Spill the Smut
Where the books are spicy, the conversations are juicy, and the stories rarely fade to black. Each week, I dive headfirst into the delicious world of smut with the people who live and breathe it—authors, creators, and bookish babes who aren’t afraid to spill all the steamy tea. Through interviews and unfiltered chats, I'll explore everything from fan-favorites to behind-the-scenes secrets of the bookish world. This is your weekly escape into the world of steam, swoon and unapologetically bookish.
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Spill the Smut
Interview with Author: Nova Adams
I sit down with Canadian author Nova Adams to unpack how a “quick” holiday novella turned into an 80,000-word small-town slow burn that balances cozy cheer with real emotional stakes. Nova shares the origin story behind The Crush of Christmas Past—written to brighten a friend’s darkest season—and how found family, age gap dynamics, and a grumpy-sunshine pairing come together without glossing over grief or growth.
We get candid about the indie author grind: juggling a full-time job, sneaking in 2 a.m. drafting sprints, and learning to market a debut without a big budget. Nova breaks down her craft choices, from acting out dialogue to keep conversation natural to using dual POV so readers can see beneath a broody exterior.
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She's a Canadian author with a deep love for happy endings, and honestly, same. Her debut novel released in October and is packed with age gap, forced proximity, an irresistible slowburn, and the charming small town humor that we all love. If you're looking for a festive read that delivers all the cozy vibes, then the crush of Christmas past belongs on your TBR. Please welcome to the podcast, Nova Adams.
Nova Adams:Hi! Hi Jordan, thanks for having me.
Jordan:Thank you so much for coming on the podcast. I'm so excited. I'm like so excited.
Nova Adams:I'm so excited to be here and I'm so excited to meet you and your listeners. So thank you so much for having me.
Jordan:Thank you so much for coming on. I know I feel like it was kind of I kind of like threw it at you. I was like, would you want to come on the podcast? And you're like, um, can you tell me more? And I'm like, yes, of course I can. But I felt like I like kind of threw it at you. So like thank you.
Nova Adams:No, well, you're my first podcast, so it's like a very special time for me. And I love the the name. So I'm I'm like all for it.
Jordan:I I it took me a minute because like when I like was doing the podcast, like a lot of the names that I first came up with were taken, and I was like, this is so sad. But then I got this one and I was like, this is amazing. This is like the best one. So I was like so happy that it wasn't taken.
Nova Adams:And there are so many puns. I'm not gonna go into them, but I have I have ideas. If you need marketing, oh my god, right?
Jordan:Well, so the biggest one, okay. Just like I feel like I haven't said this, so like I want to say like the biggest one is like spill the smut because smutty books, but also like spill the tea. So it's supposed to be like gossip and like the inside knowledge of whatever. So that's why I really liked it. Yeah, for just like those two. Yes. Oh, I'm so glad that you thought it because I don't know if anybody's like picked up on it, but I've like been secretly like so excited, like holding it in. But I'm so happy you like knew that.
Nova Adams:Like, yes, I feel like I I yeah, I don't know.
Jordan:Like, I felt like weird sharing it, so I just never did.
Nova Adams:No, it's perfect. It's yeah, I love it. So thank you for having me.
Jordan:Oh my god, no, thank you. Okay, but anyways, so actually, before we dive into the questions, I did want to ask you what has been the highlight of your week so far.
Nova Adams:Honestly, it's been like coming on here and getting to hang out with you because I was very busy at the day job and I didn't get to do a lot of like the fun aspect of writing, so connecting with readers and stuff. So I'm so happy to be here today.
Jordan:Oh, I'm like so excited. That makes me so like, oh, that I'm so excited. But it must also too be like nice because I feel like what's I mean, I I know we'll dive into your like Christmas book down the line after the question some of the questions, but it must be kind of cool. I know you released your book in October, and now to have people like reading in it and like um connecting and interacting with you now because it's like Christmas.
Nova Adams:Yeah, it's definitely a highlight. I did want like to get like the arcs out earlier so that there was some traction and stuff. But the fact is there's definitely a lot more readers and a lot more like people who are reaching out now, and that just makes my heart so happy because part of like I can talk about this later because I know some of our questions dive into the like writing piece, but sometimes it can be a really lonely like job because you're writing all the time, like in your little bubble, and you're like living in these worlds with wonderful characters, but then your book takes on this whole next level when the readers start reading it, and it I think that's what gives it like breath and the heartbeat.
Jordan:Yeah, see, and that and I feel like too, I mean, I'm not an author, I can't like write, I have never written anything, but I feel like the interacting with readers that like are in love and obsessed with your story, like I feel like that would just be so cool.
Nova Adams:And honestly, when somebody like comments something that is almost like the hidden, a hidden thing that I like wove into the story, that I'm like, oh my gosh, they got this. Like they actually like read in depth and and got what I was trying to say, even though I wasn't explicitly saying it. I think that's probably one of the one of those like heartbeat skipping moments for me when a reader does something like that or says something like that.
Jordan:I I get that, I get that. Okay, so we'll dive into the questions now. And I do have the questions broken up into three parts, but we'll do the author part first. So what inspired them right away?
Nova Adams:Wait, sorry, what I said we just skipped through all of them right away. I know right.
Jordan:Um what inspired you to be an author to write romance?
Nova Adams:Um I was honestly always a reader ever since I was little. I think my mom just like put a book in my hand and taught me to read. And that was one of my favorite things to do because we moved around a lot. So no matter where I was, like being able to read and live in these worlds, um, no matter what was going on in my life, like it was, it was, it was the thing that brought me the most peace and the most confidence. And and I just loved it. So somehow through just always reading, I was also always writing and creating stories in my head, like since I was little, and I love mysteries. Um, so it was always like when I was 10 years old, I'd write like little mystery stories, but there would always be like a cute um boy or cute character for the protagonist to uh crush on. So there was always a romance like undertone in whatever I wrote, and I loved stories even when I was younger, with like the romance pieces to them. I love stories, yeah.
Jordan:Well, so so when you were saying that you wrote like some mystery with like a romance aspect to it, do you think you'll like write those stories next? Like a mystery with romance, or are you kind of like no? I'm sticking with romance.
Nova Adams:No, I think I I just feel like I love to read different genres and I always like the I like the thread of romance. No matter what I'm reading, I always pick up on that. And so I think because I do like mystery, I like I like so many things. I like fantasy, I like horror, I like contemporary. I think that down the road I'm hoping to actually expand my romance writing into and then pull in some of the other genres that I'm really into. So fingers crossed, down the line, um, I bring in some mystery your way.
