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Writer, artist, brainstormer, podcaster, culture enthusiast, compassion advocate.
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Extra Drama #63: The New [Insert Name Here]
Powered by RedCircle Inspired by Elizabeth's attempts at reinvention in book 63, Caitlin and Marissa compare notes about times they've made big change (plus a lengthy tangent about high school theater typecasting). Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2023 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Book #63: THE NEW ELIZABETH w/Caitlin McCann
Powered by RedCircle Now who's new? Elizabeth is reinventing herself, and this time it goes way beyond a two-week perm. Caitlin McCann is back to dissect Liz's meteoric rise to the top of the local surfing beat, and the self-sabotage that sends her crashing back to status quo. Check out... Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2023 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Extra Drama #62: The Valentine's Day Dance
Powered by RedCircle Marissa and Julia compare notes on their respective high school dance experiences; 20-year-old crush gossip is spilled. Sweet Valley Diaries on Instagram and Twitter Marissa's Substack, Metaforia Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2023 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Book #62: WHO'S WHO w/ Julia Kenney Smith
Powered by RedCircle At long last, it's an all-Elizabeth-and-Jessica book! No school (almost)! No friends (almost)! No teachers! Just our twins and the most ridiculous dinner date disguise debacle since Mrs. Doubtfire. Julia Kenney Smith joins Marissa in the (actual) studio! Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2023 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Extra Drama #61: It's All Jim's Default
Powered by RedCircle Did you notice how there was no big, lusty "Boys" description of Patty's boyfriend, Jim Hollis, in BOY TROUBLE's main episode? Even though he's the boy that's the source of the titular trouble? It's because he doesn't really get described. This extra drama is kind of a... Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2023 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Book #61: BOY TROUBLE w/Marissa Wasseluk
Powered by RedCircle Patty Gilbert is having a scheduling nightmare! Her boyfriend is home from college for the first time in a month...and her sister is home from NorCal for the first time in 6 months! This is a bigger crisis than it sounds like. Also, there are handpainted t-shirts... Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2023 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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SUPER STAR: LILA'S STORY (w/guest reader Marissa Wasseluk)
Fa la la la Li-la Fow-ler! Powered by RedCircle Picture this: it's the end of 1989. You're at the Walden Books inside the mall. As you browse the latest soapy middle-grade serials, what to your wondering eyes should appear but an ENTIRE book all about the elusive, elegant, rich, and... Continue reading
Posted Dec 23, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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New Essay published by Litro Mag USA
Posted Dec 13, 2021 at Marissa Flaxbart
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Podcast Bonus Episode: THINK TWICE! The Sweet Valley High Dolls
On this very special narrative-style hiatus bonus episode: A listener’s email leads down an internet research rabbit hole of ridiculous proportions. Caution: there will be dolls. Approximate Transcript: Sweet Valley Diaries is, and always has been, a conversation podcast. But did you know that the show's creator — oh, that's... Continue reading
Posted Oct 21, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Extra Drama #60: The Ken Matthews Story [podcast bonus with guest reader William J. Stribling]
“It’s 3D, but not the D’s you’re expecting” In which two professional filmmakers/screenwriting professors attempt to break story on a film adaptation of Sweet Valley High Book 60: THAT FATAL NIGHT. A NOT-TOO-TERRIBLE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE FOLLOWS Extra Drama #60: The Ken Matthews Story [00:00:00] Marissa: It's extra drama... Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Book #60: THAT FATAL NIGHT (with guest reader William J. Stribling)
Honk if you love the Gladiators It's the (main episode) Season 6 finale and all the stars are out: Terry Adams! Zack Johnson! Skip Harmon! You know, all your favorites. Oh, and the Wakefields and such are there too. But let's quit beating around the bush: this is the book... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Extra Drama #59: Luxury Compact Disc Players
obsessed with clams Sweet Valley High may not be historical fiction, but it IS fiction from history. Novelist Libbie Hawker is back to talk rich historical details like in-car CD players and VHS recording. Plus: What's up with Dominique Roy? The metaphorical resonance of the Dairi Burger, Rich kids being... Continue reading
Posted Sep 16, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Book #59: IN LOVE AGAIN with guest reader Libbie Hawker
Todd is back, tell a friend So, Liz and Todd are IN LOVE AGAIN, and all is right with the world...except for the fact that Todd goes to school an hour away with snobs, they're both too infatuated with one another to keep up with their commitments, and it's about... Continue reading
