New and Improved DBSA Romance Fiction Podcast

This week, RedHeadedGirl answers Sarah's questions, plus questions from readers on Twitter, which lead to ... still more questions. We discuss her catnip, what fandoms she loves, and what she's reading

Sarah and Jane sit down with Tracey Garvis Graves, author of the bestseller On the Island, and talk about romance, self publishing, and book recommendations.

Sarah and Jane talk with Kati D about the books that brought her to review for DearAuthor, and what books she finds totally crackalicious. We talk about her disappointments with series that she has loved, the frequency of the word "Babe" in some works, and what she's looking forward to.

This is a delightfully NSFW edition of the podcast. We sit down with Jill Myles, Jessica Clare, and Jessica Sims. Fortunately that's all one person. We talk about crazy sauce books, her publishing career, and the books she's written in several different genres.

Our conversation from last week with Jessica Clare et al continues. We touch on trends, predictions, and many different books. We talk about dark, angsty, gritty romance, villain heroes, and lizard heroes, and the benefits of bingo book pimping.

This week, Sarah interviews Elyse, who reviews romantic suspense, historicals and other fun things at Smart Bitches. She also likes to outline what parts of romance novel sex scenes really tick her off. Sarah & Elyse talk about the ways in which romantic suspense has changed over the years, the differences between romantic suspense and romantic adventure, and what books she's really digging. There is also discussion of dairy farmer romance, FarmersOnly.com, what's in her conversion kit, and a brief look at those age old questions of romance, such as, When you end the Stephanie Plum series for yourself, who do you pick?

Sarah and Jane answer a letter from Sue who asked how we grade a book when the book is awesome right up until the ending, and then the ending is terrible. Plus, we discuss what books we're currently reading.

Jane and Sarah take a topic suggestion from Angie James and discuss reader expectation and author obligations or responsibilities - if there are any. We also talk about reader reaction to certain books (and we avoid spoilers outright so do not fear!) and possible reasons why those reactions happen.

This week, Sarah interviews Carly Phillips about her decision to self publish, why she decided to make that move, and what role her readers played in her decision.

Sarah interviews Sarah MacLean about her newest book, No Good Duke Goes Unpunished, and about her upcoming and final book in the Rules of Scoundrels series.

This week, Sarah sits down (virtually) with Renee Raudman, audiobook narrator and romance fan. Renee has performed over 300 audiobooks in the past 7 years. We talk about performing romance, how her career acting in television and film prepared her for her current success in audiobook narration.

Jane and Sarah talk with New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones about her self publishing experience, her career, and her perspective on marketing and promoting books directly to readers. We also talk about where will the market may go next, and what the next big trends may be in romance fiction. s

Sarah and Jane sit down and talk with Chas Jenkins Patrick from Rock Star Lit, who works as a virtual assistant and marketing assistant for many authors. She's also Kristen Ashley's assistant, and has been for years. We talk about being an assistant and how her job has changed over the years, as well as productivity and self assessment.

This conversation started with Sarah MacLean in late November, and then continued online, after which I asked Jane about it, too. Sarah MacLean, in the latter part of our interview started talking about our favorite books and what makes a great romance. Then, Jane and I discuss one reader's email about her impressions of misogyny in the popular contemporary and new adult romances that were finalists in the GoodReads awards, and whether this reader is out of step with the romance community as a whole. (Hint: we don't think so.)

Jane and Sarah discuss what we're currently reading, and whether we're liking it. Then, we answer an email from Elizabeth who asks about re-reading a series and whether it holds up the second time.