Sutanto draws on her own family for inspiration in her hilarious adult fiction debut, Dial A for Aunties (Berkley, $16). Christie uses the time-loop plot device to dig into big questions about Megan and Tom's relationship: long-simmering resentments, the choices they've each made, and whether they really want to get married after all. Something goes wrong when both the bride and groom keep waking up stuck in the same day. But in the hands of some authors, they turn into much more than that.Īnnette Christie's lighthearted yet insightful debut, The Rehearsals (Little, Brown, $28), gives a Groundhog Day twist to longtime couple Tom and Megan's wedding weekend (with their complicated families) on a beautiful island. Ryka was honored by the California State Senate for “extraordinary commitment to the visibility and well-being of Transgender people.” She worked with the American Association of Hiroshima Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivors, and two of her compositions were adopted as the organization’s official “songs of peace.” She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell University and is professor of English at Santa Monica College.No matter the season or the setting, weddings are fertile ground to explore family drama, relationship dynamics and cultural expectations. Ryka Aoki is the author of Seasonal Velocities, He Mele a Hilo (A Hilo Song), and Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul. Brooke and Grant speak with their guest Ryka Aoki about niche writing, micro and small presses, and discovering and carving out a path to a defined readership that’s both supportive and career-propelling. But there are amazing rewards that come with understanding your niche, and writing to a specific audience.
The idea of narrowing the scope of one’s readership can strike fear into the hearts of writers who fantasize about broad readerships, and their writing being for everyone.
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