S05.47: Fairy Tale Retellings with Zoraida Córdova

Fated Mates - A Romance Novel Podcast

Fated Mates

Society & Culture, Documentary, Books, Arts

4.9 • 889 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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We’re talking fairytale retellings today with Zoraida Córdova, the author of Kiss the Girl, a new retelling of The Little Mermaid. We talk about the responsibility of authors when they tackle retellings, about the relevance of fairytales in the world, about the history of fairytales, and about why they resonate so powerfully with us as authors and readers.

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0:00.0	So the mega millions, do you have this in Illinois?
0:02.6	We do. I was like, God, should I go buy a ticket
0:04.9	so I can get my own swimming pool?
0:06.3	Did I miss it?
0:07.1	You should buy a ticket, so we could just retire.
0:10.5	Me too.
0:11.2	If I, okay. If I won the Mega Millions, the first thing I do would be to build my own pool.
0:17.2	The second thing I would be...
0:18.2	By the way, everyone, the Mega Millions Jackpot, which is already...
0:21.3	It's Tuesday, so who knows knows maybe one of us won it sure that's how
0:25.1	works we neither of us have a ticket but is one and half billion with a B
0:31.4	dollars so you could this is your ticket to becoming a romance
0:35.7	hero. I would start my own romance publishing company that's what I would do so that would be a very kind
0:47.0	service to the world you'd never hear from me again.
0:52.5	So if this podcast is over next week,
0:56.0	we're paying you know why.
0:57.0	Everybody back and we're gone.
0:59.0	I would keep doing the podcast.
1:00.0	Are you kidding?
1:01.0	Amazing.
1:02.0	I would keep doing the podcast, and you know what else I would do, Jen? kidding? I would keep doing the podcast.
1:03.0	You know what else I would do, Jen?
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