How Becca’s Book Got Made

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman

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

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🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re recapping an accomplishment three years in the making: Becca’s book: The Christmas Orphans Club! To get a full overview of the process, we’re joined by her agent Allison Hunter and her editor Marie Michels. So grab your favorite festive bev and get ready for the behind-the-scenes story!

Obsessions

Olivia - “All-American Bitch” by Olivia Rodrigo

Becca - Gilmore Girls & The Morning Show

What we read this week!

Becca - Fool Me Once by Ashley Winstead

Olivia - None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (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. Welcome back to Bad on Paper Podcast. I'm Becca Freeman. And I'm Olivia
0:22.0	Mentor. And today's episode is all about my book, baby, The Christmas Orphans Club.
0:27.6	Thought since it is coming out in the world next week, we thought it would be fun to compile
0:34.4	the last three years of working on it. And we have brought on my editor and my agent to talk
0:42.0	about how my book got made. Yeah, we just finished this interview and now we're kind of working
0:47.5	in reverse and recording the intro. But I literally had like physical goosebumps at the end of
0:52.9	this interview. I think it is like just the most, it was the most like life affirming, inspiring
0:59.2	conversation to be part of. And it was just so cool. I mean, on a personal level, it was like a
1:04.8	37 out of 10. I almost cried twice. Like it was very special. So I'm very excited about this.
1:15.0	And just to have this recorded for posterity, even if nobody else listens to it. So I can just
1:19.3	listen to it over and over. You should. You should. I'm a big believer in like making sure you
1:25.4	remember the good stuff. I'm terrible at that. So you keep me accountable. Oh, I will. I will.
1:30.3	What's your high other than this? Oh my gosh, this is absolutely my high. But my other high is I
1:37.6	have had a little like writing breakthrough almost. So my focus has been so shot. And I've found
1:44.7	it really hard to keep writing book two as we get closer and closer to my book coming out.
1:51.2	And earlier this week, I tried for the first time ever writing longhand. And I've seen
1:57.0	Ellen Helderbrand does this. Hannah Ornstein does this. I've seen a lot of other writers do this.
2:01.4	And I've always been like, oh, I don't think I have the hand strength for that. But I did it. And I
2:06.8	really, really enjoyed it. Really? Yeah, it was really helpful. Because obviously, if you're writing
2:14.4	with a pen and paper, you cannot check your phone. You cannot do other things. And I found it
2:20.9	really satisfying. It really kept my attention. And it also because you don't have enough room
2:27.9	really to like go back and make corrections, you can cross things off. But like once you're
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