Ep 65 Talking STRONG Female Characters and Kindred’s Curse With Penn Cole! | Author Interview

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In this episode we’re chatting with none other than THE Penn Cole! Bestselling fantasy romance author of her debut series The Kindred’s Curse Saga, also known as Spark, Glow, and Heat of the Everflame, with Burn of the Everflame on the way! Today’s episode will be completely spoiler free aside from a potential 5 minute spoiler section at the end we’ll warn you about, so even if you haven’t read these books yet, or you haven’t made it all the way through the series, you can stick around to chit chat with us, find out what you’ll be getting into when you pick this series up, and get to know the author behind the story.
Penn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who has been writing her whole life but took a career detour as an attorney and small business owner. She’s thrilled to finally be accomplishing her lifelong dream of becoming an author, and when she's not writing she’s meeting and supporting others (especially women and BIPOC/LGBTQ+ authors) and reading fantasy, romcoms, and humorous non-fiction.
We had the pleasure of meeting Penn at Romantasy Book Con this last February and also got to listen to her speak on several author panels! We were SO inspired by her ideas and input surrounding strong female characters and stories that center women’s experiences that we immediately reached out for this interview. If you’re curious to find out Penn Cole’s take on what romantasy is doing for the book world, if it should be considered fantasy at all, why books that center female experiences and pleasure are often times minimized or infantilized, and why we relate so much to strong, badass heroines… stick around.
We also discuss her writing process, inspiration, and what’s coming next. This conversation gets deep, and we’re so happy to share it with you! And don’t worry… we have Penn’s fave and fail all about Kindred’s Curse and an on the spot smash or pass.

Check out Penn Cole | https://www.penncole.com/ and on IG & TikTok @authorpenncole

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Chapters

1. Welcome to Besties and the Books Podcast (00:00:00)

2. Introducing Author Penn Cole (00:01:51)

3. Fav and Fails in Writing The Kindred’s Curse Saga (00:03:22)

4. What Should People Expect When Reading The Spark of the Everflame Series (00:08:10)

5. What Inspired You To Write Spark of the Everflame? (00:11:40)

6. Is Romantasy Effected the Book World as a Whole? (00:15:13)

7. How Long Did it Take to Write this Series? (00:26:33)

8. How Was Your Publishing Experience? (00:31:43)

9. What Books Changed Your Brain Chemistry? (00:39:56)

10. Let’s Talk About Diem, Luther, and other Characters (00:42:45)

11. Important Themes in the Kindred Curse Saga (01:00:01)

12. Let’s Talk BURN OF THE EVERFLAME Progress, Teasers, Release Date (01:05:10)

13. Let’s Talk BURN OF THE EVERFLAME Progress, Teasers, Release Date (01:08:30)

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