium Winners

    Hello everyone, and welcome to episode 72 of the Saved as Draft podcast! This week, my guest is KJ Harlow, and it’s an amazing interview about his recently finished series Slice of Death, which you can check out by clicking the link below: Community Spotlight This week, the community spotlight is on Novaheart! Her series The Crown of Ashes and Blood is not one to be missed! Find all of her published works on Amazon, and be sure to subscribe to her Substack as well! This Week’s Sponsor This week, our sponsor isn’t entirely fictional! Shout out to Hazel and the Your Potato Digest Podcast. A huge thank you to Wendy Russell as well for reprising her role as Russet in this week’s episode. Weekly Shout Outs This week, the shout outs were picked from The Halls of Pandemonium. Here are the featured works: * This Old House by Mina Howell * Thoughts Before the Storm by Daniel Coates * Second Blood by Anton Anderson * The Archivist by L.G. Wells * La Nuit Rouge by Hallie Jules * Death Takes a Vacation by Tina Crossgrove * The Sampler by BentButTrue * Grocery Store Tater Talk by Hazel New Writing Challenges to Check Out Be sure to check out some of these awesome new challenges happening around Substack: * June Poetry Adventure hosted by Verdant Butterfly * The Cozy Quill Fantasy Writing Competition hosted by Tamsin G. * Prompts From the Valley Nis hosted by Hazel Halls of Pandemonium Winners Below are the first place winners from each bracket! To see the full, final leaderboard, head on over to Scriptorum. M. Brandon Robbins takes home the win for the lightweight bracket! * Total Submissions: 14 * Final Score: 232 * Top Story: The Downward Spiral Nimita Kaul is our grand prize winner for the middleweight bracket! * Total Submissions: 32 * Final Score: 939 * Top Story: I Got Told Gary L Taylor is the winner for the heavyweight bracket! * Total submissions: 32 * Final Score: 2,774 * Top Story: Ship Comes in Every Day The Writer's Journey is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

    2h 11m

  3. Jun 1

    I Lived

    This is my entry for Day 30’s microfiction prompt in The Halls of Pandemonium challenge. Check out other entries from the final week here. Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

    1 min

  4. May 30

    Saved as Draft Episode 71: The Halls of Pandemonium - Week 4 Recap

    Welcome to episode 71 of the Saved as Draft podcast! I hope you’re all enjoying my ongoing series set in the world of Pandemonium. You can read this week’s episode here. Community Spotlight A huge thank you to Hazel and L.G. Wells for organizing the collection of amazing messages I received and reacted to on Episode 2 of the Your Potato Digest podcast. And of course, thank you to everyone who sent in words of encouragement for me: Daria, Richard Pack, Wild K. Nebula, Edward.Marlo.Ruiz, Mina Howell, Maryellen Brady 💗📚, Verdant Butterfly, J.M. Gooding, The Circus Dragon, Daniel Coates, and Wendy Russell. Thank you so much for all of your messages! Week 4 Halls of Pandemonium Leaderboards We’ll start with links to the unranked stories I featured this week: * Consumption Becomes You by Coral Evermore * Hold the Door by Hallie Jules * Ya’ll are Making too Much Work for Kira by J.M. Gooding * Steered by the Heart-Compass by Leeron Heywood * Rats Don’t Drown by Yorviing * Rainfall by M. Brandon Robbins * I am the Storm by Daria * Bracing the Storm by Nimita Kaul * The Friendly Spinetail Steve by Bradley Hurt * The Song That Never Ends by Sarah Tinney * Wurstland by Gary L Taylor * Blort Reginald the Third by Verdant Butterfly * But You Left by Mina Howell The Writer's Journey is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

    48 min

  5. May 23

    Saved as Draft Episode 70: The Halls of Pandemonium - Week 3 Recap

    Hello and welcome to episode 70 of The Saved as Draft podcast! This week, I sat down with Wild K. Nebula to talk about her latest projects and much more. It’s a fantastic interview, so I hope you all enjoy it! And, if you’re curious to check out an excerpt from her upcoming novel, Beta Gamer Three, you can read an excerpt at the link below: Community Spotlight This week’s community spotlight is on Rebecca Watson (ReBe). If you’re interested in donating or sharing the recent GoFundMe page that launched to support her, you can find that right here. Halls of Pandemonium Week 3 Leaderboards Here are links to all the stories featured in this week’s episode, starting with our unranked shout outs: * A Special Love Language by Terrifying Tales * Cat Piss at the Foot of God by Every Root, Every Thorn * So, I Wrote an ‘Axe’ Murderer by Wendy Russell * My Draft-Eating Parasite Has Better Taste Than the Algorithm by J.M. Gooding Week 3 Lightweight Leaderboard * The Thing Inside by M. Brandon Robbins * A Hymn Sung Softly by Yorviing * Persephone’s Footsteps by Daria Week 3 Middleweight Leaderboard * Scars Refusing to Hide by Nimita Kaul * Where Are They? by Sarah Tinney * The Bone Witch Cometh by Richard Pack Week 3 Heavyweight Leaderboard * The Changing by Gary L Taylor * The Tape by Verdant Butterfly * The Director’s Cu— by L.G. Wells Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 47m

