Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages - Episodes Tagged with “Romance Readers”

Episode 63: Special Guest Lexi Ryan

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - Who is Lexi?
03:00 - Share away!
05:00 - See the book as a movie
07:00 - Where should readers start?
17:30 - High High, Low Low
26:30 - Romance to Fantasy
32:00 - Where can readers find you and read your books?

Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com

Episode 62: Special Guest Miranda with Probablyoffreading

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - Who is Miranda and what does she do?
01:30 - Types of content
07:00 - Anxious Generation
08:00 - Funny books, water, and positive places
13:30 - What started all of this and any advice?
20:30 - Read Unhinged!
22:00 - Dealing with the rage factory
25:00 - Social media is not real
27:30 - What's on the horizon?
33:30 - Have you read?
36:30 - Any recommendations?
38:40 - Where can people find you?

Episode 61: Special Guest Xio Axelrod

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Xio?
01:30 - Music business experience
03:30 - Xio's books and writing history
12:00 - Importance of creative energy
13:30 - Big Brother for Writers (pitch)
18:00 - High high, and low low
21:00 - Tapping out of social media
27:00 - Doom scrolling
28:00 - Charitable and Writing
32:00 - Where to find you and what are you working on?
34:00 - Vanilla-gate (interlude)
34:30 - Back to what you're working on
37:30 - Stacy and Willow trad talk!
48:00 - Read more romance and listen to the Lillys!

Episode 60: Special Guest Rick Hambright

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Rick?
04:00 - Marketing choices
06:00 - Marketing advice
08:00 - Scaling marketing services
10:30 - How important are book signings?
14:30 - Stacey has good energy!
16:30 - What social media is best?
20:00 - Consistent posting
26:00 - Ads
31:00 - What are the future platforms?
35:00 - Marketing packages and ads
40:00 - Words of wisdom

Episode 59: Special Guest Oriana Leckert

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Oriana?
01:30 - Special editions
02:30 - What advice do you have to give to authors?
05:00 - Kickstarter is scary! Break it down for us
10:00 - How long is the process?
18:00 - Government-approved spicy art
21:45 - What is your day like?
26:00 - Talk about 42 million
30:00 - Big publishers on Kickstarter
35:45 - What about the cons?
38:00 - What is your favorite book?
43:00 - Share more with the listeners

Episode 58: Special Guest Ines Johnson

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Ines?
01:00 - It's getting hot in here
03:00 - Production work and highlighters
04:30 - The pleasure hound
05:45 - What is your high high or your low low
08:45 - Cheers
13:00 - Luna Terra World
19:30 - Velvet covers, what do you think?
22:45 - Steering wheel desk
23:30 - Author tips
27:00 - Craft
29:00 - Best place to start?

Episode 57: Special Guest Krystyna Allyn

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Krystyna?
01:00 - Book list
04:45 - Comic covers
06:45 - Where should readers start?
11:45 - What is your high high and low low?
16:30 - How long have you been in publishing?
20:00 - What social media platform do you like?
22:00 - How do you write?
26:30 - Always be nice to Colleen
29:00 - What else are you working on?
31:30 - Writing all the time
35:30 - Where can people follow you?

Episode 56: Special Guest Tamara Fuentes of Cosmo

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Tamara?
01:00 - Cosmo Reads
06:00 - Lean into the fandom
12:00 - The world through women's eyes
13:00 - Cosmo Reads Genres
14:30 - How are you finding authors?
16:00 - Doing all the things
23:00 - What to wear
24:30 - Any advice to authors or readers?
29:00 - What's the next book and where to follow?

Episode 55: Special Guest Brigid Kemmerer

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Brigid?
01:00 - Where to start?
05:30 - True Blood book-talk
07:45 - What is your high high or your low low
10:00 - When the woman is successful
15:00 - Love language
17:45 - Only traditionally publish
24:00 - Simple marketing
25:30 - Assistants?
31:00 - Lack of control
33:00 - What is next?

Episode 54: Special Guest Shannon Mayer

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Shannon?
02:30 - High highs and low lows
05:30 - The toxic KU relationship
10:00 - Path into writing and where to start
24:30 - Take a breath
26:00 - Genre selection and selling ourselves
32:00 - Flash in the pan authors, hard work, hype
35:00 - Toxicity in the genre
39:00 - Stand your ground
40:30 - What's your personal favorite book, and what's next?

Episode 53: Special Guest Dana Claire

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Dana?
05:30 - Where do readers start?
09:00 - Kickstarter!
17:00 - The corporate world
21:00 - The high highs and low lows
24:00 - Selling cheerleading
27:00 - First books
34:30 - What is Dana working on now?

Episode 52: We're Back with Season 3! Signings - what the f*ck is going on?

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:15 - Signings - what the f&ck is going on?
02:00 - WHAT!?
05:30 - Reality vs. Fiction
10:30 - We can't communicate anymore
12:00 - Wild!
14:15 - Fun vs. Feral
17:15 - Don't touch the models
17:45 - Cons vs. Signings
30:15 - Signing Advice

Episode 51: Special Guest Tara Conrad

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Tara?
02:00 - Book signing
10:00 - How do you balance writing and events?
18:00 - Planes, Boats, and rental cars
23:30 - What should readers start with?
28:00 - Plotter or Pantser?

Episode 50: Margarita Coale Returns!

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:15 - Return of the Queen
02:30 - Legal work in writing
05:30 - Copyright and trademark
08:00 - Generative AI lawsuits
17:30 - Barbie Case
21:30 - Wild online rumor mill
25:00 - AI Use
35:00 - AI disclosure
38:30 - Series
41:00 - AI bias
50:00 - Ethical AI use?

Special Links
The Atlantic Article - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/

Episode 49: Special Guest Denise Madre

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:15 - TikTok Famous Editor
05:00 - Writing human stories for all people
07:45 - Sensitivity readers
12:00 - You will offend people
19:00 - It's ok to make mistakes
24:00 - Characters and backgrounds
32:00 - The Handmaid's Tale Episode
34:00 - Take a break, take a moment, and delete
41:00 - Love language

Episode 48: Is It True or Not?

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:15 - Show name?
01:00 - Never meet your heroes
10:15 - Good Guess!
16:00 - It takes years to reach success
23:00 - Work smarter
29:30 - Repurpose.alcohol
30:30 - Opportunities don't happen, you make them
33:30 - Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning

Episode 47: Following, Unfollowing, and Blocking Your Favorite Influencers

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 25 May 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:15 - Stir the pot!
01:00 - Authors, Influencers, Author-fluencers
07:30 - What communication path is correct?
13:30 - Messy outrage culture
24:00 - Reality TV started it all!
28:00 - Colleen can find out
36:00 - Google it
39:30 - Cut the snake's head off!

Episode 46: Hot Take - The Kindle Unlimited Boycott

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 11 May 2025 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:15 - Keeping it fresh
01:00 - Words are hard
10:00 - New revenue streams
15:00 - If Colleen can do it, so can you!

Episode 45: Special Guest Chantelle

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:30 - Who is Chantelle?
01:30 - What is your favorite part of PR?
05:00 - What was that start?
08:30 - Social media insight
11:30 - What is the next social trend?
14:30 - Letting go of the fear
16:30 - YouTube users
17:30 - How to be part of this romance moment
20:30 - What other things do you do for marketing?
26:00 - High Highs and Low Lows
29:30 - Where to find you

Episode 44: Special Guest Laura Thalassa

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:30 - Who is Laura?
02:00 - Genres
03:00 - Origin Story
13:00 - Print rights and advances
16:00 - Tattoos
18:30 - There is no one road
20:30 - Where should readers start?
23:30 - What's your high high?
31:00 - Sharing wisdom?

Episode 43: What The Hell Are We Doing?

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:30 - Intro
01:00 - Winter Dumpster Fire
07:00 - This is all I can do
10:00 - Tell them!
18:00 - Walking and grounding blankets
21:00 - Colleen keeper of secrets

Episode 42: Special Guests Grant and Greg from Curios

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - What is Curios
06:00 - Creator fund
10:00 - Deliverables
11:00 - Tired of Amazon
14:00 - Gossip and customer service
19:30 - Creator and Fan content
21:00 - Being on social media is better than being on Amazon
27:00 - Books need their Napster moment
31:00 - How can Curios help?
33:00 - What's one thing that is desperately needed?
35:00 - Try Curios, sign up
36:30 - Controlling copyright
37:30 - Curios Events

Episode 41: Special Guest Joe Solari

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - The secret lair
01:00 - Who is Joe, and what is Author Nation?
05:00 - Are indie authors more flexible?
09:00 - House vs. Indie
10:00 - Who was your favorite person at Author Nation?
11:00 - Dealing with detractors
15:00 - Golden nuggets for authors
17:30 - Brand at the top of readers mind
20:00 - What to expect at Author Nation
30:30 - High Highs and Low Lows
39:00 - So many people and so many new authors
40:00 - Final parting thoughts
43:00 - Positivity going forward

