86 - Rebecca Christiansen - Making Mayhem

Rebecca Christiansen’s novel, We Make Mayhem (2020) can be found here:
https://www.wattpad.com/story/212324557-we-make-mayhem-boyxboy

Her earlier work, Maybe in Paris (2017) can be found here:
https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Maybe-in-Paris/Rebecca-Christiansen/9781510708808

Rebecca’s Letter exchange with Frank Brosell is here:
https://letter.wiki/conversation/153

For more of Rebecca’s wonderful letters:
https://letter.wiki/RebeccaChristiansen/conversations

Rebecca on Medium:
https://medium.com/@rebeccachristiansen

Follow Rebecca on Twitter: @rebeccarightnow

Further References
Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger (2002) and The Book Thief (2005)

David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy (2005)

Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (2015)

Laurie Forest, The Black Witch (2021)

I know I’m late.. Every so often, a tweet or meme will go… | by Becky Albertalli | Medium:
https://medium.com/@rebecca.albertalli/i-know-im-late-9b31de339c62

Black Mirror (TV Series 2011– ) - IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/

Iain Banks, The Business (1999)

Joe Rogan interviews Elon Musk: Joe Rogan Experience #1169 - Elon Musk - YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPr5-27vSI

Salvation (TV Series 2017–2018) - IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6170874/

Samuel Richardson, Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life. And Particularly Shewing, the Distresses that May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, In Relation to Marriage (1748). An account of how Richardson composed the novel can be found in T. C. Duncan Eaves and Ben D. Kimpel, Samuel Richardson: A. Biography (1971).

The 36 Questions That Lead to Love - The New York Times (nytimes.com):
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/style/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html

Timestamps
1:20 We Make Mayhem
7:43 Elon Musk and dating apps
13:27 Rebecca’s development as a writer
16:42 I read the opening chapter of We Make Mayhem
24:29 Wattpad responses to We Make Mayhem
28:58 Young Adult fiction
36:42 The publishing industry
38:58 Rebecca’s main influences as a writer
42:13 Why Rebecca writes in the voice of a young gay man
44:06 More on Maybe in Paris and Rebecca reads an excerpt
49:17 Advice for budding writers