Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

The Love Story that Made Us ALL Cry... 😭 | INTO THE BLUE with Emma Brodie 📚💙 [EP#63]

Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast

Show Notes

We LOVED Into the Blue by Emma Brodie, and had the most wonderful time chatting with her about yearning, genre-bending, emotional books, Vampire Diaries... and more!

Emma Brodie: https://www.instagram.com/emma.c.brodie

Books Discussed: Into the Blue - Emma Brodie Songs in Ursa Major - Emma Brodie Mad Mabel - Sally Hepworth Dawn of the North - Demi Winters Vicious - VE Schwab

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(00:00) intro (01:46) how martha's vineyard inspired stories (08:02) our current reads (10:43) the improv of it all (16:19) morning writing vs night writing? (18:44) team damon or stefan? (20:41) about into the blue (21:56) the love story vs romance (23:54) are we pantsers or plotters? (28:49) let's talk genre-bending (32:26) the tunnel of connection between characters (36:17) why do noah and AJ feel so familiar? (39:51) dealbreakers in a love story? (41:26) is it really miscommunication? (43:40) what came first, the acting or the sci-fi? (44:57) how many author tears go into one reader tear? (49:09) the secret to yearning? (51:21) what's next for emma? (53:17) book club listener questions! (57:38) this or that

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