Episode Summary: We're kicking off the seventh season of Boobies & Noobies with Emma Barry, whose latest release,
Chick Magnet, is available now! Along with Emma's new book - which touches on everything from farm animals to gaslighting and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic - we also discuss such topics as how the pandemic has affected our media consumption, owning farm animals, and the concepts of "chaos muppets."
Guest: Emma Barry, author of
Chick MagnetBook Summary: From Emma Barry comes a clever romance about a hot veterinarian and a chicken-loving influencer who canât help but ruffle each otherâs feathers.Nicole Jones needs a fresh start. âChick Nicâ to millions of internet fans, the social media star and her flock of chickens bask in the spotlightâuntil sheâs publicly dumped by a YouTuber for clout. She has no choice but to round up her birds and move on.But when one of her hens has an emergency, Nic gets her first taste of her new stomping groundsâand it isnât good. Veterinarian Will Lund is wildly attractive, yes, but heâs also surly. In fact, he comes right out and calls her a menace for parading her chickens on social media.As neighbors, Nic and Will canât exactly avoid each other. Then again, maybe they donât want to. The two canât deny their smoldering attraction, and it isnât long before late-night confessions lead to backyard shenanigans.Is this the start of a neighborly relationshipâor could something more be hatching?
Show Notes: - Welcome to Season 7 of the podcast!- Let's talk chickens (and other farm animals) with Emma Barry-
Emma's romance reading and writing journey (00:09:28)- Stop minimizing your accomplishments, ladies- A brief synopsis for Emma's latest release,
Chick Magnet - Navigating the presence of Covid-19 and the pandemic in fiction- How the pandemic has affected our media consumption -
Exploring stigmas like gaslighting and men's mental health in romance novels (00:29:30)-
What's up next for Emma? (00:35:06)- "Chaos muppets" - The celebrity drama that inspires our books- Writing comedy for a book about comedians-
Emma's dream project... can you say, Mideival Times?! (00:44:31)Books & Other Media Mentioned:-
"Chicken People" - watch for free on Amazon Prime-
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase- "Gaslight" (1944)-
Funny Guy, Emma's next book (available in May)-
theory.html">"Chaos Theory: A Unified Theory of Muppet Types"- A complete timeline of the
"Don't Worry Darling" drama
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