Christine Grillo and Julie share an agent, a friend, and an appreciation for growing older. After twenty years as a writer, Christine’s debut novel, Hestia Strikes a Match, is coming out at the perfect time. Christine joins Julie in this episode to share about her day job as a science writer, the experience of publishing her first novel at this point in her life and career, and the thrill and crush of waiting for reviews. Hestia is set in the midst of an American civil war and Julie speaks to Christine about the origins of the characters in the story and the way that the tether of the day to day keeps those characters looking for and finding happiness in the midst of chaos.