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Wild Ideas Worth Living

Wild at Heart with Stacy Gold

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Outdoor romance novelist Stacy Gold gave up her day job at a mountain biking nonprofit to chase her dream of writing steamy romance novels. Writing novels that take place in the great outdoors gives Stacy a lot of material to work with: interesting plot points, beautiful scenery, and plenty of opportunity to crank up the tension.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you ever watched the sunset with your crush or packed a picnic for a date at the

0:07.7

park?

0:08.7

Sometimes nature can be pretty romantic.

0:12.4

You've heard me talk about how I met Johnny while surfing and how I also love to race

0:16.7

him all running.

0:18.1

I always say a little competition and most of all some adventure keeps a relationship exciting.

0:24.7

Author Stacey Gold agrees, Stacey is an outdoor romance novelist who knows there's nothing

0:31.1

sexier than spotting a shooting star with your partner in the wild.

0:36.2

I'm Shelby Stenger, a hopeless romantic and this is wild ideas worth living, an REI co-op

0:42.6

studio's production.

0:49.0

Ever since she was a kid growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, Stacey Gold loved being out in nature.

0:54.6

She spent her summer days outside, tromping in the woods and waiting in creeks.

0:59.4

Her family wasn't outdoorsy, so Stacey joined a Girl Scouts troop that took her camping

1:04.6

twice a year.

1:06.1

Those camping trips were just the beginning of her adventures.

1:09.7

Now she writes romantic romps, set in the great outdoors.

1:13.8

A note that if there are kids around, you may want to wait to listen to this one.

1:17.7

There's some adult language and plenty of innuendo.

1:24.6

Stacey Gold, welcome to Wild Ideas worth living.

1:28.7

Thank you so much for having me, I'm thrilled to be here.

1:31.5

I've never read a romance book set in the wild.

1:35.7

I've actually never read romance novels, so there you go.

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