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Play It Forward Missed Opportunity With Author Helena Hunting · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: So am I doing this podcasting thing right by hosting
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  Speaker 1: twenty different opportunities for you to explore so many things
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  Speaker 1: Roe dot net twenty different podcasts to explore, enjoy it.
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  Speaker 1: Missed opportunity. I love sharing conversations. Hosting them requires a
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  Speaker 1: lot of show prep. My podcasting platforms feature thousands of guests.
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  Speaker 1: But what you don't have access to are my missed opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: That's when the show prep was one hundred percent completed,
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  Speaker 1: but the conversation didn't happen. But I keep all of
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  Speaker 1: my notes because I believe the paths will one day
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  Speaker 1: cross again. Let me explain missed opportunity. It's my questions
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  Speaker 1: and statements without their answers. I'm leaving open enough space
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  Speaker 1: at the end of every single question, hoping they'll download
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  Speaker 1: the questions that I plant here and insert their answers.
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  Speaker 1: It's happened four different times. Missed opportunity is a lost
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  Speaker 1: piece of history. It's like a message in a bottle
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  Speaker 1: that's been tossed out to see, so let's locate the destination.
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  Speaker 1: This week we're putting focus on my missed Opportunity with
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  Speaker 1: author Helena Hunting. Helena Hunting, Wow, this one was a
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  Speaker 1: while ago, a romance novelist with a contemporary rom com
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  Speaker 1: sports angle for young adults. Now. Helena's goal has always
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  Speaker 1: been to not take a full plate of rom com
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  Speaker 1: because the endings are so predictable, so her goal has
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  Speaker 1: always been to keep it fresh and more importantly, very funny.
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  Speaker 1: The book we're talking about is Starry Eyed Love, which
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  Speaker 1: has been described as being charming, hilarious as well as emotional.
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  Speaker 1: She hails from Toronto. Her cat I love this. Her
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  Speaker 1: cat has been such an integral part of the writing
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  Speaker 1: process because making sure that she will fall asleep on
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  Speaker 1: her keyboards as the author is writing. And if you're
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  Speaker 1: an author, you totally get that those moments where your
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  Speaker 1: fingers they're not tired, You're just in a moment of receiving,
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  Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, your fuzzy babies just come
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  Speaker 1: up and says they just fall asleep on you. The
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  Speaker 1: story Starry Eyed Love, London Spark has just broken up
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  Speaker 1: with her boyfriend and is not in the mood to
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  Speaker 1: be hit on. While celebrating her single state, she's approached
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  Speaker 1: by a man. Dun dund Dunduh. It's Jackson Holt and
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  Speaker 1: he's not just any guy with a phone number that's
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  Speaker 1: been rejected. He's the CEO of a multi million dollar
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  Speaker 1: company that would like to create a partnership with London
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  Speaker 1: and her family. Uh oh, you know what that means.
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  Speaker 1: They got to spend some time together. Crap, starry eyed love. Now.
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  Speaker 1: The invitation to share a conversation with Helena Hunting arrived
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  Speaker 1: on April thirteenth, twenty twenty two. That was four years ago,
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  Speaker 1: to which I replied, I would love to be on
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  Speaker 1: this interview tour. That reply was received almost two months
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  Speaker 1: later the physical book was sent out. Yeah. I really
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  Speaker 1: do get into the imaginations of all writers because I
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  Speaker 1: believe that is a total, total connection. Well guess what.
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  Speaker 1: Everything was all set up, we were ready to rock,
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  Speaker 1: and that conversation did not happen. It was a missed opportunity. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: coming up next, my questions, my statements for Helena Hunting. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for coming back to missed opportunity, My missed opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: This week is author Helena Hunting the book Starry Eyed Love.
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  Speaker 1: How did this story even come into Bean? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: was it a full piece or did it come to
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  Speaker 1: you pieces parts? Do readers enjoy knowing how most stories
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  Speaker 1: will actually end? I gotta tell you I feel for London.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, she has been pulled in so many different
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  Speaker 1: dire family love, the what if factor, Poor London, London
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  Speaker 1: Spark and Jackson Holt. Did you say that about ten
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  Speaker 1: times inside your heart? Maybe one hundred times, because it
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  Speaker 1: really sounds pretty darn good, London, Spark and Jackson Holt?
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  Speaker 1: Do you do that? As an author? You've mastered the
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  Speaker 1: art of relationship stories. It takes a lot to move
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  Speaker 1: through you and to get into us, and we have
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  Speaker 1: to believe it. You know, the book world has become
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  Speaker 1: a playground for romantic comedies, and you fit right in
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  Speaker 1: keeping your stories in book form. What is that like?
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  Speaker 1: Because we live in this age of binge watching, I'm
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  Speaker 1: shocked that authors aren't doing that, not writing the whole
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  Speaker 1: entire story at one time, but maybe releasing it one
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  Speaker 1: chapter at a time. And there you have it, my
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  Speaker 1: missed opportunity, a lost piece of history. You now know
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  Speaker 1: the questions, so let's locate the answers. I mean, the
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  Speaker 1: door is always going to be open. If you are
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  Speaker 1: or no Helena hunting to me a favorite, please reach
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  Speaker 1: out to me at erroc at gmail dot com. That's
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  Speaker 1: a R R o E C at gmail dot com.
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  Speaker 1: And as always, I want you to be brilliant