Hi, podleters. I hope you're all well as usual. I'm really excited about this episode. It is with

Nisha Dolan, who is the author of Exciting Times, which is now a Sunday Times bestseller. It's a

book that I reviewed recently on my Instagram, so if you haven't seen that, you can always go and have a

look at that to get a little bit of a feel of what the book is about. I do have to outline that I

guess there are a couple of spoilers in this episode, not massively, and I still think you should

read it, but if you wanted to wait and read the book first, which you 100% should do, then obviously

go and do that. But I'm so excited she was speaking to Nisha. I wanted to talk to her about the process

of writing a book and what it was like for her. This is her debut novel, and it's, you know, it's

going to be one of the biggest books of the year. It kind of already is, and I really want to

speak to someone who's had that sort of success, and she's so down to earth about the writing process.

She's got a really interesting take on life, and to be honest, I was actually quite nervous

in Fuyangha, so there's a few times when I fumble over my words, and I wish I could do it again and

do it better. But actually, I think the conversation that we have is really honest and really lovely,

and I just, actually, love being turned into a slightly starstruck, because I just loved the book

so much, so I just thought it was such a treat to be able to pick her brain and find that how she

feels about it. And the idea behind this episode is that whilst we're in quarantine, I know that

this whole conversation around, you know, let's do something productive or let's start our dream

project, but maybe actually if there is something you want to do, and if there isn't too intimidating,

maybe listen to someone speak about it in such a down to earth way, might encourage you to realize

that you do have the tools to just take a step and start working towards something. If you don't

want to do that, and you just want to nap and chill or get on with your work as usual, that's also

absolutely fine. But I hope you enjoyed the episode, and thank you so much for listening. As always,

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