If It Was a Book | Real Stories, Reimagined
For all book lovers: writers, readers, publishers, librarians, and anyone who enjoys pop culture and ADHD chaos. BookToker Ashley @wickedreads invites authors and other bookish influencers to the podcast to discuss their outrageous stories and decide what would happen if you were writing that situation as a book! You can submit your story to ifitwasabook@gmail.com to hear how your favorite author might re-write your life into a best seller!
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Write a college, rivals to lovers, sports romance that challenges the patriarchy in this week's episode of If it Was a Book.
Our guest this week, Dodo, is a bookstagrammer, freelance marketer, and designs bookish merch including her bookmark club! Find her merch shop here: https://ko-fi.com/dodothebookbitch/sh...
You can follow Dodo on
Instagram: / dodothebookbitch
Tiktok...
Join me with author Ava Rani of the Biotech Billionaire series as we talk publishing, jungle juice, getting away with shenanigans, and more.
Book 3 of the Biotech Billionaire series, the Charmer, is out on May 13th. Pre Order your copy now! https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-charmer-a-biotech-billionaires-novel-ava-rani/21722007?ean=9780063413672&next=t
Brittani Hilles, co-founder of Lavender PR--a bookish PR company--tells us about her real-life experience with a celebrity and we re-write it into what starts as a very Wattpad-esque falling-for-the-celebrity book but takes a serial killer turn.
Theme music by Sean McDermott
Join romance author Denise Williams as we talk best sellers, audiobooks, and our mutual hatred of AI while we write a fun but silly second chance romance!
Video episodes can also be found on YouTube.
You can follow the pod on
https://www.instagram.com/ifitwasabook
Tiktok
https://www.tiktok.com/@wifitwasabook
You can follow the guest on
instagram
https://www.instagram.com/@nicwillwrites
Tikt...
Come talk DNA tests, surprise siblings, book recs, reading logs, and more with Aubrei K @earlgreypls
Video episodes can also be found on YouTube.
You can follow the guest on
instagram
https://www.instagram.com/@earlgreypls
Tiktok
https://www.tiktok.com/@earlgreypls
You can follow the host on
https://www.instagram.com/wickedreads
Tiktok
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In this episode, author TJ Alexander shares with us a story from their college days and a bet they made with their roommates (3 people, one bedroom, zero chill). We then use this story to write an unlikely romance of our own with new characters, a new school, and a very nosey liberal arts college.
TJ's newest book, A Gentleman's Gentleman is out now!
Write a KDrama-inspired, sapphic, workplace, dislike-to-lovers, romance with me and Sera Danielle @Serareadthat the Chief Executive Visionary of Readin' Magazine.
http://readinmag.com/
Video episodes can also be found on YouTube.
You can follow the guest on
instagram
https://www.instagram.com/serareadthat
https://www.instagram.com/readin.magazine
Tiktok
https://www.tiktok.com/@seraread...
Talk criminal minds, veronica mars, online dating, and more with author Bill Wood while storyboarding a campy horror book. You can watch video episodes on YouTube or listen to episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Bill's debut novel, Let's Split Up is available now in the UK and is coming soon to bookstores in the US. Let's Split up and the highly anticipated sequel, Be...
Join Bailey from @Greekchoir as we take her reurn from church camp story and turn it into an Appalachian survival standoff with a touch of mafia romance.
We also discuss book recs, publishing, and exorcisms!
Audio episodes are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Video episodes are available on YouTube.
You can submit stories to be re-written to ifitwasabook@gm...
Talk grief, hobbies, ghost writing, manga/manhua/manhwa, and kdramas with author Cara Bastone while storyboarding a time-slip urban fantasy book.
Cara Bastone has written 11 books and her newest release Promise Me Sunshine comes out on March 3rd and is avaialble for pre-order now! "It made me cry but in a good way"-Ashley
"Grief makes you a stranger in your own life"-Cara Bastone
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Hannah brings us the story of a bachelor breakup that rocked the fandom and we used that as inspiration to storyboard a foodie-influencerXchef romance that had us screaming!!!
You can follow Hannah at @hannahlisalohr on all platforms.
You can also watch this episode on YouTube!
Follow @ifitwasabook on Instagram and TikTok (while supplies last)
Author Robyn Schneider shares her experience as a solo traveler in Europe in her early twenties and we re-write it into a cult-y dracula fanfiction.
Robyn has written 11 books including The Other Merlin, The Beginning of Everything, Extraordinary Means, and more!
You can find her on Instagram and Tiktok @robynschneider
You can follow the podcast on Instagram and Tiktok @ifitwasabook or watch episodes on YouTu...
Join me with fellow library icon Keara @theboricuabookworm as we re-write her situationship ghosting into a revenge romp novella where she gets closure and a hot scottish roommate.
You can see more of Keara @theboricuabookworm on all platforms or go visit her blog https://www.theboricuabookworm.com
You can watch this episode on YouTube.com/@wickedreads
You can submit your story to ifitwasabook@gmail.com t...
Talk Y/N fanfic, 2000s teen TV, therapy, and more with author Samantha Markum while she and host, Ashley, storyboard a twin switch-aroo romance.
Samantha has three full-length novels out:
Love, off the Record
This May End Badly
You Wouldn't Dare
You can follow her on Instagram @sam.markum
You can follow host Ashley on IG, TT, Threads, and more @wickedreads
You can follow t...
Join Morgan @booksandlooksss and I while we storyboard a chaotic fake-dating(I'm sensing a theme here) theater kid reprisal story.
You can find more of Morgan on YouTube, Threads, Instagram, and more at booksandlooksss (three S's)
You can watch this episode and see Morgan's wonderful chrochet projects on YouTube @wickedreads and you can submit your experience to ifitwasabook@gmail.com...
Joining us this week is Nisha Sharma, author of Dating Dr. Dil, My So-Called Bollywood Life, Radha and Jai’s Recipe for Romance and more! Nisha shares with us a story of her time working in a law firm and we work together to turn it into a fake-dating, contemportary romance.
Nisha also shares some of her favorite books, booktok recomendations, and a sneak peak at her upcoming 2026 romantic suspense release. ...
Join @azantareads and I while we take her neighbor having SWAT called to his house and turn it into a YA, paranormal, teen-detective book--with a touch of romance.
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