Tia Williams, A LOVE SONG FOR RICKI WILDE

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Zibby speaks with New York Times bestselling author Tia Williams about A LOVE SONG FOR RICKI WILDE, an enchanting, modern-day fairy tale set in Harlem, featuring a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician who are irreversibly linked through history, art, and magic. Tia reveals how the initial spark of inspiration struck her during a sleepless night and then delves into her creative process. She also discusses her novel’s themes of following one’s dreams and pursuing creative passions and then talks about her past as a beauty writer, her fascination with flowers and fragrances, her transition to fiction writing, and her next project (a YA novel!).

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0:00.0	Welcome to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books with Zivie. I'm the host, Zivie Owens. I am an author. My latest is blank,
0:12.0	pub date March 1st, a novel. I'm also a podcaster, obviously, a publisher, a bookstore owner,
0:17.8	and so much more. If you love books, you're in the right place. In fact,
0:22.2	we call it the Zivieverse, or really, the L.A. Times called it the Zivieverse, and we're going
0:26.4	with it. Go to Zivie Owens.com to learn more and follow me on Instagram at Zivie Owens.
0:33.4	Tia Williams is back on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books for her novel, A Love Song with Ricky Wild.
0:39.5	Tia has a 15-year career as a beauty editor for magazines including L, glamour, lucky, teen people, and essence.
0:46.7	In 2004, she pioneered the beauty blog industry with her award-winning site, Shake Your Beauty.
0:52.4	She won the best-selling debut novel, The Accidental Diva,
0:55.3	and penned her two young adult novels, Itchicks, and 16 Candles. Her award-winning novel, The Perfect
1:00.7	Find, is a Netflix movie starring Gabriel Union. Her novel is a New York Times bestseller,
1:05.9	and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, seven days in June, published by Grand Central. Tia
1:10.8	currently lives with her daughter and her husband in Brooklyn, New York. Welcome, Tia. Thanks so much for coming on to discuss a love song for Ricky Wilde. Congrats. Thank you. Thank you for having me. It's so fun to talk to you again. Me too. Okay, a love song for Ricky Wild. I read it right when I first got this galley like forever ago. And now I'm like, wait, what was that book? No, I'm kidding. But it's so great. Before the holidays, I think. Yeah. I was really excited. Yeah, I was so excited and so good. I love the way you write. Anyway, tell everybody what it's about. Please. So it is a modern day fairy tale
1:46.6	about a free-spirited florist who moves from Atlanta to Harlem to open a flower shop and
1:53.6	realize her dream. And when she's there, she meets a very mysterious musician and they fall
2:00.6	passionately in love and lust and all of it.
2:04.2	And they doubt that their lives are inextricably linked in very interesting, enchanted ways.
2:10.8	And there is voodoo, there's leap year magic, because it actually takes place this February, which is a leap month.
2:17.4	And so there's a touch of magical realism. Love it. And where did this come from? because it actually takes place this February, which is elite month.
2:19.3	And so there's a touch of magical realism.
2:20.2	Love it.
2:21.9	And where did this come from for you?
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