Kate Oldfield

"Part of fear is the unknown, and so that’s a balance I consider a lot."

"I can’t begin to tell you how wonderful it was to write about characters who are the grownups."

"That got me thinking about the fallibility of memory and how reliant we are on other people to tell us the stuff we can’t remember ourselves."

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"As an elder millennial, I was blessed with the good fortune of growing up in the golden era of rom-coms"

"These were the things I had originally shied away from writing about, and now I embraced wholeheartedly."

"Even before I knew what romance tropes were, I loved them."

"In many ways, writing Brynn’s story felt healing."

"There’s something about fictional small communities where the town itself and all its little quirks becomes a character in itself."

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"Ultimately, I realized I needed to just let them be angry and afraid and anxious, and give them a whirlwind love story anyway."

"None of my protagonists are exactly like me, but I think there’s definitely a small part of me in every protagonist I write."

"I’ve kept these songs to myself… until now, that is. Enjoy!"

"I wanted to explore power: who has it, who wants it, who tries to take it away from others."

"Most of the themes of the book are tied to things that I’ve been thinking about lately, including what it means to make art and engage with an audience while you’re still evolving as a creative person."