Jordan:Okay, okay. That that's yeah, I like that. I like that. Um, okay, so then what is your writing routine like? Do you need to have the perfect setup or do you just sit down and write?
Nova Adams:Because right now I am working full-time as well at a day job. Um, I can't write during the day. So I'm often writing whenever and wherever I can. And I know that's not super healthy, but often it's like at 2 a.m. on my couch. So, or like if I if I'm just like so tired from work, I'll pass out and then I'll set my alarm for middle of the night and I'll get up and write. I know. Um, but my like favorite place in the world to write would be at um the like our family's cottage. So I think that's like a cabin in the in in US terms, um, because I'm Canadian. But um, so it's like in the middle of nowhere. We don't have any internet, we don't have phone signals, and I'm not like I'm disconnected from the world, but I'm on this like beautiful lake on the dock when it's not mosquito season, and it's just like my favorite place to be and to write and be creative. So I mean, ideally that would be the life, the goal. But right now it's 2 a.m. on my couch.
Jordan:I the the cottage like cabin thing, that honestly sounds like it would be in like a romance book.
Nova Adams:Like, I know, or like it's raining and it's you're inside and you get to see you're like surrounded by nature and glass, and oh, it's so nice.
Jordan:That that sounds amazing like I don't like I want to do that. Like, I want to go to like a remote cabin in the middle of the woods and not have any like cell service or internet or anything, but just to read, not to write. But like it's like that sounds like the dream. That sounds amazing.
Nova Adams:Yeah, it's it's like gorgeous, and there are no neighbors. So sometimes I do have I'm like, this is a perfect place to write a horror, and I did brainstorm some um horror with an undertone of romance, but um that would take place in like a a remote place like that for sure.
Jordan:That sounds amazing, but also I think again, I don't write, but I feel like I would freak myself out and be like, someone's coming for me.
Nova Adams:I kind of have those thoughts sometimes, and then yeah, and then I'll like read a good funny rom-com or something and chill out, and that like solves it.
Jordan:But also, but to go back to your 2 a.m., that wow, because like that's crazy. It's like when do you find the time to sleep?
Nova Adams:But like you really don't, you like no, and if I'm in edits, if I'm deep in edits, I I do like I I'm very tired, but um, I don't know. I just feel like right now, if I don't do it, I don't I'm never gonna do it. So I'm trying my best.
Jordan:That's all you can that's all you can do, and you you are doing it, you're doing the thing. You are working full-time and you released a book and you're writing, and I think that is so cool. It's like the little things, and you might not be able to write as much and maybe get as many books out as a full-time author, but like understandable because it's you still have a full-time job, so it you but you're potentially to be full-time writing because that's like my life's passion, honestly.
Nova Adams:So let's check back on that in the future.
Jordan:Yes, and it will happen.
Nova Adams:Thank you. Manifesting.
Jordan:What is the most challenging part of writing a romance book? And then what's the most rewarding part?
Nova Adams:Um, I think it's one one of the challenges I think in writing in general is just making sure your characters are authentic. And it's, I think, you know, it's it it becomes deeper than just putting words on onto paper. You have to like actually create these beings that are flawed because they do have to have some growth and stuff, but then people who are going to be liked and people want to read about, right? What and what what is the reason that this story should exist? I think asking that question and like what's the goal of my writing? What is the goal um with the create, like the storyline and the characters I'm creating? I think that's a big piece that's a challenge because I always like I'm a bit of a perfectionist and a people pleaser. So I'm like, I want my readers to actually like have fun and enjoy this and whatever the goal of the story is, I I want that to resonate with readers. And obviously, you're not always gonna catch everybody in the world. Um, but I I I want my characters to have meaning, I guess. Um, and another piece to writing is that's super hard is the marketing piece if you're if you're indie, and I think even traditionally published or any other avenue that people are choosing, marketing is just a whole like beast on its own because it is a job. Like marketing is a full-time job that people go to school for and study for years and get degrees and and and and build their portfolios on. So to be more to be marketing right now as like an indie without a huge marketing budget, because I do believe in people deserving to get paid for their work. So I will never ask somebody to like do things for me for free, right? So, so I I need I I want to like make sure that people that I am hiring to do anything are being compensated. So right now I'm not at that point. So I'm kind of having to be my own marketing uh person. And that part is hard because it it is very time consuming and I love it. Like I probably it would probably be one of my top five interest fields. Like if I had to get a job. Like I love marketing. Um, I did dabble in some like film and advertising before, so I understand it from some angles, but it's it is a full-time job. And right now, to be writing, working another full-time job and then marketing, that piece is really hard when you just want to like spend a lot of that time connecting with readers. And I love like the marketing style of actually meeting readers and making connections. And that's why I like this podcast is so great because you get to have a human connection and chat with somebody who loves books just as much as you do. Like whether or not you love my book, you there's still people who get the get our interests, right? Um, so I I I do like my favorite thing is connecting with people. So if I could like do marketing that way, that would be great. Um, but it's definitely time consuming.
Jordan:Yeah, I and that's what I feel like a lot of people like say that, like authors and even like anybody like within like the book industry say like marketing is like its own job and it's so time consuming. And it can be hard because it's you it's like making the content and like you want to be fresh and new, and so just trying and and sometimes too, is like authors. I feel like you you want to like connect, you want to write. So it's hard to I almost feel like you have to kind of spread yourself thin in some places where you can't put all the like you're a hundred percent with everything as much as you'd want to, just because of where you are.
Nova Adams:Yeah, for sure. Um, but I do like it. Like I I do have an interest in it, and I just like I'm like I I have to focus on writing too, and I have to like meet some deadlines.
Jordan:Yeah, to get to that point.
Nova Adams:Yeah.
Jordan:Um, okay, so that I know you kind of somewhat answered this, but I'm still gonna ask it. Um, what is one thing you wish someone had told you before you came an author, like before you released your first book?
Nova Adams:Um I think maybe like the yeah, the marketing part, but I think also just um how lonely it can sometimes be. Because when you are writing, you are in this like void and you want to be connecting with people, but I'm the type of person who has to focus. Like I love long writing marathons. Like I would love it if I could just like lock down for the day, not talk to anybody, not not have anything in my plans. Like, even if I have an appointment in the day, I'm like thinking about that appointment instead of like focusing on writing. So I think how sometimes lonely it can be because then you also have all these great ideas, and like you're writing these jokes and and you want to show somebody. So what I do sometimes is like I have my like alpha readers who are reading things as I write, and they get like little sneak peeks of things, and I run things by them. So that has helped a lot to just kind of have that human connection because I am I am like a an extrovert, like I need I need people, but I also need quiet when I'm writing. So it's just yeah.
