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S5 Ep4 Bethany Rutter - Novel Experience
April 25, 2023 · 65 min

Author, podcast host, event chair and plus-sized fashion influencer Bethany Rutter. Bethany talks about her first wonderful rom-com novel for adults WELCOME TO YOUR LIFE and the journey to writing her two YA hits NO BIG DEAL and MELT MY HEART.

Bethany also chats about:

how her background as a journalist and plus-sized fashion blogger led her to writing fictionhow her book about dating is encouraging people to dust off their dating profileswriting fat main charactersplanning the entire story before writing a single wordhow editing one novel teaches her a lot about what to write nextSetting yourself deadlines so you have something to be accountable toHow being an author is learning to impose narrative order to vibes

Guest Author: Bethany Rutter   Twitter: @bethanyrutter  IG: @bethanyrutter  Books: Welcome To Your Life by Bethany Rutter , Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter, No Big Deal by Bethany Rutter Podcast: What Page Are You On?

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023. 

Bethany’s recommendations:

A book for fan’s of Bethany’s work: Wild Things by Laura Kay

A book Bethany has always loved: The Crimson Petal and The White Michel Faber

A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: You Just Need to Lose Weight by Aubrey Gordon

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