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May 1, 2025 15 mins
Discover Wren Island, where there’s always more to the story and YOU influence what happens next! In this episode, the author reads from Wren Island with Wallace Around and shares interactive aspects of the story.   What is Wren Island with Wallace Around about?   After moving to a remote island, 70-year-old Wallace Bernard enjoys unguarded friendship with a charming neighbor—until he realizes she’s the woman he’s been avoiding for fifty years.   How does interactive serialized fiction work?   People who subscribe to receive Laura’s emails (also known as Wren Islanders) receive regular installments of a continuing story. Between releases, Wren Islanders are included in behind-the-scenes peeks at the developing story and invited to influence what happens next.   Become a Wren Islander: https://www.laurajoylloyd.com/sign-up-for-lauras-posts/   Listen to a Recap of Parts 1-3 (Episode 121): https://www.laurajoylloyd.com/with-wallace-around-parts-1-3-recap-rwlj121/   Listen from the beginning (Episode 082): https://www.laurajoylloyd.com/with-wallace-around-part-1-scene-1-rwlj082/   About Laura Joy Lloyd   Laura Joy Lloyd writes uplifting contemporary stories set on Pacific Northwest islands. Through an innovative style she calls interactive serialized fiction, Laura invites readers to influence many of her projects in real time as she writes. Laura also enjoys swimming, knitting, keeping company with creatives, and organizing whatever feels messy.   Send a message to Laura: https://www.laurajoylloyd.com/contact-laura/   Find more fun stuff on Laura's website: https://www.laurajoylloyd.com/   This is episode 123, With Wallace Around, Part 4, Scene 36. This episode’s original home is: https://www.laurajoylloyd.com/with-wallace-around-part-4-scene-36-rwlj123/   Music credit: "Smooth Waters" by SergePavkinMusic, courtesy of Pixabay.   Thanks for listening to Read with Laura Joy! This is interactive serialized fiction, where there's always more to the story and readers influence what happens next!
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