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Talk about a full-circle moment. 🥹🩰🖤

Longtime Nerds may already know Kate Baron from her previous visits to Fiction Fanatics as a fan fiction author. But this time, Kate is back for a VERY special reason: she’s officially a published author!

We sit down with Kate to celebrate the release of her debut novel, Shadow Veiled, and talk about everything that happened between then and now. From taking the leap from fan fiction to original fiction, to creating the dark academia and ballet-filled world of Shadow Veiled, to finally seeing her name on the cover of an actual book—we get into the entire journey. 🕯️🥀

Kate opens up about her inspiration, her characters, the writing and publishing process, and what it feels like to finally share this story with readers. And because it’s Kate, there are plenty of laughs, tangents, and classic Fiction Fanaticschaos along the way.

Getting to watch someone we already loved as a writer turn her dream into something we can literally hold in our handshas been incredibly special.

Kate, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. 🖤

Grab your copy of Shadow Veiled and come celebrate with us—this is one episode longtime Nerds definitely don’t want to miss. 🩰🕯️

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WE’RE BACK, NERDS!!! 📚💖

After a little summer break, the Fiction Fanatics girls are finally back together and there is a lot to catch up on.

This week, we’re keeping things cozy and catching you up on what we’ve been doing all summer, what’s been happening in our lives, and—obviously—what we’ve been reading. 👀📖

We’re talking summer adventures, current reads, books we loved (and maybe some we didn’t 👀), what’s been sitting on our TBRs, and everything in between. Basically, consider this one big overdue catch-up with your bookish besties. 💕

Grab your coffee—or your current read—and come hang out with us. We missed you, Nerds!! And we have SO much coming your way this fall. 🎙️✨

Welcome back to Fiction Fanatics. 💜

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Hi Nerds 🤍

We’re popping in with a quick little life update! Between traveling, work, and taking care of babies (!!), life has been a little full lately — in the best way, but definitely busy.

Because of that, we’re going to be shifting to one episode a month for the summer instead of our usual weekly schedule. We still love this podcast (and you guys) so much, and we want to keep showing up in a way that feels fun, thoughtful, and very Fiction Fanatics.

We’re not going anywhere — just slowing down a bit for this season ✨

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