Orange Ink

About Orange Ink

Trying something new. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Casual bookclub chat. My fav reads. The importance of romance. Sexual ethics in life and fiction. Many sociocultural, psychological ramblings. Here for more of a communal than professional space. Haven't got the time, aesthetics or equipment for polish, but got all the heart, thought, and soapboxes. Would love any contact in kind. Logo by Moe Lyn <3

Publisher

Karis

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Mar 2022

Latest episode

26 May 2024

Latest episodes

12 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 May 2024

   2.2 | people pleasers, sex, and love, theoretically with Ali Hazelwood - Part 2

   Now we get into it! Dating a people pleaser, the wheel of consent, finding who you are, the value and pain of empathy, and parting thoughts. Watch on Youtube here (https://youtu.be/AIOgo3dtVU0). Watch Part 1 here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujYnJx7rTMY). A deep dive analysis on the plot, characters and sexual ethics of Ali Hazelwood's Love, Theoretically. Featuring the sociocultural value of romance, the dangers of people pleasing, and a little bit of fiction as therapy. Buy Love, Theoretically here (https://www.amazon.com/Love-Theoretically-Ali-Hazelwood/dp/0593336860). Follow Ali Hazelwood on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alihazelwood/). All quotations are read from 'Love, Theoretically' by Ali Hazelwood (2023) Wheel of Consent was developed by Dr Betty Martin. They've got great resources and diagrams here: https://www.instagram.com/thewheelofconsent?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== "I'm Here" from the Color Purple: https://open.spotify.com/track/1w2k1OOCSy3ez40D3TQs7L?si=97ea30722a854932 (I cannot do this song justice. Please listen to it). Here for more of a communal than professional space. Haven't got the time, aesthetics or equipment for polish, but got all the heart, thought, and soapboxes. Though, grr, the audio and in this one bugs me. Let alone the light. But well, we learn. Email me at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com Or find me on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/orangeinkpodcast/). :)

2. 

   26 May 2024

   2.1 | people pleasers, sex, and love, theoretically with Ali Hazelwood - Part 1

   I'm sorry my cynical phase kept me this fandom so long. Ali Hazelwood, I'm here for all the Steminist chats. Love, Theoretically is by far my fav. CONTAINS SPOILERS! A deep dive analysis on the plot, characters and sexual ethics of Ali Hazelwood's Love, Theoretically. Featuring the sociocultural value of romance, the dangers of people pleasing, and a little bit of fiction as therapy. Watch on Youtube (https://youtu.be/ujYnJx7rTMY). BTS on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/orangeinkpodcast/). Buy Love, Theoretically here (https://www.amazon.com/Love-Theoretically-Ali-Hazelwood/dp/0593336860). Follow Ali Hazelwood on Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/alihazelwood/). All quotations are read from 'Love, Theoretically' by Ali Hazelwood (2023) Here for more of a communal than professional space. Haven't got the time, aesthetics or equipment for polish, but got all the heart, thought, and soapboxes. Email thoughts to orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

3. 

   6 Jul 2022

   1.7: Reparations, Romance, and Writer's Heart for Justice

   Laura Bell (@littleLo (https://www.wattpad.com/user/littleLo)) chats about her Ashwood series and revisits the writing of A Simple Deception (https://www.wattpad.com/story/259380767-a-simple-deception)—a historical romance that totally made me cry. If you listen close enough, you can hear my necklaces clank as I press my hand to my heart with all the feels. Literally clutching my pearls over here. :) Topics include the troubles of historical fiction. Slavery in the 1800s and today. Freedom. The vulnerability of writing. A romance writer’s high standards. Fighting against a whitewashed genre. The vulnerability of writing.  Dating apps. Justice in fiction. LittleLo's Ashwood Series: Book 1: A Solemn Promise (https://www.wattpad.com/story/232697969-a-solemn-promise) Book 2: An Earnest Favour (https://www.wattpad.com/story/246763490-an-earnest-favour) Book 3: A Simple Deception (https://www.wattpad.com/story/259380767-a-simple-deception) And a Wattpad shout out to @Kassilassie (https://www.wattpad.com/user/Kassilassie) for her killer western historical fiction on Wattpad and all the other writers spinning the stories we want far better than we ever could. This is the last episode of this season! I hope to be back in September and if you’d like to hear from someone in particular, email me at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com. If you have a sec, here’s a brief feedback questionnaire (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfK5uBnuH7bjcs20gCamqq7dPrD_H97EgAUL7EmNsv-4HRSdQ/viewform?usp=sf_link) on this season. Let me know any and all thoughts. Like, how was your breakfast? Have any pets? Lol ;)

4. 

