Steamy Spotlight Tessa Bailey

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Summary:
New York Times Bestselling author Tessa Bailey joins Kelly to discuss her latest release, the "Schitt's Creek"-inspired romance, It Happened One Summer. Other discussion topics include staying true to yourself in your writing, growing older (NOT old) alongside your characters, and learning to embrace "zoom culture" in 2020. Plus, a sneak peek at Tessa's next project with Avon!

Guest:
Tessa Bailey
IG: @tessabaileyisanauthor
Tiktok: @authortessabailey

Show Notes:
- Sponsored ad for Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston (00:00:05 - 00:01:37)
- You can catch Tessa and I in conversation with Burbank Public Library on their Summer Love panel (on YouTube)
- Embracing "zoom culture" and understanding each other better
- The professor who went viral on TikTok as a potato
- Starting with (and revisiting) Tessa's first book, Protecting What's His (00:06:56)
- Keeping the work to yourself in order to stay true to yourself
- "If it turns you on, it's going to turn someone else on."
- Establishing trust with an editor who knows your limits for criticism (00:16:13)
- Writing/Publishing outside of your comfort zone: from lifeguards to vampires
- Aging up with your characters
- Tessa's latest release, It Happened One Summer, and the binge-worthy TV show that inspired it (00:25:08)
- Meet you in Westport, WA?
- The benefits and challenges to writing a small town romance in a REAL small town (00:31:03)
- Getting called out by comedians... Bo Burnham vs. Bill Burr
- Creating art, making moves, and "rearranging the cards" in 2020
- What if a man said and did everything he meant...? Enter Brendan.
- The process of writing steamy scenes (00:51:39)
- Next up: tackling toxic masculinity in Hook, Line, and Sinker (March 1st, 2022 release)
- A future time travel romance?

Books, Authors, & TV Shows Mentioned:
Historical Romance Authors: Kerrigan Byrne & Sarah MacLean
"Schitt's Creek" (Netflix)
"Ted Lasso" (Apple TV+)
"White Woman's Instagram" by Bo Burnham (from "Inside" on Netflix)
Karen Marie Moning's Highlander series - listen to our review of Spell of the Highlander
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