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THE HEY GIRL PODCAST

Alex & Rachel on After the Rain

THE HEY GIRL PODCAST

Alex Elle

Personal Journals, Arts, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.8 β€’ 1.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 5 July 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Alex sits down with her editor, Rachel Hiles, to discuss her career as an editor, her love for words, self-care, and helping bring Alex's new book, After the Rain, to life. Pre-order After the Rain here. Enter the Pre-Order Campaign here. β€”β€”β€”β€” hey, girl. is mixed & produced by Wayne Bertram. Connect with Alex on Instagram: @alex_elle @theheygirlpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, I just wanted to pop in here to introduce this very special guest that I have on today's episode.

0:06.6

Her name is Rachel Hiles and she is my very amazing editor at Chronicle Books. We're going to be chatting about my new book

0:14.3

After the Rain that's coming out October 13th of this year and that is currently

0:19.1

on pre-order. You can find the link to pre-order in the episode notes and I hope that you will do that.

0:25.3

I am very excited for this book to come to the world.

0:28.3

It is part memoir, part tool, and to supporting us all in our healing, our transformation, and I'm sharing quite a bit of

0:36.7

personal stories in here that will make you laugh, that might make you cry, and hopefully that

0:41.6

will help you see yourself on the page. Rachel shares a bit about

0:45.1

her process to becoming an editor, why she decided to join this career, and what self-care looks like through

0:52.1

her individuality and I am just beyond pleased to have

0:57.2

had Rachel share space with me in this way. So no more rambling. I hope you enjoy this episode and please pre-order after the rain. I am so excited for you to get your hands on it.

1:06.4

Hi, I'm Alex L and I write books for a living. The Hey Girl podcast was created with sisterhood and storytelling in mind.

1:15.8

Hey girl!

1:16.8

Hey girl!

1:17.8

Hey girl!

1:18.8

Join us as we journey through sharing together.

1:27.2

Hey girl. Hey girl.

1:28.1

Rachel, I am thrilled to have you on the show.

1:31.3

How are you?

1:32.3

I'm well. I'm feeling so happy to be here and it's a real

1:36.8

honor to get to chat with you because I feel like often I don't get to dialogue with

1:41.8

my authors out in the world so I can't wait to talk about your work and how we've worked together.

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