<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In the 68th episode of Truer Words, we speak with Michelle Quach about graphic design, unlikable female characters, and creating a love interest who does more than just the assigned reading. Michelle is the author of the debut YA, NOT HERE TO BE LIKED.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Michelle&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;can be found on Twitter&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/michellequach"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@michellequach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;and Instagram&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/_michellequach/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@_michellequach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;. Her website is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.michellequach.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;michellequach.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mentioned in this Episode:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://buttondown.email/goldplatedgirls/archive/never-have-i-ever-dead-dads-me/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Gold-Plated Girls newsletter: ‘Never Have I Ever’ &amp; Dead Dads &amp; Me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/victoriaedel"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Victoria Edel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.laurahankin.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Laura Hankin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608156/a-special-place-for-women-by-laura-hankin/9781984806260"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;A Special Place for Women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Laura Hankin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYEabGA1pi19_ZwEAAAAK"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Other Two&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;on HBOMax&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Munich-Eric-Bana/dp/B00HPS0IT8"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Munich&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80036165"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Schitt’s Creek&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;on Netflix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://tv.apple.com/show/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy?itscg=MC_20000&amp;itsct=atvp_brand_omd&amp;mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&amp;mttnagencyid=a5e&amp;mttncc=US&amp;mttnsiteid=143238&amp;mttnsubad=OUS2019863_1-535101970950-c&amp;mttnsubkw=105373391198__VmlGYEeG_&amp;mttnsubplmnt="&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Ted Lasso on Apple+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/constancegrady?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Constance Grady&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.vulture.com/article/ted-lasso-christmas-episode-serialization-debate.html"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Why a Christmas Episode Supercharged the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Ted Lasso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Debate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Kathryn VanArendonk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.hulu.com/series/reservation-dogs-5a310c23-e2db-4c9f-a66c-27c2fee43d92?&amp;cmp=12772&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=BM_Search_FXonHulu_Google&amp;utm_term=hulu%20reservation%20dogs&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw-ZCKBhBkEiwAM4qfF828bZ4kst2ydzcKwdC1BRFcD1Sy91cmjgPt9qsj7GHJVNj4aveQIxoC4ngQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Reservation Dogs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;on Hulu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.hulu.com/series/only-murders-in-the-building-ef31c7e1-cd0f-4e07-848d-1cbfedb50ddf?cmp=11932&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=CM_SEM_Various+Niche+Originals&amp;utm_term=only%20murders%20in%20the%20building&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw-ZCKBhBkEiwAM4qfF1VnW5_9C4woz62iQj6DQYPlVqt8bgzHyUohUMUzjRnEVO12VfuGcBoChMsQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Only Murders in the Building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;on Hulu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/06/05/moving-on-nora-ephron"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Moving On, A Love Story&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;- Nora Ephron Apthorp article&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/607289/portrait-of-a-scotsman-by-evie-dunmore/"&gt; 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&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Ezra Klein Show: How Blue Cities Became So Outrageously Unaffordable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-anxiety-youre-feeling-its-a-habit-you-can-unlearn/id1548604447?i=1000517873238"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Ezra Klein Show: That Anxiety You’re Feeling?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672984/hana-khan-carries-on-by-uzma-jalaluddin/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Hana Kh Carries On&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Uzma Jalaluddin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Us:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;You can follow us on Twitter&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/truerwordspod"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@truerwordspod&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;and on Instagram&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/truerwordspodcast/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@truerwordspodcast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;. Contact us via our website,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "http://truerwordspodcast.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;truerwordspodcast.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, or email us at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "mailto:truerwordspodcast@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;truerwordspodcast@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Truer Words

Truer Words

Michelle Quach

SEP 19, 202162 MIN
Truer Words

Michelle Quach

SEP 19, 202162 MIN

Description

In the 68th episode of Truer Words, we speak with Michelle Quach about graphic design, unlikable female characters, and creating a love interest who does more than just the assigned reading. Michelle is the author of the debut YA, NOT HERE TO BE LIKED. Michelle can be found on Twitter @michellequach and Instagram @_michellequach. Her website is michellequach.com.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Gold-Plated Girls newsletter: ‘Never Have I Ever’ & Dead Dads & Me by Victoria Edel

Laura Hankin

A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin

The Other Two on HBOMax

Munich

Schitt’s Creek on Netflix

Ted Lasso on Apple+

Constance Grady

Why a Christmas Episode Supercharged the Ted Lasso Debate by Kathryn VanArendonk

Reservation Dogs on Hulu

Only Murders in the Building on Hulu

Moving On, A Love Story - Nora Ephron Apthorp article

Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore

League of Extraordinary Women series

The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser

Suddenly You by LIsa Kleypas

Fated Mates podcast

Sally Rooney

Why is the Sex in Sally Rooney’s Novels So Good? by Amil Niazi

She’s All That

Writing the Romantic Comedy by Billy Merritt

Macbeth

Life: A User’s Manual by Georges Perec

The Book Doctors

PitMad

If You, Then Me by Yvonne Woon

In-Between Girl

The Ezra Klein Show: How Blue Cities Became So Outrageously Unaffordable

The Ezra Klein Show: That Anxiety You’re Feeling?

Hana Kh Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin

About Us:

Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy.

You can follow us on Twitter @truerwordspod and on Instagram @truerwordspodcast. Contact us via our website, truerwordspodcast.com, or email us at [email protected].