Notes from Erin Podcast
The podcast extension of Notes from Erin, your literary soundtrack. I talk with authors, musicians, and fellow book and music lovers about creativity, process, and what they can't stop recommending. notesfromerin.substack.com
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On the Record with Kayla Hardy: Writing The Quarter Queen (opens the original)
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This week I'm talking with Kayla Hardy about her debut novel The Quarter Queen, a historical fantasy following Marie Laveau and her daughter in nineteenth century New Orleans. We get into how the book started as a television pilot before becoming a novel, the real history behind voodoo and its ties to Catholicism, and why she built a fictional Brotherhood to stand in for real systems of power. We also talk through her research process walking the French Quarter, the playlist she built for each c
Author Haili Blassingame on They All Fall in Love at the End (opens the original)
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In the first episode of On the Record, I sit down with author Hailli Blassingame to talk about her debut novel They All Fall in Love in the End. We get into how the Challengers soundtrack shaped one of the most electric scenes in the book, why she named each part after a song, what revision actually taught her about being a writer, and what it means to write a character who wants everything and refuses to settle for less. Hailli is honest, funny, and genuinely fascinating to talk to. This one se
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