Living In the Pages

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Living in the Pages is a podcast hosted by author Willow Aster. Insightful interviews with authors about their books, life, and the art of writing. Willow Aster is a bestselling author, wife, mother of two children and a rescue puppy. She cares passionately about women, books, the craft of writing,…

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  • Dec 17, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • weekly NEW EPISODES
  • 20m AVG DURATION
  • 120 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from Living In the Pages

Bonus Episode 15 - Kayley Loring

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 23:30


“I can't create a vaccine, but I can, hopefully, make people laugh.“— Kayley Loring

Bonus Episode 14 - Shay Apple

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 20:00


“When I started writing my Brookston Housewives series, I thought I was writing a romance with lots of sex...I just felt like something was missing, and I thought, ‘So which one of these housewives is gonna die?’“— Shay Apple

Bonus Episode 13 - Cece Ferrell

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 19:00


“It helps a lot to have those writer friends—that community, that tribe—to be there and say “Hey, come on, let’s do this together, let’s help each other out.” Because there are some days when it gets hard!“— CeCe Ferrell

Bonus Episode 12 - Tillie Cole

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 20:00


“I don't have that story of, "I've written since I was six," like I hear a lot of authors saying.“— Tillie Cole

Bonus Episode 11 - Leslie Fear

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 21:10


“With paranormal, it's whatever you want it to be. It doesn't necessarily have to coincide with everyone else's vision of paranormal.“— Leslie Fear

Bonus Episode 10 - Emery Rose

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 20:00


“I just have a lot of brackets [laughs] that say, ‘Write something really great here.’“— Emery Rose

Bonus Episode 9 - Giana Darling

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 20:00


“I love antiheroes. I love writing about situations that, maybe aren’t comfortable in society…because that’s where I think all the fun is.“— Giana Darling

Bonus Episode 8 - Alessandra Torre(2)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 20:30


“There's no ego or personality conflicts that exist with Marlowe. She doesn't blush, she doesn't judge, she likes all genres...“— Alessandra Torre

Bonus Episode 7 - Erin Spencer

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 25:00


“Being in that double position of authoring and narrating—and sort of seeing that & feeling that—was really cool, and took my respect for authors to a new level.“— Erin Spencer

Bonus Episode 6 - Dylan Allen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 20:17


“Even when I'm exhausted, I can do it because I love storytelling, I love my characters—and now, I've fallen in love with my readers!“— Dylan Allen

Bonus Episode 5 - Kimberly McCreight

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 20:00


“I try to just focus on the thing I'm doing, and the work in front of me, because it's hard to count on much else.“— Kimberly McCreight

Bonus Episode 4 - Q.B. Tyler

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 20:00


“Even if you want to write something, if something else is louder, you have to go with what's screaming.“— Q.B. Tyler

Bonus Episode 3 - Saffron A. Kent

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 20:00


“That is the reason that I wake up every morning. I'm like, 'Ok, I'm going to work on this story, and I'm going to make it the best that I can, no matter how hard it is.'“— Saffron Kent

Bonus Episode 2 - Shanora Williams

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 20:00


“I’ve always been a very twisty writer. Even most of my romance novels have some kind of twist that blows up in your face.“— Shanora Williams

Bonus Episode 1 - Carmel Rhodes

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 20:00


“As I develop the story around the characters, bits and pieces of their personalities come through…they always, always, always surprise me.“— Carmel Rhodes

Season 3 Episode 25 - Tarryn Fisher

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 23:35


"I think we just try to talk ourselves out of doing the hard things we need to do with our art. And when you stop listening to that voice, and start working with it...then things go smoother.“— Tarryn Fisher

Season 3 Episode 24 - Kelly Elliot

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 21:00


"I think the biggest thing you need to do is write for yourself. Write what you want to write—not what other people want you to write, or what’s expected of you to write.”— Kelly Elliot

Season 3 Episode 23 - Korrie Kelley

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 21:36


"There’s just something about a forbidden touch or kiss…I just feel like I was born in the wrong time sometimes.”— Korrie Kelley

Season 3 Episode 22 - P. Dangelico

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 23:00


"I'm really inspired by people and what motivates them...so my plots usually evolve from the motivations of my characters.”— P. Dangelico

Season 3 Episode 21 - Charity Ferrell

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 18:51


"I love writing—I always have.”— Charity Ferrell

Season 3 Episode 20 - Monica James

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 20:30


"I'm just one of those writers where I like to draw inspiration from my environment.”— Monica James

Season 3 Episode 19 - Dr. Rebecca Sharp

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 23:00


"I just like the struggle.”— Dr. Rebecca Sharp

Season 3 Episode 18 - Jiffy Kate

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 23:00


"I love that fact that something that we create might make somebody else happy!”— Jenny Kate Altman

Season 3 Episode 17 - Emma Renshaw

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 21:22


"I have always been a writer. As for back as I can remember, I was writing on construction paper with crayons.”Emma Renshaw

Season 3 Episode 16 - Nana Malone

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 31:30


"You know, it's like breaking that idea that melanin dictates what you're going to enjoy.”Nana Malone