Jordan:You're like the both, like the introvert and extrovert. So like want the extrovert interactions, but like when it's writing time, it is writing time.
Nova Adams:Yes, it is writing time. I need to be with my characters and in their worlds, and I get like super immersed, yeah.
Jordan:Um, okay, so now that you say that, let's dive into your your holiday book, the one that released in October, A Crus of Christmas Past. Can you tell the listeners a little bit more about the book?
Nova Adams:Um, sure. So I'll keep it spoiler-free. I started writing this book initially for a friend who was going through a really hard time. And I was writing two other things, and they were a lot heavier, but I wanted to kind of make this was a work colleague, but like one of my besties from work, but I wanted to make her time while she was going through something really hard. Um, her sister um was kind of um she had cancer and they were getting some really bad news at that point. So I wanted to do something for her to just bring a little bit of light into her world. And I I was telling her about the story, and she encouraged me to keep going and she kept asking questions about like what's happening next, what's happening next? I the story was not supposed to come out at all. Like it wasn't something that I had planned on doing. And then just I kind of just wrote it for her. Uh, and I sent her chapters as I was as I was writing. And it was, it was just like a way for us to connect, but also I was like, I'm going to write something light because I tend to go darker with my writing and I tend to do things a little bit more, I guess, angsty. So this was my attempt. And I know that there is some angst in it. I have received feedback that people people see, see the angst, but it is my like lightest work I have ever written. Um, and it's supposed to just be a little bit of a ray of sunshine so that people can escape from today's world and everything going on in their lives and in the world, and just enjoy a few hours of like going to Sugar Pine Springs. Um, so that's where it's located. It is a fictional small town, Sugar Pine Springs, and the main character, her name is Isla Green, and she is 25. She's kind of facing a life reset. Um, she lost her job, she got evicted from the big city apartment, and she's she's she's floundering a little bit, and she goes back to their hometown with her best friend Asher, who is the same age as her. Um, Asher needs somebody to fake date because he's got this drama with this girl that he is super in love with um and has always been devoted to. So it's actually fake fake dating because there is no chemistry between them. I think they she calls him platon, like there's a there's something about them being platonic. I don't remember the exact quote, but it's definitely platonic with like a capital P. Um they're they're just best friends. And one thing that I loved writing was a strong male-female relationship that didn't veer into, like, it didn't get messy with like sexual tension because they kind of grew up being very close and almost sibling-like. So I loved writing a story about two friends who are just friends, but then Asher has an older brother who is nine years older, his name's Theo. Um, and Isla kind of had a history with him when she was going through the loss of her parents um when she was just 18, 19. Um, he had to step up while Ash was away on an internship across the world. And he kind of got to know her and helped her out. But because he was older, he broke her heart when she confessed. This is a lot of spoiler. This is kind of all from like the first few chapters. Um, so now we're it's six years later. We're all a little bit older and wiser and more jaded. And so um, they are trapped under one roof while Theo is back in his um. Um, family's home for the first time in five years. He's kind of been avoiding it. So Isla could have that time with his family because she is very connected to his family and she doesn't have a family of her own. So he was kind of giving her space, knowing that he might be like a trigger. So uh there's a lot of there's there's a little bit of initial miscommunication. Um, but I think there's reasons for it, and it's definitely a slow burn, forced proximity, tension. Um, I love their chemistry. I think they're like a fun time and it's comedic, so it does lean into like comedy and lightness, but there is more depth, I think, to the story too. So yeah, without spoiling anything else, that's the premise.
Jordan:Don't like hate me, but I haven't started it yet. But I'm like so excited because I love holiday books and movies. And like honestly, when you mentioned like Hallmark, like the cornier the better. Like I I eat that stuff up.
Nova Adams:Yeah, there's definitely some corny moments. Um, but you know, it's purposeful because I do think stories serve a purpose, and I wrote that one with a very specific purpose. Um, so yeah, I think hopefully people have a lot of fun with it. It's you know, you're not supposed to take it too seriously, but I do think there are some really heartfelt um moments in there that are pretty special and really ground the characters and and and give them a lot of um life. So I do hope people see that. And that's what I was talking about. Like when I somebody messages me something or sends me a review and they're like and I pull those lines from there that I'm like, oh, I know you got it. Like you got it. That makes me so happy.
Jordan:Um, okay. So then I don't know. I did, you were right. I did ask you what initially sparked the idea for the Crush of Christmas Pass. I don't know if you wanted to add anything else or if that was kind of my friend.
Nova Adams:Um, honestly, she's the reason I finished it. Um unfortunately, we did lose her sister, and um her family went through a lot. But you know, she's such a great person that throughout it all, she was like cheer, she was cheering me on, and she was the one who was like, you need to put this out there, like you need to, you need to publish this. Um, so you know, amid her heartbreak, she was being a cheerleader for somebody else, which is just amazing. And I'm so thankful and grateful to have a friend like that in my life and her whole family, actually. Uh, they have a book club that they read some pretty serious, um heavy books in, and it's her um, you know, aunts and cousins and mom and her whole like uh female side of her family, and they read um The Crush of Christmas Past uh in September, which was amazing. They all ordered copies and they had a little meetup, so that like was just amazing. You know, I know. So yeah, I wrote it for her, and I am very grateful for her friendship. And that's what I want to do in my books. I want to write strong female friendships. I think women supporting women is so important. I that's like one of the top things about me. And I'm really trying to be careful also about the words that I use um when you know other women are describing women because I always wanted to be about joy and uplifting. And I mean, obviously, sometimes you have characters who are not going to be like that for sure. Um, but they're not meant to be good people. But yeah, so strong friendships, strong, strong, strong women, and I'm I'm all about that.
Jordan:I I really like that. I like that a lot. Okay, so then I this kind of I don't know if this question really works, but I'm still gonna ask it. Um did you know that the story of the crush of Christmas Past was the story for the book? But I know too, you were like kind of sending like you were doing chapter by chapter, but I don't know if the story kind of changed once it was all done.
