Laura Hankin, THE DAYDREAMS

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Zibby speaks to author, screenwriter, and repeat MDHTTRB guest Laura Hankin about The Daydreams, a deliciously entertaining novel about the stars of an early 2000s TV show who implode spectacularly on live TV–and the reunion special, thirteen years later, that could destroy or redeem them. Laura shares her sources of inspiration: nostalgia for early 2000s pop culture, the rise of the #FreeBritney movement, and an interest in how damaging fame can be for child stars and young women. She also talks about her own brush with fame, nepo babies, the topic of her next book, and her best advice for aspiring writers.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:06.7	This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.
0:14.9	I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.
0:21.9	Our books are already out now.
0:23.5	You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com.
0:25.6	And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle
0:31.2	features.
0:31.8	That's at Zibbymag.com.
0:33.1	We have classes at Zippy Classes.com.
0:35.4	And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop
0:40.3	at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of
0:47.9	our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018.
0:56.1	And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Laura Hinkin is the author of The Daydreams.
1:06.3	And I last interviewed Laura right before the pandemic shut down. I think her episode came out during
1:13.2	lockdown. But anyway, this is her new book. Laura is an author, screenwriter, and performer
1:19.4	who writes novels that you can read on a beach, but also for a book club. They include her latest
1:24.6	book, The Daydreams, which we're talking about, which is one of the, quote, of 2023, according to Harper's Bazaar, Happy and You Know It, which was a book of the month and library read selection. That's what we talked about last time. And a special place for women, a scene on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She has some film and TV projects in development, and her musical comedy has been featured in outlets like the Washington
1:44.4	Post and The New York Times. She is based in Washington, D.C., where she once fell off a treadmill
1:49.2	twice in one day. Welcome, Laura. Thanks for coming back on Mom's Center Time to read books to discuss
1:53.5	the daydreams, a novel. It's such a pleasure to be back with you. So, okay, you were the author,
2:00.1	one of three authors featured at the very first ever
2:03.4	publicist event I was invited to. Really? Oh, you're such a pro. I had no idea. It was your first time there.
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