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In this bonus episode, weโ€™re sharing an episode from one of our favourite podcasts โ€” ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—”๐˜ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ, hosted by authors James McKenzie Watson and Ashley Kalagian Blunt.

If you havenโ€™t discovered their podcast yet, this is the perfect introduction. James and Ashley chat with award-winning Irish author ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜‡ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ about her bestselling novel Strange Sally Diamond, her journey to becoming a writer, creating the bookโ€™s unforgettable protagonist, and her writing process. Plus, Liz names her pick for the greatest crime novel of the past ten years!

About James and Ashley Stay At Home

Authors and friends James McKenzie Watson and Ashley Kalagian Blunt talk with writers, artists and health professionals about books, writing, creativity and navigating life with chronic illness.

We hope you enjoy this little taste of James and Ashley Stay At Home โ€” and weโ€™ll be back next week with another accountability episode with Jo and Jacq! ๐Ÿ’›

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›.

๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘› ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ž ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐ป๐ธ ๐ธ๐‘๐ท.

๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐Ÿ’›