I'm sorry my cynical phase kept me this fandom so long. Ali Hazelwood, I'm here for all the Steminist chats. Love, Theoretically is by far my fav.

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A deep dive analysis on the plot, characters and sexual ethics of Ali Hazelwood's Love, Theoretically. Featuring the sociocultural value of romance, the dangers of people pleasing, and a little bit of fiction as therapy.

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All quotations are read from 'Love, Theoretically' by Ali Hazelwood (2023)

Here for more of a communal than professional space. Haven't got the time, aesthetics or equipment for polish, but got all the heart, thought, and soapboxes.

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Laura Bell (@littleLo) chats about her Ashwood series and revisits the writing of A Simple Deception—a historical romance that totally made me cry.

If you listen close enough, you can hear my necklaces clank as I press my hand to my heart with all the feels. Literally clutching my pearls over here. :)

Topics include the troubles of historical fiction. Slavery in the 1800s and today. Freedom. The vulnerability of writing. A romance writer’s high standards. Fighting against a whitewashed genre. The vulnerability of writing. Dating apps. Justice in fiction.

LittleLo's Ashwood Series:

• Book 1: A Solemn Promise
  
  
• Book 2: An Earnest Favour
  
  
• Book 3: A Simple Deception

And a Wattpad shout out to @Kassilassie for her killer western historical fiction on Wattpad and all the other writers spinning the stories we want far better than we ever could.

This is the last episode of this season! I hope to be back in September and if you’d like to hear from someone in particular, email me at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

If you have a sec, here’s a brief feedback questionnaire on this season. Let me know any and all thoughts. Like, how was your breakfast? Have any pets? Lol ;)

Melissa Mitchell (Wattpad: @addicted2dragons) chats about her beloved Dragonwall series--one of my all-time Wattpad favs. Divided into two parts.

Topics include: Wattpad success in real-time. Plotting vs pantsing. Dragons! Destiny. Productivity. Writer-life balance. Multiple POVs (11 in one book!?). And a few tears shed on why we read and, consequently, why we write. <3

Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D

Whispers of Nowhere by @RebelDynasty

and Lair of Beasts by @JeanineCroft

If any of my links are off, let me know! ‘:)


Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

Hope to hear from you! >.< xx

Other mentioned resources:

• Take Off Your Pants! by Libbie Hawker
• Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffery
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Melissa Mitchell (Wattpad: @addicted2dragons) chats about her beloved Dragonwall series--one of my all-time Wattpad favs. Divided into two episodes.

Topics include: Wattpad success in real-time. Plotting vs pantsing. Dragons! Destiny. Productivity. Writer-life balance. Multiple POVs (11 in one book!?). And a few tears shed on why we read and, consequently, why we write. <3

Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D

Whispers of Nowhere by @RebelDynasty

and Lair of Beasts by @JeanineCroft

If any of my links are off, let me know! ‘:)


Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

Hope to hear from you! >.< xx

Other mentioned resources:

• Take Off Your Pants! by Libbie Hawker
• Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffery
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Gina Anderson-Lopez (Wattpad: @Red_Harvey) shares her speculative fiction, cyberpunk novel Daughter of Zeus.

Topics include: The purpose of sci-fi. Cyberpunk tech research. Violence and revenge. Moral ambiguity. Mixed character archs. Free-will and morality. Our hopeless (hopefully not so hopeless) future, explored through art. Power without empathy. And plenty of book recc swapping. hahaha

Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D

After the Fall by @LLSanders

and The Water Witcher by @VanCarley

If any my links are off, let me know! ‘:)


Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

Hope to hear from you! >.< xx


Other mentioned resources:

• @amberkbryant on Wattpad
• Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
• The Hidden Legacy Series by Ilona Andrews
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Big Driver by Stephen King
• Clockwork Orange - the film
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
• The Boys - Amazon Show
• The Dark Fantastic by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Also does anyone use the chapter markers in these things?