Kayley Loring

“I can't create a vaccine, but I can, hopefully, make people laugh.“— Kayley Loring

“I can't create a vaccine, but I can, hopefully, make people laugh.“— Kayley Loring

Bonus Episode 15 - Kayley Loring

“When I started writing my Brookston Housewives series, I thought I was writing a romance with lots of sex...I just felt like something was missing, and I thought, ‘So which one of these housewives is gonna die?’“— Shay Apple

“When I started writing my Brookston Housewives series, I thought I was writing a romance with lots of sex...I just felt like something was missing, and I thought, ‘So which one of these housewives is gonna die?’“— Shay Apple

Bonus Episode 14 - Shay Apple

Cece Ferrell

“It helps a lot to have those writer friends—that community, that tribe—to be there and say “Hey, come on, let’s do this together, let’s help each other out.” Because there are some days when it gets hard!“— CeCe Ferrell

“It helps a lot to have those writer friends—that community, that tribe—to be there and say “Hey, come on, let’s do this together, let’s help each other out.” Because there are some days when it gets hard!“— CeCe Ferrell

Bonus Episode 13 - Cece Ferrell

“I don't have that story of, "I've written since I was six," like I hear a lot of authors saying.“— Tillie Cole

“I don't have that story of, "I've written since I was six," like I hear a lot of authors saying.“— Tillie Cole

Bonus Episode 12 - Tillie Cole

“With paranormal, it's whatever you want it to be. It doesn't necessarily have to coincide with everyone else's vision of paranormal.“— Leslie Fear

“With paranormal, it's whatever you want it to be. It doesn't necessarily have to coincide with everyone else's vision of paranormal.“— Leslie Fear

Bonus Episode 11 - Leslie Fear

Emery Rose

“I just have a lot of brackets [laughs] that say, ‘Write something really great here.’“— Emery Rose

“I just have a lot of brackets [laughs] that say, ‘Write something really great here.’“— Emery Rose

Bonus Episode 10 - Emery Rose

“I love antiheroes. I love writing about situations that, maybe aren’t comfortable in society…because that’s where I think all the fun is.“— Giana Darling

“I love antiheroes. I love writing about situations that, maybe aren’t comfortable in society…because that’s where I think all the fun is.“— Giana Darling

Bonus Episode 9 - Giana Darling

Alessandra Torre

“There's no ego or personality conflicts that exist with Marlowe. She doesn't blush, she doesn't judge, she likes all genres...“— Alessandra Torre

“There's no ego or personality conflicts that exist with Marlowe. She doesn't blush, she doesn't judge, she likes all genres...“— Alessandra Torre

Bonus Episode 8 - Alessandra Torre(2)

Erin Spencer

“Being in that double position of authoring and narrating—and sort of seeing that &amp; feeling that—was really cool, and took my respect for authors to a new level.“— Erin Spencer

“Being in that double position of authoring and narrating—and sort of seeing that &amp; feeling that—was really cool, and took my respect for authors to a new level.“— Erin Spencer

Bonus Episode 7 - Erin Spencer

Dylan Allen

“Even when I'm exhausted, I can do it because I love storytelling, I love my characters—and now, I've fallen in love with my readers!“— Dylan Allen

“Even when I'm exhausted, I can do it because I love storytelling, I love my characters—and now, I've fallen in love with my readers!“— Dylan Allen

Bonus Episode 6 - Dylan Allen

Living in the Pages is a podcast hosted by author Willow Aster. Insightful interviews with authors about their books, life, and the art of writing. Willow Aster is a bestselling author, wife, mother of two children and a rescue puppy. She cares passionately about women, books, the craft of writing, and finding out the secrets behind the words.

If you are a romance reader, you’ll love this podcast.  Willow attracts many of the most talented writers in the genre. Getting to “know” these authors is so fun. Hearing their motivation and inspiration is awesome.

This podcast is life... :)

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Living In the Pages

"I just needed a piece of me, and a challenge—and it took off so quickly.”Willow Winters

"I just needed a piece of me, and a challenge—and it took off so quickly.”Willow Winters

Season 3 Episode 13 - Willow Winters

Anna Todd

"I feel like I don't have a choice of what my characters do in my books—ever.”— Anna Todd

"I feel like I don't have a choice of what my characters do in my books—ever.”— Anna Todd

Season 2 Episode 17 - Anna Todd

"That's the thing with my books; I feel like they're all so different from one another that, if you're not in the right frame of mind, it doesn't necessarily mean it's not for you ever.”— Willow Aster

"That's the thing with my books; I feel like they're all so different from one another that, if you're not in the right frame of mind, it doesn't necessarily mean it's not for you ever.”— Willow Aster

Season 2 Episode 36 Part 1 - Willow Aster

"That to me is what writing is about—trying to capture those feelings that we all feel, and bring them into words that maybe others couldn't before.”— Kandi Steiner

"That to me is what writing is about—trying to capture those feelings that we all feel, and bring them into words that maybe others couldn't before.”— Kandi Steiner

Season 2 Episode 19 - Kandi Steiner

C. D. Reiss

"I got Microsoft Word, I got unemployed, I got a computer, I didn't know what to do with it—so I started writing books.”— C.D. Reiss

"I got Microsoft Word, I got unemployed, I got a computer, I didn't know what to do with it—so I started writing books.”— C.D. Reiss

Season 2 Episode 7 - C. D. Reiss

"They're not the typical warm and fuzzy [characters]—they're broken, and raw, and honest—so, that's the kind of people I'm drawn to.”— Willow Aster

