Ep.29 THE BUILD UP by Tati Richardson Interview

Nerdy Romantics Podcast

Y. M. Nelson is joined by fellow author Tati Richardson to discuss her debut romantic comedy, The Build Up. Tati shares with Y. M. how she thought of the premise of this novel, her thoughts on portraying middle-aged relationships, and why it felt like we were really tooling around Atlanta in … a broke-down car?!

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Chapters

1. Ep.29 THE BUILD UP by Tati Richardson Interview (00:00:00)

2. About Tati and Romance In Colour (00:01:26)

3. How Tati came up with The Build Up (00:03:52)

4. The Writing and Publishing Process (00:06:38)

5. The Trifecta: Black Female, Plus-sized, and of a Certain Age (00:09:07)

6. Normalization of Black Women in Love (00:15:23)

7. Porter as the Ooey-Gooey Cinnamon Roll Hero (00:19:13)

8. THe Office: Architectural Firm (00:24:20)

9. HBCUs represent (00:26:13)

10. The Architectural Industry and Black professionals (00:29:02)

11. Atlanta Restaurants (00:37:12)