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Seek The Traitors Son Prophecy Duty And Romance From Veronica Roth · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Have you checked it out yet? Arro dot net A
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  Speaker 1: to tell me where your imagination went with this story,
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  Speaker 1: because so many times the reader doesn't understand the journey
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  Speaker 1: that the author really travels through. And I depend on
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  Speaker 1: that so much to know where you were, how you did.
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  Speaker 1: And maybe I dig too d but man, it just
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  Speaker 1: gives me a better connection to the actual book.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Well I started writing this in September twenty nineteen,
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  Speaker 2: which was right before COVID obviously, so you can imagine
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  Speaker 2: what kind of journey I went on while writing this book.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because I mean, I mean, you talk about prophecy,
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  Speaker 1: duty and romance. This is the kind of book that
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  Speaker 1: you know. I used to get blasted by rock stars
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  Speaker 1: that were upset with me because I would talk about COVID.
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  Speaker 1: But the thing about it is though, is that you
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  Speaker 1: give us that opportunity to escape, and it's coming out
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  Speaker 1: at a time where we need to escape again. This
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  Speaker 1: summer is here and we need to get away, and
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  Speaker 1: here comes Seek the Trader's Sun.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right.
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  Speaker 2: So it's I think it's dystopian, but it's so far
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  Speaker 2: in the future that it's starting to feel like fantasy.
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  Speaker 2: So it has that escape element, this other world element.
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  Speaker 2: And it's also though it is not a romance, very romantic, so.
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  Speaker 3: I think that too, is like a kind of a
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  Speaker 3: comfort and a fun read.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, I think this book is great for summer,
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  Speaker 2: I guess, is what I'm telling you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because I mean I'm glad you brought up the
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  Speaker 1: romance side of it, because to me, that's what the
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  Speaker 1: warm feeling is that you have in this book. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you build it up and build it up and build
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  Speaker 1: it up, and then all of a sudden, right in
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  Speaker 1: the center of all that is romance, and my wife goes,
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  Speaker 1: oh my god, this isn't what I thought it was.
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  Speaker 1: This is exactly what I enjoy reading. And that's my wife.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I love it. Well, I'd love to hear that
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  Speaker 3: first of all.
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  Speaker 2: But yes, I think it's more romantic than any books
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  Speaker 2: that I've written. The romance is definitely integral to the
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  Speaker 2: plot at the first, Like, right from the start, this
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  Speaker 2: character finds out that she's going to fall in love
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  Speaker 2: with a man who will bring her death, which is
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  Speaker 2: very ominous sounding, right, and she at the time is
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  Speaker 2: married to someone else. So I think from the very
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  Speaker 2: get go, it's like, what are we going to do here?
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  Speaker 3: How is this drama gonna unfold?
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  Speaker 2: But the romance is very tender and careful, and.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know, it was my favorite part of writing
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  Speaker 3: this book.
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  Speaker 1: So now, when you lay out the story, are you
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  Speaker 1: doing storyboards or are you just sitting there penciling things in,
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  Speaker 1: Because I'll grab a writing instrument in a heartbeat and
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  Speaker 1: just jot down ideas and cover areas as I go
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  Speaker 1: back into it. What is your process?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I wrote this book over the course of ten drafts,
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  Speaker 2: so for a long time I was just playing with it.
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  Speaker 2: I just experimented with a genre and with character, and
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  Speaker 2: so for a long time that's how I approached it.
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  Speaker 2: But once I decided okay, you got to take this
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  Speaker 2: seriously and finish a draft, then I sit down and
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  Speaker 2: I write a pretty detailed that.
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  Speaker 1: One one of the things that got my attention is
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  Speaker 1: when you said that it's about the future, and right
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  Speaker 1: away that my imagination said, books like this give us
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  Speaker 1: hope in the way because how many people are running
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  Speaker 1: around right now going, oh, it's all over, it's all
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  Speaker 1: over now when you've got this one seek the Trader's Sun.
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  Speaker 1: It's about the future, so it gives me something to
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  Speaker 1: think about in the future. You've got a subliminal message here.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think you know. There's a grim part of it,
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  Speaker 2: which is that it takes place on an earth that's
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  Speaker 2: been destroyed, but people do persist, and one of the
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  Speaker 2: nations there are two warring nations on this earth, and
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  Speaker 2: one is very small and just trying to survive, and
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  Speaker 2: they have created a kind of dystopian or a utopian
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  Speaker 2: situation in the midst of this. They're really focused on
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  Speaker 2: cultural preservation and you know, cooperation and a collective mindset,
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  Speaker 2: like for the collective good. So they're kind of like
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  Speaker 2: a lovely picture of what the future could be inside
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  Speaker 2: of this dark situation, which I hope will give people
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  Speaker 2: hope for the future.
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  Speaker 1: Well, when you do dig into dystopian stories as well
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  Speaker 1: as utopian stories. Doesn't that also that we rely on
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  Speaker 1: you as the author to give us that openness because
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  Speaker 1: so many of us are out here in our secret
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  Speaker 1: little worlds and we don't want to talk about it.
