Foreplay & First Drafts

Welcome to Foreplay & First Drafts – where psychological thrillers have emotional orgasms and my characters commit relationship crimes before breakfast. I'm Kitty Winslow, and I'm dragging you into the beautiful disaster of my creative...more

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Welcome to Foreplay & First Drafts – where psychological thrillers have emotional orgasms and my characters commit relationship crimes before breakfast. I'm Kitty Winslow, and I'm dragging you into the beautiful disaster of my creative process.
If you've ever found yourself writing love scenes at 3 AM while researching "untraceable poisons that taste like cinnamon," congratulations – you've found your people.

Each episode is part writing autopsy, part craft seduction, and part confession booth for the emotionally chaotic characters living rent-free in my brain. We're talking character development that leaves fingerprints on your soul, plot twists that feel like emotional whiplash, and the delicious psychology behind why we want our fictional lovers to be both dangerously broken and heartbreakingly tender.

I'm building my Stillwater series from the foundation up, and I'm bringing you along for every existential crisis, every "what if they kissed while hiding the body?" moment, and every time I fall in love with a character I'm planning to emotionally destroy.
For writers craving stories with psychological depth and readers who want to peek behind the rough draft – welcome to the delicious disaster. We're still in the foreplay stage of this podcast, darlings, and I promise it only gets messier, sexier, and more psychologically complicated from here.

Meet our Hosts

Kitty Winslow

Kitty Winslow

Kitty Winslow writes queer psychological thrillers where damaged people find each other, fall catastrophically in love, and occasionally hide bodies together. With ink-stained fingers and a concerning search history, I'm crafting the Stillwater series – where a picturesque lakeside town harbors secrets darker than the water and queerer than your childhood crush. When I'm not emotionally torturing my characters (lovingly, of course), I'm obsessing over the psychological layers that make us both monstrous and magnificent. On "Foreplay & First Drafts," I'm pulling back the curtain on my creative process – from the 3AM character revelations to the messy plot tangles I'm still untying. Each episode dives into the emotional architecture behind compelling fiction, exploring how to write characters that leave fingerprints on your soul and build tension that makes readers forget to breathe. Whether you're a fellow writer looking to infuse your fiction with psychological depth or a reader curious about the beautiful chaos behind story creation, this podcast is where I'll share everything – the breakthroughs, the breakdowns, and all the deliciously dark spaces in between. Fair warning: I approach writing like an emotional crime scene investigator with a fondness for inappropriate jokes and too much caffeine. Expect equal parts craft discussion, queer storytelling celebration, and me having existential crises about my characters' love lives. The only thing I take more seriously than a perfect plot twist is creating stories where complex queer characters get to be messy, magnificent, and occasionally murderous – without being defined solely by their identity. So grab your headphones, your notebook, and perhaps a stiff drink. We're going to dive deep into the beautiful mess of storytelling together, and I promise to make it worth the emotional whiplash.