Episode 12: Wall of Dreams & Major Thrill(er)s
Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests that are an expert within their area of storytelling. Samantha M. Bailey is the USA TODAY and #1 nationally bestselling author of WOMAN ON THE EDGE, which has sold in eleven countries to date, and the instant #1 national bestseller, WATCH OUT FOR HER. She is also a journalist and freelance editor; her work has appeared in NOW Magazine, The Village Post, The Thrill Begins, and The Crime Hub, among other publications. Samantha lives in Toronto, where she can usually be found tapping away at her computer or curled up on her couch with a book.
In this episode you'll hear about:
Axes and why you should throw them.
How your writing community can be your family (minus the drama).
Gabi and Sam get real about their heights and own who they are.
Sam inspires us with her never-give-up-on-your-dreams magic spark.
Sam's approach of following your gut and having hope without expectations.
Writing dark stories.
The importance of leaving your mind and entering the real world sometimes (even when you don't want to).
Death by thriller versus death by fantasy (and whether you should send your enemies to Sam's books or Courtney's).
We discover Courtney's talent for creating taglines on the fly.
Sam's existential crisis with chiropractors.
Special mentions include Jennie Shaw; Jami Lynn Hendricks; The White Lotus; Novelist as a Vocation (Murakami); Sam and Gabi fan-girling over the wisdom of Sheena Kamal.
CW: Brief mention of miscarriage.
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A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find her on Instagram or more of her creative work on Spotify.
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