(extract) “But let’s be decent human beings for three seconds and admit something: the Pick Me Girl doesn’t sprout from nowhere. She’s not some villain of patriarchy fanfic. No – she’s reacting to something real: perceived or actual scarcity of good men."

(extract) “Ah, “love at first sight” – the favorite lie of rom-coms and your aunt who swears she just knew when she saw Uncle Bob at a Grateful Dead concert. Spoiler: what they felt wasn’t love; it was dopamine doing a drive-by shooting in their nervous system."

(extract) “Writers should thank these heartbreak addicts – they make it easy to inject drama, self-destruction, and deliciously messy emotional stakes into fiction. They’re proof that sometimes the most dangerous affair isn’t with another person, but with misery itself.”

Everything else is the swampy gray middle where assumptions, miscommunications, and “date-adjacent hangouts” live

Writer's Prompt for the podcast "Two Guys, One Girl, Zero Good Choices"

Love triangles: that razor-thin line between heart-pounding drama and the literary equivalent of soggy toast.

Writer's Prompt for the podcast "Cupid’s Murder Evidence Board"

Join Tim and LeeAnna as they contemplate your friend group — not so much a circle as a soap opera with bad lighting. One kiss, one breakup, and suddenly everyone’s starring in their own season finale. Plot twists pile up, alliances shift hourly, and Cupid’s arrows feel more like grenades. Welcome to ‘Cupid’s Murder Evidence Board.’

Writer's Prompt for the podcast "Not Your Troy, Not Your Heaven"

Tim & LeeAnna continue their dive into emotional turmoil with the second of two of Yeats’s most emotionally raw poems – He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven.

Tim & LeeAnna dive into two of W. B. Yeats’s most emotionally raw poems – No Second Troy and He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven – to explore the wreckage of unrequited love, the fine line between worship and resentment, and why offering your dreams might not be enough when she’s already burning down cities. Spoiler: this one’s gonna hurt in all the right ways

Writer's Prompt for the podcast "Certified: Not A Mess"

Dating’s chaotic. So what if there were… standards? Like actual, published, reviewable standards. In this episode, Tim launches his idea of a “Dating Passport” – complete with Contracts of Integrity for Men and Women.

In this second part of “Love on a High Horse” the duo dives even deeper into the frustrations of modern romance—where expectations are sky-high, but the emotional rewards barely make it off the ground. Get ready for dramatic readings that'll make you laugh, cringe, and maybe even question your own dating choices

Writer's Prompt for the podcast "Love on a High Horse"

From “do I even want to be around you?” to “can I introduce you to my friends” to “er, can I take off my pants?” – it’s a journey.

Authentic, emotionally complex characters can be made by weaving in these nuanced, almost invisible tactics. It’s about creating a relationship where control doesn’t scream “I’m a villain.” Instead, it whispers “This is for your own good” while slowly suffocating the life out of the other person.

Writer's Prompt for the podcast "Be My Baby"

Includes a dramatic reading from the fictional James and Alice that seems to be kinda weirdly controlling. Or is it? Why does Alice need to dress up as a cheerleader for James’ Superbowl party?

Power dynamics, manipulation, and control - oh my! This week (and next), Tim and LeeAnna plow through the ugly, messy reality of how control plays out in relationships. The subtle, often unnoticed ways people - mostly men - bend their partners to their will without even realizing it.