Episode 40: Special Guest Emilia Rose

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - Intro
00:45 - What is Ream
05:00 - Author Nation
10:30 - What is your low-low
16:00 - What is it like working with your husband
21:00 - New things at Ream
25:00 - Author Advice
30:00 - Parting words

Episode 39: Special Guest Margarita Coale

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - Intro
01:00 - What do you do?
08:00 - Empowering people
11:30 - Helping us through the business fears
15:00 - Issue with emotional clients
23:00 - Why so much drama?
33:33 - "Contracts scare me"
36:30 - Ice Planet Barbarians Lore
45:30 - Once piece of advice

Episode 38: Special Guest Victoria Gerken from Podium Publishing

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - Hello Victoria
04:00 - Podium Publishing
06:30 - Taking an audio risk on a new author
09:00 - Youtube banning
14:00 - Changes in the industry
19:30 - Physical books
21:30 - New genre trends?
24:00 - What do you want to see?
28:30 - Translations
35:30 - Prince Harry Story

Episode 37: We Want to Celebrate The Holidays With You!

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - Intro
01:00 - Drink Up Grinches!
02:15 - What are you doing?
07:30 - Favorite Christmas Movies
11:00 - Favorite Christmas Songs
12:00 - Favorite Christmas Drink
13:30 - Favorite Tradition or Memory
17:00 - Favorite Gift
23:30 - "Never Have I Ever" Drinking Game

Episode 36: Shawn Has Entered The Chat

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - Live from the Playroom (Not that playroom)
03:00 - What do you do here?
05:00 - Get Shawn on it
08:00 - Marriage vs. Working Together
12:00 - Ads and direct sales
14:30 - How has the industry changed and evolved?
19:00 - More and more authors
21:40 - Book release changes
24:40 - We took a 'Turn'
25:00 - Cute Girl Benadryl story time
30:30 - Advice for husbands in the romance business

Episode 35: Hot Take - More Bullshit in the Industry

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - AI Drama
05:00 - Brazen scammers
06:30 - Different revenue streams
08:00 - Cover designs

Episode 34: All About Assistants with Sophie and Colleen

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

01:00 - The ladies
09:00 - What is a PA?
11:00 - The PA List
14:00 - You got to figure it out
15:00 - What's the least/most favorite thing
25:00 - Building
31:00 - Annnnnnnd its gone
34:00 - Big money
38:00 - What's the biggest misconception?
47:00 - We love what we do
48:30 - Spill the dirt
50:30 - The pros and cons of writing from jail
51:00 - [insert sex scene]

Hot Take - Do Politics Belong in Book Spaces?

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - What we see online
01:30 - Books are political
02:45 - How do we respond to the comments
05:00 - Politics impact online and the real world
08:00 - Very judgmental world
09:30 - Team vs. Team
12:30 - People are in their emotions (except for Colleen's puppy)
14:30 - Why are authors not posting more?
15:45 - Magic pants
18:15 - There are humans behind the business
20:30 - We have a lot on our shoulders
23:00 - Protect your business
25:30 - Maybe there's a different way
29:30 - Getting in your feels

Episode 33: Characters, Plot and Writing Q&A

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - Decades of writing experience
02:00 - How do you outline your books?
12:00 - How much research do you do when you write?
20:00 - How long to write a book from start to finish?
24:30 - What is your advice for writing series?
30:30 - How do you say goodbye to your characters?

Episode 32: Season Two Welcome Back

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Show Notes

00:30 - Season Two!
01:00 - Summer High Highs and Low Lows
03:30 - We're going to be canceled
04:00 - Can authors block readers and vice versa
10:00 - Mental health issues and social media
12:00 - Negativity gets views
18:00 - Opinions, opinions everywhere
20:00 - How do you take in opinions?
24:30 - Where are reader spaces?
30:30 - Readers defending authors
34:00 - Show kindness and grace
37:00 - Social Media can be a blessing for authors
41:15 - Canceling Readers and penises, Welcome back

Episode 31: Special Guest Margarita Coale

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:30 - Intro
01:30 - Legal and Romance
03:30 - Copyright Attorney
06:00 - Think about the result
07:00 - Domain Squatter
11:00 - Thinking about what you're signing
14:00 - This is a business
15:00 - Two things to think about as authors
18:00 - Trademark vs. Copyright
22:30 - AI and the law
42:30 - It's ok to ask questions

