Episode Details

🎙️ Welcome back to The Mythic Mic Podcast, where prophecies are taken dangerously literally, magical amulets can burn the wrong person alive, and the hero destined to save the world may be someone everyone overlooks.

This week, host Bethany Amanda and Mythic Mic Rep Teresa Diaz sit down with bestselling fantasy author Alyssa Day to discuss Nobody’s Quest, the first installment in The Nobody Chronicles. 

Alyssa shares her journey from high-stakes trial lawyer to full-time author, writing everything from romantic comedy and paranormal mysteries to bestselling Atlantis romances. She opens up about publishing fantasy romance before “romantasy” had a name, persevering through the unpredictable publishing industry, and why aspiring authors should protect their creativity, ignore trends, and write the stories they genuinely love.

We also dive into Nobody’s Quest, where indentured library servant Soli is chosen for a deadly mission after a sorceress interprets the prophecy “nobody can defeat the goddess of war” literally. Alongside a kingdomless prince and a complicated found family, Soli must cross a dying continent, survive monsters and betrayals, and free an imprisoned goddess before war destroys everyone. Alyssa also discusses writing a heroine with depression who is never magically cured but still gets to become the hero of an epic fantasy adventure.

📚 What happens when a lifelong servant discovers that everything she learned from books may help save the world?
🔥 Can Soli survive an amulet that kills anyone it refuses to accept?
⚔️ And how do you complete a quest when nearly everyone beside you is hiding the truth?

This is a must-listen for epic fantasy and romantasy readers, found-family fans, lovers of dangerous quests and complicated princes, and anyone who has longed to see a heroine with mental illness save the world without needing to be “fixed” first.

🔥 IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:
✨ Alyssa’s journey from trial lawyer to bestselling fantasy author.
✨ Growing up around the world, military-family life, and rescuing an army of dogs.
✨ Writing across romantic comedy, paranormal mystery, fantasy romance, and YA.
✨ Creating fantasy romance before the publishing industry embraced romantasy.
✨ The Atlantis-inspired Warriors of Poseidon series and its return in audio.
✨ Why fantasy has always remained Alyssa’s creative home.
✨ Her advice to aspiring authors on perseverance and protecting vulnerable early drafts.
✨ Why writers do not need to write every day or follow publishing trends.
✨ Soli, an indentured library servant dismissed as a “nobody.”
✨ A prophecy interpreted literally and an amulet that can burn its bearer alive.
✨ Two warring goddesses, a dying country, and an approaching army of monsters.
✨ Prince Caelan, his destroyed kingdom, and the mystery behind his shifting personality.
✨ A thief, sorceress, desert warrior, Sylvan warrior, and soldiers forming an unlikely family.
✨ Using Soli’s reading and knowledge as her greatest source of strength.
✨ Writing depression as part of a heroine’s life rather than the entire story.
✨ Why Soli will never receive a magical cure and why that representation matters.
✨ Found family, one-horse proximity, zombie-apocalypse plans, and rapid-fire chaos.

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