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TB prepared for the festive chat by rocking her Grumpy Cat T-shirt, staying true to her grinchyness. In shocking news, she’s not freaking out about Lizzie at the moment because she took Clare’s advice to pull back and not rush to the finish line. Once again, Clare has TB’s back. Also, the IHL mega sale page is almost ready for the December 26th start date.
Across the pond, Clare finished the first draft of her new novel. Woo-hoo! She discovered she’d written 1K of an epilogue but has no memory of doing so. To celebrate completing the first draft, Clare gave herself an afternoon off to do her taxes, and TB questions Clare’s idea of fun. However, Clare and the wife are spending a Christmassy day together, including going to a gingerbread architectural exhibit.
The duo moves on to their favorite festive books and films. TB, who writes more angsty books, prefers reading holiday rom-coms, two of her favorites being one by some chick named Clare Lydon, the other by Miranda MacLeod. TB realizes her friendship with Clare started after reading Clare’s All I Want for Christmas. If TB hadn’t read it, would this podcast even exist? Also, TB just released a holiday cowrite with Miranda. It seems Christmas stories have greatly impacted TB’s life, and her grinchy mind is blown.
In a surprising turn, Clare, the rom-com writer, favors angst-filled holiday stories. Is this the only example of Clare being the darkness and TB being the light? Stay tuned! Clare also takes a moment to dive into the recent Hallmark Channel controversy, where she quickly goes back to being the more hopeful of the two, wishing the company would become more inclusive after their social media dustup. Both of them agree Elf is one of, if not the best, Christmas films, but they can’t agree on the finest A Christmas Carol adaptation. It would be surreal if they agreed on too much even while recording a festive episode.
They’d love to hear about your favorite festive books and films. Head over to www.lesbianswhowrite.com, and leave a comment on the episode. Or you can email them at: lesbianswhowrite@gmail.com.
They’re taking the rest of the year off. The duo wishes the listeners happy holidays, and they’ll see you in 2020.
Happy listening!
Clare and TB
Hi Clare and T.B.! Just wanted to recommend watching the little-known animated version of Elf, starring Jim Sheldon (Big Bang Theory), Ed Asner as Santa, and Mark Hamill (yes, the one from Star Wars). It keeps to the same storyline and has a lot of great catchy songs that my 5-year old daughter and I sing all year. Even without Will Farrell, it actually had me laughing. Merry Christmas!
Hey there,
Thanks so much for the recommendation! I had no idea there was an animated version.
Wishing you a lovely holiday season.
TB