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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
33 episodes
Write a magical realism book about the Fae in the Irish Countryside with Nathan Shuherk @schizophrenicreads
Welcome to the season 1 finale! -After a night out at the bars, our main character finds the trains have ended for the night and he must brave the four mile walk through the forest in the dead of night to reach home…but he...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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Write a Witchy Book Where We Break a Hex our Grandma Put on our Skeptical Ex with Author Maya Ameyaw
Join Young Adult author Maya Ameyaw as we take a reddit post and write a witchy Christmas Carol quest where you heal your inner child and find little bits of magic in everyday. Get your copy of Maya’s books now!...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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36:18
Write a College Thruple book but One of the Members is a ghost with Author Akwaeke Emezi
Join us in interviewing Akwaeke Emezi about their new book, writing experience in writing YA, Adult fiction, and for TV. Their newest book Son of the Morning comes out November 4th and can be pre-orde...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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46:46
Get Revenge on Your Commitment-phobic Ex by Dating His Brother with Author Ava Rani
When your ex is taking their new fiance to a mutual friend’s wedding, the only right answer is to bring his brother he’s always been jealous of as your date! -Come talk 2000s TV shows, writing advice, and more with ...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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51:11
Write a children's book about Mothman's son and his little sister's detective agency with @novelniah
Dani was just a normal kid until tragedy struck and she had to go live with her older half brother–who isn’t what he seems. When Dani and her brother are in danger of losing their home, they take on the biggest mystery they’ve ever faced for...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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45:30
Write a messy college romance about two advice columnists at the school paper with indie author Chelsea Curto
Join us this week with romance author Chelsea Cutro of Face Off and the DC Stars as she perpares for the release of her first dark romance In the Dark coming out October 15th. In this episode Chelsea shares advice for wri...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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48:50
Write a Paranormal College Film-Bro Redemption with a Sapphic Romance SubPlot With Debut Author Cait Jacobs
When Doreen and Sam become roommates their freshman year of college, they don't expect a nefarious ghost to add to the tension of sharing their space. In order to remove the third roommate, Doreen and Sam must work together to fulfill his unfin...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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43:18
Write a Workplace Revenge Romance and Forgive Your Inner Child with Best-Selling Author Diana Quincy
This week I had the honor of interviewing best-selling author and award-winning television journalist Diana Quincy about her new book "The Earl That Got Away" which is a second chance historical romance coming to shelves September 30th.
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Episode 26
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41:14
Write a Campy Sorority Cannibalism Book with @curlyhairbiblio
Join me this week with Liv @curlyhairbiblio who is a booktokker, bookstagrammer, editor of Readin' magazine, and a publicist for Scholastic Books. -When Libby decided to rush a sorority to find more friends in college she BIT...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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53:32
Re-write the 2005 crime drama Bones with less will-they-won’t-they and more dogs Guest starring @jacfrostisreal
Jac and I take an 8 season long will-they-wont-they and get the characters together in two seasons with more communication, more dogs, and minimal angst. That said, the episode WILL contain Bones spoilers This w...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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50:54
Write a children's book series about talking to animals and finding your place in the world with Jenessa of the Read the Book First podcast
We're baaaaack!!-When Blue's chance encounter with a leopard seal leads to big changes in her life. We follow 9-year-old Blue as she makes new friends (human and animal alike) and does what she can to save all creatures great and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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41:08
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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Season 1
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Episode 22
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45:14
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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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