Layer Cakes of Love with Siobhan Vivian, Kami Garcia, Stephanie Kate Strohm, and Jessica Brody

First Draft Episode #204: Siobhan Vivian, Kami Garcia,
Stephanie Kate Strohm, and Jessica Brody on the “Pitter Patter:
Writing Fresh Love Stories” from YALLFest 2018

Young Adult romcoms were the subject of the “Pitter Patter:
Writing Fresh Love Stories” panel at YALLFest on Nov. 8, 2018.
Hear contemporary romance writers compare makeout daydreams, talk
about writing love in a time of #MeToo, and the lack of
appreciation for stories with happy endings. Featuirng: Kami
Garcia, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Creatures
and The Lovely Reckless and Broken, Beautiful Hearts, and more;
Stephanie Kate Srtohm, author of Prince in Disguise, It’s Not Me
It’s You and Love a la Mode and more; Siobhan Vivian, author of
Stay Sweet and The List, The Last Boy and Girl in the World, and
more; and Jessica Brody, Sky Without Stars, 52 Reasons to Hate My
Father, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book on Novel
Writing That You’ll Ever Need and more.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode



Jenny Han, author of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and
The Summer I Turned Pretty (listen to her First Draft episode
here), who co-wrote the Burn for Burn series with Siobhan




The Great British Baking Show featuring co-host Mary Berry




#MeToo and #TimesUp




Zach Woods’ GQ profile feature




We imagine a world where George Clooney in Oceans 11 says,
“This isn’t a good idea!” and goes home




Margaret Stohl was Kami’s co-author of Beautiful Creatures
(listen to Margie’s First Draft interviews here and here)


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