Episode 44 - Bad Decisions and Good Sex with Meredith Turits

On this episode, Meredith Turits, debut novelist, and I discuss the process of making her book come to life, how amazing her editor is, and the best ways to support friends who are writers. We also discuss her book, Just Want You Here, which I encourage anyone to go pick up!   Order Just Want You Here!   Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin  Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden   Books Highlighted by Meredith: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier The Wedding People by Alison Espach The Girls of Summer by Katie Bishop Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin  The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm by Emmeline Cline The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Watership Down by Richard Adams  East of Eden by John Steinbeck A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving  American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis  Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis  Anthropology of the American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann  The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer  Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer  Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka The God of the Woods by Liz Moore  The Wayside by Caroline Wolff  Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake  Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan