Get your warm hunting gear ready for The Red Winter.

Lauren deepdives with debut author Cameron Sullivan about his pansexual monster hunter novel "The Red Winter". They go into the piece of werewolf lore that came from the Beast of Gevaudan story. The technical challenges of writing multiple timelines and how you deal with rejection.

In spoilers they go into the folklore in TRW, history and deepdiving plotpoints and possibly the most mentions of the word semen in any conversation either of them have had

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it's your typical love story woman meets bull... falls in lust and births the minotaur.

but what if it wasn't? On this episode Lauren talks to Jane Dougherty about her twist on Pasiphae and the minotaur. Look out for the obilgatory spoiler section with more plot deep disections.

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Timna Devolpi joins Lauren and Charlotte in time for Valentine's to talk all things love and dating in the Ancient Greek myth world as they chat about her book The Goddess Dating Guide.

From loved-up couples to familial heartbreak, with some very thought provoking questions in between, it all gets discussed, and listen to the end to hear Timna's reality TV castings of the Olympians!

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In the last episode of the year Lauren gets into Made Things with Adrian Tchaikovsky to celebrate its UK release.

Firstly they get into his degree... his writing process and a little bit into his back catalogue.

They also deep dive into Made Things with plot points and spoilers. Including which of the homonculi types Adrian would like to be

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Norse Mythology retellings or inspired fiction seem so thin on the ground compared to other mythologies so OBVIOUSLY Lauren was all over Rachel Van Dykens "Fallen Gods". Lauren finds out all about the inspiration behind it, background information needed and the US setting.

In plot points they go more into runes, more into characters and discuss the ending.

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Lauren jumped at the opportunity to speak to romantasy great Carissa Broadbent about the first in a trilogy Daughter of No Worlds after it was picked up by traditional publishers.

Talking about the inspiration behind the main characters. Carissa's feelings on booktok and transitioning to traditional publishing and those all obligatory plot spoilers

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What if you see a little something you can't quite explain but your brain tries to rationalise?

Venture into Angel City for the first in the Red City series with Lauren and author Marie Lu. Lauren gets into the world building of the alternate Los Angeles (Angel City) and it's alchemy magic system. They discuss the challenges of YA vs Adult writing, Marie's reaction to the AI emotional support kangaroo PLUS meeting our MC's on page and their first experiences with seeing alchemy IRL and no awards are given for mother of the year.

Spoilers are juicy with plot points being broken down, the escalation of the crime syndicates increasing and Lauren asks her burning "I know you did it for the plot but I don't have to like it but did you have to?"

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Head on a quest for family with Lauren and Maddie Martinez as they dive into The Maiden and Her Monster. They discuss how Maddies educational background shaped the novel and the history of the Jewish Golem myth. They also talk about the crafting of the love plot and obviously obligatory spoilers

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