So I hope you enjoy my somewhat quiet fangirl squeeing and our conversation. We also talk about how Colin’s relationship with his husband Shaun started, and it’s the most adorable story you’re going to love that part. So partly this is about editing and shaping your story of your own life week to week over three years, but it’s also about being a public figure in a small piece of the internet. So I was fascinated by the editing process, because Colin made a comment on one episode that they take about forty to fifty hours of film and edit them down to fifteen to twenty minute vlogs. Colin and his husband Shaun live aboard a narrowboat in the UK, and they produce weekly vlogs of their travels and their lives, including Colin’s life with autism and with mental illness. He is the co-host and producer of one of my favorite YouTube channels, Foxes Afloat. This week my guest is a bit outside of what I normally do for interviews, but I hope you’ll go on this little trip with me. I’m Sarah Wendell, and this is episode number 457 – woohoo! – of Smart Podcast, Trashy Books. Thank you for inviting me into your eardrums. You can find An Earl, The Girl, and a Toddler by Vanessa Riley wherever books are sold. Desperate to unearth her true identity, Jemina’s only chance is to purloin dangerous secrets with help from The Widow’s Grace-which means staying steps ahead of the formidable Daniel, no matter how strongly she is drawn to him… She was freed only because barrister Daniel Thackery, Lord Ashbrook, was convinced to betray the one thing he holds dear: the law. Suffering from amnesia, she was separated from anyone who might know her, and imprisoned in Bedlam. Surviving a shipwreck en route to London from Jamaica was just the start of Jemina St. There are no air fryers in this novel, but there is exquisite use of historical detail and some tropes completely subverted, which is my favorite way of serving tropes. We talked about the history behind this book, and about air fryers. You might recognize this book title because author Vanessa Riley was a guest on the show a few weeks ago. This episode is brought to you by An Earl, The Girl, and a Toddler by Vanessa Riley! Please don't forget to give us a name and where you're calling from so we can work your message into an upcoming podcast. You can email us at or you can call and leave us a message at our Google voice number: 20. What did you think of today's episode? Got ideas? Suggestions? You can talk to us on the blog entries for the podcast or talk to us on Facebook if that's where you hang out online. Sponsor us through Patreon! ( What is Patreon?) We also have a cool page for the podcast on iTunes. If you like the podcast, you can subscribe to our feed, or find us at iTunes, on Stitcher, or Spotify. More ways to listen → Here are the books we discuss in this podcast: This podcast player may not work on Chrome and a different browser is suggested. Music: ❤ Read the transcript ❤ ↓ Press Play I hope you enjoy my quiet fangirl squeeing and our conversation. Vlogs (and blogs, and podcasts, and writing) are as much about crafting the story as they are about shaping and editing that story, and the overlap between what the Foxes do and what I do was too tempting not to explore. We also talk about how his relationship with his husband Shawn started (don’t miss that part) (Seriously, goodest part). This is a bit afield of my usual interviews, but I was fascinated by Colin’s editing process as he takes over 40 hours of film and edits to a 15-30 minute vlog. Colin and his husband Shaun live aboard a narrowboat in the UK, and produce weekly vlogs of their travels, and their lives, including Colin’s life with autism and with mental illness. Colin Dobson-Fox is the co-host and producer behind one of my favorite YouTube channels, Foxes Afloat, which recently reached over 100k subscribers (a very big deal in YouTube Land).
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