Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Jena Brown as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including: How Hollywood Is Battling Fans Who Are ‘Just Out for Blood’, Authors Guild to Promote Created by Humans, Hardcover Joins The “We Aren’t Goodreads” Rank. Then, stick around for a chat with Kate Christensen!
Kate Christensen – The Arizona Triangle comes out on 10/22 from HarperCollins under the pseudonym Sydney Graves. This is the first book of a projected mystery series featuring a private eye named Jo Bailen.
The Sacred and the Divine, the first book of a YA trilogy, co-written with Eliza Wolfe, comes out fall 2025 from Hyperion.
I’m currently at work on a new novel whose working title is Good Company.
I live in Taos, New Mexico with my husband and our two dogs.
Check It Out!
Kate Christensen – https://katechristensen.net/
The Arizona Triangle – https://katechristensen.net/books/the-arizona-triangle/
How Hollywood Is Battling Fans Who Are ‘Just Out for Blood’ — From Social Media Boot Camps to Superfan Focus Groups – https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/star-wars-lord-of-the-rings-bridgerton-toxic-fans-hollywood-response-1236166736
Authors Guild to Promote Created by Humans – https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2024/10/authors-guild-to-promote-created-by-humans/
Hardcover Joins The “We Aren’t Goodreads” Rank – from BookRiot – https://hardcover.app
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Nicole Chasteen
4 weeks ago
Great interview by Sydney Graves/Kate Christensen. But the commentary after the interview struck me as incredibly reductive and embarrassing. Since when is genre fiction not allowed to be lyrical or literary? Tell that to Mary Shelley, Raymond Chandler, Ray Bradbury, Tolkien — I could on. It’s like the podcasters think that genre only means Dan Brown and that there is no place in fantasy, horror, or detective novels for anything other than plot. Yet at the same time they’re all extolling the values of “small moments” and how important it is to create atmosphere — so which is it? I get that the podcasters have different opinions, but it felt like no one wanted to push back on a stupid comment and so instead you get this weirdly judgmental “literature must only be THIS and genre must only be THIS” style commentary — which is not why I listen to writing podcasts.