Madness in the Method Writing with Andi MacDowall

My Other Boyfriend is a Vibrator … With Hallie Katherine

GUEST: Andi MacDowall, Romance Author and Mom

Trigger Warning

This episode includes discussion about: Mental health, homophobia, self-harm, suicidal ideation, non-consensual kinks and religious topics. Please listen with care.

SUMMARY:

This episode of My Other Boyfriend is a Vibrator … features a sexy, kinky romance writer whose marriage is as hot as the fictions she creates. And that’s saying something for a mother of five in Kansas who has been with her husband for 18 years. Andi MacDowall is a sex-positive method writer who enthusiastically immerses herself in a rich array of romantic scenarios.

Starting back in school as a bylined film reviewer for her student newspaper, Andi knew writing was her passion. But after an early effort to wow traditional publishing houses, she lost confidence and gave up trying. Fortunately for us she found her way back and has since enjoyed success with a variety of both indie and self-published works.

Andi is sharing her personal story, the behind-the-scenes on how she comes up with her ideas (it’s experiential and often involves her husband) as well as why writing in the first-person helps her evoke the texture and nuance of sexual ple