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Episode 34: The Thorn Necklace by Francesca Lia Block

February 14, 2019 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Happy 2019, Wayfinders! January was a heck of a year, but we still want to celebrate some sunshine and self help and return to a favorite author. It’s going to get meta up in here, while we talk KonMari, the Unicorn Club, writerly obsessions, playing 12 Questions with our WIP, and self help writer gossip. In this episode


Content Notes

This is a book about the oeuvre of Francesca Lia Block, so everything present in her books is present here: parent death, grief, eating disorders, mental and physical illness, miscarriage, terrible boys and terrible men, rape culture, antisemitism. There’s also a long rumination on David Bowie and his influence on the author’s writing and art, so caveat lector.


Show Notes

Parasol Protectorate Fan Group

Heavenly Creatures

Francesca Lia Block’s 12 Questions to Help Structure Your Novel, around which the book itself is structured

Julia Cameron Wants You to Do Your Morning Pages

Happy Birthday Judy Blume!

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Best Babysitters Ever by Carolina Cala

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Racefail ‘09


Readalikes

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Writing for Your Life: Discovering the Story of Your Life's Journey by Deena Metzger

Foolsgold: Making Something from Nothing and Freeing Your Creative Spirit by Susan G. Wooldridge


Current Reads

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Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson

The Belladonna University series by Tansy Rayner Roberts

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February 14, 2019 /Marie Macula
sunshine and self help, Los Angeles, writing, grief, artists, urban fantasy, memoirs
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Episode 31: Bras and Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski

November 07, 2018 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Bras and Broomsticks: Goodreads, Worldcat, Indiebound, Author Website

Sarah Mlynowski: Website, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Wattpad, Facebook


Content Notes

Our first (and sadly not last) appearance of the Unfortunate Transphobia Bear—it’s a couple lines, but a couple lines that would do well to be edited out in 2018.

This is a book that gets REAL about relationships with step-parents, conflict between adults and kids, and kids seeing their parents as human for the first time. We appreciate it, good to know going in.


Forward March is here!

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Love, loss, and the surprising aphrodisiacs of the band locker room. That’s what the Dulaney High marching band has in store for Meghan Riggins. Like her Gram, who’s been her biggest fan since that first trombone lesson, Meghan’s always loved making music. So marching band should be easy, right? Wrong. It’s hard enough staying upright during the halftime show, avoiding the worst of the upperclassmen, or remembering the difference between a cummerbund and a dickie. But then she falls for Jonah, an adorkable fellow trombone nerd who just happens to be her best friend’s brother. Meghan may need to rethink everything she knows about herself, in and out of band, with and without her family and friends, and in and out of love. Both witty and poignant, Forward March will have you laughing, swooning, and cheering from the stands. 

Find Forward March by Carey Farrell at your favorite online bookseller!


Source: BBC Two

Source: BBC Two

The very spookiest bat

Per our query in the podcast: Sarah Mlynowski has two sisters—she’s in between the two!—and Bras and Broomsticks takes a lot of inspiration from real life.

Betsy Bird comes up a lot in this episode. She’s our hero.

Wendy Mass

Cynthia Rylant

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Read When the Letter Comes by Sarah Fox online for free!

All the Halloween Episodes of Bob’s Burgers

The Infamous Vibrating Nimbus 2000


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Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall in Love by MaryRose Wood

The 11:11 Wish by Kim Tomsic

The Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the Untamed Woman by Danielle Dulsky

What if This Were Enough? and How to Be a Person in the World by Heather Havrilesky



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Carey talked Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret on Unspoiled! Book Club

Thanks Podscure for always shouting us out!

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November 07, 2018 /Marie Macula
New York City, contemporary romance, urban fantasy, witches
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Stay Out of the Forest: Tithe by Holly Black

April 25, 2018 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Save the knight. Glamour your own self. Stay out of the forest. Easy enough, right? But Kaye Fierch, secret pixie heroine of Holly Black's Tithe, finds herself in a web of prophecy, deceit, and really wicked parties. Guest Heather Talty of Newtown Literacy Alliance joins us to talk Tam Lin, Asbury Park, the origins of dark fae in YA, and Labyrinth as a right of passage.

Tithe: Goodreads

Holly Black: Website, Twitter,  Tumblr, Pinterest


Heather Talty is managing editor of Newtown Literacy Alliance, "a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting writers and writing in Queens, NY. Our flagship project is the publication of a semiannual literary journal featuring new work by writers living in or originally from the largest borough in New York City. We also hold free writing classes for adults, teens, and kids around the borough, and a biennial writing contest for kids and teens. Throughout the year, all over Queens, we hold readings, workshops, and other literary events." You can find her @heathertalty.


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We shared promos with Genre Junkies! Check them out if you love scifi, fantasy, and reading past your bedtime.


Content Notes:

This book is real dark. There's murder, there's attempted sexual assault, violence, mind control, sadism, terrible parenting, character deaths, and teenagers who try to solve problems with guns.


Lady Pod Squad on Facebook, Reddit, Twitter

Get a Job. Buy Your Own Shit. Stay Out of the Forest.

Bordertown

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I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block

Charles de Lint

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Tanya Huff

The Very Secret Diaries by Cassandra Claire

Glamourbombing "is acts of enchanted art or performance intended to raise ambient magic levels and crack people's heads open a little to admit the idea that Faerie exists and might even be interacting with them. It isn't random acts of kindness (but do those anyway!), making people feel warm and fuzzy or cheering them up, or just "inspirational" platitudes with glitter added. While these things can have a subtle glamour to them, glamourbombing should above all be magical, and as intense as you can make it be - and magical and intense doesn't necessarily mean happy or comforting!"

The Incryptid Series

Tam Lin, the ballad, and the Pamela Dean book . We also love The Perilous Gard, Fire and Hemlock, and Winter Rose.

Juniper, Gentian and Rosemary by Pamela Dean

The first ever Catsbury Park Cat Convention happened over the weekend at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, which gathered cat owners and lovers under one roof to celebrate their favorite felines. http://redbankpulse.com/2018/04/09/our-coverage-of-the-catsbury-park-cat-convention

Asbury Park Boardwalk, home of the Catsbury Convention

Nightshade on the Passaic

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Suza Scalora

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Baby Bestiary - keep an eye out for preorders!

Return to Labyrinth

“You Have No Power Over Me”: Female Agency and Empowerment in ‘Labyrinth’

Spooky, October-Infused Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt and Tony DiTerlizzi


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Readalikes

War for the Oaks by Emma Bull

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

Seven Wild Sisters by Charles De Lint


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Current Reads

Jane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore

Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg

Space Opera by Catherynne Valente


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April 25, 2018 /Marie Macula
urban fantasy, New Jersey, fairies, Tam Lin
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