Nova Adams:It's actually a great question because this is supposed to be a 25,000-word novella. It was supposed to be something cutesy and fun and quick. Um, and I know novellas are really in at Christmas. Um, so I did not intend for it to get to like 80,000 words. Um, but as I was writing, I'm really big on just having depth and layers in my characters. Um, so I wanted to make sure that their story did make sense. So as I was writing, if I was when I got to a certain point, I was like, oh, but you know what would be even better if this and this and this changed. So I think that a couple of my beta readers might have received like 20 versions making sure that um everything was perfect. Like I said, I'm a bit of a perfectionist. So this was even pre-edit. So I was like, no, read this one, no, read this one. Um, I'm surprised I didn't get blocked, but they they seem to have been excited to read. But yeah, I wanted, I wanted it to just make sense. And even there is even a little bit at the end about like the love piece for them. Because for Isla, um because she lost her family, love has been a big part of like that has been a big barrier for her, like loving somebody and losing them, and and and even just thinking that she's good enough for love and that she deserves love because of all the things that happened to her. So for me, I think I needed to show that piece of Isla's journey. And, you know, therapy is involved. Uh, I didn't like write that in depth, but I definitely wanted to highlight the importance of also getting support sometimes because we can't always do it on our own, right? And also love doesn't always solve everything, like just having that other person who loves you sometimes isn't enough. Um, you know what I mean? Sometimes we have to work on ourselves before we can accept that love. So I wanted to make sure that that was in there as well. I know this is like getting getting a little out of hand for a cutesy Christmas novella. Uh, but yeah, it turned it a little bit.
Jordan:I love that. I love because like no don't get me wrong, like I love the cutesy, like like holiday books. Like, who doesn't? But I feel like adding like Christmas books can have depth to them, and holiday books can have depth, then it's kind of cool that you were able to like intertwine the two in a book. And I think that's so I don't that's so cool.
Nova Adams:Yeah, so I'm I'm like I that's that's kind of how I knew I got to a point where I wanted to get to because I definitely I I couldn't just let it be surface level, and sometimes as much as I I love that, and a lot of those holiday movie movies that I kind of you know love are are ones that don't make us maybe think always too deeply. Um, but I just couldn't let it go. And that's why we got the word count that we got in the end honestly, I love a good like a longer book.
Jordan:Like I I mean novellas are good too, but like I'm not I don't gravitate towards novellas, and I just I I want as much as I can get.
Nova Adams:So I'm like because my current work in progress is 150,000 words, and it is not an epic fantasy, it's literally a romance, but there's a lot going on. I honestly feel like it's a whole TV show that's um, and I don't like cutting up books into parts. So I have so right now I'm like deep into edits of what that's gonna look like, and I think that's gonna involve a lot of like reader feedback too, so to see what people like and what people are into, but I love like a slow burn because I love the part before they get together. Don't like don't get me wrong, I love like the sexy times too. Like I'm all about it. It's the build up, but the build up like the little brush and like the eye like gaze and things like that. I'm I'm all about that. So I will read like a million pages of attention.
Jordan:Yeah, yes, yes, it's like because then it also just makes it so much sweeter, like when they do finally get together. Like because if it happens too soon, I like lose interest, to be completely honest. And so it's like I love the slow burn.
Nova Adams:Yeah, so it's it's definitely a bit of a slow burn for a fast book. It's it's I I like like I said, initially it was supposed to be so so quick, but I don't know. It evolved a little bit.
Jordan:The book, the book didn't want to be quick, the book wanted the book wanted to be long and it everybody to have take their time.
Nova Adams:Yeah.
Jordan:Um, and then this kind of fits, and I hopefully it's not too hard of a question, but what is the spiciest line in The Crush of Christmas Past? Oh, I emailed it to you because I'm like, I don't know if I can Oh my god, I did I love it. No, you can say it. I love it. Say it. I did not see the email, but I'm here for it.
Nova Adams:So I what I did actually is I have uh there's this awesome uh blogger who was kind of supporting me from she was one of my beta readers, but she was she was supporting me from from from the beginning. I don't can I say her name on here. Oh yeah. So her name's like her her Instagram name's um jotted by Jenna, and she did a reel where she did the spiciest line from the book, like convincing you to read it. I don't know, like I don't know. She's she's got guts. I don't know if I can read. I know I wrote it, but I don't know if I can read it. Um basically, uh, they're doing the deed, and there's nothing between them. So he asks her, like, where do you want it? Where do you want me? And she said, inside, I want you with me when you come. I want all of it, all of you. And then he says some more lines that I feel like are gonna get me banned. So maybe read the book and you can figure out the rest of it.
Jordan:I love it. It's like, but it's it's so funny because it's like we read the spicy things, you write, you write spicy things, but then like even just you saying it right now, I'm like, oh no. You're like covering your eyes. And I feel like it's like one of those things that, but like I love it. Like the spiciest line, and honestly, that's pretty spicy.
Nova Adams:I gotta give props to audiobook narrators, so like let's take a moment and thank them for the service that they provide to the book lover industry. Um, because yeah, I don't think I could do it. Well, first of all, my voice is not very book narration approved. Sorry. But I like I don't know. I think I would just be laughing all the time. Like I would not be able to get through the book. But I love it. Like I love to read it and I love to write it.
Jordan:So it's so funny how well I know too, like as someone, I love audiobooks, so I listen to them. But like let's say I usually don't listen to romance because I I can't. I can't. But if I am for whatever reason, like I turn down the headphones, it could be like over the ear. I could be in the especially if I'm in the car. I'm turning that down. Like no one can hear this.
Nova Adams:Oh, I switched from my airpods to like back to like plug-in earphones because I have this fear of my airpods just disconnecting. Like when I'm around somebody, and I'm like, I don't, I I fear that. So I actually switched like how I listen to things, but I also don't listen to a lot of um romance um in in in my ear. I do like some historical romance, which I just started getting into. Yeah.
Jordan:I haven't do that. Yeah, that that's fair. Plus, I feel it, and this is me totally, I have not read historical romance. I feel like historical romance, it's like the typical, like the whole it is a slow burn, and then there's one scene, and then that's it.
Nova Adams:And so I feel like I do like while I'm doing chores, and then it makes me feel like I'm back, but because I can't, and I think I think this might be a question too, but I can't um read like when I'm writing contemporary romance, I cannot read the genre. Like I can't. Um, I have to be really far away from it. So I'll I will read like horror, I will read, I just like started getting into hit like historical romance. It was it was just because I think there's more contemporary ones that are like came out in the recent few years that are written more for like an audience who's never who hasn't had that relationship with old old school historical romance.
Jordan:Um, so I'm like I think, but I think you're right because I feel like also Bridgerton. I feel like Bridgerton really brought historical romance to like the forefront, but it's like also not the typical historic romance.
Nova Adams:Yes, yeah. Like it's more like almost contemporary in a way, yeah, but it's like set, yeah, not yeah, and I maybe that's why the show did so well because then it like brought on uh a really wide audience.
Jordan:That that's true, and it's like spicy, yeah, that's true.