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  Speaker 1: But then when the author comes out and talks about it,
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  Speaker 1: then it's almost like, oh, I'm not so odd after all.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: That was really the experience of writing this book for me,
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  Speaker 2: because I tried to fill it with all the things
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  Speaker 2: that I love in fiction and in science fiction and
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  Speaker 2: fantasy specifically, and then when a book comes out, you
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  Speaker 2: realize like, oh, these weird little things I love like
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  Speaker 2: they're not so weird. Other people love them too. So
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  Speaker 2: it's the least lonely part about writing a book, which
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  Speaker 2: is wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: Please don't move. There's more with Veronica Roth coming up
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  Speaker 1: the name of the book, and it's part of a series,
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  Speaker 1: Seek the Trader's Son. We are back with author of
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  Speaker 1: Veronica Roth. Because I'm a writer and I've always wanted
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  Speaker 1: to find out how what you guys do when you
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  Speaker 1: create worlds that that aren't new, that that are new
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  Speaker 1: to us, Does that mean that you've got to go
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  Speaker 1: in there and create your own language as well? And
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  Speaker 1: how does that process happen?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm not quite sophisticated enough with my language invention skills.
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  Speaker 3: To create a whole new language, but I do sit
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  Speaker 3: down and.
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  Speaker 2: Try to figure out what does this language sound like?
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  Speaker 2: And I build like syllables that have those sounds. This
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  Speaker 2: one is based on Slavic phonemes, so it's just it
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  Speaker 2: has like a you know, just a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: a Slavic sound to it. But that's like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you need to name characters, so you have to figure
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  Speaker 2: out their language because you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, that's just that work.
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  Speaker 2: So I do a little bit of language building, but
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  Speaker 2: not a whole.
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  Speaker 1: Lot speaking of knowing those characters and how to pronounce him.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to blow this one, and I hope not
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  Speaker 1: too badly. O, God's great, Eli, Did I say it right?
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  Speaker 2: Leg?
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  Speaker 1: No?
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  Speaker 2: Her name is elegy On?
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's not bad. I wasn't off that bad
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  Speaker 1: elegy Wow. Well, I mean because this is a character
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  Speaker 1: that you know that, because I mean, I swear to
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  Speaker 1: God that people are going to go what did you
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  Speaker 1: think Ella was going to do? Here? They're going to
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  Speaker 1: create these smaller names. They're going to go what was
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  Speaker 1: l doing? How as the author. How do you feel
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  Speaker 1: that when when they can break down a name like
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  Speaker 1: that and you have to go, oh, I know what
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  Speaker 1: book you're reading, But you've got to be so into it.
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  Speaker 3: Though, Yeah, I mean, you know what.
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  Speaker 2: Whatever, however people want to pronounce character names or whatever
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  Speaker 2: they want to say, is fine with me. As long
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  Speaker 2: as they're reading and enjoying the book.
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  Speaker 3: That's my that's my main priority.
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  Speaker 1: Now is this going to be a series?
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  Speaker 3: It is? It's two books.
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  Speaker 2: The next one comes out next year, and I am
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  Speaker 2: done with it, although it will take a while to
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  Speaker 2: get to you see.
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  Speaker 1: That's another one of those things that readers don't understand
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  Speaker 1: that you can be that far in advance. I call
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  Speaker 1: it in the can. I've got something in the can.
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  Speaker 1: People don't understand that. But isn't that a comfort level
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  Speaker 1: for a creative mind. It's in the can. We'll get
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  Speaker 1: you it, but it's in the can.
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  Speaker 2: You know it is, especially when you have a series ending,
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  Speaker 2: which is what this is. Like, I already know how
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  Speaker 2: it ends, and I don't you know, no one can
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  Speaker 2: change it at this point. So there's something relaxing about
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  Speaker 2: just knowing that that it's done.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how you don't go in there and
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  Speaker 1: do rewrites, because I mean, I'm one of those people
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  Speaker 1: all have scripts and things or notes and it's like, no, no,
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  Speaker 1: you're not done. Go in there and do it again.
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  Speaker 1: Do it again, do it again.
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  Speaker 3: You know what, If they would let me, I probably would,
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  Speaker 3: but they do not.
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  Speaker 1: Where can people go to find out more about you?
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  Speaker 1: Because I want them to be a part of what
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  Speaker 1: you're doing right now?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they can find me online at Veronica rothbooks dot
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  Speaker 2: com and Seek the Trader Sun is out now so
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  Speaker 2: anywhere books are sold pretty much, you can find it
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  Speaker 2: or order it. And I'm on all the social media
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  Speaker 2: as my name Veronica Ross.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. Please come back to this show anytime
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  Speaker 1: in the future of Veronica. The door is always going
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  Speaker 1: to be open for you.
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  Speaker 3: Well, thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: Be brilliant today.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, you too,