Episodes

Episode 187 – “Red, White & Royal Blue” with Casey McQuiston

May 6, 2019 | 0 Comments

April was our most downloaded month ever. Thank you to our listeners!

Jeff and Will discuss their upcoming travel schedule. They will be at the Romance Writers of America national conference, Podcast Movement, Dreamspinner’s Author Conference and GayRomLit.

Jeff reviews Top Secret by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy and Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston.

Jeff interviews Casey about her debut novel. They talk about the inspiration for Red, White & Royal Blue and the impact the 2016 election had on the story. In addition, they discuss the recently announced movie adaptation, what got Casey into writing romance and what she’s working on next.

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Episode 186 – “Murder Most Lovely” with Hank Edwards & Deanna Wadsworth

Apr 29, 2019 | 0 Comments

The guys talk about having more books than shelf space and also their upcoming 24th anniversary.

Will reviews An Easter Promise by A E Ryecart. Jeff reviews Play It Again by Aidan Wayne.

Jeff interviews Hank Edwards and Deanna Wadsworth about their collaboration, Murder Most Lovely, the first in the Lacetown Murder Mysteries series. They talk about how they came up with the book, their process for co-writing and what’s still to come in the series. We also find out what’s coming up for each of them in 2019.

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Episode 185 – Interviews with Julian Winters, Kim Fielding, Venona Keyes & S.A. Stovall

Apr 22, 2019 | 0 Comments

New movie and TV deals are discussed with both Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue coming to Amazon and a Love, Simon series to the Disney+ streaming service. Jeff talks about seeing The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.

New patrons Rhonda and Regi are welcomed.

Will reviews the Netflix original Special. Jeff reviews Jay Bell’s Straight Boy.

Jeff & Will discuss their trip to the LA Times Festival of Books. They also share the interviews they did at the festival with Julian Winters, Kim Fielding & Venona Keyes and S.A. Stovall. Julian talks about his upcoming book How to Be Remy Cameron. Kim discusses her Stars in Peril series and Venona also tells Jeff about her co-writing with Kim. S.A. gives the origin story of her Vice City series and how she uses caricature to encourage people to read the first chapter (she also did a super cute caricature of Jeff & Will).

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Episode 184 – “Under His Protection” with LaQuette

Apr 15, 2019 | 0 Comments

The guys open the show with a discussion of the Netflix original Unicorn Store.

Jeff reviews Bad to the Bone by Nicki Bennett. Will reviews LaQuette’s Under His Protection.

Jeff & Will interview LaQuette about Under His Protection. They find out about the story’s inspiration and how it ties into LaQuette’s other series. LaQuette also shares details on her upcoming Harlem Heat series, what got her started writing romance and details about what she does as the president for New York City’s Romance Writers of America chapter.

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Episode 183 – Lisa’s Spec Fic Book Recommendations

Apr 8, 2019 | 0 Comments

Jeff opens the show talking about the work he’s doing on a holiday short story.

They also remind everyone about the LA Times Festival of Books happening April 13 and 14 on the USC Campus and the authors expected to attend from Dreamspinner Press and Interlude Press.

Jeff & Will talk about the series finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

Books reviewed this week include Arctic Sun by Annabeth Albert and Paternity Case by Gregory Ashe.

Lisa joins Jeff to recommend four speculative fiction books: The Mortal Sleep by Gregory Ashe, Prince of Air and Darkness by M.A. Grant, All Souls Near & Nigh by Hailey Turner and Not Dead Yet by Jen Burke.

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Episode 182 – Erin McLellan Returns to Farm College with “Clean Break”

Apr 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

Jeff & Will talk about their upcoming trip to the 2019 LA Times Festival of Books. They also discuss two series they’ve been watching: Comedy Central’s The Other Two and Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.

Books reviewed this week include Kim Fielding’s The Spy’s Love Song, Ari McKay’s Take Two and Erin McLellan’s Clean Break.

Jeff interviews Erin McLellan about Clean Break, the second book in her Farm College series, and about why it’s important for her to tell stories based in her home state of Oklahoma. They also talk about her Love Life series, what got her started writing, her author influences and the TV she likes to binge watch.

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