Posted Sep 9, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Extra Drama #58: Don't Call Him Jeff (w/guest Shey Zanotti)
IN BOYFRIEND MEMORIAM: Books #31-58 Shey Zanotti is back, and memories of (the very much still alive) Jeffrey French abound. Remember the time he scared away those thugs who wanted to steal Ronnie's car? Remember the time Elizabeth thought he was falling in love with Enid? Or perhaps the time... Continue reading
Posted Sep 2, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Book #58: BROKENHEARTED w/guest reader Shey Lyn Zanotti
Tales of the “comfortably well-off” #1 Jeffrey French fan Shey Zanotti is back, and she's not the only one! Remember Todd Wilkins, Elizabeth's first love, who moved away to Vermont...at some point earlier in junior year? Can you believe that was 35 books ago? Now the Wilkinses are returning, and... Continue reading
Posted Aug 26, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Extra Drama #57: A Comfortable Petard w/guest readers Chris & Paris from Terrible Book Club
Hope you don't zap yourselves! Chris and Paris from Terrible Book Club return! Jessica slums it in electronics class and Lila scams her pedagogically lazy dressmaking instructor in the TEACHER CRUSH b-plot. Plus, super-spoilers for Olivia's future! Extra drama indeed! Listen to Terrible Book Club More about The Zorn Palette... Continue reading
Posted Aug 19, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Book #57: TEACHER CRUSH w/guest readers Terrible Book Club's Chris & Paris
CW: This book is about a teacher crush Terrible Book Club’s Paris and Chris dare to join Marissa to tackle this downright nerve-wracking tale of Olivia Davidson and her lust for painting teacher Stuart “Call me Stuart” Bachman. A book that is truly challenging to read in public. *** Listen... Continue reading
Posted Aug 12, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Extra Drama #56: Too Much Humor
personality matters Haley Tubbs returns to talk about the science field trip that wasn't, and whether Jessica is right about guys with "too much of a sense of humor." What fun! All in the the name of LOST AT SEA, of course. THE FOLLOWING TRANSCRIPT IS AUTO-GENERATED. APOLOGIES FOR THE... Continue reading
Posted Aug 5, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Book #56: LOST AT SEA w/guest reader Haley Tubbs
Sit right back and you'll hear a tale... Part island fantasy, part survival guide, part extra credit assignment, LOST AT SEA is the first Sweet Valley High novel to feature a character getting lost at sea and assumed dead. Professional science enthusiast Haley Tubbs joins Marissa to dig into this... Continue reading
Posted Jul 29, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Extra Drama for Super Thriller #3: Non-Problematic College Graduates, w/ guest readers Jack Shepherd and Tanner Greenring
"Is this all just a long non-sequitur?" Jack and Tanner are back for more THRILLER talk. What all-time-greatest film is this book's plot remixed from? How would the BSC handle this mystery? Would a t-shirt fit over Jack's head? Find out all this and more (sort of) in today's EXTRA... Continue reading
Posted Jul 22, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Super Thriller #3: NO PLACE TO HIDE w/guest readers Jack Shepherd and Tanner Greenring
8 Simple Rules for Dating My Fake Ghost Grandniece SURPRISE! Did we spook ya? Marissa is joined by fellow 80s/90s juvenile lit series aficionados and podcasters Jack Shepherd and Tanner Greenring of the Baby-Sitters Club Club. The meddling twins are back, and so is Nicholas Morrow! This one has it... Continue reading
Posted Jul 15, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Marissa on the Baby-Sitters Club Club Podcast (Er..."Sweet Sweet Valley Boys")
I joined Jack and Tanner of the Baby-Sitters Club Club podcast last week to discuss the very horny, thrillingly problematic Sweet Valley High #3: Playing with Fire. An honor and a privilege! In addition to their storied program, you can hear Jack and Tanner on Sweet Valley Diaries #26: Hostage!... Continue reading
Posted Jul 6, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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Marissa on the Baby-Sitters Club Club! (Er..."Sweet Sweet Valley Boys")
I joined Jack and Tanner of the Baby-Sitters Club Club podcast last week to discuss the very horny, thrillingly problematic Sweet Valley High #3: Playing with Fire. An honor and a privilege! In addition to their storied program, you can... Continue reading
Posted Jul 6, 2021 at Marissa Flaxbart
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My Latest Twenty Thousand Hertz: "The Leaky Pipeline" is all about Women in Audio
My latest episode of Twenty Thousand Hertz is out, and it's all about Women in Audio -- two women in particular, Leslie Gaston-Bird and Elisabeth Löchen. It was an honor and a pleasure to share their stories! In the late... Continue reading
Posted Jul 6, 2021 at Marissa Flaxbart
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Extra Drama #54: Twin Powers and Trigger Warnings
What a fun world Do twins really have super communication powers? Does goofy drama make scary stuff easier to swallow? Have "mentally unstable" villains kept us from tackling our own mental health issues? TWO-BOY WEEKEND is the gift that keeps on giving...us more questions to ponder! Teya Patt returns, of... Continue reading
Posted Jul 1, 2021 at Sweet Valley Diaries
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