   8 Jun 2022

   1.6: Dragons, Destiny and a Writer Spinning Dreams into Ink - Part 2

   Melissa Mitchell (Wattpad: @addicted2dragons (https://www.wattpad.com/user/addicted2dragons)) chats about her beloved Dragonwall series (https://www.wattpad.com/story/53716929-talon-the-black-dragonwall-series-1)--one of my all-time Wattpad favs. Divided into two parts. Topics include: Wattpad success in real-time. Plotting vs pantsing. Dragons! Destiny. Productivity. Writer-life balance. Multiple POVs (11 in one book!?). And a few tears shed on why we read and, consequently, why we write. <3 Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D Whispers of Nowhere (https://www.wattpad.com/story/139789703-whispers-of-nowhere) by @RebelDynasty (http://wattpad.com/user/RebelDynasty) and Lair of Beasts (https://www.wattpad.com/story/56003023-lair-of-beasts-book-i-in-the-curse-of-blood-saga) by @JeanineCroft (https://www.wattpad.com/user/JeanineCroft) If any of my links are off, let me know! ‘:) Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com. Hope to hear from you! >.< xx Other mentioned resources: Take Off Your Pants! by Libbie Hawker Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffery Eragon by Christopher Paolini

5. 

   8 Jun 2022

   1.6: Dragons, Destiny and a Writer Spinning Dreams into Ink - Part 1

   Melissa Mitchell (Wattpad: @addicted2dragons (https://www.wattpad.com/user/addicted2dragons)) chats about her beloved Dragonwall series (https://www.wattpad.com/story/53716929-talon-the-black-dragonwall-series-1)--one of my all-time Wattpad favs. Divided into two episodes. Topics include: Wattpad success in real-time. Plotting vs pantsing. Dragons! Destiny. Productivity. Writer-life balance. Multiple POVs (11 in one book!?). And a few tears shed on why we read and, consequently, why we write. <3 Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D Whispers of Nowhere (https://www.wattpad.com/story/139789703-whispers-of-nowhere) by @RebelDynasty (http://wattpad.com/user/RebelDynasty) and Lair of Beasts (https://www.wattpad.com/story/56003023-lair-of-beasts-book-i-in-the-curse-of-blood-saga) by @JeanineCroft (https://www.wattpad.com/user/JeanineCroft ) If any of my links are off, let me know! ‘:) Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com. Hope to hear from you! >.< xx Other mentioned resources: Take Off Your Pants! by Libbie Hawker Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffery Eragon by Christopher Paolini

6. 

   25 May 2022

   1.5: Research, Revenge and a Writer’s Hope in Hopeless Futures

   Gina Anderson-Lopez (Wattpad: @Red_Harvey (https://www.wattpad.com/user/Red_Harvey)) shares her speculative fiction, cyberpunk novel  Daughter of Zeus (https://www.wattpad.com/story/18626407-daughter-of-zeus-%E2%9C%94). Topics include: The purpose of sci-fi. Cyberpunk tech research. Violence and revenge. Moral ambiguity. Mixed character archs. Free-will and morality. Our hopeless (hopefully not so hopeless) future, explored through art. Power without empathy. And plenty of book recc  swapping. hahaha Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D After the Fall (https://www.wattpad.com/story/118569670-after-the-fall) by @LLSanders (https://www.wattpad.com/user/LLSanders) and The Water Witcher (https://www.wattpad.com/story/171203560-the-water-witcher-completed) by @VanCarley (https://www.wattpad.com/user/Van_Carley) If any my links are off, let me know! ‘:) Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com. Hope to hear from you! >.< xx Other mentioned resources: @amberkbryant (https://www.wattpad.com/user/amberkbryant) on Wattpad Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy The Hidden Legacy Series by Ilona Andrews Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick The Road by Cormac McCarthy Big Driver by Stephen King Clockwork Orange - the film Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell The Boys - Amazon Show The Dark Fantastic by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas Also does anyone use the chapter markers in these things?