Season 3 Episode 15 - Nikki Sloane

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 19:11


"My mind has to be distracted for me to get over whatever is blocking me.”Nikki Sloane

Season 3 Episode 14 - Martha Waters

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 20:30


"I am a lifelong Anglophile. I grew up reading Austin and discovered Georgette Heyer in college, which I didn't realize were romance novels at the time—but they totally were!”Martha Waters

Season 3 Episode 13 - Willow Winters

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 21:15


"I just needed a piece of me, and a challenge—and it took off so quickly.”Willow Winters

Season 3 Episode 12 - Laura Pavlov

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 21:38


"I feel really lucky that I get to (write) full-time now, and I’m so thankful, because I love it. I wake up excited every day.”Laura Pavlov

Season 3 Episode 11 - Kelsey Clayton

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 20:00


"When you write, you get attached to these characters, and you end up really wanting to dive further into them.”Kelsey Clayton

Season 3 Episode 10- Alison G. Bailey

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 20:00


"I think [writing humor] is harder, because not everybody thinks the same thing is funny.”Alison G. Bailey

Season 3 Episode 9 - Charleigh Rose

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 20:00


"I would have never guessed that picking up a book—an indie book—would change, and lead to all of this.”Charleigh Rose

Season 3 Episode 8- CoraLee June

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 20:00


"There's, like, a buzz when you release a book, and it's anxiousness, and nervousness, but excitement...I love releasing a new book.”CoraLee June

Season 3 Episode 7 - Emma Scott

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 24:40


"Bits of my experiences now have been planted in my works before...Maybe it's not so strange. Maybe all of that is already in us, and our job as writers is just to unearth it and put it out there.”—Emma Scott

Season 3 Episode 6 - L.B. Simmons

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 20:00


"There's always a romantic element, but that's not the point of the story—it never is. It's always about the growth of the characters.”L.B. Simmons

Season 3 Episode 5 - Catherine Cowles

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2020 22:30


"I’m a big rewriter. My books change a lot from draft one to draft two.”Catherine Cowles

Season 3 Episode 4 - Susan Fanetti

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 20:00


"I guess readers read to escape, and I write to escape.”— Susan Fanetti

Season 3 Episode 3 - Natasha Madison

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 20:30


"My goal was, when I published my first book, that I wanted forty-seven people to read it—47 people that I didn’t know—because I thought fifty was a stretch!”Natasha Madison

Season 3 Episode 2 - Suanne Laqueur

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 22:14


"One of the problems I have with my books is figuring out which shelf to put them on.”Suanne Laqueur

Season 3 Episode 1 - Megan Angelo

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 21:00


"It was a little bit of an uneven process in, kind of, building these three women in different ways. But I found it a great challenge—not one that I'm eager to replicate.”Megan Angelo

Season 2 Episode 42 - Megan Angelo

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 21:00


"It was a little bit of an uneven process in, kind of, building these three women in different ways. But I found it a great challenge—not one that I'm eager to replicate.”Megan Angelo

Season 2 Episode 41 - She Said, He Said (Too)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 22:59


"I've been trying to desensitize myself, but it doesn't work...it just got really hot in here.”Matt Russikoff — She Said, He Said

Season 2 Episode 40 - Elizabeth O'Roark

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 20:40


"I hear of these people who are on such schedules, and I always say “Oh, I’ve got to become one of those people.” But I’m really not.”— Elizabeth O'Roark

Season 2 Episode 39 - Paullina Simons

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 29:30


"I thought it would be interesting to see the world that I knew through the eyes of these two young people.”— Paullina Simons

Season 2 Episode 38 - Rebecca Jenshak

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 20:00


"I love secondary characters and I love having this full world for each book.”— Rebecca Jenshak

Season 2 Episode 37 - Lisa Renee Jones

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 21:30


"I realized that hearing from the readers that your stories have really touched them, really is why you do this.”— Lisa Renee Jones

Season 2 Episode 36 Part 2 - Willow Aster

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 20:16


"They're not the typical warm and fuzzy [characters]—they're broken, and raw, and honest—so, that's the kind of people I'm drawn to.”— Willow Aster

Season 2 Episode 36 Part 1 - Willow Aster

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 22:15


"That's the thing with my books; I feel like they're all so different from one another that, if you're not in the right frame of mind, it doesn't necessarily mean it's not for you ever.”— Willow Aster

Season 2 Episode 35 - Jeana E. Mann

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 20:00


"At the end of the day, I've still got to get up and take the trash out and mow the yard and walk the dogs and, you know, life goes on.”— Jeana E. Mann

Season 2 Episode 34 - Piper Rayne

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 20:00


"Writing can be isolating as a whole, and it’s nice to have a teammate…you know, someone who’s just as invested as you…in the stories and the career and everything.”— Piper Rayne

Season 2 Episode 33 - Kathryn Andrews

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 20:00


"I find I do muse more on location than I do on people. If I go to the beach I'm inspired, if I'm in the mountains I'm inspired, If I walk through Williams & Sonoma I'm inspired...”— Kathryn Andrews

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