Write a book about it

Why books are like mushrooms. The real plural form of platypus. Sentient fungus. Google translate. Brexit. Furries. And much more.

Show Notes

0:00 🤐 How NOT to say platypuses.

1:14 🏰 How to galavant. 

2:05 🇬🇧 Charlotte’s traipse in Europe. 

3:27 😬 If you Brexit you can brux it. 

7:46 🍄 Why books are like mushrooms. 

9:04 ☠️ How fungus became sentient and took over the planet. 

14:30 🗣️ Why you should never ask a question using Google Translate. 

18:07 🚨 Light vs. the Black Hole—could life alert be the answer? 

20:43 🌠 Our (theoretical) apologies to astrophysicists everywhere. 

21:13  🦁 Battle of the Leos: Da Vinci vs. Dicaprio. 

25:22 🤩 Our feelings on young hip stars. 

30:08 🧢 We really love Charlotte’s Chevy hat. 

30:44 🎩 Why we love Butter-free Cover Girl (the actor, not the makeup). 

32:46 😵 How to die of shock (and other lessons from the first Defenestration of Prague). 

35:25 🐰 Why the Easter Bunny is really Australia’s long lost platypus bunny (and Kent shouldn’t tell stories to children). 

36:52 😗 And, just so you know, you’ve been saying the plural of platypus all wrong. 

41:43 🐿️ What to do if someone calls you a furry, according to Google. 

46:07 🧠 How to double-check you have a brain. 


What is Write a book about it?

A view of the world through upside-down Coke-bottle glasses. The CEO of indie publisher Blooming Twig, Kent Gustavson, sits down with his editors every month to talk about writing, publishing, pop culture, and current events. It's not as boring as it sounds, we promise.