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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

🚨New pod out today, and it's a perfect pairing with #bookstoreromanceday. 😍 Lindsay and I are joined by Alisa Dean, whose debut novel, The Jezebel List, earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly and is possibly the first-ever religious trauma rom-com. www.thetedfox.com/podcast

The cover art for the My Best Writing Tip podcast—featuring the show's title in black typewriter font on a crumpled white piece of paper—with an inset circular photo of Alisa Dean in the lower right corner. To the left of the photo is a black rectangle with the episode title, Alisa Dean on Just Saying It, in white typewriter font.

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Just in time for your July 4 weekend, my pal @matthewsimmons.bsky.social and I have a Fanning Out bonus episode of the podcast for you—and fittingly, it’s a #roadtripmusic draft. This obviously exhaustive compilation of 14 songs from the 1960s until today can be found at www.thetedfox.com/podcast 🎸

The cover art for the My Best Writing Tip podcast--featuring the show's title written in black typewriter font on a crumpled piece of white paper--with a purple banner crossing it diagonally and reading Fanning Out Bonus Episode in white typewriter font. Beneath the cover art and the banner is the phrase Road Trip Music Draft in white typewriter font on a black background.

A white index card with My Best Writing Tip Fanning Out Road Trip Playlist written in black ink across the top above categories for the pre-1970s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. Each category has a spot for picks by people named Matthew and Ted. The entire card is handwritten

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🎧NEW POD ALERT🚨 I'm joined by debut novelist Lindsay Lewis, who offers two writing tips, including on what she looks for when a scene just isn’t working. Plus I'm contractually obligated to ask her about the four rows of Post-Its lining the wall in her writing closet. www.thetedfox.com/podcast

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

As the onetime owner of a used 1990 Ford Taurus affectionately named Boris, I can confirm: This episode tracks.

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This month on My Best Writing Tip, I'm joined by Marc Perlman, whose spy thriller The Riddle of the Trees was published this March, more than a decade after he first conceived of it while biking through the Belavezskaya Forest from Poland to Belarus. Get the episode: www.thetedfox.com/podcast

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Granted, we've never met, but that guy from the Trivago commercials? Seems a little too sure of his choices.

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

My pal @matthewsimmons.bsky.social & I are back with another Fanning Out bonus episode of my podcast. There are categories. There are digressions. And today, there is the #JamesBond movie franchise: the good, the bad, the ugly. Listen wherever you get your pods. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

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Fanning Out: The James Bond Franchise

Podcast Episode · My Best Writing Tip · S2, E4 Bonus · 41m

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Back with a new pod with Marie Ellis, a Sunday Times number 1-bestselling ghostwriter and editor for books. Her best writing tip involves mapping out where she’s going ahead of time, in part because it helps her find some unexpected gems along the way. Get the episode at www.thetedfox.com/podcast

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

New on the pod: bonus content! For these episodes I’m joined by my videographer pal @matthewsimmons.bsky.social not to talk about things we’ve made but to revel in the work of others & what it can teach us. Today: One of the most memorable TV season finales ever. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

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Fanning Out: Seinfeld’s ‘The Invitations’

Podcast Episode · My Best Writing Tip · March 31 · Bonus · 44m

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Four Oscars for a vampire movie that came out in the spring from a director who had never been nominated is honestly an incredibly impressive showing.

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

How do you know when to let a piece of writing (or an entire novel) go—and what does that actually look like? This month on the podcast, I’m talking about it with Shobha Rao, whose most recent book is Indian Country (@crownpublishing.bsky.social). Get the episode at www.thetedfox.com/podcast

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Launched in May 2023, my podcast has up until now been known as Working Drafts. Today, I released the trailer for its next iteration. I'll still be talking craft with other writers, but through the lens of a specific question: What’s your best writing tip? Check it out at www.thetedfox.com/podcast

Cover art for the My Best Writing Tip podcast, with those words typewritten in black over a slightly crumpled white piece of paper. Below, the words The Podcast Formerly Known as Working Drafts are typed in white over a black rectangular background.

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Stop the slop! Pagebound is like if Goodreads & Reddit had a baby, but indie, anti-AI, and built by 2 women. No AI features on Pagebound ever, no algos even—just kind humans discussing good books & you can feel the difference

Definition of slop from Merriam Webster word of the year

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Had an awesome time talking with @aliceflorenceorr.bsky.social of Podcast Review for this month's Working Drafts. Because fun fact: She's also a novelist. We dug into things like multiple POVs, plotting, and overheard conversations as a writing device. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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Plotting Through Multiple POVs

Podcast Episode · Working Drafts: A Writing Podcast · 11/15/2025 · 42m

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I just went to Half Price Books to buy a used edition of the original Trivial Pursuit game from 1981. I won't bore you with why I needed it for what I #amwriting, but I can tell you it is absolutely one of my favorite things I have ever purchased for that reason.

Blue box containing Trivial Pursuit Master Game – Genus Edition

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Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

had a blast on the WORKING DRAFTS podcast talking to @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social about the perils of writing 9,000-word scripts and the harrowing new definition of "classic rock" (it is "daughter" by pearl jam) open.spotify.com/episode/2yvX...

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Writing, One Music Podcast at a Time

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

How cool to get this note today from the @thurberhouse.bsky.social. We submitted my most recent novel, DATE WEEK, for The Thurber Prize for American Humor in Writing, and it's humbling to know it's being considered alongside others in what is undoubtedly an amazing field of entries.

a screenshot of the top of an email announcing "Judging is Underway | The 2026 Thurber Prize for American Humor in Writing"

the cover of the novel DATE WEEK by Ted Fox, featuring illustrations of a couple walking out of their apartment, a botanical garden greenhouse, a historical home, a boat near a bridge, the exterior of a country music venue, and a pool

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

New podcast out today with Nishant Batsha, author of the new novel A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart from @eccobooks.bsky.social. Listen to the clip here and then find the show in your preferred app at www.thetedfox.com/podcast

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Corona in a cup at the movie theater because Friday.

a clear plastic cup with a lid and straw, filled with a yellow beer

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Dogs hate fireworks. What else do you need to know?

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Back at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social, the Fox family's favorite bookstore in the world, after a 12-year absence.

the exterior of Brookline Booksmith, with a red sign of the store's name above a windowed storefront

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Used a trip to Boston to stop in Plainville, Mass., and visit @jeffkinney.bsky.social's @anunlikelystory.bsky.social. One word: AWESOME.

the exterior of the An Unlikely Story bookstore, which is a two-story building with a large front porch and dormer windows above the second floor

a building's exterior wall with a sign reading "Unlikely Picks" and posters of the covers of three promoted books: ATMOSPHERE by Taylor Jenkins Reid, KING OF ASHES by S.A. Cosby, and HAZEL SAYS NO by Jessica Berger Gross

the first floor of the An Unlikely Story bookstore, which has warmly colored wood floors and bookshelves and books suspended from the ceiling to look like they're flying

An Unlikely Story bookstore sign featuring a drawing of an elephant holding an open book in its trunk. The sign is on an exterior wall, and there are two bags with books purchased from the store on the sidewalk beneath.

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Big changes coming to the podcast. Or just one. I changed the cover art. That's it.

Cover art for the Working Drafts podcast, featuring the show's name above the subtitle "A Writing Podcast." All text is in black and over a background of a crumpled white piece of paper.

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

No guest this month, so I revisited a previous solo pod, during which I talked about the challenges of navigating the months in between when you submit your final ms and when the book actually comes out. Well, it's a year later, and I have some notes. Get the episode ▶️ www.thetedfox.com/podcast

The Working Drafts podcast cover art, featuring an illustration of a computer monitor with the words "Working Drafts: A Writing Podcast" on the screen and, beneath that, a sticky note with the episode title, "It's All the In-Between Time"

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

New pod with Jennifer Acker and Emily Everett! Jennifer is the founder/EIC of The Common, an award-winning literary journal. Emily works there as managing editor and is author of All That Life Can Afford, the Reese's Book Club pick for April 2025. Full ep available wherever you get your pods.

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

I don't know when I'll read this. But as someone who once spent a year reading every Twain book, I am thrilled to be able to buy it the day it came out.

a hand holding the book MARK TWAIN by Ron Chernow, the cover of which features a photo of Twain

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

@shelfbyshelf.bsky.social My wife sent me your Substack post from today. I see you and appreciate you and appreciate the bravery it took to write that,

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

New pod out today with Maggie Su (@litmagreject.bsky.social)! Maggie's Blob: A Love Story was published in January to praise from The NY Times Book Review, among many others. Here we talk about what she's working on now. Full episode at www.thetedfox.com/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Thurber House @thurberhouse.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Tix are on sale for The 2025 #ThurberPrize for American #Humor! 🎟🤩 Join us on April 25 at @54below.bsky.social in #NYC 🍎 for spectacular show hosted by Amadeo Fusca. Capacity is limited—get your tix! ➡️ givebutter.com/tp25 @petridishes.bsky.social @jasonroeder.bsky.social @janeroper.bsky.social

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The 2025 Thurber Prize for American Humor

The Thurber Prize is back in NYC and funnier than ever!

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

New pod out today with the amazing Annie B. Jones! 🎧📚 Annie is the author of Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put, a collection of essays coming from @harperonebooks.bsky.social this April. Full episode at www.thetedfox.com/podcast and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

@shelfbyshelf.bsky.social Listening to the first Don Quixote Conquer a Classic episode and greatly appreciating the case for laughter in the books we read, including the classics. :)

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Happy Pub Day to Maggie Su (@litmagreject.bsky.social)! Maggie and I will be talking about BLOB and what she's working on next for the March episode of Working Drafts. I can't wait. 🙂 www.harpercollins.com/products/blo...

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Blob

“There is so much at play in this wondrous novel. Vi, struggling to place herself in any context that makes sense within the world, earnestly leads us into a wild experiment, to turn a blob into the m...

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Wanted to write but didn't want to look at a screen (except to do this post apparently). Observations: (1) I swear I used to have really good handwriting. (2) This is a nice change of pace from the laptop and usually helps me hit a groove when I go back. (3) HOW IS THIS ONLY 2 SENTENCES?! #amwriting

A black Rose Apothecary coffee mug (a reference to the television show Schitt's Creek) next to an open notebook with a page of handwritten text and a pen

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Discovering the @fuggirls.bsky.social we're already on here was one of the best parts of my first 24 hours on Bluesky.

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Ted Fox @tedfoxbooks.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Released a new episode of my pod with @angelamontoya.bsky.social last week before I had a Bluesky, so since it was Angela who inspired me to start one, it's only fitting to share that episode here. Short clip below. Full ep. wherever you get your podcasts and on my site: www.thetedfox.com/podcast

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