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When a teacher’s watch stops at the exact time of his father’s death, he set out to do whatever he can to prevent it, but when nothing works the two men settle in to this endless final day and the things that have kept them apart.

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We also discuss book recommendations, Smallville, publishing, and more!

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Bill had no idea that his commute to work would lead him to rescuing not one, not two, but three ducks on the side of the road. This chance encounter leads him to Marcus, the owner and operator of a local bird sanctuary and they are drawn together by more than their hope to save these animals.

A fun, silly love story with a lot of bird city world building and lore for fans of warrior cats, Y2K YA paranormal romance, and adult contemporary romance (it don’t sound like it works, but trust me that is the most direct comparison)

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We also talk librarian-ship, library school, running book conventions, and more!

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Writing, books, bookish, authors, book conventions, yallfest, influencers, yallwest, friendship, love triangles, ya romance, vampire academy, birds, worldbuilding, warrior cats, y2k, fantasy author, writing community, librarians, library, library science, makerspaces, author community, new releases, upcoming books, five star reads

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It's our twentieth episode!!! After losing her boyfriend and all of her friends Sarah decides to go to an adult summer camp to reconnect with a childhood friend and meet new people. While at the camp she meets Hazel who seems to really understand her struggles--as a recent divorcé herself.

As they get to know each other, Hazel becomes possessive and territorial over Sarah and their friendship. Can they make it work this summer or will this relationship take a dark turn?

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We also discuss book recommendations, making friends as an adult, alien romance, the Omegaverse, and more!

If you would like to submit your story to be "rewritten" as if it was a book, you can email us at ifitwasabook@gmail.com or submit on our website ifitwasabook.com

New Episodes are released very Monday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and more!

Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe! Happy listening!

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Things we talk about (for metadata):

making friends, dating apps, making friends as an adult, summer camp, badbitchbookclub, book clubs, writing, bookstagram, COVID, lockdown, influencer, booktok, instagram, tiktok, reading, reader, thriller, friendship, obsession, writing, horror, storytime, stories, crazy stories, writer community, author, influencer, books, bookish, book recs, book recommendations, Yerba Buena, Nina Lacour, Omegaverse, Rainbow Black, Maggie Thrash, Tarah Dewitt, romance books, romance reader, Nikki Payne, The Princess and the PI, small town romance, twilight, forks washington, jane austen retellings, IPB, ice planet barbarians, Ruby Dixon, Victoria Aveline, Choosing Theo, The Clecanian Series, Alien Romance, Monster romance, PitBabe, Thai Dramas, Asian Dramas, Formula One books, F1 romance

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After losing the love of her life, Jac is contemplating an ultimate ending to their story when she stumbles upon a stairwell that transports her to an alternate universe where he love is still alive! Well, she looks like Olivia, she's funny like her Olivia, she even kisses like her Olivia, but she isn't HER Olivia.

As Jac travels through the multiverse, meeting different versions of her one true love she learns that our experiences shape us into who we are and all of the brilliant, bright, beautiful Olivias have their own journies to make, even if they don't include Jac.

A story of love, grief, yearning, and self discovery with Maddie Martinez, author of The Maiden and her Monster.

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If you want to cry, this is the episode for you. On top of writing this sad girl hours love story (NOT ROMANCE!!), we also discuss publishing, editing, drafting, and more for debut authors.

Check out our new website ifitwasabook.com or watch video episodes of the podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRY40cc4vKM&list=PLa_HBI1ktly1lO-rZjtZzzSSLilBHfckl&pp=gAQB

Maddie's debut novel releases on September 9th and you can preorder here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-maiden-and-her-monster-maddie-martinez/72f299f0f27feb0b?ean=9781250367754&next=t

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Things we talk about (for metadata):

writing, writer, author, debut author, influencer, booktok, instagram, tiktok, reading, reader, ya books, sapphic, publishing, publishing advice, getting an agent, getting a book deal, the multiverse, storytime, stories, crazy stories, writer community, authors, book recommendations, book recs, wlw, sapphic love, portals, sad, sad books, time travel, albuquerque, new mexico, maiden and her monster, jewish fantasy, golem, Sara Hashem, the Jasad Crown, Wen-Yi Lee, When the burned the butterfly, Shannon Chakraborty, City of Brass, The City of Brass, Daevabad Trilogy

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Video episodes can also be found on YouTube.

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Submit your story to be re-written as a book at ifitwasabook@gmail.com

Here's some of what we talked about so the algorithms know (metadata who??):

writing advice, publishing advice, publishing deals, writer, author, influencer, booktok, instagram, tiktok, romance, sapphic, sapphic librarians, warming centers, debut author, reading, reader, ya books, work, library, librarian, storytime, stories, crazy stories, writer community, author, rabbits, pets on the loose, community centers, book series, librarians in love, sports romance, football romance, writer struggles, querying books, book agents, The Hating Game, Sally Thorne, Marriage and Masti, Nisha Sharma, If Shakespeare was an Auntie, 5 star reads, bookish, book recommendations, texas

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Write a college, rivals to lovers, sports romance that challenges the patriarchy in this week's episode of If it Was a Book.

Our guest this week, Dodo, is a bookstagrammer, freelance marketer, and designs bookish merch including her bookmark club! Find her merch shop here: https://ko-fi.com/dodothebookbitch/sh...

You can follow Dodo on

Instagram: / dodothebookbitch

Tiktok: / dodothebookbitch

And right here on Youtube! ‪@dodothebookbitch‬

If you would like to submit your real-life story to be rewritten into a book by me and one of my guests you can email me at ifitwasabook@gmail.com or submit on my new website ifiteasabook.com !

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Join me with author Ava Rani of the Biotech Billionaire series as we talk publishing, jungle juice, getting away with shenanigans, and more.

Book 3 of the Biotech Billionaire series, the Charmer, is out on May 13th. Pre Order your copy now! https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-charmer-a-biotech-billionaires-novel-ava-rani/21722007?ean=9780063413672&next=t

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Brittani Hilles, co-founder of Lavender PR--a bookish PR company--tells us about her real-life experience with a celebrity and we re-write it into what starts as a very Wattpad-esque falling-for-the-celebrity book but takes a serial killer turn.

Theme music by Sean McDermott