Nova Adams:But yeah, I I will read like horror, I will read just like the wildest things, um, but I cannot be in the genre like that I am writing in.
Jordan:Yeah, that I feel like that that makes sense, but I also think that's so funny. I'm just picturing you reading like the scariest, like more most horror-esque book while writing The Crush of Christmas Fast.
Nova Adams:Like completely like awesome. I can't remember what I was reading when I was writing, but part of it was also the 2 a.m. like writing marathons that I did not have time. I didn't have time to watch TV, like watch movies, read. Um, I think I was just like buckled down and work, and that's kind of where I'm heading in in the next few months, too, where I'm just there are a few shows that came out that I really want to watch, but I can't. I don't have time right now.
Jordan:You're like, I gotta finish this book and then I'll binge all the, but then it's kind of nice because then you can just binge all these shows.
Nova Adams:Oh, I love that. I know. I'm such a binge watcher, like I need to watch it all in one night.
Jordan:So I'm good with that. Was there a scene in the book that was the hardest to write? And if why was it hard to write? Or was it all really easy? Like it kind of just flowed out of you.
Nova Adams:This one, not so much. There there was one scene where I really wanted to take my time with it where she's kind of reflecting back on some aspects like of her past with her uh family. But this was pretty much a really fun like book to write. I didn't find anything overly difficult difficult um in terms of like the content matter. Um, but like I said, it just I just wanted to be authentic. I wanted the people to feel real, like I wanted my characters to feel like real people. Um, so that's always just been on my mind. If something's not working or if a joke, like a joke still has to land even when it's cheesy. Um so that that aspect I always try to be careful about. And and and I am a big, like, it's so bad, but I edit as I write. So I will ruminate on a scene. I know it's such, it's not, it's not the best practice, but I will ruminate on a scene for a while and like go over it and it's like it's like not landing. And then I'll I it's better to leave it alone and then go back to it because you're coming back fresh. But sometimes I'll be stuck in a loop of like, I don't like what how this is landing. It's not natural. And sometimes I'll act it out, which is interesting. Like, not the spicy parts. I just like just like dialogue. I think it's it's interesting. Like, if you kind of speak the dialogue of your characters, you see if it sounds natural or not. Like, would it this work in a movie or would this work in reality?
Jordan:Oh, I didn't even like the but it makes sense. It does kind of like make sense of like does this like sound right? Like you put it down on paper, but actually speaking it, it might not like make sense.
Nova Adams:There was this like one action, um, again, nothing not spicy, but it was just something about a character like reaching for something and like opening something with his like a piece of paper with his hand. So I think that's a part that my editor also mentioned, and I'll shout her out because she's amazing. Her name's Britt Taylor of Paperback Editor. Um, she said that she was like, Oh, I love how like this actually made sense when I was reading it. Um and I said, because it's I actually acted it out. Like I was I was in there because I want, like, I wanted to write it in a way that would show the reader. Like, I I love just immersing the reader in the scenery or the actions, things like that. So the fact that somebody caught on that again was just like it just made me feel so proud because that's what I aim to do with my writing.
Jordan:Like it's almost like you know you did like a good job. Like, even no matter what you put out, it would be a good job. But it's like the reassurance that you're like, I did a good job.
Nova Adams:Yeah, I did a good job. And like it resonated with people. Now, whether it's just an action, but or something deeper. Um, when when something you put out there and and it's a very vulnerable place to to be, right? Like when you're putting out something you spend time on and you you think you, you know, you're you love it, and you hope other people love it, but it's definitely a vulnerable place to be in. So to you know, hear some feedback that's really positive is awesome. Yeah.
Jordan:What do you hope readers understand about your characters or the story that might not be obvious at first? I don't know if this would end up being a a spoiler, so if you could be really vague.
Nova Adams:Um yeah, I think I think like a some like some parts of it take place. I okay. I I wrote from uh the dual point point of view because I really wanted to show some of especially Theo's, like when you have a colder, grumpier, broodier male character, um, sometimes it's really nice to be inside his head and to see the the reasons behind some of the things that he did. And for them, a lot of it was like rests on the fact that it's an age gap between them, especially when she was 18, 19 and he was um 27, 28. So I wanted to make sure that I showed some of his thinking and to do that in a way that's not explicit, like that it's not literally telling the reader, but rather showing through his actions. Um, so I just hope readers like catch on to that and really see like the characters for who they are. Um, because I do like them. Like I'd want to be friends with all of them. Um, another thing is just the family. Like, I love their family life and I wanted to show that piece too. Um, just about their love and connection and how sometimes like found family are the people who can heal you. So yeah, I I kind of I hope that kind of stuff resonates.
Jordan:I I think I think it will. I do. Um, okay, so this is the last question in author. And it is what are you currently working on for like future projects? And if there, if you are working on something, is there anything you can tell us about it? And if you can't, that's also okay.
Nova Adams:Okay, um, well, I'm currently, and I'm hoping this is gonna be my 2026. Oh wow, that's that's a year. I can't believe we're getting into 2026. I'm I know. Uh so I'm hoping in 2026 I'll be coming out with like a Hollywood fake dating romance. Again, that's the one that's been literally very, very long. So I'm currently in edits and trying to figure out how to tell that story in a little bit of a shorter way. Maybe they'll just A lot of bonus scenes that people can read on their own. But I love these characters. I've lived with these characters for a very long time. I actually started writing this away before The Crush of Christmas passed. Um, and I went through some losses in my life that made me have to stop writing because I wasn't in the right headspace. And one of the characters in the book um has Alzheimer's, and I lost my grandfather to ice Alzheimer's. So it was something that froze me a little bit in terms of I needed to come back to this in a space where I have processed and I have grieved and I have had some time with it so that it wasn't too fresh and I could actually focus on the story. And we always bring, as writers, we always bring pieces of ourselves into the story, but I also try to be careful and make sure that I'm not affecting the story in a way that maybe is not being helpful to what I'm trying to tell. So I did need to step away from it because I was going through a few things. But I'm just, I've like, so I've lived with these characters for a long time. They're like real people to me. Um, I genuinely feel that they exist out in the world. Um, and I really want to bring them to readers because I genuinely like them. I love their banter. It's one of my favorite things between them. Um, so that's a Hollywood contemporary rom-com with some fake dating and a lot of tension, a lot of tension. So I've had a few alphas read parts of it. Um, alpha readers. I feel like I have to clarify that now, now with people liking uh some fantasy aspect. But anyway, so a few alpha readers uh read read it and and they they've like it's been a really received really well, so I can't wait to put that out there. I also have something a little bit darker coming out, um, that's hopefully also coming out next year, but it's a little bit of a it's I don't want to say too much about it yet, but it's a little bit of like a darker rom-com, which I love too. I love bringing light into darkness. So as you as you can see, there's like a thread of romance and comedy in I think a lot of the things that I write. Um, and I I love making people laugh. Um, and obviously not all of us have the same sense of humor, but that was that's great when you when you find that people get your jokes. Like that's um, so I'm hoping those things will come out. And people have been asking whether like Sugar Pine Springs is going to have um Asher's story or his sister, Isla's friend Willow's story. And I do want to tell their stories as well. So if there is enough reader interest, I do hope to maybe next Christmas um put out something else because I do like these people. I really like them.
