Beach Reads, Blockbuster, & Writing Your Novel with Emily Giffin
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I like to put my reader in this situation of, oh my gosh, you know, the first book, which it's been 22 years if you haven't read it. Spoiler alert.
We have like these questions that I kind of want to toss them.
You're so dramatic, Ben.
This is about to be dramatic, okay?
I think you would write a fantastic novel that I would blurb and have my quote on the cover.
Yeah, we get older every day.
Got more wrinkles, that's okay. Yeah. Hey everybody, I'm Kim Holderness.
And I'm Ben Holderness. Welcome to Laugh Lines.
If you were obsessed with the Choose Your Own Adventure books as a kid, we're your people, your home.
And just like, also, if you want to add one, if you were obsessed with Encyclopedia Brown as a kid, who made me want to be a detective until I realized all of the things that that involved. Skill sets, just all that stuff.
Maybe not great for an ADHD career.
Well, maybe because, you know, I think... just getting through the schooling and the copying and the training before becoming a detective, like encyclopedia, just that was his name. It was just really smart. And he, you know, he set like a, I'll solve your case for like a buck, like a little fish jar and people would drop it in the neighborhood and he would solve those problems.
Okay. His name is encyclopedia because at that time, encyclopedias are where you went to find information.
If you know that, You're in the right place.
But what would the child detective be called today?
Google Johnson.
Google Johnson.
Chat GP Ted. It would be something like that.
I am so excited for you to listen to our guest today in this podcast. If you have a dream you didn't know how to figure out, if you've ever aspired to write or just do, our guest today is going to show you that everything is figureoutable.
Yeah, Emily Giffen, who is a prolific writer. And if you have been on an airplane or on a beach, you have seen her unmistakable covers or in a supermarket. She writes enthralling literature that millions of people love. And my favorite part about this podcast coming up is she's going to connect with Kim about maybe a dream that she might have someday.
I think listeners to the podcast have heard, I would love to write a novel. I feel like I have one in me.
It's in there somewhere.
It's in there somewhere. Just everything I come up with. Penn is very quick to point out that that book is already.
I try to be sweet about it.
You're like, honey, that's Pride and Prejudice.
All right. Hang on. Okay. Long time ago. but in a galaxy far, far away. No, okay. Stop it. Wait, let's talk about books because you're a more voracious reader than me.
Last year, it was a big deal. I read 50 books before I turned 50. My reading pace this year slowed a bit, but still reading a lot.
You've been reading some big, thick ones though.
Yeah, just for the Calamity Club. Should we just get to our guests? Yes. You guys are going to love this.
Emily Giffen is the number one New York Time bestselling author of 13 novels, including Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and All We Ever Wanted. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide, been translated into more than 30 languages, and helped define the modern summer read.
Emily's a former attorney who left law to pursue writing full time. That was a big jump. Her debut novel, Something Borrowed, was an instant bestseller and was later adapted into a major motion picture. Her newest novel, Love You More, is out July 7th, and we're so excited to have her with us today. Welcome to the show, Emily Giffen. it is awesome to be here thanks for having me i love you guys of course oh my gosh this is i we love an author we love an author and i'm so excited to talk to you about your process how you got to here um but thank you for joining us yeah thank you and before we get started i have to tell you my all-time favorite of your videos is the one that just frails on duke
So I told my kids when they were very young and I read them the book, Duke sucks, which is available on Amazon. I've read it to them at a very young age and said, you can do and be anything you want, but you cannot go to Duke.
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