"They're not the typical warm and fuzzy [characters]—they're broken, and raw, and honest—so, that's the kind of people I'm drawn to.”— Willow Aster

Season 2 Episode 36 Part 2 - Willow Aster

"The ones I wrote about were my serious, long-term boyfriends. I had plenty of duds in between that were not book worthy.”— BB Easton

"The ones I wrote about were my serious, long-term boyfriends. I had plenty of duds in between that were not book worthy.”— BB Easton

Season 2 Episode 8 - BB Easton

Bryn Greenwood

"I want to do a long view of what different situations look like to different characters.I write a lot of stuff that’s just one character’s perspective, but I always still go through the process of looking at how everybody else in the book sees that experience and sees that character.”— Bryn Greenwood

"I want to do a long view of what different situations look like to different characters.I write a lot of stuff that’s just one character’s perspective, but I always still go through the process of looking at how everybody else in the book sees that experience and sees that character.”— Bryn Greenwood

Episode 50 - Bryn Greenwood

"I've been trying to desensitize myself, but it doesn't work...it just got really hot in here.”Matt Russikoff — She Said, He Said

"I've been trying to desensitize myself, but it doesn't work...it just got really hot in here.”Matt Russikoff — She Said, He Said

Season 2 Episode 41 - She Said, He Said (Too)

Paullina Simons

"I thought it would be interesting to see the world that I knew through the eyes of these two young people.”— Paullina Simons

"I thought it would be interesting to see the world that I knew through the eyes of these two young people.”— Paullina Simons

Season 2 Episode 39 - Paullina Simons

Penny Reid

"Once you get to know your characters, they like to take the story in a different direction sometimes...I find that fighting my characters is an effort in futility.”— Penny Reid

"Once you get to know your characters, they like to take the story in a different direction sometimes...I find that fighting my characters is an effort in futility.”— Penny Reid

Episode 47 - Penny Reid

Jeana E. Mann

"At the end of the day, I've still got to get up and take the trash out and mow the yard and walk the dogs and, you know, life goes on.”— Jeana E. Mann

"At the end of the day, I've still got to get up and take the trash out and mow the yard and walk the dogs and, you know, life goes on.”— Jeana E. Mann

Season 2 Episode 35 - Jeana E. Mann

Meghan Quinn

"I've always just been that person who has these wild thoughts. So I like that instead of torturing my friends, I can just put them into stories.”— Meghan Quinn

"I've always just been that person who has these wild thoughts. So I like that instead of torturing my friends, I can just put them into stories.”— Meghan Quinn

Season 2 Episode 21 - Meghan Quinn

Penelope Ward

"We’re not very good plotters. We basically know maybe one page of stuff when we start. We’ll know maybe what the twist is, what we’re building towards, and kind of who the characters are … then we just basically start writing.”— Vi Keeland

"We’re not very good plotters. We basically know maybe one page of stuff when we start. We’ll know maybe what the twist is, what we’re building towards, and kind of who the characters are … then we just basically start writing.”— Vi Keeland

Episode 46 - Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

Emma Scott

"Bits of my experiences now have been planted in my works before...Maybe it's not so strange. Maybe all of that is already in us, and our job as writers is just to unearth it and put it out there.”—Emma Scott

"Bits of my experiences now have been planted in my works before...Maybe it's not so strange. Maybe all of that is already in us, and our job as writers is just to unearth it and put it out there.”—Emma Scott

Season 3 Episode 7 - Emma Scott

Helen Hoang

"It felt like me embracing myself, and it felt really healthy. I loved doing that.”— Helen Hoang

"It felt like me embracing myself, and it felt really healthy. I loved doing that.”— Helen Hoang

Episode 39 - Helen Hoang

Megan Angelo

"It was a little bit of an uneven process in, kind of, building these three women in different ways. But I found it a great challenge—not one that I'm eager to replicate.”Megan Angelo

"It was a little bit of an uneven process in, kind of, building these three women in different ways. But I found it a great challenge—not one that I'm eager to replicate.”Megan Angelo

Season 2 Episode 42 - Megan Angelo

"It’s about longevity for me—this is what I want to keep doing.There are so many things you can’t control about being an author, so you just have to keep writing. And that’s what I’ve been doing, and I’m lucky that I can continue to do that.”— Tracey Garvis-Graves

"It’s about longevity for me—this is what I want to keep doing.There are so many things you can’t control about being an author, so you just have to keep writing. And that’s what I’ve been doing, and I’m lucky that I can continue to do that.”— Tracey Garvis-Graves

Season 2 Episode 14 - Tracey Garvis-Graves

Devney Perry

"If you would have asked me last March when I hit ‘publish’ on that first book if I would have the relationships with readers and fellow authors and bloggers that I have today, I would have said ‘You’re crazy.’ It’s wonderful…and it makes it all so much more worthwhile—and so fun.”— Devney Perry

"If you would have asked me last March when I hit ‘publish’ on that first book if I would have the relationships with readers and fellow authors and bloggers that I have today, I would have said ‘You’re crazy.’ It’s wonderful…and it makes it all so much more worthwhile—and so fun.”— Devney Perry

Episode 38 - Devney Perry

Melanie Harlow

"When I’m stuck, I have to just get away from the computer. Staring at the screen does nothing for me…”— Melanie Harlow

"When I’m stuck, I have to just get away from the computer. Staring at the screen does nothing for me…”— Melanie Harlow

Season 2 Episode 22 - Melanie Harlow

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