Welcome to season 3 of the Ask The Author podcast. This season the podcast enters a new era. We're in our guest author era! That's right, each epiosde, Jodi will interview a guest author and chat about everything from their path to publication, writing process, creativity, and so much more.

Our first guest this season is debut Aussie author Olivia Tolich. Olivia's debut romcom "Side Character Energy" has just been released, (Feb 2026) and Jodi asks all the juicey questions from how she started writing, to how she got her book deal. Olivia also shares her writing process, how creativity is an important part of who she is, and Olivia answers the hot 3. Three questions that all writers want answers to. What are they? Listen and find out.

You can find Olivia Tolich on Instagram @oliviatolich and her debut romcom "Side Character Energy" is out now.

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