Over a lovely breakfast at La Mere Poulard, I had a chat with F/F romance author Brigitte Bautista. We talked about how outlining made her a better, more productive writer, why writing fiction is kind of like programming (her day job), and her new book You, Me, U.S. (out now on Amazon KDP Unlimited, also available as a paperback on April Feels Day).

When she's not chained to a desk writing software code, Brigitte Bautista writes lesbian fiction and poetry. She participated in Anvil Publishing's very own #SparkNA writing workshop, where her first book baby, Don't Tell My Mother, was born.

Brigitte is a huge sports freak and considers crying over sports strangely therapeutic. She has never met a doughnut she did not like and atones for the overeating by taking long walks or riding her bike around the city

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00:16

Ansela:Welcome to Adulting for Authors. This is episode number 10. I'm your host Ansela Corsino, and I am a romance author. Adulting for Authors is a podcast about productivity. Productivity: you call it binge reading, I call it research. 

In today's episode, I interview Brigitte Bautista. She is an author of f/f romance books— that's female/female. They are very adorable. I completely loved her first book Don’t Tell My Mother. It was funny. It was sweet. It was romantic and exciting and really hot.

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And I generally don't read FF romances, but her book was just ... it was just wonderful. And I’m sure this second one —her latest book titled You, Me, U.S. — is going to be just as great. If not better. Because that's how it is when you're a writer: you get better with every new book right? Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading it. It's on my TBR list. 

01:24

Brigitte and I met up at this really lovely French place called La Mere Poulard. Apparently it roughly translates to “the mother hen”. I think. Anyway, they serve these really adorable fluffy omelets which we all ordered. We had a couple of other people along with us. And it's a really nice place. It's quiet in the morning, if you're in the mood for a quiet breakfast. It got really busy as soon as lunch rolled in. We did manage to have our chat and I hope you enjoy listening to it. 

02:08

Now before we move on to the interview, I will read the blurb of You, Me, U.S.

02:15

Best friends Jo and Liza are as opposite as night and day. Sex worker Jo swears by the worry-free, one-day-at-a-time dance through life. Salesclerk Liza has big plans for her family's future, and there is nothing bigger than a one-way trip to the U.S. But an almost-kiss, a sex dare, and news of Liza's engagement to her American boyfriend unveil feelings Jo and Liza never thought they had. Deciding between staying together and drifting apart puts Liza's best-laid plans and Jo’s laidback life in jeopardy.  When love clashes with lifelong ambitions and family expectations, someone has to give in. Question is: who?

03:09

And now here is my interview with Brigitte Bautista.

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Ansela: Hello, Brij.

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Brigitte Bautista: Hello, Ansela. Thanks for having me on Adulting for Authors. 

A: Yes. Thank you for coming. We’re here at La Mere Poulard. I hope I’m saying that right. 

03:35

BB: Fancy!

03:37

A: Yeah, we’re at La Mere Poulard in SM Aura. I’m sitting with Brij Bautista. Author of the fabulous Don’t Tell My Mother. And I’m here to talk to Brij about productivity.

03:54

A: Please tell us something about yourself.

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BB: Hello, I'm Brigitte Bautista. I’m a #RomanceClass author. So when I’m not chained to a  desk writing software code, I write romance fiction. I write FF mostly. Like, 100% of the time.

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A: Of course.

04:19

BB: My first book — Don’t Tell My Mother— I published that during the Spark NA writing workshop held by Anvil Publishing and mentored by Mina V. Esguerra. The book has since gone to land on National Books