Guest co-host HEARTS ON HOLD author Charish Reid and I chat with Olivia Dade, we discuss plot, sex, and banter, the power of plus size rom coms, why we need more 40+ yo MCs in romance, is there enough plus size male rep in romancelandia & more!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/FatLikeMe)

Patricia and I discuss the path to creating a plus size magazine, is there space in journalism for fat acceptance, weight loss surgery & how becoming smaller doesn't equal happiness, the key to confidence and more!

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Kim, Taj, and I discuss growing up with loss of innocence under the male gaze, the price of beauty, power dynamics, victim blaming, body shaming, girl power, self confidence, deprogramming diet culture and more!

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Denise, Charish, Taj, and Cass chat all things in our second episode: We're giving you writing tips that deal with plotting and organization. We talk about what we're writing and what we're reading. Charish has a personal grunge against a house spider, who isn't pulling her weight. We give Denise a Grizzled character and she gives you an awesome pitch. We give you summer cocktail suggestions!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/FatLikeMe)

Rosie and I discuss revisions and why you need them, creating fantasy world/maps to fit your story not the Mercator projection, the magic of writing fantasy, ups and downs of social media and more!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/FatLikeMe)

Catherine, Taj, and I discuss marketing for adult fiction vs kidlit, debut life, the need for reading widely and outside of your lane, the joys of writing fat characters, health at every size, social media and more!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/FatLikeMe)

Taj McCoy, Denise Williams, Charish Reid, and Cass Newbould discuss 90's pop bands, the grizzled Joe Topchart, why we need music videos, the best brunch drinks, fast food wishes, plotting, friendship, the need for tacos, and more in this introduction to their new video podcast Better Than Brunch!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/FatLikeMe)

Kelly and I discuss creating fat positive picture books, path to publishing, trusting your publisher, the importance of proper plus size illustration representation, why body diverse kidlit is needed on the shelves for all body types to read and more!

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Erin and I discuss querying and building a portfolio to find an agent as an artist, what inspires art, plus size art and book covers, why ppl default to drawing thin bodies and more!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/FatLikeMe)

Marie and I discuss the journey from blogger to entrepreneur, fat fashion, evolving your brand, supporting community during the pandemic, the impact on fast fashion, self confidence, tips for blogging, finding the perfect jean, lounge wear, and more!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/FatLikeMe)