Jordan:It's like every Christmas there's like a new one with the following.
Nova Adams:Um maybe if if you know, if there's enough interest, um it would be something that I would definitely want to dedicate some time to because it's fun. Like holidays are a fun time. Um, so I want to maybe brighten up some people's lives during the holidays.
Jordan:I like that. I like that. Uh okay, so now we're in reading. And this is kind of this is kind of the question you answered already. So it's do you read while writing, or do you need to save reading for when you're done with writing? But it sounds like you can almost like read and write, but the reading has to be in a different genre.
Nova Adams:Yeah, it has to be so different. Um, and then again, if I'm deep in edits, when I'm like trying to make deadlines and timelines, and when I'm balancing work and writing at 2 a.m., I can't, I can't. I don't have a lot of time to read, unfortunately. Um, and sometimes like my head just needs to be dedicated, like my headspace just needs to be dedicated to to the characters um that I'm working on. So it really depends, but if I do, it's completely different. Like I cannot be in contemporary romance and visiting somebody else's world as much as that sounds wonderful. Yeah.
Jordan:No, that's understandable, which I know this is kind of like a question not on this list and not in reading, but going back to writing, because I know you say that you would write at like 2 a.m. But like, what if you were in the like office or you were working your day job and all of a sudden you're like, wait, I have like the coolest like dialogue, or like this scene is I need this to happen. Like, do you like stop what you're doing to write, or do you just kind of like, okay, I'll I'll put that, I'll put that down on paper later? Or is your job like you don't even think about your like current project until you're done with work?
Nova Adams:No, I definitely um I open up my notes app and then I start writing in it. And I just hope nobody ever goes into my notes app because it's like it's not it's not good, it's an interesting place. Uh but like you can't, you know, you can't decipher what what is going on.
Jordan:I can only imagine because like even my notes app is insane and I'm not a writer, but like anytime I think of anything, like I gotta put it in my notes app.
Nova Adams:Yeah, there's apparently an interesting shower scene that I like maps up in my notes app. I love it.
Jordan:I love it.
Nova Adams:I just hope nobody has oh my goodness. Okay, I'm gonna close this up because we don't want to go there right now.
Jordan:You're like maybe we do want to maybe, maybe we do. Um, okay, so what trope do you unapologetically eat up every single time? Like if you know, of course, when you're not like writing, but if you know this trope is in a book, you will read it.
Nova Adams:Oh my gosh. I it might be cliche, but like a good enemies to lovers, and I I want it to be like super enemy. Like I just I want their true, true enemies to love lovers, but like, and then you know, like angst and like groveling and just oh it's I yeah, and don't like don't make it easy. And I love it when there is growth that has to like happen and they actually have to like get to know each other and get to understand each other. So like seeing that piece is always really fun for me, and then just the yearning, the the chemistry. Like, I'm so into that. I love like I'm the type of person, especially in um TV shows, if there's like a long-running TV show, like I don't want them getting together. The best part is before they get together.
Jordan:Again, the buildup. Like, I love a um like a forced proximity, but like they're also like enemy or they hate each other, like they actually hate each other, so but then they're like forced together. I don't not necessarily fake dating, but like forced proximity.
Nova Adams:Like, oh like I know I will eat that up, like it's the best.
Jordan:And I I also love it when they're kind of like mean to each other too, but not like one character is mean to the other person, then the other person gets sad. Like, I need them to like both kind of be mean to each other so like they both can take it. And I love that.
Nova Adams:I'm like, yes, I I have I have like the second book in that darker series um that I'm writing, like the the two main characters, their safe word is love because they would never go there. Spoiler, but um but it's just like it's like they hate each other so much that that would be something that would make them stop. But obviously not. Like we all know that's I love it.
Jordan:I love it because it's just uh I I don't know what it is. I don't I honestly don't know what it is, but it's just so good.
Nova Adams:I know it's it's something I don't know, maybe it's just like wanting what you can't have, but knowing that like it's so much deeper than this what's happening on the surface. And I love that in all stories, right? When there's so much more going down going on down below. Not like that, but yeah. Sorry, I'm cracking jokes, but like or like that.
Jordan:Or like that, if you you know, whatever whatever floats your boat. Um okay, are there any romance authors who have influenced your writing?
Nova Adams:Um honestly, I can't really think of any that I would say I try like I just love reading in general, but I try not to fully be derivative, and which is obviously romance can be very like influenced by other romance. So it's there isn't a lot of original storylines, but I really try to kind of put my own spin on my writing and and make sure that it's it's my own and some of the quirks that maybe I'm like working on developing. Um, you know, uh uh I sometimes really like alliteration, which is not always it's not always great, but I'm such a such a sucker for alliteration. So, so I don't know. I don't think I I follow other people's writing or ideas as much as I just love reading in general, um, if that makes sense.
Jordan:Okay, fair. I I love like alliteration in books. I don't know what it is, but it like scratches something in my brain when you like read something. And it's almost like in a way can be easier to read if you're reading like something descriptive or and it doesn't even need to be like very descriptive words, but like just having the alliteration of it, I don't know. It just like scratches something in my brain.
Nova Adams:Yeah, it's become an inside joke now with uh my my editor who edited uh The Crush of Christmas Pass because we definitely had a lot of fun with that. She let me keep like 50% of it. Oh my god, yes. Yes, I'm like all the ones, you know, like they say um don't be afraid to kill your darlings. I think that's the term in writing, where you get rid of something you really like. Um, so like you'll get rid of either like sentences or or paragraphs or even scenes that you're really into as an author, but you know they don't actually serve your writing. Um, so definitely have a shrine to my darlings.
Jordan:Okay, so we're in the last question for reading. And what is your favorite book? A book you would recommend to anyone and everyone.