Episode 30: Special Guest Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:30 - Intro
02:00 - TikTok web series and publishing
09:30 - The author in the characters
14:00 - Being a teacher
21:00 - Colleen is related to Hannah
26:00 - Book 2!
35:00 - High highs, low lows
40:30 - Happy Birthday
46:00 - Stopping fake Hannah's on the interwebs

Episode 29: Special Guest W.S. Greer

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:30 - Intro and a rough start
02:00 - Transitioning out of the military
03:10 - Writing BDSM
04:30 - Kingdom
06:00 - What do people think about writing BDSM
08:20 - Writing Sex vs. Consuming Sex
10:00 - What's your biggest challenge
14:30 - Social Media and reading and sexism
16:30 - Hiccups in the community
19:00 - Couples who write
21:00 - Why writing and will you narrate/
26:00 - High highs and low lows
28:00 - What's next
33:00 - Marketing
34:20 - Talking business

Episode 28: Special Guest Lydia Michaels

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:30 - Intro and a rough start
01:00 - What's your favorite book
02:00 - What genres do you write
05:30 - Publishing roller coaster ride
12:00 - Literary agent
13:30 - Ellora's Cave
17:00 - Contracts
19:20 - Poor Man's Copyright
22:00 - Contract Hell
27:30 - High Highs
33:00 - Standalone vs. series
40:00 - Tricky times
42:10 - One more thing...

Episode 27: Special Guest Samantha Cole

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes

00:30 - Intro and a rough start
03:00 - Sam finds the BDSM Genre
04:00 - Getting Alpha and Beta readers
05:30 - Leather and Lace
10:20 - Co-Author
20:00 - Law enforcement influence
24:00 - Trigger Warnings
26:00 - Books without conflict
29:00 - LGBT characters
38:20 - Where readers can follow Sam

Episode 26: Special Guests Dani Sanchez and Jill Sava

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 26 May 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes
00:30 - Intros
03:50 - What changes have you seen?
12:50 - What's a street team?
17:00 - Costs
22:00 - Kobo
25:40 - Things to expect now
27:20 - How many big authors are still around today?
35:00 - Opinions!
41:30 - Some nice things
43:10 - Where's the growth?
45:30 - High high, low low

Episode 25: Special Guest Jen Sterling

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 12 May 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes
00:30 - Intro
01:30 - High high, low low
01:40 - Getting drunk at the Mexican bar
03:20 - ...back to the question
05:00 - Special additions
07:30 - Getting help and events
13:45 - I can't do all the things
15:50 - Razzle Dazzle
23:00 - Early success
24:00 - Big ad spends
30:30 - Fancy ice cubes
31:00 - Tiktok shop
35:30 - What are you talking about Willow!
36:50 - When are you revealing the new covers?
39:00 - Tell us about the books?
41:50 - How about special editions?

Episode 24: A Quickie (a.k.a. Hot Take): A bit of comic relief, and then Money, Money, Money with Jen Sterling

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Wed, 08 May 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes
00:00 - Welcome to the worst podcast ever!
02:00 - Reviews
04:00 - Dino-porn, haunted vaginas, and door romance
04:40 - The cat is at the door
07:30 - Getting burnt out and finding a way out
08:30 - Peer success and money talk
12:00 - Money talk
13:40 - Drinks

Episode 23: Special Guest Kat T. Masen

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes
00:30 - Intro
01:15 - Why a book store?
03:15 - How do you write and run a store?
11:00 - Romance specific book stores
13:30 - What people want to read
15:00 - Sex is in everything
17:30 - What's your current project?
23:30 - How to open a book store?
28:00 - Inventory challenges
32:00 - Book signings
37:00 - Chasing Love

Episode 22: Special Guest Jason Pinter

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes
00:30 - Intro
01:20 - Monster Rom-Com
04:30 - Tiktok (JerseyBookGuy aka Bookdaddy)
08:00 - Meeting friends online
10:30 - Publishing Company
12:00 - What is success?
18:00 - Trad vs. Self-publish
21:30 - Taking care of the artist
25:00 - What's next?
31:00 - Genre hopping
34:00 - Spicy door romance
36:00 - High high, low low
41:00 - More monster Rom-Coms
43:30 - Where will we see you?

Episode 21: Special Guest Monica Robinson

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes
00:30 - Intro and collaboration with Willow
04:00 - How did co-writing go?
09:10 - What's next?
12:30 - Travel Plans?
14:50 - Living on a boat
16:40 - The shop and DIY wrapping
23:30 - Another Co-write
25:15 - We're crazy
26:15 - High highs, low lows

Episode 20: Special Guests Nikki Jefford and Wendy Higgins

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 03:00:00 -0400

Show Notes
00:30 - Podcast Intro
05:00 - YA vs. Adult
12:00 - Struggles in the past years
15:00 - The universe is throwing snowballs at you
17:00 - Cover Reveal!
17:30 - Signs
24:00 - We need YA
26:00 - Trying YA as Self Published
32:00 - Trying to get into social media

Episode 19: Special Guest Stephanie Phillips

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 03:00:00 -0500

Show Notes
00:30 - Podcast Intro
01:00 - SBR Media
03:00 - How did you get started
09:00 - So many decisions
11:00 - What is the biggest misconception
13:30 - This industry will take as much as you give
17:00 - What is the high high, and the low low
22:50 - How do I find an agent?
26:00 - Write your book first
27:25 - Stacey has a new kink?
28:00 - Submissions
31:30 - Meltdowns
36:00 - More agents and industry behind the scenes

Episode 18: Special Guest Isaac Marion

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 03:00:00 -0500

Show Notes
00:30 - Podcast Intro
01:45 - Warm Bodies
04:15 - Script vs. the book
07:00 - Life after your first book/movie
10:00 - The lows
13:30 - The New Book
17:15 - Getting started writing
22:00 - Poetry
26:30 - Community
31:00 - Are you considering other social media?
34:00 - Willows viral misprint
40:30 - Isaac's skunkworks gaming project
43:00 - Gaming

Episode 17: I Want a Trashy Romance, Not a Trashy Community

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 03:00:00 -0500

Show Notes
00:15 - BookTok
05:30 - This book is not for you
12:00 - A place of fear

Episode 16: We Answer Your Questions

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:00:00 -0500

Show Notes
00:15 - Intro
01:00 - Avenues for book printing
03:00 - Writing empowered women with dominant men
07:00 - Do you write yourselves into the empowered women?
08:00 - Poor Sean
09:00 - What are some good insights for marketing a book
15:00 - When do you know a book is ready
21:00 - Getting started on a new/current book (writing routine)
26:00 - Behind the scenes unique character fate/tropes
32:00 - How do you keep track of brainstorming (plot twists, etc)
33:30 - Keeping worldbuilding straight
35:00 - Start to finish, how long to write a book

Episode 15: Hot Take - We ALL Need a Reality Check

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 03:00:00 -0500

Show Notes
00:20 - We get to the point
00:30 - Reader expectations
03:00 - Realistic excitement
04:00 - Stop saying sorry
09:30 - Hot Take, Tacos Don't Suck!
14:45 - Delete and block
15:00 - In the land of fiction we all need a reality check
17:00 - We have to be on social media
18:35 - Let's do kindness

Episode 14: Bring On 2024!

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:00:00 -0500

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 - Willow and more rest while working smarter, not harder
13:35 - Highlights of 2023 (the podcast!)

Episode 13: Special Guest Alessandra Torre

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 03:00:00 -0500

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

Episode 12: Special Guests Piper and Jack

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 03:00:00 -0500

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

Episode 11: Special Guest Karina Halle

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 03:00:00 -0500

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

Episode 10: Special Guest Mickey Miller

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 03:00:00 -0500

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?

Episode 9: Special Guest Amy Daws

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 03:00:00 -0500

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?

Episode 8: We're Trying Not To Get Canceled

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 03:00:00 -0500

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

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

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 03:00:00 -0400

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

Episode 6: The Voice of Joe Arden

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 03:00:00 -0400

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

Episode 5: It's a F@cking Business

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 03:00:00 -0400

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

Episode 4: Special Guest Jennifer Armentrout (Part 2)

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 03:00:00 -0400

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 Best Sellers list

Episode 3: Special Guest Jennifer Armentrout (Part 1)

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 03:00:00 -0400

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

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

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 03:00:00 -0400

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 readers
40:00 - Showing yourself

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

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 03:00:00 -0400

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 Margarita

Episode 0: Hot Take: Stop The Slut Shaming

Sex, Lies, and Blank Pages — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 03:00:00 -0400

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