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Author Interview with Heather Colley Book Bites

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We talk with author Heather Coley about The Gilded Butterfly Effect, tracing how glamour, power, and campus mental health collide through the entwined voices of Stella and Penny. The conversation moves from craft to consequence, ending on the sharp note of a fate that feels earned and haunting.
• debut novel context and linked short stories
• crafting Stella’s voice and rapid interiority
• dual protagonists merging by design
• psychiatry, self-medication, and system failures
• writing drug scenes without glamorizing harm
• cyclical relapse risk and ambiguous endings
• blackout structure and tonal balance with humor
• moral ambiguity in romance and the Jack reveal
• classic literature influences and unhinged heroines
• dedication to dad, rejection, and persistence
• lessons for students about status and myth
• upcoming collection Public Property and where to follow Heather
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Editing done by Connor Luther @clfilms.co
Music by @thundercatlouis
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Chapters

1. Author Interview with Heather Colley Book Bites (00:00:00)

2. Welcome And Author Introduction (00:00:05)

3. Debut Novel And Short Stories (00:00:21)

4. Meet Stella And Writing Her Voice (00:01:00)

5. Dual Protagonists Bleeding Together (00:02:07)

6. Mental Health, Psychiatry, And Power (00:03:20)

7. Ambiguous Ending And Stella’s Future (00:04:33)

8. Depicting Drug Use Without Glamour (00:05:13)

9. Cycles, Relapse, And Systemic Traps (00:06:03)

10. Triggering Scenes And Candid Darkness (00:06:51)

11. Craft Choices: Blackouts And Structure (00:08:07)

12. Heather Beyond The Page (00:08:08)

13. Why An American Sorority Setting (00:09:10)

14. Building Toward A Blunt, Inevitable End (00:10:26)

15. The Jack Reveal And Moral Ambiguity (00:12:06)

16. Writing As Catharsis And Hyperbole (00:13:40)

17. Fascination With Unhinged Heroines (00:15:23)

18. Dedication To Dad And Perseverance (00:16:11)

19. What Students Should Take Away (00:17:37)

20. Obsession, Jealousy, And Control (00:18:34)

21. Parents’ Weekend: A Lighter Interlude (00:20:57)

22. Classic Heroines Meet Stella (00:22:03)

23. What’s Next: Public Property (00:23:00)

24. Closing And Release Details (00:24:20)

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