Host Edith welcomes fiction author Lexy, a retiring or recovering lawyer joining from Paris, to discuss her cross-genre romantic supernatural thriller series. Lexy explains that the first three books can be read in any order (including a legal thriller, a coming-of-age high school story, and a WWII Deep South historical romance), with storylines converging later, and that the series will span eight books. They focus on book five, released in October, which tells the villains’ backstory through an eternal-mates couple tasked with keeping reality functioning, drawing on comparative religion, mythology, metaphysics, biology, and themes of consciousness. Lexy shares her varied career path (modeling, acting, music, science, law, startups, 23andMe), discusses neuroscience sparked by medical experience, critiques traditional publishing gatekeeping, and advocates self-publishing, comic cons, and clear goals for writers.
00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro
00:40 Series Genres and Structure
02:01 Book Five Overview
03:33 Metaphysics and Consciousness
05:54 From Arts to Law
08:59 Law School Stress Stories
13:48 Neuroscience and Serotonin Crisis
17:36 Raising Kids and Family Editing
20:41 Forces of Nature Romance
25:11 Building an Eight Book Saga
28:23 Editing and Spinoff Tales
33:33 History Politics and Publishing
39:51 Comic Cons and Self Publishing
41:50 Agent Conference Reality Check
43:04 Prologues and Gatekeeping
44:44 Why Self Publish
44:51 Kayo Plot and Pushback
47:01 Misogyny on Zoom Call
48:07 Control and Indie Power
49:49 Appearance Versus Reality
52:46 Fanning Fireflies Characters
55:48 Planting Seeds Through Fiction
59:44 Echo Chambers and Oligarchy
01:05:15 Publishing Funnel to Mediocrity
01:09:37 Advice for Aspiring Authors
01:14:08 Readers Not Fans
01:16:31 Write Crap and Support Indie
01:17:17 Final Thanks and Sign Off
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