Not From This Planet

On this episode of the NFTP Podcast, Liz reads the first few poems from her poetry collection, Waves of Stardust. CW: grief, baby loss, neonatal loss.

It’s launch day for Waves of Stardust by Elizabeth Lockwood, so on this episode of the NFTP Podcast Michelle and Liz talk about how this collection of poems was written and developed. Liz reads a selection of poems from the book as well. Content warning: this podcast contains discussion of grief and baby loss, which are the themes of Waves of Stardust. This collection of poetry was written after the death of Liz’s newborn son.

On this episode of the NFTP Podcast, Michelle reads the first chapter of The Magical Faerie Door and Liz reads The Magical Mermaid Portal, by Michelle Louise Gordon.

On this episode of the NFTP Podcast, Catriona Messenger reads us the first five poems from each of her poetry collections — Hope Dealer and Life Dealer.

On this episode of the NFTP Podcast, Liz and Michelle have a chat about poetry and talk about the writing process and inspiration. At the end they share readings from Duelling Poets, Hope Dealer, Life Dealer and Waves of Stardust.

On this episode of the NFTP podcast, Liz reads the first chapter of The Winter’s Sleep by Monica Cafferky.

On this episode of the NFTP podcast, Michelle reads the first chapter from her novel, The Girl Who Loved Too Much.

Content warning: baby loss, grief, neonatal death.

On this episode of the NFTP podcast, we talk about Baby Loss Awareness Week, which is a topic very close to our hearts. We also discuss poetry, as Liz has written a collection of poems, Waves of Stardust, after losing her baby in January of this year. Liz reads several poems from the collection as well. We hope to release this collection shortly.

On this episode of the Not From This Planet podcast, Liz interviews Michelle about her fabulous book Where’s My F**king Unicorn?

In this episode of the Not From This Planet podcast we discuss social media and its prevalence for authors. Love it or hate it, social media holds a lot of power as a marketing tool. It can even get you a publishing deal.

In this episode of the Not From This Planet podcast we talk about the various types of publishing available. From traditional publishing to independent, self-publishing, collaborative, vanity publishing, crowdfunding - and the one to avoid at all costs, hybrid (aka scam) publishing.

On this episode of the Not From This Planet podcast we talk about our favourite books from childhood, from Charlotte’s Web and Beatrix Potter to Sweet Valley High and Harry Potter. Michelle also reads us the first chapter of her children’s book, The Magical Faerie Door.

In this episode of the Not From This Planet podcast we will be talking about motivation. Why do you want to write and why do you want to publish? We will also be answering the question - what is your writing routine?



(Book(s) mentioned in this episode: Where’s My F**king Unicorn by Michelle Gordon.)

Welcome to the Not From This Planet podcast, where we talk about books, publishing, writing and everything in between. In this first episode we will be talking about how NFTP came to be and the history of the people who run it. We will also be answering the question - how do you stay motivated?