Hello, fellow nerds! We had the opportunity to interview Penn Cole, author of "Spark of the Everflame" and her new release, "Glow of the Everflame".

While her life has taken her through a lot of ups and downs, her love for reading and writing has forever been her true north. She has been writing stories since childhood, filling mountains of notebooks with wild worlds and angsty romances. After receiving her degree in Creative Writing and planning to write the next “great American novel”, she took a detour as an attorney and small business owner. We plan and fate laughs, as they say, and now she is thrilled to be a full-time author.

She is a regular participant in NaNoWriMo, loves meeting and supporting other new authors, and reading fantasy, rom coms, and non-fiction.

Originally from Texas, Penn lives in France with her husband, where she  can usually be found sipping wine and creating fantasy worlds on her balcony.

Listen in as we find out more about Penn, her new release, what she's currently reading, and her fave fandoms. And be sure to follow Penn at ⁠@authorpenncole

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Hello fellow nerds!  This week’s podcast episode is our wrap up of  “From Blood & Ash” by @jennifer_l_armentrout, which is just in time for the release “A Soul of Blood and Ash”, which drops today!  

In this episode we discuss our favorite moments, characters, and spicy scenes, and Whitney breaks down the final four chapters of “The War of Two Queens” to get us ready for the “A Soul of Ash and Blood” release.

Drink up "Our Nerdiest Cocktail" named "Here We Go Again". It can be found at ournerdiesthing.com

Fave episode quote: “I went for the blood forest finger bang” - Mindy  

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Catch up on previous episodes of the show by visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ournerdiestthing.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.

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This podcast is spoiler heavy across the "From Blood and Ash" and “Flesh & Fire” series, both written by @jennifer_l_armentrout .

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Happy weekend, nerds! We’re excited to introduce you to Julie Vaid, an indie author of low/no spice fantasy adventure and the host of @behindthewriterpod!

Background on Julie:

Julie was born and raised in New York, where she started writing novels as a child. After graduating with her Doctor of Pharmacy degree, Julie moved to New Jersey to start her career as both a pharmacist and an author. Though Julie loves living by the shore, exploring new places is also a passion of hers, giving her inspiration for her writing. Her travels to Maui largely inspired the setting of her debut novel, “An Element of Darkness”.

Listen in as we find out more about Julie, her book "An Element of Darkness", what she's currently reading, and her fave fandoms. And be sure to follow Sara at ⁠@juliedvaid

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Hello, fellow nerds! We have been loving our read-a-longs for the podcast, and in fact, we are having so much fun we decided we want to read along with you even more in season 3!

Yes!  Starting in August, you’ll be able to dive into several books throughout the season.  Whitney, Mindy and Deb will be taking turns choosing different books and authors that we are loving.

And sometimes we may even mix it up and throw in some fun things to watch and deep dive into, as well.  Keep an eye out for a vampire miniseries!

We’ll be starting season 3 with the newest from Jennifer L. Armentrout, "A Soul of Ash and Blood", then dive into Lara Buckheit’s "A Realm of Ash and Shadow", and finish up our first trio with "That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon" by Kimberly Lemming.  

We’ll let you guess which one of us chose that last one.

Season 3 premieres Tues Aug 15th, so be sure to follow us at instagram.com/ournerdiestthing to follow the read-a-long schedule.

Happy read-a-long day, fellow nerds! For episode 17 of the Our Nerdiest Thing podcast, we read chapters 35-36 of “From Blood & Ash” by @jennifer_l_armentrout .

In this episode we discuss whether or not Hawke can be defined as a predator, as well as the infamous real life Ted Patrick, who created deprogramming in the 80’s. 

Drink up "Our Nerdiest Cocktail" named "The Morally Gray". It can be found at ournerdiesthing.com

Fave episode quote: “Dude, just give up on your ransom plan. You're still trying to make 'fetch' happen” - Whitney 

Show Links: 

Catch up on previous episodes of the show by visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ournerdiestthing.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have something nerdy to share? Send us an email at [email protected]!

This podcast is spoiler heavy across the "From Blood and Ash" and “Flesh & Fire” series, both written by @jennifer_l_armentrout .

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Happy Saturday, nerds! This week's bonus episode is with author Tristin Clark! We had the pleasure of meeting her at Imaginarium Book Festival and cannot WAIT to hang with her there again in 2024!

Background on Tristin: As a dark, adult, sci-fi fantasy, paranormal, and contemporary romance author, Tristin writes about tragic lives of soulmates, how they overcome their trauma, of their fight to be together, and claim their happily ever after through a world which wishes to see them apart. Born and raised in southern Texas, Tristin Clark currently resides in Philadelphia with her soulmate and two precious kitties, Shadow and Peppa. Tristin enjoys traveling, painting, and telling heartbreaking, tragic, yet beautifully romantic and sizzling stories of soulmates coming together from far beyond the galaxy, across magical worlds, in different celestial realms, as well as in modern day life. Though to reach the end of the road to an happily ever after for her lovers, will never be an easy task. As a dark themed author, Tristin’s work focuses on character trauma, how they choose to overcome their inner demons, and of their fight to be awarded the right to spend forever with the one destined to claim their heart and soul.

Reader beware: her dark stories are not for the faint of heart, nor are they for those who feel uncomfortable with descriptive and taboo sex scenes, vulgar language, blood and gore, murder, sexual assault and suicide ideation.

Listen in as we find out more about Tristin, her book "A War Amongst the Stars", what she's currently reading, and her fave fandoms. And be sure to follow Tristin at @tristinclarkauthor

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