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Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: A Romance Novel Podcast

Each week on Smart Podcast, Trashy Books, Sarah Wendell interviews authors, readers, reviewers, bloggers, publishing professionals, editors, and librarians about romance novels, which are among the most popular genres in fiction worldwide. Popular guests include: Ilona Andrews, Robin Bradford, NPR"s Barrie Hardymon, Chuck Tingle, Sarah J. Maas, and Rachel Aaron. Amanda Diehl, co-pilot of the SS Smart Bitches, makes regular appearances with maximum silliness, especially during our Romantic Times

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630. Behind the Scenes of Real Housewives with Chris...

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: A Romance Novel Podcast ·

2024/08/30

Chris DeRosais co-host of the podcastFixing Famous People, and has beena reality tv producer for 11 years. We talk about his career starting with Food Network then moving into unscripted reality tv like theReal Housewives, how reality tv has changed, and how much of the narrative producers have influence over – and what parts they don’t.We’re also locating RH on the larger timeline of major television programs centering women over 40. I think this episode holds a lot for writers because it’s about

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626. The Bachelor and Romance with Dr. Jodi McAlister

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2024/08/02

This month on the podcast, I wanted look more closely at the intersection of romance and reality tv, particular the Bachelor franchise and Real Housewives. There is only one place to start with that inquiry: with Dr. Jodi McAlister.Jodi McAlister is a scholar of romance and an expert on all things The Bachelor, and she’s the author of theAustralia-set Marry Me, Juliet trilogy, which you may remember was available digitally in the US as a surprise after a lot of folks, including and especially

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625. RT Rewind: December 1997 Ads & Features!

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: A Romance Novel Podcast ·

2024/07/26

We’re going back to December 1997 to look at the Ads & Features from Romantic Times.We’ve got a cover with many, many fonts, several memorials for Princess Diana, and we find out what happens when you win an award and find out while you’re on the john. There are profiles of readers and romance reading book clubs, AOL chat rooms about romance for writers and readers, and the price of the Essence of Romance.It’s a wonderful time capsule, folks.CW/TW: antifat bias and deathDo not miss the visual aids -

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623. RT Rewind: December 1997 Reviews

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2024/07/12

The book reviews in 1997 may be fewer in number but they are ample in wtfery.Prizefighter younger sons getting kicked out of brothels on their wedding night!Nicknames that follow you around the globe in the 1880s!Regency cats!We’ve got truly glorious covers, so do not miss the visual aids. They’re incredible. Join our Patreon for complete mayhem, shenanigans, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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620. Romance and Kickstarter with Oriana Leckert

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2024/06/21

Oriana Leckert is the Head of Publishing at Kickstarter, and works with the many, many authors who are finding community support on Kickstarter. They’re hosting a celebration all this month,Heartstrings & Hardbacks: Kickstarter and Romance, so we connected to talk about successful romance projects, strategies that work and don’t work on Kickstarter, and the evolution of fandom (a topic I’m always curious about).Oriana has worked in publishing for a long time, and applies her entire employment

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618. The Romance Reader’s Handbook with Steve Ammidown

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2024/06/07

In June 1989, Kathryn Falk published The Romance Reader’s Handbook, a 354 page spiral bound collection of everything a romance reader would need to know. Steve Ammidown leads us on a brief tour of this artifact of romance history.There’s a collection of over 2000 pseudonyms, plus a directory of where to contact authors, lists of bookstores that love romance, and recommended reads. And of course, advertisements from authors inviting readers to correspond with them.This is early social media for

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617. A Romance Soundtracks Sampler

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2024/05/31

Inepisode 611, we talked about the ads and features in the April 2005 issue of Romantic Times, and there was an ad on the back cover for Romance Soundtracks. We could not find anything about them, but Malaraa in our Patreon sure did!We’ve got samples! We’ve got MUSIC that you’re meant to read with, and Amanda tries to identify the genre/album the music was from.MASSIVE THANKS to Malaraa for finding this treasure trove!We’ve! Got! Links!Episode 611. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Ads & FeaturesThe

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616. Reading Rubrics with Shana

