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,

pub date March 1st, a novel. I'm also a podcaster, obviously, a publisher, a bookstore owner,

and so much more. If you love books, you're in the right place.

In fact, we call it the Zivieverse, or really, the L.A. Times called it the Zivieverse,

and we're going with it.

Go to Zivie Owens.com to learn more and follow me on Instagram at Zivie Owens.

Okay, so it's Wednesday, and on, Blank, my novel comes out.

And yes, I am freaking out.

I am so excited.

I hope that you all will grab a copy of blank.

We'll order it from your independent bookstores and all of the rest.

Buy it online, buy it everywhere, buy multiple copies.

And come to all of my events.

I have events on Friday, no,

on Thursday at Bedford Playhouse in Bedford, New York with Annabelle Moornehan. I have on Friday

with Ariana Huffington, an event at Girls Right Now in New York City. On Sunday, I'll be at Newtonville

Books in Newton, Massachusetts with Hannah Halperin. And on Tuesday,

I'll be at P&T knitwear with Jenny Mullen. And so if you can come to any of those first four

events, I would love to see you. In the meantime, this is my blank week of episodes. And this

episode is with Carmen Johnson, who is my editor. She is the one who acquired bookends

when it was a proposal. She acquired blank and acquired my latest novel, which we will talk about

during this episode. The news of that just broke in Variety Magazine, which is insane.

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