But I think at that time, the market was very much like, we have to talk about these trauma narratives or these things that women have to get over, and these narrative arcs that I feel like… you know, sometimes for me, I think when you push weight onto something because of using it as a device, it can not be as legitimate as how your actual lived experiences can be. I was more interested in young women finding pleasure and having fun and that kind of pursuit. But for me, that really wasn’t the point of my novel. And I think that, of course, there’s always going to be space for that. Marlowe Granados: I think it was more just like, people wanted stories about how hard it was to be a woman. Is that right? It’s kind of like the Me Too moment. You know what I’m saying? And you know, correct me if I’m wrong, but I was prepping for this call and reading about how when the book was first on submission, and you weren’t finding any luck, that a lot of people were looking for a different kind of story related to the feminist aspects of the novel. It’s like a book that channels something that the culture is just so ready for at that particular moment, and it seems to have a kind of energy working for it that is outside of it.

I think about that when I think about books that really break out.

That’s something that comes down to serendipity. And so having to scale back and be patient was quite a challenge for me.īrad Listi: You talk about timing, like market timing. You have to have this running cycle that is constantly going and going. Therapeutic Massage and Nail Services provided in a relaxing. I have worked in fashion and I was doing a lot of photography for work before we do shoots and they’re already out like immediately. That was my main gripe with the publishing world, because everything takes so much time. Marlowe Granados: I think that you have to wait a little bit for the correct timing. Happy Hour (2020) is Toronto-based writer and filmmaker Marlowe Granados’ debut novel, an unassuming and intoxicating book about two young, beautiful girls partying their lives away for one sweltering summer in New York City. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts! Her debut novel, Happy Hour, is out now from Verso Books.

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