Episode 83: Interview with Author Lori Gold

In episode 83 of Literary Prospects, author Lori Gold discusses her new novel, Romantic Friction, one of Zibby Media's "Most Anticipated Books of 2025."

Lori is also the author of an adult historical and four novels for young adults (all under Lori Goldstein). She currently lives outside of Boston, where she fosters a writing community through her creative writing classes, book coaching, and writing retreats.

In this interview, Lori talks about the real-world publishing experiences that inspired Romantic Friction, AI’s changing role in the creative writing space, how big books become big books (and what authors with smaller marketing budgets can do to get their work out there), why writers need to be a little bit arrogant, and much more…