Denise Williams, THE FASTEST WAY TO FALL

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Denise Williams joins Zibby to talk about her latest novel, The Fastest Way to Fall. Denise shares why she loves writing and reading stories about fat women owning their bodies, how she infuses what she has learned on her personal self-love journey into her characters, and the specific post-workout energy she tried to encapsulate in this book. The two also talk about the four books Denise has coming out next year and how Zibby can achieve her M&M-centered dream.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.1	If you like this podcast, you will love my new anthology called Moms Don't Have Time to Have Kids.
0:12.9	Check it out, and you'll hear from 49 authors about all sorts of things moms don't have time to do.
0:17.9	All the authors have been on this podcast. Also, check out my TikTok at With Zibby and Tracy, my other podcast Sex Talk with Zivie and Tracy.
0:25.8	Check out Moms Don't Have Time to Write on Medium.
0:28.5	And of course, my new publishing company called Zivie Books.
0:32.3	And now back to our daily author interview site and a quick hello from some of my kids.
0:36.9	Hi.
0:37.4	Hi. Hello. Enjoy the show.
0:40.9	Denise Williams is the author of the fastest way to fall. Denise wrote her first book in the second
0:45.9	grade. I hate you and its sequel I still hate you featured a tough funny hero, a quirky hero,
0:50.9	witty banter, and a dragon. Minus the dragons, these are still the books she likes to write. After penning those early work, she finished second grade and eventually earned a PhD. After growing up a military brat around the world and across the country, Denise now lives in Iowa with her husband's son and two ornery chit-suits who think they own the house. How to Fail at Flirting was her debut novel, and she can usually be
1:11.5	found reading, writing, or thinking about love stories. Welcome, Denise. Thank you so much for coming
1:16.1	on Mom's Don't Have Time to Read Books to Discuss the fastest way to Fall. Thank you so much for
1:21.7	having me. Oh my gosh, it's my pleasure. This was great and fun and interesting and I loved all the different parts, the text, the emails, the, you know, like how you
1:33.4	included so many different ways of telling the story.
1:37.4	I love the characters, the alternating viewpoints.
1:39.7	It was really, and also the thought provokingness of it, especially kicked off by your author's
1:45.5	notes. So thank you so much. You're welcome. So why don't you start by telling listeners a little
1:51.7	about what the fastest way to fall is about and what inspired you to write it? Sure. Fastest
1:57.6	Way to Fall is about Britta, who is an aspiring journalist. She's a fat woman, and she is tasked with reviewing a body positive fitness app.
2:04.7	She doesn't particularly care about fitness or definitely doesn't want to lose weight or change
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