Carinn Jade is a lawyer, writer, and cohost of the Pop Fiction Women podcast. Her essays have been published in the New York Times, Daily Worth, and Motherwell. She has attended the GrubStreet Novel Generator, Yale Writers' Conference, and the Northern California Writers' Retreat. Carinn grew up on the North Fork of Long Island and lives with her family in New York City. The Astrology House is her first novel.
In this episode:
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The origin of this thriller based around an astrology-themed retreat [3:21]
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Her use of time constraints as a plot device to build dramatic tension [8:36]
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Books Carinn read that informed her idea of the book’s structure and premise [8:48
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Carinn’s process of writing multiple POVS in short chapters [11:00]
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How her literary go-to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and other realityTV was one of many touchstones and guided her in writing dramatic scenes[11:43]
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How she dropped clues to characters throughout the book [12:54]
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Why she included astrology cheat sheets as a plot device and touchstone [15:28]
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How much of Carinn is in her novel [18:21]
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Building tension and twists into each page [19:44]
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The art of writing authentic dialogue [22:01]
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The process of revision and what that required [23:11]
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Carinn’s querying journey and how she found her agent [26:16]
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The synchronicities between being a lawyer and a writer [31:09]
Photo credit: Erin Schiffman
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