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Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.

Moms don't have time to read books. If you like this podcast, you will love my new anthology called Moms Don't Have Time to Have Kids. Check it out, and you'll hear from 49 authors about all sorts of things moms don't have time to do. All the authors have been on this podcast. Also, check out my TikTok at with Zivie and Tracy,

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Brenda Janowitz is the author of the Liz Taylor Ring.

She's the author of seven novels, also including the Grace Kelly dress, which I interviewed

her for on this podcast.

She is the former books correspondent for Pop Sugar, and her work has appeared in the New York

Times, Real Simple, The Washington has appeared in the New York Times,

Real Simple, The Washington Post, and the New York Post, among others, including the Modern

Love Column. She is a graduate of Cornell University and Hofstra School of Law, and lives

in New York with her husband and two sons. You can find her on Instagram at Brenda Janowitz

writer. Welcome, Brenda. Thank you so much for coming back on Momsden.

I have time to read books to talk about the Liz Taylor-Ring, your latest book. Thank you for having me. I'm so thrilled to be here. I know we are in the midst of all of the excitement of Pub Week and everything. So for those who don't, I want to hear you talk about this book, obviously. But for a minute, for people who might not be authors or don't know what it's like to have a book come out in a given week, like what does pub week look like? What does it look like for you? Yeah, you know, this, it's, I mean, I guess I would just start off by saying it's completely overwhelming. You know, you think you're prepared for it, but you're not.

Of course, launching a book during COVID is completely different because normally I'd have all these live events and you get like the energy and you get to see friends and you get to see other

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