Now we get into it! Dating a people pleaser, the wheel of consent, finding who you are, the value and pain of empathy, and parting thoughts.

Watch on Youtube here.
Watch Part 1 here.

A deep dive analysis on the plot, characters and sexual ethics of Ali Hazelwood's Love, Theoretically. Featuring the sociocultural value of romance, the dangers of people pleasing, and a little bit of fiction as therapy.

Buy Love, Theoretically here.

Follow Ali Hazelwood on Instagram.

All quotations are read from 'Love, Theoretically' by Ali Hazelwood (2023)

Wheel of Consent was developed by Dr Betty Martin. They've got great resources and diagrams here: https://www.instagram.com/thewheelofconsent?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

"I'm Here" from the Color Purple: https://open.spotify.com/track/1w2k1OOCSy3ez40D3TQs7L?si=97ea30722a854932
(I cannot do this song justice. Please listen to it).

Here for more of a communal than professional space. Haven't got the time, aesthetics or equipment for polish, but got all the heart, thought, and soapboxes. Though, grr, the audio and in this one bugs me. Let alone the light. But well, we learn.

Email me at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com
Or find me on Instagram. :)

Laura Bell (@littleLo) chats about her Ashwood series and revisits the writing of A Simple Deception—a historical romance that totally made me cry.

If you listen close enough, you can hear my necklaces clank as I press my hand to my heart with all the feels. Literally clutching my pearls over here. :)

Topics include the troubles of historical fiction. Slavery in the 1800s and today. Freedom. The vulnerability of writing. A romance writer’s high standards. Fighting against a whitewashed genre. The vulnerability of writing. Dating apps. Justice in fiction.

LittleLo's Ashwood Series:

• Book 1: A Solemn Promise
  
  
• Book 2: An Earnest Favour
  
  
• Book 3: A Simple Deception

And a Wattpad shout out to @Kassilassie for her killer western historical fiction on Wattpad and all the other writers spinning the stories we want far better than we ever could.

This is the last episode of this season! I hope to be back in September and if you’d like to hear from someone in particular, email me at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

If you have a sec, here’s a brief feedback questionnaire on this season. Let me know any and all thoughts. Like, how was your breakfast? Have any pets? Lol ;)

Melissa Mitchell (Wattpad: @addicted2dragons) chats about her beloved Dragonwall series--one of my all-time Wattpad favs. Divided into two parts.

Topics include: Wattpad success in real-time. Plotting vs pantsing. Dragons! Destiny. Productivity. Writer-life balance. Multiple POVs (11 in one book!?). And a few tears shed on why we read and, consequently, why we write. <3

Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D

Whispers of Nowhere by @RebelDynasty

and Lair of Beasts by @JeanineCroft

If any of my links are off, let me know! ‘:)


Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

Hope to hear from you! >.< xx

Other mentioned resources:

• Take Off Your Pants! by Libbie Hawker
• Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffery
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Melissa Mitchell (Wattpad: @addicted2dragons) chats about her beloved Dragonwall series--one of my all-time Wattpad favs. Divided into two episodes.

Topics include: Wattpad success in real-time. Plotting vs pantsing. Dragons! Destiny. Productivity. Writer-life balance. Multiple POVs (11 in one book!?). And a few tears shed on why we read and, consequently, why we write. <3

Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D

Whispers of Nowhere by @RebelDynasty

and Lair of Beasts by @JeanineCroft

If any of my links are off, let me know! ‘:)


Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

Hope to hear from you! >.< xx

Other mentioned resources:

• Take Off Your Pants! by Libbie Hawker
• Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffery
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini

This is a bonus episode! You can listen to the first half of my convo with Brianna here.

Where we take a closer look again the characters of All Over Again, exploring what it really means to love someone, the difference between helping and fixing, different types of toxicity and how love helps us be more ourselves. It gets real psych-y. In the best possible way. ;)

Give Brianna some love on her Wattpad and Instagram. Let her know how brilliant she is.

Have any experience with toxic traits in yourself or others? What does writing help you process? Want to sign a petition to keep Raffo with Ruth? Email me at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from you. <3

Next podcast will be on May 25th as I catch up from travels. See you soon!

Brianna (Wattpad: @XxBriannaMariexX) spills the tea on her contemporary, Afro-Indigenous romance All Over Again.

Topics include: Memoir as processing. Romance with grey endings. Afro-Indigenous representation (or the lack thereof). The financial risk of writing. Concentric circles of minority. Grief and break-ups. And what childhood fanfics we hide in our Wattpad drafts. ;)

Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D

How (Not) To Date a Popstar by @letmelivetonight

Constellations of You and Me by @Yehree

And Comfort the Wolves by @kcgalloway (AKA: me! >.<)

If any my links are off, let me know! ‘:)
I apologise for any sound inconsistencies. We’re learning!

Stay tuned next week for a bonus episode!
Where we dissect the plot and characters of All Over Again to evaluate their romance in terms of health. (Read: two psychology buffs riffing on the complexity and dangers of toxicity in relationships lol).

Have you struggled with representation as a writer or reader?
What have you processed through writing?

Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

Hope to hear from you! >.< xx