Season 3 of the podcast is our guest author era!

This episode Jodi chats with fellow Indie author, Joanne Tracey who has published 17 books to date. Jodi and Jo chat about being an indie author, writing across genres, and the importance of allowing yourself to follow your creativity in different ways. It's a brilliant chat that covers so much more and I'm sure you will all enjoy.

You can find Joanne Tracey at her website https://joannetracey.com where you'll find all her books. You can also follow Jo on Substack where she shares loads of baking ideas, travel adventures and book news. https://storycrumbs.substack.com/ Jo is also on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/joanne_tracey_author/

Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed the podcast, please visit https://ko-fi.com/jodigibson to support the podcast which helps with the production and hosting costs. You can keep up to date with my own books and happenings you can find me at https://www.jfgibson.com.au/ or sign up to my newsletter https://bookishwithjodigibson.substack.com/

Ask the Author is now in season 3 - the guest author era!

This week, Jodi chats with Australian author of small-town romance, Libby Iriks, whose debut novel Home to the Heart Country was released in late 2025. Libby shares her roundabout path to writing and publishing, chats candidly about bringing such personal experiences into her characters, and, of course, answers the hot 3 questions.

You can find Libby Iriks on Instagram @libbyiriks and her novel, Home To The Heart Country, is out now in-store and online.

Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed the podcast, please visit https://ko-fi.com/jodigibson to support the podcast which helps with the production and hosting costs. You can keep up to date with my own books and happenings you can find me at https://www.jfgibson.com.au/ or sign up to my newsletter https://bookishwithjodigibson.substack.com/

Welcome to season 3 of the Ask The Author podcast. This season the podcast enters a new era. We're in our guest author era! That's right, each epiosde, Jodi will interview a guest author and chat about everything from their path to publication, writing process, creativity, and so much more.

Our first guest this season is debut Aussie author Olivia Tolich. Olivia's debut romcom "Side Character Energy" has just been released, (Feb 2026) and Jodi asks all the juicey questions from how she started writing, to how she got her book deal. Olivia also shares her writing process, how creativity is an important part of who she is, and Olivia answers the hot 3. Three questions that all writers want answers to. What are they? Listen and find out.

You can find Olivia Tolich on Instagram @oliviatolich and her debut romcom "Side Character Energy" is out now.

Thank you for listening. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider buying me a copy to help with the production and hosting costs of the podcast. Please visit https://ko-fi.com/jodigibson to support the podcast. And if you want to follow along you will find me on Instagram @jfgibsonwriter or on my website www.jfgibson.com.au