Writing Habits and Routines for 2026 | Genre Blender Podcast 33
At least one of your favourite podcast hosts has been keeping a consistent writing schedule, so in this episode we share our writing habits and routines, current projects, writing environments, and tips and tricks to stay motivated and make real progress towards our creative writing goals.
Of course, it wouldn’t be Genre Blender without our other usual segments: Read Watch Play (featuring everything from Speak No Evil to The Handmaid’s Tale), Coming Right Up for what we’re excited for in the coming months, and the introduction of the brand-new Wheels of Chaos for our Backlog Roulette segment! Curious about what we’ve forced each other to read, watch, or play this time? Tune in to find out!
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:38 Read Watch Play
31:27 The Writer's Desk
56:37 Coming Right Up
1:01:05 Backlog Roulette
1:09:29 Where to find us
Books:
Notes of a Native Son https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8b80b768-acab-4970-9379-aa59d3bc255f
Luminous https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1f7bb53e-da74-4298-bb7a-d52eb3f5d40e
The Handmaid’s Tale https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/623a7568-a386-4f4f-acca-86f32897e064
Iron Widow https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8f403954-2950-4903-bdc3-cecb460279e2
Cephrael’s Hand https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/49b43f0a-24c2-4890-924a-25a32a16c455
Dune https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1ee3f05f-17bd-4cc1-bc6b-af353b97698a
Bone of my Bone https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e5fd67ae-67d6-4817-964f-0a07c5b998e7
Pillion https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1287141-pillion?language=en-AU
The Beauty https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/273160-the-beauty?language=en-AU
Movies/TV:
Stranger Things https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/66732-stranger-things
Star Trek: Discovery https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/67198-star-trek-discovery
Black Mirror https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/42009-black-mirror
Princess Mononoke https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/128
Apocalypse Now https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/28-apocalypse-now
Heartstopper https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/124834-heartstopper?language=en-AU
Speak No Evil https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1114513-speak-no-evil?language=en-AU
28 Days Later https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/170-28-days-later?language=en-AU
Games:
LEGO: Voyagers https://store.steampowered.com/app/1538550/LEGO_Voyagers/
Enshrouded https://store.steampowered.com/app/1203620/Enshrouded/
Saint’s Row https://store.steampowered.com/app/742420/Saints_Row/
I Am Future https://store.steampowered.com/app/1658040/I_Am_Future_Cozy_Apocalypse_Survival/
DREDGE https://store.steampowered.com/app/1562430/DREDGE/