7. 

   12 May 2022

   1.4: Toxicity, Love Triangles and True Love - bonus episode with Brianna

   This is a bonus episode! You can listen to the first half of my convo with Brianna here (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1956034/10487244). Where we take a closer look again the characters of All Over Again (https://www.wattpad.com/story/260251432-all-over-again), exploring what it really means to love someone, the difference between helping and fixing, different types of toxicity and how love helps us be more ourselves. It gets real psych-y. In the best possible way. ;) Give Brianna some love on her Wattpad (https://www.wattpad.com/user/XxBriannaMariexX) and Instagram (https://instagram.com/b_mariebelle?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=). Let her know how brilliant she is. Have any experience with toxic traits in yourself or others? What does writing help you process? Want to sign a petition to keep Raffo with Ruth? Email me at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from you. <3 Next podcast will be on May 25th as I catch up from travels. See you soon!

8. 

   4 May 2022

   1.4: Romance, Representation, and a Writer’s Letter to Herself

   Brianna (Wattpad: @XxBriannaMariexX (https://www.wattpad.com/user/XxBriannaMariexX)) spills the tea on her contemporary, Afro-Indigenous romance All Over Again (https://www.wattpad.com/story/260251432-all-over-again). Topics include: Memoir as processing. Romance with grey endings. Afro-Indigenous representation (or the lack thereof).  The financial risk of writing. Concentric circles of minority. Grief and break-ups. And what childhood fanfics we hide in our Wattpad drafts. ;) Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D How (Not) To Date a Popstar (https://www.wattpad.com/story/45823011-how-to-not-date-a-popstar) by @letmelivetonight (https://www.wattpad.com/user/letmelivetonight) Constellations of You and Me (https://www.wattpad.com/story/208306114-1-1-constellations-of-you-and-me-%E2%9C%93) by @Yehree (https://www.wattpad.com/user/yehree) And Comfort the Wolves (https://www.wattpad.com/story/200801826-comfort-the-wolves) by @kcgalloway (https://www.wattpad.com/user/kcgalloway) (AKA: me! >.<) If any my links are off, let me know! ‘:) I apologise for any sound inconsistencies. We’re learning! Stay tuned next week for a bonus episode! Where we dissect the plot and characters of All Over Again to evaluate their romance in terms of health. (Read: two psychology buffs riffing on the complexity and dangers of toxicity in relationships lol). Have you struggled with representation as a writer or reader? What have you processed through writing? Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com. Hope to hear from you! >.< xx

9. 

   20 Apr 2022

   1.3: Broken Families, Love as weakness, and a Writer's Courage

   AJ Arnault (Wattpad: @ajArnault (https://www.wattpad.com/user/ajArnault)) and I chat about her paranormal romance Never Kiss a Vampire (https://www.wattpad.com/story/245705753-never-kiss-a-vampire). Topics include mood writing and hard female rock. Plotting when you can’t plot ahead. Sex as power; love as vulnerability. Watty disappointments. Redefining self in the wake of a broken family. Imposter syndrome. Courage. Who we write to and why. Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D Wolf & Witch (https://www.wattpad.com/story/139936549-wolf-witch)by @HicksScribbles (https://www.wattpad.com/user/HicksScribbles) And Snowcrossed (https://www.wattpad.com/story/291766739-snowcrossed) by @DLynnP (https://www.wattpad.com/user/DLynnP) If any my links are off, let me know! ‘:) Also take a minute to look at the Wattpad profile @BootcampMentors (https://www.wattpad.com/user/BootcampMentors)as you prep for the Wattys! Since this interview, I have signed up myself! Maybe I'll be your mentor. ::queue my greatest fear-me smile:: Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

10. 

