# S2E14: Lian Dolan, GenX-er, Novelist and New Mother-In-Law Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339/s2e14-lian-dolan-genx-er-novelist-and-new-mother-in-law Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339/s2e14-lian-dolan-genx-er-novelist-and-new-mother-in-law.md Podcast: [Lizness School](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339) Published: 2026-02-19T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/ab564b15-d364-4ef0-8b99-c9a6babad44f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/ab564b15-d364-4ef0-8b99-c9a6babad44f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lizness-school-7066339/episodes/s2e14-lian-dolan-genx-er-novelist-and-new-mother-in-law Duration seconds: 2411 ## Resource Today's guest is Lian Dolan , Liz's youngest sister who went through a major life stage change on New Year's Eve. She became a mother-in-law for the first time! She also hosted the wedding at her home, which gave her a chance to try out all of the "how to throw a wedding" tips she learned researching her latest novel,  Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding  , a USA Today Bestseller. How did a real life wedding and transition to her first MIL gig compare to her fictional version? Listen and find out! Lian also shares tips today for how to start writing fiction for listeners who want get started. Abigail and Alexa Save The Wedding comes out in paperback in June. Lian’s the author of six bestselling novels, including  The Sweeney Sisters ,  Helen of Pasadena  and  Elizabeth the First Wife , and  Lost and Found in Paris .  Her novel,  The Marriage Sabbatical , was a USA Today Bestseller and a People Magazine Pick. For more than two decades, she hosted and produced  Satellite Sisters , a top-rated podcast for women that she created with her four real sisters including Lizness School's Liz. Lian also has a Substack newsletter called Pep Talk that you can subscribe to here. Sponsor: Welcome to our new sponsor  Stanford Federal Credit Union .  To use their $620 New Member offer, go to  sfcu.org/lizness If you are new to Lizness School , we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's  recap of Lizness… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lizness-school-7066339/episodes/s2e14-lian-dolan-genx-er-novelist-and-new-mother-in-law/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/lizness-school-7066339/s2e14-lian-dolan-genx-er-novelist-and-new-mother-in-law.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.