{"podcast":{"title":"Kobo Writing Life Podcast","slug":"kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430","podcast_index_feed_id":737430,"rss_url":"https://kobowritinglife.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://bit.ly/KWLPodcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/3/c/3/73c36abbb999117bd959afa2a1bf1c87/kobo_logo3.png","author":"Kobo Writing Life","episode_count":444,"summary":"The Kobo Writing Life Podcast features exciting interviews with bestselling authors, tips on the craft and business of writing, and advice for a successful self-publishing career. Millions of readers are waiting to discover your book - publish today at www.kobo.com/writinglife.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T04:18:57.250870+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430"},"episode":{"title":"Kobo ReWriting Life - #28 - Diversity in Romance with Jackie Lau","slug":"kobo-rewriting-life-28-diversity-in-romance-with-jackie-lau","published_at":"2026-02-10T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430/kobo-rewriting-life-28-diversity-in-romance-with-jackie-lau","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430","url":"https://kobowritinglife.libsyn.com/kobo-rewriting-life-28-diversity-in-romance-with-jackie-lau","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/kobowritinglife/Kobo_Writing_Life-_Jackie_Lau_Feb_10_2026.mp3?dest-id=140441","summary":"Welcome to the Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast! Alongside your regularly scheduled Kobo Writing Life podcast episode releases, we will also be featuring some highlights from our backlist. In this episode, we were joined for the first time by Jackie Lau, best-selling author of romance titles since 2018. We spoke with Jackie about her journey to becoming an author, the importance of representation and diversity in romance novels, being involved in the book cover creation process, and so much more! In this episode, Jackie Lau reflects on her first year of self-publishing and the steps she took to ensure success. She discusses the importance of diversity in romance and how she wanted to write characters with backgrounds underrepresented in the romance community. To learn more, visit Jackie's website and check out Jackie's books on Kobo .","meta_description":"Welcome to the Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast! Alongside your regularly scheduled Kobo Writing Life podcast episode releases, we will also be featuring some…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2239,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430/episodes/kobo-rewriting-life-28-diversity-in-romance-with-jackie-lau/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430/kobo-rewriting-life-28-diversity-in-romance-with-jackie-lau.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}