    6 Apr 2022

    1.2: Adventure, Toxic Fairytales, and a Writer's Twisted Mind

    Subtitled: Prepare Yourself for Emotional Pain and Emotional Payoff with Stef Stef (Wattpad: @Wimbug (https://www.wattpad.com/user/Wimbug)) and I chat about her Beauty and the Beast retelling Hearts of Stone (https://www.wattpad.com/story/149029234-hearts-of-stone) and her seven-book series The Jewel Project (https://www.wattpad.com/story/54378388-too-young-the-jewel-project-1). Topics include her penchant for on-screen character deaths. The unjust decline of adventure novels. The meh of writing paranormal. Types of toxic relationships. And the dangers of Stockholm syndrome in Beauty and the Beast retellings (+ how to avoid them??). Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D Dragon Scale (https://www.wattpad.com/story/49833671-the-dragon%27s-scale%E3%80%8Acomplete-editing%E3%80%8B) by @Cross-Warrior (http://wattpad.com/user/Cross-Warrior) And Siren Song (http://wattpad.com/story/106209150-siren-song-the-fated-1)by @UnboundWings (https://www.wattpad.com/user/UnboundWings) If any of my links are off, let me know! ':) Two final confessions, I have since been inspired to face the terror that is my Wattpad bio. Read it here. :) And, secondly, yes. I have finally caved and ordered a boom arm. Mic rattles should decrease significantly around episode 6... ;) Email me with any questions or comments at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

11. 

    23 Mar 2022

    1.1: Happy Endings, Sex, and a Writer's Journey to the Page

    Join me with Caroline Richardson (Wattpad: @mustangsabby ( https://www.wattpad.com/user/MustangSabby )) as we chat about The West Brother Series and Out of His League. Topics include her Wattpad journey. Writing/life balance. Western romance. Toxic Masculinity. Healthy sexuality and a writer’s responsibility. Female empowerment. And some killer reading recommendations. :) Preorder Out of His League (https://books.wattpad.com/shop-w-by-wattpad-books/p/out-of-his-league), coming April 5th! Whoop, whoop! Read The West Brother Series (https://www.wattpad.com/list/1155875073-the-west-brothers-series). Wattpad Reading Recommendations By @JoWatson_101 (https://www.wattpad.com/user/JoWatson_101) Burning Moon (https://www.wattpad.com/story/8704900-burning-moon-wattpad-version) Big Boned (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083YX4KZM?pf_rd_r=BKHED6N74KCE12EG0V3D&pf_rd_p=6e878984-68d5-4fd2-b7b3-7bc79d9c8b60&pd_rd_r=c2774394-5129-4e87-9259-c0690803a0e7&pd_rd_w=LgQff&pd_rd_wg=mzo31&ref_=pd_gw_unk) (published in Oct '21) By @TamaraLush (https://www.wattpad.com/user/TamaraLush) The Paradise Beach Series (https://www.wattpad.com/list/1041755298-paradise-beach-series ) The Awakening (https://www.wattpad.com/story/284307898-the-awakening) Drive (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drive-Tamara-Lush-ebook/dp/B09HPM5J8S/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=drive+tamara+lush&qid=1648048977&s=digital-text&sprefix=drive+tamara%2Cdigital-text%2C100&sr=1-1) (published March '22) Her cosy mysteries under Tara Lush (https://taralush.com/ ) By @AveryKeelan (https://www.wattpad.com/user/AveryKeelan) Off Side (https://www.wattpad.com/story/234380007-offside) Otherwise Engaged ( https://www.amazon.com/Otherwise-Engaged-Fake-Engagement-Romance-ebook/dp/B09C3ZVPGB) (published Dec '21) If any of my links are off, feel free to let me know! ':) Email me with any questions or comments at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

12. 

    14 Mar 2022

    Season 1: Wattpad interviews - Trailer: What this is all about

    Why I feel we need this podcast (read: why I need this podcast lol) and a few disclaimers. :) Email me at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com Find me on Wattpad @kcgalloway and Instagram @kariscgalloway Can't wait to see where this goes!!

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