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Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages

Two Romance Writers and an Industry Professional, hell-bent on taking over the world, one six-pack at a time.

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15:32

Episode 14: Bring On 2024!

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages ·

2024/01/10

Show Notes 00:20 - Cautiously Optimistic 02:00 - Live Podcast? 02:10 - Willow's Goals 02:30 - Retail Bookstore? (AKA World Headquarters) 03:40 - NYC Signing 04:00 - Family Time and Couples Time 04:20 - All the books! 05:20 - Stacy's goals after Jason Momoa said no :'( 05:30 - Stacy's store 06:00 - Lots of events and new books 07:00 - Positive goals with the community 07:30 - More kindness with booktok 08:00 - Colleen's Goals (learning!) 08:15 - Ideas for the community 08:40 - Helping Stacy 10:15 -

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42:22

Episode 13: Special Guest Alessandra Torre

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2024/01/07

Show Notes 00:30 - Podcast Intro 01:30 - Goodreads 02:15 - InkersCon 03:00 - How did you start out? 05:45 - What should people read? 08:30 - Rallying 12:00 - Where to start when writing 19:15 - What makes success 21:30 - Finding your place 24:30 - Star moment 34:30 - Trad vs. Selfpublish 39:00 - Final advice Host Authors and Podcast Links https://www.staceymariebrown.com/ http://www.willowwinterswrites.com

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39:59

Episode 12: Special Guests Piper and Jack

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2023/12/31

Show Notes 00:30 - Intro 03:00 - "Market Research" 04:00 - Challenges moving from squeaky to explicit 14:00 - Co-Writing Together 21:45 - Where to start reading? 29:00 - Find your people 33:00 - Writing advice 36:00 - Jack's books and the Books and Booze Cruise Host Authors and Podcast Links https://www.staceymariebrown.com/ http://www.willowwinterswrites.com

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49:15

Episode 11: Special Guest Karina Halle

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2023/12/17

Show Notes 01:00 - Intro 06:00 - Breakout 10:00 - How many books? 12:15 - Peaks and valleys 23:00 - Where should people start? 26:00 - Having ADHD and writing 35:15 - Deadlines and a push 40:00 - Writing process 42:30 - New release and events Host Authors and Podcast Links https://www.staceymariebrown.com/ http://www.willowwinterswrites.com

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57:48

Episode 10: Special Guest Mickey Miller

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2023/12/03

Show Notes 00:13 - Podcast Intro 00:30 - Men in Romance 04:45 - Porn vs. Romance writers 08:00 - Writing with a gentleman 11:30 - Mickey joins the ladies 15:45 - Why did you write romance? 27:30 - Skeptical of male writers? 45:30 - Do you get shamed for writing romance? 49:30 - Dirty details 54:15 - Do the men need to respond differently? 58:30 - Advice for male writers? Host Authors and Podcast Links https://www.staceymariebrown.com/ http://www.willowwinterswrites.com

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39:56

Episode 9: Special Guest Amy Daws

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2023/11/19

Show Notes 00:13 - Podcast Intro 00:50 - Drama! 03:00 - Hello to Tires Tires Tires! 09:00 - Movie Contract 11:00 - Talking Andrew 12:00 - Working back catalogue 14:30 - Movie details 18:30 - What did the husband think? 20:00 - Romance helping with intimacy 21:30 - Amy's sports romance series 25:15 - Plus Size representation and fatphobia 35:20 - What's next for Amy? Host Authors and Podcast Links https://www.staceymariebrown.com/ http://www.willowwinterswrites.com

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50:02

Episode 8: We're Trying Not To Get Canceled

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages ·

2023/11/05

Show Notes 00:35 - Podcast Intro 01:15 - Drama 02:15 - Model Harassment 09:00 - Respect Boundaries 11:15 - Online World Moving into Reality 14:00 - Human Nature is to Attack 15:10 - Emotions and Social Media 18:30 - Small Minority with a Big Voice 20:45 - It's Hard To Stand Up 24:30 - Internet and Everyone's Opinion 30:30 - Would You Like This Coming At You 31:25 - Professional Reviewers and Paid Ads 39.30 - ARC Reviews Host Authors and Podcast

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29:53

Episode 7: You're A Fake And A Phoney!

