Motherhood + Following your Passion with Bestselling Author Ashley Audrain The Afterglow Podcast

Show notes:

3:15 Ashley's childhood as a curious child

6:30 Ashley's environment was nurturing for her to move forward in her choices. " The world is your oyster"

10:00 Ashley put her love of writing aside, and worked in marketing and publishing before wiring her book

13:00 How reading and working took precedence to writing

16:00 The story of THE PUSH, fear and motherhood had nothing to do with her own mother

18:00 Needing plot and structure to the book

20:00 We can all relate to leaving for a few days as mothers

23:00 How her wandering mind helped her create the characters

24:00 Intergenerational trauma

28:00 The research Audrey did to find the characters and themes

32:00 Did Audrey wrestle with doubt? 

35:00 Publishers were clamoring to get a hold of THE PUSH

36:00 How her husband gave her feedback on the first edit

41:00 How Audrey encapsulates motherhood in the book

45:00 What was the ending...really?

50:00 Is THE PUSH going to be a movie? 

Find Audrey Audrain:

www.ashleyaudrain.com

IG: @ashleyaudrain