A Conversation with Annabel Monaghan (spoiler-free)

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman

Skincare, Beauty, Society & Culture, Comedy, Advice, Books, Arts, Careers

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🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re chatting with the author of our July Book Club Pick, Annabel Monaghan!

Annabel is the author of Same Time Next Summer and Nora Goes Off Script as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in the Huffington Post, the Week, and the Rye Record.

Annabel shares her journey to becoming a published author, the inspiration behind Same Time Next Summer and Nora Goes off Script, the highs and lows of her writing career, and answers writing questions from listeners!

Books Annabel would want to erase her memory to re-read for the first time

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Obsessions

Olivia: Barbie The Movie

Becca: Stuffed Spinach and Artichoke dip bread

What we read this week!

Becca: The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

Olivia: The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome to Baton Paper Podcast, I'm Olivia Mentor, and I'm Becca Freeman.
0:23.3	And today we have an interview with the author of Norah Goes Off script and same time
0:27.9	next summer, Annabelle Monahan, who was just a delight to have on the podcast.
0:32.7	She's truly a delight.
0:33.7	I can't wait for you to listen, but what I actually can't wait for is Olivia to share
0:38.5	her high.
0:39.5	Oh, well, I actually have two of her highs, one of which is also yours, but yes, I sold
0:47.3	a book.
0:48.3	I have a book coming out next year and I announced it this morning, so I'm like really
0:52.1	writing high here.
0:53.1	I feel incredible.
0:54.7	I'm so excited for you.
0:56.1	I feel like, well, I know that this has been going on behind the scenes and you haven't
0:59.3	really talked about it.
1:00.3	So it's so exciting to have the big reveal.
1:03.4	Yeah, it feels kind of surreal because I've just been kind of alone in my own little
1:07.2	world working on it, which has been kind of nice in and of itself.
1:09.9	But yeah, it's called such a bad influence and it's about a influencer who goes
1:17.5	missing, but it's not just any influencer.
1:20.2	She's kind of one of the first like kid influencers who grows up online because her parents
1:25.1	are these famous YouTubers.
1:27.1	So it's about her older sister trying to find her and kind of going deep into the very
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