Stories to Love Tif Marcelo

Episode 81 is Priscilla Oliveras.

Priscilla Oliveras is a USA Today bestselling author and 2018 RWA® RITA® double finalist who writes contemporary romance with a Latinx flavor. Proud of her Puerto Rican-Mexican heritage, she strives to bring authenticity to her novels by sharing her Latinx culture with readers. Her books have earned Starred Reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist along with praise from O, The Oprah Magazine, Washington Post, New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Frolic, and more. She earned her MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University where she currently serves as adjunct faculty while also teaching the online class “Romance Writing” for ed2go. A long-time romance enthusiast, Priscilla’s also a sports fan, beach lover, and Zumba aficionado, who often practices the art of napping in her backyard hammock. 

In this episode we discussed  Her Perfect Affair which is the second book in her debut series, Matched to Perfection, and is a re release.  We discussed the struggle to give characters conflict, and how a character’s Internal struggles manifest in their outside world. We talked about her journey as an MFA Student, as a writing instructor, and an author. Finally we talked about how she managed the re release of Her Perfect Affair.


Links discussed:
Farrah Rochon's ALMOST THERE
Sonali Dev's THE VIBRANT YEARS
Alexis Daria's  TAKE THE LEAD
Mia Sosa's THE WEDDING CRASHER
GEORGIE ALL ALONG by Kate Clayborn
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WHEN JASMINE BLOOMS, a contemporary fiction inspired by Marmee of Little Women, about a woman who suffers a great tragedy, wonders 'what if' and it comes true is here!

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Hi everyone, this is Tif on the Stories to Love Podcast and this is episode 80. Here with me today is Heather Webber. 
USA Today bestselling author Heather Webber is the author of more than thirty novels. She loves to read, drink too much coffee and tea, birdwatch, crochet, and bake. She currently lives near Cincinnati, Ohio, and is hard at work on her next book. 
In this episode we discussed her most recent release At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities, and how her books are sparked by songs. We talked about character development, when one is in the feelings while writing, and the changes in her authorial voice. Finally, we talked about the pivots in her twenty-plus years in her career and throughout the changes in the publishing landscape.

Links:
Kristy Woodson Harvey’s The Summer of Songbirds
The In-Between Hadley Vlahos
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WHEN JASMINE BLOOMS, a contemporary fiction inspired by Marmee of Little Women, about a woman who suffers a great tragedy, wonders 'what if' and it comes true is here!

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Episode 79 is Evelyn Skye. 


Evelyn Skye is a New York Times bestselling author of books for adults, young adults, and children. Her highly anticipated forthcoming novels include Damsel (which will also be a Netflix film starring Millie Bobby Brown, Robin Wright, and Angela Bassett) and The Hundred Loves of Juliet.


Evelyn is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter.


In this episode we discussed her most recent release, The Hundred Loves of Juliet and her vulnerable and candid discussion about its inspiration and finding herself in this novel. She talked about the soul of this Romeo and Juliet story and how it became a safe space. Finally, we touched on her transition from children’s to adult stories.

Links discussed:
Rethinking by Adam Grant
No Two Persons Erica Baurmeister
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshni Chokshi
Hidden Brain podcast
Damsel
Princess Private Eye


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WHEN JASMINE BLOOMS, a contemporary fiction inspired by Marmee of Little Women, about a woman who suffers a great tragedy, wonders 'what if' and it comes true is here!

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Episode 78 is with author Anita Abriel.
Anita Abriel is the international bestselling author of The Light After the War, Lana’s War, and A Girl During the War. She received a BA in English literature with a minor in creative writing from Bard College. Born in Sydney, Australia, she lives in California with her family. Her hobbies include walking on the beach, seeing classic movies, reading, and traveling. For more information, visit www.anitaabriel.com.
In this episode we discussed her most recent novel, The Life She Wanted, which is set in the Gilded Age. We discussed the yearning her main character felt and the rich and lush settings of her books. Her career as Anita Hughes, with a couple of these books making it to film. We also touched on the impetus to move to historical fiction and balancing her romantic fiction career and historical fiction career.

Links
Kate Morton THE HOMEHOMING
Fiona Davis THE SPECTACULAR 
Carley Fortune MEET ME AT THE LAKE
Emily Henry 
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WHEN JASMINE BLOOMS, a contemporary fiction inspired by Marmee of Little Women, about a woman who suffers a great tragedy, wonders 'what if' and it comes true is here!

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This is episode 77 of the  Stories to Love Podcast.  Today is a minisode with yours truly titled; I went on vacation and didn’t work, sort of: 5 tips to live in the moment. I’d been thinking of this episode for a while, because this year has been one big event after another, and in making some changes this year, I think I’ve moved toward some kind of vacation peace which I never had before. So, in this episode, I’m going to discuss the set up of what has been a personally busy year, and the steps I took to wind down and have one of the best vacations I’ve had in years. 

Morning and Evening routine episode 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/67-morning-and-evening-routines-while-on-writing/id1527099374?i=1000605449626
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WHEN JASMINE BLOOMS, a contemporary fiction inspired by Marmee of Little Women, about a woman who suffers a great tragedy, wonders 'what if' and it comes true is here!

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Episode 76 of the Stories to Love podcast is here, and my guest is Carolyn Mackler.
Carolyn Mackler is the acclaimed author of the YA novels The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things; Infinite in Between; and The Future of Us, among others. Her award-winning novels have appeared on bestseller lists and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Carolyn lives in New York City with her husband and two sons. The Wife App is her first novel for adults.
In this episode we discussed her most recent release, an adult debut named THE WIFE APP and her move from writing in the teen and middle grade space to adult fiction. We discussed a meditation class that became the kernel of inspiration, the concept of unpaid labor and mental load, about her deep research into this topic for the Wife App, and social media FOMO.

Links:
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Tommorow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Romantic Comedy
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WHEN JASMINE BLOOMS, a contemporary fiction inspired by Marmee of Little Women, about a woman who suffers a great tragedy, wonders 'what if' and it comes true is here!

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Contact Tif at tif@tifmarcelo.com
Please check out her website for podcast submissions