730 - Turning a Podcast into a Novel: 'The Bright Sessions' to 'The Infinite Noise'

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Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Lauren Shippen, the creator of one of my new favorite audio dramas, "The Bright Sessions," talks about turning a podcast into a novel and about going from working alone to working on multiple projects and managing whole teams. LINKS AND SPONSORS | Learn how you can get my LinkedIn Learning course free: https://t.co/coQuXJRtrT | Bona: https://bona.com/grammar | Capterra: https://capterra.com/grammar | Native: https://nativedeodorant.com Promo Code:GG | GRAMMAR GIRL EMAIL NEWSLETTER | https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/newsletters | GRAMMAR POP iOS GAME | Optimized for iPad: http://bit.ly/iPadGrammarPop | For iPad and iPhone: http://bit.ly/GrammarPopMobile | PEEVE WARS CARD GAME | https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/grammar-girl-s-peeve-wars | GRAMMAR GIRL BOOKS | http://bit.ly/GrammarPopBooks | GRAMMAR GIRL IS PART OF THE QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS PODCAST NETWORK | VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)

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0:00.0	Grimer Girl here, I'm Minyeon Fuggerty, your friendly guide to the English language, and
0:09.0	I'm here today with Lauren Shipin.
0:10.8	I'm a fan of her podcast, The Bright Sessions, which tells the story of teens and young
0:15.0	adults with special abilities like mind reading and time travel.
0:19.4	She has a spin-off podcast with Luminary called the AM Archives, another new podcast with
0:24.6	radio topia called Passinger List, and she's working on an audio project with Marvel
0:29.4	and Stitcher, and not only that, she also has a novel out based on some of the characters
0:34.6	in The Bright Sessions.
0:36.8	That book is called The Infinite Noise, and she's in the middle of her book tour right
0:40.7	now.
0:41.7	So Lauren, welcome to the Grimer Girl podcast, and thanks for taking the time during what
0:45.9	I know must be in a specially busy week.
0:49.5	Thank you so much for having me.
0:50.5	It's so good to talk to you.
0:51.8	You bet did I miss anything in my introduction?
0:54.4	You have so much going on.
0:56.5	No, it was nice and a little scary to hear all of those things listed.
1:00.7	It's been a busy year.
1:03.4	Yeah, so before we dig into the talking about writing, a first book tour is such an exciting
1:09.0	thing.
1:10.0	What's been your favorite part so far?
1:12.0	Oh gosh, I think it's been meeting the people on the book tour.
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