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ABA Journal: Modern Law Library : A stalled elevator leads to love in lawyer's best-selling romance novel
ABA Journal: Modern Law Library : A stalled elevator leads to love in lawyer's best-selling romance novel
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2018
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Podcast episode
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Being trapped on an elevator leads to romance for the hero and heroine in The Wedding Date, written by attorney Jasmine Guillory. When a pediatric surgeon impulsively asks the mayor's chief of staff to be his date to his ex-girlfriend's wedding that weekend, sparks fly. But can the two make a long-distance relationship work? In this episode of the Modern Law Library, Guillory tells the ABA Journal's Lee Rawles that writing served as a stress release from her legal work and functioned as her creative outlet. She discusses the challenges of representation for women of color in the romance industry, and the issues she had to consider when writing about an interracial couple falling in love. Guillory also shares how her background in legal aid helped inspire a subplot of the book, as the heroine tries to win funding for a diversionary program for at-risk teens.
Released:
Feb 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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