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If It Was a Book | Real Stories, Reimagined
For all book lovers: writers, readers, publishers, librarians, and anyone who enjoys pop culture and ADHD chaos.
BookToker Ashley @wickedreads invites authors and other bookish influencers to the podcast to discuss their outrageous stories and decide what would happen if you were writing that situation as a book!
You can submit your story to ifitwasabook@gmail.com to hear how your favorite author might re-write your life into a best seller!
Episodes
22 episodes
Write a Heartwarming, Groundhog Day Reimagining that Tackles Grief and Family with Author, Ravynn Stringfield
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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Episode 22
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Write a Dual Love Story Between Two Men and the Three Ducks They are Desperate to Save with @recitrachel
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 to...
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Episode 21
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46:07
Write a Twisted, Adult-Summer-Camp Thriller with Obsession and Unreliable Narrators. Guest Staring @sarahsbookstacks
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 understa...
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Episode 20
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46:03
Write a Sapphic, Multiverse Tragedy with Debut Author Maddie Martinez
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 lik...
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Episode 19
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47:29
Write a sapphic, enemies to lovers, forced-proximity romance with a rabbit on the loose! Guest staring author Gabriella Gamez
Video episodes can also be found on YouTube. You can follow the pod onhttps://www.instagram.com/ifitwasabookTiktokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@wifitwasabookYou can follow the guest oninstagramhttps://...
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Episode 18
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53:00
Write a college, rivals-to-lovers, sports romance that challenges the patriarchy with @dodothebookbitch
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 boo...
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Episode 17
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47:11
Write a YA "The Real Jungle Juice was the Friends We Made Along the Way" Coming of Age with Romance Author Ava Rani.
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 1...
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Episode 16
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49:31
Write a Rom-Com Turned Serial Killer Thriller (with Vampires?) with Lavender PR's co-founder Brittani Hilles
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...
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Episode 15
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44:45
Write a Childhood-Friends-to-Strangers-to-Witnessing-a-Murder-Together-to-Lovers Book with incredible author, Denise Williams
Join romance author Denise Williams as we talk best sellers, audiobooks, and our mutual hatred of AI while we write a fun but silly second chance romance! Video episodes can also be found on YouTube. You can follow the p...
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Episode 14
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51:36
Write an unreliable narrator, secret sibling, thriller with @earlgreypls
Come talk DNA tests, surprise siblings, book recs, reading logs, and more with Aubrei K @earlgreypls Video episodes can also be found on YouTube. You can follow the guest oninstagramhttps://www.ins...
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Episode 13
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49:22
Write a raunchy college romance with a wacky cast and a bet that keeps everyone on edge with author TJ Alexander
In this episode, author TJ Alexander shares with us a story from their college days and a bet they made with their roommates (3 people, one bedroom, zero chill). We then use this story to write an unlikely romance of our own with new characters...
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Episode 12
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59:23
Write a Sapphic, KDrama-inspired, workplace romance with Readin' CEO, Sera Danielle
Write a KDrama-inspired, sapphic, workplace, dislike-to-lovers, romance with me and Sera Danielle @Serareadthat the Chief Executive Visionary of Readin' Magazine.http://readinmag.com/Video episodes can also be found on YouTube. ...
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Episode 11
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1:02:42
Write a Campy Horror with Bestselling Author, Bill Wood
Talk criminal minds, veronica mars, online dating, and more with author Bill Wood while storyboarding a campy horror book. You can watch video episodes on YouTube or listen to episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podca...
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Episode 10
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56:12
Write a YA survival thriller with Bailey @greekchoir
Join Bailey from @Greekchoir as we take her reurn from church camp story and turn it into an Appalachian survival standoff with a touch of mafia romance. <...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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54:43
Write a time-slip-finding-yourself-book that may resolve your mommy issues with author Cara Bastone
Talk grief, hobbies, ghost writing, manga/manhua/manhwa, and kdramas with author Cara Bastone while storyboarding a time-slip urban fantasy book. Cara Bastone has written 11 books and her newest release Promise Me Sunshin...
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Episode 8
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52:18
Write a Bachelor-inspired foodie romance with @hannahlisalohr
Hannah brings us the story of a bachelor breakup that rocked the fandom and we used that as inspiration to storyboard a foodie-influencerXchef romance that had us screaming!!! You can follow Hannah at @hannahlisalohr on a...
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Episode 7
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1:03:32
Write a Cult-y Vampire Thriller with the Author of One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of the Year, Robyn Schneider
Author Robyn Schneider shares her experience as a solo traveler in Europe in her early twenties and we re-write it into a cult-y dracula fanfiction. Robyn has written 11 books including The Other Merlin, The Beginning of ...
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Episode 6
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51:28
Write a revenge novella with Keara @theboricuabookworm
Join me with fellow library icon Keara @theboricuabookworm as we re-write her situationship ghosting into a revenge romp novella where she gets closure and a hot scottish roommate. You can see more of Keara @theboricuaboo...
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Episode 5
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53:58
Write a Twin Switch-aroo Trilogy with USA Today Best Selling Author, Samantha Markum
Talk Y/N fanfic, 2000s teen TV, therapy, and more with author Samantha Markum while she and host, Ashley, storyboard a twin switch-aroo romance. Samantha has three full-length novels out:Love, off the RecordThis May End Bad...
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Episode 4
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56:02
Write Theater-Kid, Fake-dating, single-parent, sports-romance chaos with Morgan @booksandlooksss
Join Morgan @booksandlooksss and I while we storyboard a chaotic fake-dating(I'm sensing a theme here) theater kid reprisal story. You can find more of Morgan on YouTube, Threads, Instagram, and more at booksandlooksss (three S's)<...
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Episode 3
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1:15:56
Write a Fake Dating Workplace Romance with Award-Winning Author, Nisha Sharma
Joining us this week is Nisha Sharma, author of Dating Dr. Dil, My So-Called Bollywood Life, Radha and Jai’s Recipe for Romance and more! Nisha shares with us a story of her time working in a law firm and we work together to turn it in...
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Episode 2
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