romance writer

Jamie Wesley joins us to talk about her new book, Fake It Till You Bake It - and there’s loads to talk about. We discuss choosing book titles and covers, book contracts, writing as a second career, and how Jamie structures her stories. Speaking of structure, she also tells us how to plan a love scene the Jamie way. Jamie tells us about her dialogue, work ethic as a writer, future books, and her love for sports translating to the page. 

Read Fake It Till You Bake It here.

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

Our interview with British Afro-Romani romance writer Talia Hibbert is a delight. Hibbert is a best-selling author  known for her sexy, diverse, body-positive, sex-positive, intersectional feminist romance novels. She takes Romanistan co-hosts Paulina and Jess through why she loves to write romance novels, relationship advice, building characters, spirituality, advice for budding writers, and her novel, Take a Hint, Dani Brown. Enjoy this charming interview with a brilliant and creative mind. 

Talia's romance recommendations for new and seasoned romance readers are Nalini Singh (especially the Psy/Changeling Series), Danielle Allen, Therese Beharrie, Kennedy Ryan, and Beverly Jenkins.

Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.

You can find us on Instagram @romanistanpodcast, and on Facebook under the same name, and on Twitter @romanistanpod

We started a Ko-fi fundraiser to help us expand. Our goal is to release 2 episodes a month, create video content, like an advice column and other treats, and we would also like to register as a nonprofit so we can produce content by other Romani & Sinti creators. We are hoping to cover production costs, like paying for our hosting site, website, editing and producing, and all the rest. We would love it if you could contribute and spread the word. The link, Ko-fi.com/romanistan, is in our bio on Instagram, and will be in the show notes

Please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. 

If you would like to advertise with us, email us at romanistanpodcast@gmail.com. We offer sliding-scale for Romani, Sinti & related businesses, so reach out!

You can find Jess, on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele, and you can find Jess’ vintage and curiosities shop Evil Eye Edit on Instagram @evileyeedit & Etsy.

You can find Paulina Verminski on Instagram @_paulina_v_ and at https://romaniholistic.com/. Follow Paulina’s store, Romani Holistic, in Corona Del Mar, CA, on Instagram @romaniholistic 

Romanistan is hosted by Jessica Reidy and Paulina Verminski

Conceived of by Paulina Verminski

Edited by Cherub

With Music by Viktor Pachas

And Artwork by Elijah Vardo

Show Notes:

Guest - Novelist Jennifer Beckstrand

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In this episode, Ete speaks with Becca Wilhite.

Becca Wilhite is a mother of four, a high school teacher, writer, and author. She has published four romance novels and has a new historical novel coming out in 2021. She is also part of a group that writes romance fiction under the pen name Brenna Jacobs.

Becca is a big believer in the idea that every single person has a creator within. She emphasizes that creation, making, is a human need. It's a drive that we all have and we all need to honor. She feels that we as individuals, and as a society, we would all benefit from focusing a little more on "honoring" the "small pieces," appreciating any forward momentum however small, instead of obsessing about "finished products." Becca reminds us to allow ourselves "grace" and to not let fear stop us from making. "You have permission. Do a thing," she says.

In this interview, Becca also talks extensively about the impact that outside influences can have on her writing. From readers' reactions, to navigating the constantly changing and rather fuzzy, unspoken rules of "acceptable" writing set by the national social climate, to expectations that come with working within a certain genre, writing for an audience can be complicated. And it certainly takes some courage. In one especially difficult experience, a novel of Becca's was subject to a particularly negative–and somewhat personal–critique by Publisher's Weekly, one of the very publications she'd dreamed of being featured in since the beginning of her writing career. She describes working through the disappointment and the fallout of that ordeal, a lesson all of us can learn from. And just as importantly, the experience helped her to develop the mindset contained in a pretty profound statement she makes at the end of the interview, "My purpose revolves around creation whether or not that creation is honored by other people."

Books available at King's English
Books available on Amazon
Books by Brenna Jacobs
Becca Wilhite on Facebook

Author / Writing Mentor / Speaker 

Shelia E. Bell

https://www.sheliawritesbooks.com

sheliawritesbooks@yahoo.com

Facebook - @sheliawritesbooks

Instagram - @sheliaebell

Go Creator Go Host

Antoine Beane

www.triumphmediaworks.com

Facebook & Instagram - @gogreatorgo

Twitter - @gcreatorg

Learn what it’s like to navigate real or perceived pressures as an author, and how your host Sagan Morrow has handled that. Polyamory is a niche topic to write as a romance author—and that means there can be a lot of pressures around it! 

How do you as an author ensure you are best representing the community? And what can you do to deal with situations when readers want you to write one thing or another? Should authors ever be dictated what to write about… and how can that be balanced with the importance of encouraging authors to use their platform in meaningful ways? 

We explore these questions and more in this episode of the Indie Author Weekly podcast! 

Access sample chapters of Sagan's novels, transcripts of each episode, cheatsheets and spreadsheets relevant to the episode topics, and additional resources, at SaganMorrow.com/secretpodcast.  

Resources & links mentioned in this episode:  

• Learn more about Sagan’s books at SaganMorrow.com/books  
• Tune into the “secret” version of this podcast at SaganMorrow.com/secretpodcast  
• Submit your questions at SaganMorrow.com/question  
• Lauren Layne (author)  
• Bending the Bookshelf (blog)  

Connect with Sagan (@Saganlives) on Twitter and Instagram. Feel free to use the hashtag #IndieAuthorWeekly to chat about this episode.  

Learn 4 reasons why your host chose not to use a pen name for her novels, the problem with NOT using a pen name as an author, and a few ways to navigate the awkwardness of writing about romance and sex, in this episode. Note: this episode discusses being sex-positive.

This episode of the Indie Author Weekly podcast originally appeared on the “secret” version of this podcast, which you can learn more about at SaganMorrow.com/audio. You can also access sample chapters of my novels, transcripts of each episode, cheatsheets and spreadsheets relevant to the episode topics, and additional resources, at SaganMorrow.com/audio. 

Resources & links mentioned in this episode: 

• Learn more about Sagan's romance novels & business book at SaganMorrow.com/books 

Connect with Sagan (@Saganlives) on Twitter and Instagram. Feel free to use the hashtag #IndieAuthorWeekly to chat about this episode. 

Chelsea Bee is an author living in Newfoundland, Canada with her noisy calico cat, and a very anti social hedgehog. She has an Arts degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Her first novel, London Calling, was published on January 29, 2018. In March 2018 she was one of the authors featured in the bestselling anthology Chillers from the Rock.

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Originally broadcast on February 04 2019 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. 

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It's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history!

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