Minisode: An Interview with "The Year of the Witching" Author Alexis Henderson
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Today's spoiler-free minisode includes a conversation between Kaytee and author Alexis Henderson. Alexis is the author of The Year of the Witching, her debut , which is a dark fantasy, horror novel, centering on main character Immanuelle. Tune in to hear about:
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Young authors for the reading challenge!
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Counterbalancing darkness and sparkles
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Creating new locations from nothing
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Fan art and commissioning art from fans
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Her favorite writing tool and process
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Being a young, debut, Black author during the revelations about the publishing industry
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And, of course, the book she wants to press into your hands!
Minisode show notes are not timestamped, but linked titles are below for you to peruse.
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron (and the sequel Reaper of Souls, due in February)
Connect with Alexis: on Instagram at @lexish, on Twitter at @alexhwrites, or at her website
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi readers, welcome to another minisode of the currently reading podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm Katie Cobb, a homeschooling Mama 4 living in New Mexico, and I'm here today with Alexis Henderson. |
| 0:19.0 | Alexis is a debut novelist celebrating her brand new release, The Year of the Witching. |
| 0:24.8 | Alexis lives in South Carolina with her cat, but grew up in Georgia where she learned to love |
| 0:29.3 | ghost stories. |
| 0:30.3 | Alexis, welcome to Currently Reading. |
| 0:32.3 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:33.8 | I'm excited to have you. |
| 0:35.4 | Can I just point out, you look very young to me. |
| 0:37.9 | Are you super young? |
| 0:39.8 | Yeah, I am not yet 25. |
| 0:41.5 | I turn 25 in October, so youngish. |
| 0:45.0 | Oh my goodness, that's fantastic because we actually have a reading challenge for our |
| 0:50.0 | listeners that we put out every year, and one of the categories is to read a novel by a millennial. |
| 0:56.1 | So somebody that's under 30 is how we categorize that. |
| 0:58.9 | So listeners, you can totally pick up Alexis's novel if you're looking for something to fill that category. |
| 1:06.4 | Okay, but let's talk about the novel. Let's get into it. I devoured it literally in a single sitting. |
| 1:12.0 | It was fantastic. I could not put it down. I would love for |
| 1:16.1 | you to help our listeners avoiding spoilers and tell them how you would describe it. |
| 1:21.1 | Oh, first of all, thank you. |
| 1:23.0 | That's so kind. |
| 1:24.0 | So my book The Year of the Witching is a dark fantasy slash horror novel, and it follows our |
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