<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bit.ly/4o7jP6S" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Order Your Copy of &lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://bit.ly/4o7jP6S" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;The Seven Daughters of Dupree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://bit.ly/4o7jP6S" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This week on Black &amp;amp; Published, Nikesha speaks with &lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2304702/christina-dotson/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Christina Dotson&lt;/a&gt;, author of the novel &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mahoganybooks.com/9780593874974?searchid=0&amp;amp;search_query=love+you+to+death+" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Love You to Death&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The story is billed as a Black &lt;em&gt;Thelma and Louise&lt;/em&gt; who go on a murderous romp throughout the south.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In our conversation, Christina explains how the complex characters she works with in real life help as a social worker, help her craft the imperfect personalities of the people in her novels. Plus, the real life news story Christina saw that embedded itself in her brain and took her on the wildest writing ride of her life&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://black-published.captivate.fm/get-the-book"&gt;Mahogany Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mentioned in this episode:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rate &amp; Review&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Black & Published

Nikesha Elise Williams

A Character Study with Christina Dotson

APR 14, 202647 MIN
Black & Published

A Character Study with Christina Dotson

APR 14, 202647 MIN

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Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Christina Dotson, author of the novel Love You to Death. The story is billed as a Black Thelma and Louise who go on a murderous romp throughout the south.In our conversation, Christina explains how the complex characters she works with in real life help as a social worker, help her craft the imperfect personalities of the people in her novels. Plus, the real life news story Christina saw that embedded itself in her brain and took her on the wildest writing ride of her lifeMahogany BooksMentioned in this episode:Rate & ReviewThanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform