Episode 1: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

Summary: In The Hopeless Romantic, hosts Austin Chant and Amanda Jean talk about the queer romance genre. In this debut episode they talk about the foundations of the genre, from the pulp tragedies of the 1950s to the shamelessly romantic ebooks of today. Future episodes of The Hopeless Romantic will feature industry guests. The next episode will be about National Novel Writing Month, so be sure to tune in! If you liked this episode, please rate and review us on iTunes. The Hopeless Romantic can be followed on Facebook and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/thehopelessromanticpodcast/ http://www.twitter.com/TheHRPodcast Email us at thehopelessromanticpodcast@gmail.com with your questions and feedback! Art by Keezy Young Music by Carly Ann Worden Hosts: Amanda Jean Co-creator/Co-host Amanda Jean is an editor, publicist, and occasional writer of queer romance. She grew up devouring het romance novels and shifted to LGBT romance as a teen when her thirsty queer nature revealed itself. Amanda has worked with Less Than Three Press, Torquere Press, NineStar Press, Evernight Publishing, Siren-BookStrand, and serves as the LGBT Director for Alternating Current’s The Spark. When not wrangling manuscripts, you can find her watching documentaries, reading too many books on true crime, and caring too much about fictional characters. Find her on twitter (@amandahjean) and at  amandahjean.weebly.com. Austin Chant Co-creator/Co-host Austin Chant is a bitter millennial, avid gamer, and a queer, trans romance writer. His interests include cooking everything, petting friendly dogs and cats, and writing about all kinds of rad queer people. He lives in Seattle with his partners in crime, a pleasant collection of game consoles, and an abundance of tea. In the regrettably large amount of time he spends not writing romance novels, he works in interactive media as a game designer and does his best to stay awake through college.  You can follow him on Twitter (@austinchanted) and his website is  austinchanted.weebly.com.