Nova Adams:Oh my goodness. Okay, so maybe that's another question that I'm so I just I don't think I have a favorite because I love books from all genres. I it's I'm such a mood reader. I'm not the type of person who like I could never rate a book. So hats off to all the amazing things that readers and and bloggers and booktubers and book talkers do because I could like I could not. I love, I'm so like I'm such a diverse reader and I'm so into like if if if I if I had a good time with this, like it's a five like star automatic for me. I am that kind of uh reader. So I can't think of even honestly a favorite one. I just it's like whatever I'm reading that week, I'd probably be like gushing about it if I'm liking it.
Jordan:Like this is my favorite book. No, no. I feel like I don't even necessarily have a favorite book myself. I just always go back to the Hunger Games because that's like the book that got me into reading with that series.
Nova Adams:I would say, yeah, you're so right. I would say I definitely that was something that brought me brought me to like a different level of reading. It's almost like it opened this, and I don't know if that's because social media was growing during that time. So it could connect, like it was able to connect a lot more people. Um I don't know, but like I read it, I think when it first came out, or when like the first few books came out, and I just loved it too.
Jordan:Well, so like for me, like I saw the trailer in the movie theater to go watch another movie, and I saw that like Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson was gonna be in it, and I was like, wait, I love them. So like let me read this book first. And I'm literally so grateful that I like read this series, and I think the movies are amazing. I think that is like the only book to movie adaptation that I actually am here for. Like, I think every movie like knocks it out of the park. Now, granted, I haven't seen I haven't read all the books and I haven't seen all the movies, but like personally.
Nova Adams:I haven't I know I'm going to need, I think that's gonna be like my Christmas present to myself.
Jordan:Yes. I like the are you talking about like the prequel, right?
Nova Adams:Yeah, I don't want to get hurt.
Jordan:I feel like I'm going to get hurt. I I kind of thought the same, but like I really like how it was done. Now I haven't read the book for it, but like I'm so excited for next November to get like Hamich's story because I read his and I'm obsessed. And I think that one hurts.
Nova Adams:Yeah.
Jordan:And so I think that movie's gonna hurt, just as an ads up.
Nova Adams:Honestly, I get hurt easily. I got hurt at Demon Hunters. Have you watched? Have you watched it? No, I haven't. No, I haven't. I was heartbroken. Okay, we were all going through it this summer.
Jordan:I like think I need to read it. I mean, not read it, watch it, but I just like I haven't yet, but everybody's like, I've watched it 10 times, and I'm like, oh, we thought it was going to be a joke, but they did such, and that's that's like the power of writing too, right?
Nova Adams:And obviously animation and storytelling. But I thought they did like such a good job with the story storyline and keeping it tight, right? Because you only have what an hour and a half, 90 minutes to to tell a story, and we were all left with our hearts ripped out, but it was good, like it was it felt good too.
Jordan:Like, I don't know. It was okay. So we'll dive into the personal, which is the last section. So these are the last four questions. Um, what fictional town would you love to live in for 24 hours?
Nova Adams:Um well, I I obviously should say sugar pine springs so that I could uh market myself. Look at look at how well I'm doing shameless vlog. I'm doing I'm doing so well. Um, do you know what I got? Speaking of TV shows that you this isn't book related, but it's more TV show related. But speaking of TV shows that um I watched like way late after they got their own little um have you ever heard of Veronica Mars?
Jordan:Oh that's like that's with Kristen Bell. I've never seen it, but like everybody raved about it. Or like I don't maybe not.
Nova Adams:I had like a talk following when it came out, but I didn't watch it when it came out. I watched it like I think I binged it like when it was out, and I think the fourth fourth season was coming out, um, which apparently you're not supposed to watch. So in case anybody decides to get into it, you don't go to the fourth season because that will apparently rip your heart out. Um, but I love that show because it's so so it's I mean it's old, like it's it's it's it's an older show, but it's the the writing is so tight and it's comedy, but there's like a mystery. And clearly I have a liking for mystery, comedy, and romance. And what I love about it is from what I read was that the main love interest, um he he wasn't intended to be actually he was intended to be a villain, like just a villain and not not a love interest at all. But because of the chemistry the two actors had and like their characters on screen had, they actually developed him into a love interest. So now I don't know if this is like this is the lore that I that I like read on Reddit. But I love that. I I was so into the the romance, and he was like a bad boy, and she was solving a mystery of her friend's death. So it was just it like scratched all the things I'm really into. Yeah.
Jordan:And also, like I'm gonna, I'm like obsessed with Stranger Things, and I like can't wait for like volume two and the last one. But it it makes me think of Steve Harrington because he was only supposed to be like kind of like the villain in the first season, but I guess the writers like w loved his chemistry and loved how he was on set, his charisma, all his stuff. So they're like, you know what, we're gonna like write you in. And now he's in the end.
Nova Adams:Well, I mean, we have that's what I love about like movie, TV show, writing, um, acting, like all of that. It it takes a life of its own. Like it takes on a life of its own.
Jordan:Yeah, like it it might like you never know what could happen. So I feel like I mean not that we're like actors and actresses or whatnot, but like like anything could happen. Like you think you could be dying in season one, but you couldn't make it to season five.
Nova Adams:Like, yeah, that's the ultimate dreams, right?
Jordan:Like, I think that's kind of cool. And well, so then also too, like, sorry, going back to the questions, I the next question is what is your favorite TV show or movie?
Nova Adams:I don't know if Veronica Mars is your favorite TV show or if that's one you just I can't say that I am such a mood watcher, like I will binge shows and then I might forget about them the next day. Like I will binge them, I will recommend them to everybody. And then I you can't, if you ask me next week what it was about, I wouldn't be able to tell you. So I I'm I'm just watching whatever's on. Um, so now I started like heated rivalry, which is super popular, and I'm watching the second season of Max and Hall, but I don't have something, I'm not a re-watcher or a rereader. I'm going to get canceled for this, probably. Um, but I actually don't reread books and I don't re-watch shows. So when somebody says that they're rereading my book this Christmas, I am so grateful and humbled because I don't know what's wrong with me. Um, and even the fact that I will forget the storyline, I don't re-watch. I love so many different things. I love so many different genres, and I will watch anything. Like I will watch anything. And that's funny.
Jordan:No, I'm like so happy you said that because I am not a rereader either. Like, I don't like rereading. Like, if I already know what's gonna happen, like why am I going to read it again to know what's gonna happen? I have reread a handful of books, like on one hand, but that is like different.
Nova Adams:Like, I'm I'm definitely not one to I envy people who reread, and I honestly I put them on the highest pedestal. So this is just the me thing, or I guess me and you thing.