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2024/05/24

In a review forNever Cross a Highlander,Shana came up with the ACAB scale, or the Alyssa Cole Anti-Slavery Book Scale, which ranks how central the horror of slavery is to the storyline. I asked her to tell me all about it, and Shana, kindly, said yes.Our conversation grows (of course) to include the field of narrative therapy and bibliotherapy, other evaluative rubrics for reading, and the subgenres, professions, settings we can, and cannot, relax into.NB: I had a cold when we recorded, so apologies

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615. RT Rewind: May 1994 Ads & Features

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2024/05/17

Amanda and I are traveling back in time to May 1994 and taking a look at the ads and features inside Romantic Times Magazine – oh, it’s a time.We have questions – and answers!Are Eric Braeden and Victor Newman the same guy?Is Kathryn Falk writing celebrity gossip and outing people?Are there Lorena Bobbit jokes?Were Glamour Shots™ very well represented among author headshots?We had a great time looking at the reviews, and the ads & features do not disappoint.Don’t miss the visual aids. Seriously

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614. Dollar Princesses and Marriages of Convenience...

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2024/05/10

Harper St. George joins me to talk aboutThe Stranger I Wed(look at that gorgeous cover) and the dollar princesses of the Gilded Age. We talk about transactional marriages, the power dynamics of marriages of convenience – and Harper has a few recommendations of her favorites!You can find Harper St. George at her website,HarperStGeorge.com, and onInstagram @HarperStGeorge.We also mentioned:Clayton, the preserved home of the Frick family in Pittsburgh, PAAlmina Wombwell Herbert, Countess of

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613. RT Rewind: May 1994 Reviews

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2024/05/03

Amanda and I are traveling to May 1994 and taking a look at the book reviews in this edition ofRT Rewind!We’re answering many questions, including:Why does five stars mean something is a classic, but one star is acceptable?What do CS, RM, VR, and F stand for inside Contemporary and New Reality?What grade didDreaming of Youreceive?There’s so much Fabio, a telepathic cat, blaming tornadoes for murder, and a lot of time travel.But my gosh, golly, gee whiz,do not miss the visuals for this episode!Music:

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612. Poetry in Scots with Len Pennie

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: A Romance Novel Podcast ·

2024/04/26

Len Pennie’s book of Scots poetrypoyumsis out in the US this week, andyou might have seen my post about her book launch earlier this week. Len is my guest today and we’re going to talk about:Poetry!Healing from trauma and abuseThe subversive revolution of teaching a word a day in a minoritized languageUsing humor to overcome the “cultural hangover of linguistic oppression”More poetry!TW/CW: discussion of intimate partner violence and domestic abuse, depression, stalking.Music: purple-planet.com Join

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610. Writing Super Fun Fantasy with Kimberly Lemming

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2024/04/12

What happens when you write the books you want to read but are having a hard time finding? Many good things. Kimberly Lemming loves fantasy, and started writing her own catnip, which led to the joy that is the Mead Mishaps series.We answer ALL the tough questions, like how many mead mishaps have we personally experienced? How does one make the bananas spin? And why isGalavantthe greatest production ever made?Note: in the middle of the episode, the email Kimberly sent that gave me a peek at the cover

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607. RT Rewind: March 2016 Ads & Features

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2024/03/22

We’re looking at the ads and features from the March 2016 issue of RT Book Reviews!We’ve got cowboy heads growing out of gravel roads, a dude who looks like he’s on fire, and that one guy who is always ripping his shirt off from romance covers. We decide on an in-house definition of “Castle Bangenschloss.”Oh! And a really angry reader wants self pub authors to stop using the same stock images for different covers. It’s wild, y’all.Don’t miss the visual aids that go with this episode!We’ve got

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606. Behind the Scenes of Classic Cover Art: Shirley...

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2024/03/15

Shirley Green and Sharon Spiak are the duo behind many, and I mean many of your favorite romance covers, and are absolutely 100% the duo behind one of mine – For the Love of a Pirate by Edith Layton. The hair. The waves. THE ROCKS.I connected with Shirley and Sharon and got a History Lesson in how cover shoots used to work. We’re talking costume, art direction, photography, and painting skills combined to make some very memorable covers, and how much deliberate emotional care went into some of the

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