{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6087d3aca4a81031ba098a59/6a2ab8f371d362181f81e1b7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Lindsey Kelk (writing as Elle Kelk) on Hit or Miss, Anxiety & Starting Over","description":"<p>Philippa sits down with <strong>Lindsey Kelk</strong> — writing as <strong>Elle Kelk</strong> — to talk about her brand new novel <em>Hit or Miss</em>, the first in the Junior Year Abroad series. With over three million books sold, Lindsey is one of the UK's best-loved romance authors, and this conversation is funny, warm, and unexpectedly moving.</p><p><strong>In this interview, Elle and Philippa discuss:</strong></p><ul><li>Why Lindsey chose a new pen name for this book — and why it's not exactly a secret</li><li>What \"new adult\" fiction actually means (and why genres are, in her words, \"all fake\")</li><li>The joy of writing a college romance series set at a fictional UK university — think Oxford meets American campus life</li><li>Mia and Ethan: two characters running in opposite directions until they collide</li><li>Anxiety as a central theme — Lindsey opens up about her own late diagnosis at 32, how bad things got, and why she finally asked for help</li><li>Toxic masculinity and the pressure on men to silently hold everything together</li><li>Why the bookish community seems disproportionately affected by anxiety (\"it turns out, it's all of us\")</li><li>Dealing with bad reviews — especially when you suspect someone hasn't actually read the book</li><li>Writing in Vegas hotels at 2am, the importance of a bath, and why airports are the worst</li><li>Her wrestling podcast <em>Tights and Fights</em> — now 10 years old — and whether a wrestling romance might be next</li><li>What she's reading right now: <em>Dungeon Crawler Carl</em> on audio and <em>The Vampire Armand</em> by Anne Rice</li><li>The life-changing biscuit discovery: <strong>McVitie's Jaffa Cake Digestives</strong> (with a strong recommendation to dunk)</li></ul><p><em>Hit or Miss</em> is out now.</p><p>💬 <strong>Get in touch</strong> Quick Book Reviews Facebook Group | Instagram | <a href=\"mailto:quickbookreviews@outlook.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">quickbookreviews@outlook.com</a></p><p><em>Quick Book Reviews: author interviews and book reviews with no spoilers.</em></p>","author_name":"Philippa Hall"}