Jordan:Right. But I know, and I same here, like I give people kudos that like reread, and like I mean, everybody can do what they want to do, but I'm kind of like I like can't get into the story again because I'm like, there's so many other stories out there that I'm like, I want to read those. Like, I can't read this again when I have those.
Nova Adams:Like, or like I can't re-like, I I have writing to do, I can't, I can't spend time re-watching things or rereading things, but no, um, it's nice, like some people rewatch things over and over again. Like my aunt and uncle and my cousins have a tradition of watching Lord of the Rings every Christmas, and they go through all the movies, and it's just wild. Like that's their Christmas vacation. Um and I'm like, this is your 18th time doing this, because we're gonna go for 19. I I'm gonna ask them if they're gonna do it this Christmas too, but they they just do it and it's such a cool tradition. And again, hats off to you, but I could not.
Jordan:Fair. I'm kind of the same way. Um I get you. Except I did re-watch Stranger Things before season five. So I guess maybe I can't talk.
Nova Adams:Sometimes it's sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. I think if um I had to catch up, like if there was a long pause between seasons and I forget what happens, I'd probably give it a try. Is that why you did it?
Jordan:Yeah, I like remembered nothing, like absolutely nothing that I was like, I need to re-watch. But then I like didn't give myself enough time, but then I didn't want to be spoiled, so I finished the first three seasons again, watched part one of season five, then went back to season four, then re-watched season five.
Nova Adams:Well, that was me. I started watching yellow jackets when it was really popular this summer, but I kept seeing spoilers, and then I'm like, I don't want to watch this because I know who's dying.
Jordan:I so I like we I watched season one of Yellow Jackets, but then season two, like, but I watched season one. Did you watch it on Netflix?
Nova Adams:Uh yeah, I don't know, Prime or Netflix?
Jordan:Oh, maybe because like so we so season one was on Netflix for at least me, but there's apparently like three or four seasons, maybe I I don't know how many, but like we couldn't watch season two without going to Prime and having to pay for it. But I was like, I don't want to pay for it, like I didn't love it that much, so now I'm kind of like in this weird space because like I feel like season one ends on a pretty decent cliffhanger type thing-ish, not really, but like I like want to watch it, but I also don't want to pay for it.
Nova Adams:But I also love the writing, like I think the writing's really great in that show. I always um I get made fun of by my friends and family because I will finish sentences for actors because I'm like, I know what's gonna what's gonna happen. So when there's shows where I don't know what they're gonna say, I love that because it's like fresh and and creative and new for me. Um, but yeah, I'm I'm I'm not good to watch like a show with because I will spoil it without having seen it.
Jordan:Fair. You're like, I bet I can guess.
Nova Adams:Well, I could probably like narrate all the Hallmark movies. Oh my gosh, yes.
Jordan:Um okay, so this this one's like a fun question. Well, I think it's fun. I hope you do too. Um, what is a fun fact about you that your readers and the listeners might be surprised to learn?
Nova Adams:Um I don't know. I have a black belt in karate, which is kind of cool. That is very cool. If I'm writing fight scenes, I can I can bring some authenticity to it. I love that.
Jordan:That is so cool. Yeah, are do you still do like karate or are you like I don't have time for it?
Nova Adams:I don't have time for it. Uh yeah, yeah. I yeah, I I know I have time for nothing. I'm just trying to get in a few workouts now here and there. That's my goal. But yeah, I don't do it anymore, but I did it, I did it a lot um up until I was about 18.
Jordan:That's so cool. Okay, so this is the last question. Uh, what is one future goal that you would like to achieve, either long term or short term?
Nova Adams:I definitely want to put out more books. Like I am just hoping and dreaming that this is something that's gonna be a long-term journey for me. Um, you know, getting to know more readers and other writers in the community. Like I'd love to do that because it's such a lonely place to be when you're just writing and and you know, so so in the middle of it. But yeah, I definitely want to be writing and telling all the stories that I have in my head and in my heart and on my computer.
Jordan:I love that. And yes, we are manifesting this for you, so it will happen. It is going to happen.
Nova Adams:Eventually, I want to get to a point where I'm not writing at 2 a.m. That will be a dream.
Jordan:Yeah, and you can actually like sleep at 2 a.m. Um, okay, so I did want to give you the floor to mention like where people can find you, um, where they can find your book and all that jazz.
Nova Adams:Okay, so the Crush of Christmas Pass right now is on Amazon and it's on Kindle Unlimited. Um, so that's kind of a good place to be if you want to borrow a book, the book, and give it a try. Um, also, I it is through on Ingram Spark. So I've been getting a few into a few indie bookstores that way because um they're able to pick up the book through Ingram Spark. So that's definitely for like not the um general reader, but more for the bookseller community. And I love indie bookstores, and obviously it's one of my favorite places to be, just finding a cool new bookstore in the area. We actually don't have a lot in my area, so I'm hoping there's gonna be more that that are popping up because I I I am seeing a trend, a little bit of a trend in the community, which I am hoping stays. And then you can follow me right now. I'm on TikTok and Instagram under nova.adams. Um so it's not like it doesn't flow off the tongue, but maybe you can maybe we can put like a little link to it.
Jordan:Oh yeah, I'll definitely add your handle on the the show notes. But I think uh sorry, this is also just random, but I think too, like if you were to type in your handle without the dots, I think it just uh shows up.
Nova Adams:I think so. It's probab it probably does.
Jordan:Um it does. So like you can always just say Nova Adam rights. And then ba bam. So and then the crush of wait, sorry.
Nova Adams:I hope you pick it up and check it out. I think it's a perfect thing to read. Um, and I hope you get a chance to read it too. Um, I'd love to hear your thoughts about it, especially I'm so excited.
Jordan:I know, I'm so excited. I like I want to like read it so badly, and I like keep meaning to like pick it up. I'm like kind of in like a reading slump right now, and it's making me so angry.
Nova Adams:Oh, reading slump slumps are real. I totally get it.
Jordan:So they're the worst.
Nova Adams:I understand. I hope it's broken soon, and you get to have a great December.
Jordan:And thank you so much for coming on the podcast. Like, I had the best time like interviewing you, and I'm just like, thank you.
Nova Adams:Yeah, me too. It was so nice to chat with you. I hope I answered everything well.
Jordan:You did. It was this was like such a fun interview, and I feel like it was it was just like a conversation, and it was so great. So, like, yeah, thank you.
Nova Adams:It was great, and we did learn that I don't have a future as an audiobook narrator of spicy scenes. So, I mean, lots came out of this, I think.
Jordan:Honestly, like it really, really did. It really did.