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Bad On Paper

Our Q3 Listener Q&A!

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman

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

4.94.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

It's finally time for another Q&A! We answer some quick questions about how we found our voices as writers, advice for balancing creative projects and a day job, how we answer the question “so what do you do for work?” We also dive into lengthier questions about our favorite books of the year, the backlist books we love, the best & worst parts of hosting a podcast, and more!

Our favorite books of the year

Becca: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Olivia: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, and Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka.

Backlist books we love

Becca: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Selection Series by Kiera Cass, A Discovery of Witches series by Deborah E. Harkness, A Million Junes by Emily Henry, and Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering

Olivia: The Push by Ashley Audrain, Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller, The One by John Marrs, The Whisper Man by Alex North, Good Girls’ Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson, and Room by Emma Donoghue.

Becca’s seltzer influencer updates

Nixie Peach Iced Tea Seltzer (caffeinated)

Spindrift Pineapple

Our Favorite Candles

Hotel Lobby Signature Candle

Hotel Lobby Miami Candle

Hotel Lobby Pride Candle

Obsessions

Olivia: Airfly Pro for flying with wireless headphones

Becca: Sticky Tabs on Amazon

What we read this week!

Becca:

Nora Goes off Script by Annabel Monaghan

You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

The Counselors by Jessica Goodman

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (out September 6!)

Olivia:

Notes on an Execution by Dana Kukafa

August Book Club Pick: You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, welcome back to Bad on Paper podcast. I'm Becca Freeman.

0:21.0

And I'm Olivia Mentor.

0:22.5

And I know it's only been a week in podcast time, but Olivia and I haven't recorded together

0:27.0

in a while, so I feel like we have a lot to catch up on.

0:31.0

So much. So much. I'm very curious to hear about your high. I see it in the outline.

0:35.0

I'm very curious to hear about your high.

0:37.0

Oh yeah, I'm really excited to talk about it actually.

0:40.0

I can go first. Mine is very quick. I've heard third hand.

0:43.0

So, you know, we're not putting a hundred percent stock in this, but I've heard third hand

0:48.0

that they're taking my apartment off the market.

0:51.0

Oh my gosh, what does this mean?

0:53.0

So I heard this from my neighbor who heard it from our super, whose English is not great,

1:01.0

who heard it from the actual landlord. So again, it's third hand.

1:06.0

But apparently they have gotten, so the backstory, if you missed it, is that the apartment building

1:11.0

that I live in was getting sold. I live in a rental. I don't have a lease right now.

1:15.0

So I was very scared that I was going to get kicked out of my apartment and have to find somewhere new to live.

1:20.0

And apparently they've gotten a few offers on the building, but it's below what they wanted.

1:26.0

And so they're going to take it off for a year or two and hold on to it until I guess until the economy improves.

1:33.0

Wow, a plot twist.

1:35.0

Oh my gosh, I'm so relieved. I feel like it's a stay of execution.

1:38.0

I just feel like my whole life is so up in the air right now that not that I couldn't handle it,

1:45.0

but just I didn't want to.

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