  6. May 16

    Saved as Draft Episode 69 (nice): The Halls of Pandemonium Week 2 Recap

    Hello everyone! Welcome to this week’s episode of the Saved as Draft podcast. Please find links to all this week’s stories (and a link to Scriptorum, where you can see the mid-month leaderboard) below: Community Spotlight This week, the spotlight is on Vonnie G. Clemens Jr., who has been hosting a new series called Bedtime with Cooper that I absolutely love. Be sure to check out his profile and subscribe so you don’t miss out on new episodes! Week 2 Unranked Story Shout Outs * Melody Beneath Concrete by Eira Linden * The Muses by Hazel * My Muse Abandoned me and I Returned to Splatterpunk Roots by J.M. Gooding * A Flight Curtailed by Leeron Heywood * Limited Bandwidth by Maryellen Brady 💗📚 Week 2 Lightweight Leaderboard * The Downward Spiral by M. Brandon Robbins * Waiting on Nothing by Lila Cave-Park * Me Times Three by Daria Week 2 Middleweight Leaderboard * Via Con Me by Nimita Kaul * All The Time to Spare by Jeremy * Dig Down to the Core by Sarah Tinney Week 2 Heavyweight Leaderboard * Ship Comes in Every Day by Gary L Taylor * My Fairy Muse by Verdant Butterfly * The Grief Buffet by Rebecca Watson (ReBe) The Writer's Journey is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

    55 min

  7. May 9

    Saved as Draft Episode 68: Halls of Pandemonium Week 1 Recap

    Hello everyone! Apologies for the late upload, but this week’s episode is here. I’m really excited to unveil the top stories from week 1 of The Halls of Pandemonium challenge. And of course, my guest this week is eco-fiction author, poet, and podcaster, Mina Howell! Mina is here to share updates on all her projects and to talk about what’s next in 2026. Find links to everything else mentioned on the show below: Community Spotlight This week’s community spotlight is on Tamsin G., a writer of cozy fiction, and an artist of immense skill and talent. She’s been stuck in Substack jail after a short hitatus, so please head on over to her publication and check out some of her work to boost her back into the algorithm’s good graces! Unranked Shout Outs * My Must Got a Promotion and Rewrote my Childhood by J.M. Gooding * Beginnings (Cento I) and (Cento II) by Wendy Russell * The Spirit of Foul Play by Gregory Blair * Art Imitates Life by Memphis King * That’s No Iceberg by Hallie Jules Week 1 Halls of Pandemonium Leaderboards * DEIGN by Albert Kivak * Chop-Chop! by Anton Anderson * Joint Interplanetary Link Layer (J.I.L.L.) by Brennen Costa * Paint with all the Colors of the Wind by Daria * Morning Coffee by DJ Stapleton * I Got Told! by Nimita Kaul * My Mother, My Hero by Richard Pack * Again by Sarah Tinney * Multifaceted by Daniel Coates * Main Sea Suction Valve by Vonnie G. Clemens Jr. * Two Letters, One Truth by Verdant Butterfly * Wet, Red, and Slick by Gary L Taylor * Dear Kira by Mina Howell * He Could Have Drawn Worlds by BentButTrue * Tumble’s Bath by A.M. Bowman The Writer's Journey is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 55m
  8. Saved as Draft Episode 67: Beginnings from Endings

    May 2

    Saved as Draft Episode 67: Beginnings from Endings

    Hello everyone and welcome to episode 67 of The Saved as Draft Podcast. I’m switching to a bi-weekly interview schedule, so it’s just me yapping this week, but I hope you’ll still tune in for all the great stories. Community Spotlights * Check out the brand new newsletter from J. Alleyn Winchester titled A Look into the World Tome. * Get ready for Ani Beeler and Eliza James’ Porch Prompts challenge launching May 4th! * A huge thank you again to my writing group for all the awesome feedback on my novel outline this week. Be sure to subscribe to Wild K. Nebula, Richard Pack, Daria, Daniel Coates, and Wilhelmina Owings. And of course, shout out to Trayvon R. as well, who is not currently on Substack, but is part of our group as well. Wandering Prompt Winner Well, J.M. Gooding did indeed make me cry again with his winning story Photographs. Read at your own risk, and bring tissues. Weekly Shout Outs This week, I took a look at five of my favorite stories from Flash Fiction February, to celebrate the launch of my new challenge, The Halls of Pandemonium. * For the Love of Hot Water by Mariah K. Porter * Mountain Music by Sarah Tinney * The Playpen Incident by Rebecca Watson (ReBe) * Xenophilia by The Circus Dragon * Tourney of Fates by Mina Howell * BONUS: A Heart Isn’t Born Black by Terrifying Tales Power up Prompt Stories Thank you again to Hazel for helping with this week’s prompt, and for reviewing some of the stories/ballads! * The Tavern of Unfinished Things by Wendy Russell * The Hush by Maryellen Brady 💗📚 * Other Conditions of the Good Life by Guy Craig * Memories of You by Mina Howell * The Door in the Song by Sara da Encarnação * The Hills of Peregrin by Vonnie G. Clemens Jr. * Ballad Man by Hallie Jules * The Ballad Called Felix by Felix Thornfell Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

    59 min
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Saved as Draft is a weekly writing podcast hosted by author Bradley Ramsey! Tune in for updates on current projects, shoutouts for fellow writers, writing tips, comedy sketches, and more! bradleyramsey.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Bradley Ramsey
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    113
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Bradley Ramsey
  • Show Website
    Saved as Draft