Writing Advice and Self-Care Picks with Forever35's Kate Spencer
Bad On Paper
Becca Freeman
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
This week, we got the chance to chat with Kate Spencer, co-host of Forever35 and author of the memoir The Dead Moms Club. We talk about her first novel In a New York Minute (which is a Grace approved romance BTW!) discuss her writing process, and she shares her advice for aspiring writers.
We discuss how she got to where she is today, her desert island beauty picks, the books she's loving right now, and of course, Wordle.
You can find Kate at @katespencer on Instagram, @katespencerwrites on Tik Tok, and @forever35podcast and preorder In a New York Minute! Listen to Forever35 podcast
Kate's Favorite Reads
RAFE: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron
Ice Planet Barbarians Series by Ruby Dixon
The Pisces: A Novel by Melissa Broder
As well as the authors Christina Lauren, Jasmine Guillory, Talia Hibbert, and Julie Anne Long!
Kate's desert island products
Jan Marini Bioclear Face Lotion
Tatcha The Silk Peony Melting Eye Cream
Jane Iredale Dream Tint Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15
Stila Stay All Day Dual-Ended Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner
Kate's Obsessions
Her Air Fryer
Jenny Kayne Montecito Candle ( which is sold out, but Grace thinks Anecdote's Self Care Candle would be a similar vibe)
Kate's Favorite Forever 35 Episodes
Thriving, Surviving, and Nail Biting with Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh
Current Product Obsessions with Samantha Irby
The InstaPot of Skincare with Kulap Vilaysack and SuChin Pak
Our Obsessions
Grace: Rose Inc. Skin Enhance Luminous Skin Tint (shade 5)
Becca: R+Co Dallas Thickening Spray
What we read this week!
Grace:
Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor
She Regrets Nothing by Andrea Dunlop
Listening - The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Becca:
The Christie Affair by Nina De Gramont
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
This Month's Book Club Pick: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, welcome back to Bad on Paper podcast. I'm Becca Freeman and I'm Grace |
| 0:21.8 | Atlet and I'm so excited for our guest today who is Kate Spencer who is the co-host of |
| 0:28.1 | the Forever 35 podcast and also has her debut novel coming out later this month. Yes, but |
| 0:34.5 | before we get into the interview, let's talk about ourselves. |
| 0:38.0 | Please. |
| 0:39.0 | What's your high this week? |
| 0:40.0 | I have a few. I have a few highs and a few lows. My first high is that in real time, |
| 0:44.4 | Bone Mary Berry launched this week. It's Thursday and it launched on Tuesday and I'm just |
| 0:51.0 | so excited. The feedback has all been really positive. People have really liked it and |
| 0:55.0 | saying that they're like laughing out loud and they're excited for the next episode and I |
| 0:59.6 | don't know. I really believe in it and I'm really proud of it, but it's so different |
| 1:03.8 | than what we've made before that there was a part of me that was nervous as well. |
| 1:07.2 | Oh yeah, I'm sure. And you're the number one fiction podcast. We sure were. That's |
| 1:13.4 | so exciting. I'm so proud of you guys. Thanks. Yeah, it's been really exciting and |
| 1:18.0 | Dear Media has been a great partner and have been like putting a lot of weight behind |
| 1:22.3 | it with like cross-promos and Harvey and Sarah have been on some of their podcasts and |
| 1:27.8 | things. So yeah, it's been really exciting. So it's great. That's my high, high. As a |
| 1:33.5 | little update, a mini high, I was able to defer my jury duty that I was complaining about |
| 1:37.8 | last week. I wasn't able to do it online, but once I got there, they had a list of excuses |
| 1:46.4 | and so basically because I have travel plans, I had to show them my plane ticket, I was |
| 1:50.7 | able to defer it and they gave me the option when I wanted to come back between May and |
| 1:57.2 | September. So I still have to serve, but I can do it in a more convenient time. So I |
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