“Our Gift to the Universe” with Ashley Wren Collins & Jordan Rockwell (GWTW890)

Today’s guests couldn’t have said a more profound statement during our conversation: “Art is our gift to the universe.” Ashley Wren Collins and Jordan Rockwell are the co-authors of She Wrote, He Wrote: A New York Love Story, here to talk about their shared love for art and romantic comedies. In our conversation, they talk about their creative partnership, cracking jokes on the beach of St. Martin, and how they worked together to write a novel, record an audiobook, and produce a podcast. We also talk about the rules of romantic comedies, bringing personal experiences to fictional stories, seeing themselves in their characters, and how writing can heal ourselves. Most importantly, Ashley and Jordan are shining examples of why you explore creative projects outside of your preferred genre, you end up having a lot of fun telling good stories with great characters.

Show Links

Ashley Wren Collins

Jordan Rockwell

She Wrote, He Wrote: A New York Love Story – Official Website

She Wrote, He Wrote: A New York Love Story • by Ashley Wren Collins & Jordan Rockwell

She Wrote, He Wrote: A New York Love Story • on Audible

Interstellar (2014)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

NASA Artemis II Multimedia

Monica Bellucci

Wild Orchid (1989)

George R.R. Martin Quote – Two Types of Writers

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

David Lean

Thriller • by Michael Jackson

Apocalypse Now (1979)

The Notebook • by Nicholas Sparks

Sweet Valley High book series

Danielle Steel

500 Days of Summer (2009)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

10 (1979)

Rebel Wilson

Melissa McCarthy

Robert Redford

American Psycho (2000)

Sydney Sweeney

Seth Winston

Rocky (1976)

Harrison Ford

Shrinking (TV Series 2023–)

Wes Craven

The Last House on the Left (1972)

Red Eye (2005)

Sidney Sheldon

Peacemaker (TV Series 2022–2025)

The Pitt (TV Series 2025–)

The Criterion Channel

The Making of FANNY AND ALEXANDER

Project Hail Mary • by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary (2026)

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)

Black Rabbit (TV Mini Series 2025)

Heat 2 • by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner on Audible

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