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages ·

2023/10/22

Show Notes 00:15 - Podcast intro 00:20 - Reviews and imposter syndrome 06:40 - What feeds the fear? 12:15 - More Support for the newbies 14:10 - More and more authors every day 15:00 - AI 17:10 - Expectations 23:00 - Was there a time when someone eased your fear? 28:00 - Expectations in the business Host Authors and Podcast Links https://www.staceymariebrown.com/ http://www.willowwinterswrites.com

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47:48

Episode 6: The Voice of Joe Arden

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2023/10/08

Show Notes 00:13 - Podcast Intro 00:35 - Who is Joe? 05:00 - Being a content creator 08:18 - "No, I'm drinking Bourbon" 09:00 - How do you read sex scenes? 10:45 - Reading POV 16:30 - Romance books helping men 20:00 - The ladies are relaxed 25:15 - A "Whoa" scene 31:45 - What's it like meeting readers 35:00 - Where will you be next? 39:00 - The audio addict 43:30 - Accent time Host Authors and Podcast Links https://www.staceymariebrown.com/ http://www.willowwinterswrites.com

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40:19

Episode 5: It's a F@cking Business

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2023/09/24

Show Notes 00:13 - Podcast Intro 00:43 - It's a Business 02:00 - The Cost of Free 02:50 - Taxes 03:50 - The Business Hats 07:55 - Self-Published vs. Trad 16:00 - Pricing and Amazon 22:50 - Kobo Plus 23:40 - LLCs and SCORPs and Big Business 32:30 - Write for yourself, edit for the masses, market for the money 34:20 - Positives...LOL Host Authors and Podcast Links https://www.staceymariebrown.com/ http://www.willowwinterswrites.com

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Episode 4: Special Guest Jennifer Armentrout (Part 2)

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2023/09/17

Show Notes 00:13 - Podcast Intro 00:20 - Talking psychology 03:00 - Kitty Genovese Case 08:15 - Working in mental health 10:45 - Writing depression and anxiety 18:15 - Talking personal depression 20:00 - Social Media toxicity 33:00 - Negative fandom 34:30 - Thick skin 37:45 - Online dogpiles and threatening authors 51:45 - Dealing with fans IRL 56:45 - Trolls 60:00 - Bullying 61:30 - Taking breaks 67:15 - Write to market 68:00 - Celebrate when you can 70:30 - Paranormal vs. Contemporary 72:15 - NYT

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49:42

Episode 3: Special Guest Jennifer Armentrout (Part 1)

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2023/09/10

Show Notes 01:00 - Who is Jennifer 07:00 - RT Conference 09:45 - Pretty Woman moment 11:15 - The changing industry 15:10 - Hauntings and Ouija boards 22:00 - What inspired you to write 27:30 - The word smut and book content 35:00 - Bodice rippers and book-banning 43:15 - Romance tackles real issues Host Authors and Podcast Links https://www.staceymariebrown.com/ http://www.willowwinterswrites.com

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45:45

Episode 2: The Good, The Bad, & The F@cking Ugly

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2023/08/27

Show Notes 00:00 - Trigger Warning 00:25 - Podcast Intro 01:30 - Tropes 04:20 - Challenges and Social Media 10:30 - Controversy goes viral 14:00 - Defending yourself on social media 19:45 - Handling PR 22:00 - Take the pros with these cons 23:10 - Sex education in our writing 24:00 - Men reading romance 25:25 - B&N Publishing 26:10 - Piracy 28:25 - Demonizing for the clicks 30:00 - Stacey is a chameleon 33:25 - The good 35:40 - Beware, Willow is an ankle biter 37:00 - The joy of meeting

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Episode 1: I'll take Smut for 2 Billion, Alex!

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2023/08/20

Show Notes 00:25 - Podcast Intro 03:26 - Who are we? 11:15 - Why it's important to write 12:15 - Challenges when writing romance 15:00 - Men's Buttcheeks FTW 16:36 - Colleen Intro 18:04 - Book Blogging 20:45 - Importance of the community around your work 22:17 - Things are always changing 23:13 - Burnout is real with high stakes 24:36 - Lots of secrets in the industry 27:00 - Deligating work 28:00 - More than just writing 29:15 - What are some challenges you've faced What's in the Cup? Rose Morning

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20:46

Episode 0: Hot Take: Stop The Slut Shaming

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2023/08/08

Show Notes 00:20 - Podcast Intro 01:15 - It's all emotion 02:45 - Amplified voices 03:50 - Bath Faith Actors 07:00 - Dominate men 08:30 - Clickbait 10:00 - Panic button 10:45 - Don't go on social media when you're emotional 13:00 - Controlling our voice 13:30 - Feeding the trolls 16:15 - What is a Woosah? 17:40 - Have they ever read it? 20:00 - Love one another Host Authors and Podcast Links https://www.staceymariebrown.com/ http://www.willowwinterswrites.com

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