Episodes
Debut author Sarah Adler, whose contemporary romance Mrs. Nash's Ashes comes out May 23rd, chats with Becca about getting a novel from a manuscript on her computer to a book on people's shelves.
Published 05/17/23
Alexandria Bellefleur, Rosie Danan, and Mazey Eddings talk writing sex in romance novels.
Published 05/10/23
Becca chats with Alexis Hall, a genrequeer writer of kissing books, who you may know from such hits as Boyfriend Material, Glitterland, A Lady for a Duke, the Winner Bakes All series, and many more.
Published 04/26/23
Mel Saavedra, CEO and Founder of Steamy Lit, chats with Becca about her books subscription box, The Steam Box, and the upcoming SteamyLitCon, a romance convention she's running this August in California.
Published 04/19/23
Martha Waters, author of historical rom-coms including To Swoon and to Spar, out April 11th, drops virtually by to chat with Becca about putting the comedy in rom-coms and writing in the regency of our collective Heyer-based imagination.
Published 04/12/23
Becca chats with Katy Nishimoto, a senior editor at The Dial Press, an imprint of Random House, who acquires fiction (literary, rom-com, book club) and nonfiction (memoir, platform-based, prescriptive) centering historically under-published writers, with a special focus on people of the global majority and LGBTQ+ writers who identify as women or gender expansive.
Published 04/05/23
Becca chats with book cover designer and illustrator Myriam Strasbourg, who you may know from the internet as @peaches.obviously.
Published 03/29/23
Anita Kelly was in the shop to celebrate the release of their latest book, Something Wild & Wonderful. We recorded their conversation with Becca and it actually worked!
Published 03/22/23
Vi-An Nguyen, an Art Director at Penguin Random House, talks cover design with Becca in this podcast exclusive.
Published 03/15/23
Today, we have the audio from our February Funnies virtual panel moderated by author Tif Marcelo celebrating three rom-coms that released in February: Too Wrong to be Right by Melonie Johnson, Not Your Ex’s Hexes by April Asher, and Take the Lead by Alexis Daria.
Published 03/08/23
In this podcast exclusive, Becca chats with Paige Lavoie, the author of the delightfully titled I'm In Love With Mothman.
Published 03/01/23
Author Katee Robert (Neon Gods) celebrates the release of her latest Dark Olympus book, Radiant Sin, by chatting with Xio Axelrod (The Girl With Stars in Her Eyes) and taking a bunch of excellent audience questions.
Published 02/21/23
Authors Adriana Herrera, Nana Malone, Kennedy Ryan, and Nisha Sharma, in conversation with Nichole Perkins discussing diversity in the age of viral books.
Published 02/14/23
Author Ashley Herring Blake (Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail) in conversation with author Taleen Voskuni (Sorry, Bro)
Published 02/07/23
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Published 01/27/23