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Romance Writer's Therapy

Authors Marty Vee and Kate Prior

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Hello and welcome to Romance Writer’s Therapy! Some people write therapeutically, authors need therapy after writing. We aren’t therapists, but we feel like we need one. This podcast is like our group therapy, just a couple of budding romance authors discussing writing, storytelling, reading and publishing--with many detours along the way.
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Story enthusiast and romance writer Sarah Gamez explores the creative craft and pragmatic aspects of writing with niche topic discussions, inspirational pieces and industry insights. Join in on conversations with authors and experts on creating engaging stories, marketing your books, and navigating the (self) publishing world. Whether you write romance or not, there's plenty of tips to be found on storytelling, genres, and medias. Sometimes, with a twist of romance.
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The Stoker Society

A Broken Crown Production

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The Stoker Society is an improvised, horror, action podcasted using a TTRPG system of our own creation. It tells the story of a band of modern day monster hunters as they are thrown into a complex political dispute between the two major monster hunting companies over a massecer, 10 years in the past. This is the least of our monster hunters concerns as they need to deal with being entirely broke first and formost. The Stoker Society is prequel series to Dark Tides, another audio drama series ...
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Designed by the Julius Baer Foundation, the Wealth Inequality Initiative aims to shed light on the global challenge of wealth disparities. It connects worldwide key players and experts to awaken interest, circulate knowledge, mobilise stakeholders and drive action against wealth inequality. The Wealth Inequality Initiative Podcast Series features inspirational and influential personalities, including experts of wealth inequality. The guests’ voices and experiences turn the wealth inequality ...
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'Thank You 10' is a three-part podcast that features intimate interviews with creative individuals - on and off the stage, on and off the page. Hosted at UNC Center for Dramatic Art by UNC MFA-candidate Gregory DeCandia, the name 'Thank You 10' pays homage to the standard practice of saying “thank you” to the calls a Stage Manager gives an actor prior to “places.” The podcast concludes each mini-sode with a six-word story, an exercise attributed to Ernest Hemingway winning a bet. Challenged ...
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The Unsexy Startup talks about what it truly takes to build a company, and not just the highlights. Every week, we interview Founders who have raised successful rounds, and / or have sold a company prior to their current venture. Topics cover the Unsexiest time founders had, while growing their startup. The podcast also talks about how to handle Unsexy challenges such as creating more emotional intelligence, raising funds at an early stage, how to deal with frustrations at an early stage, an ...
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I am French

Karen French

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I am French with Karen French is a podcast where I talk to other immigrants/expats who have moved to France (I moved from London to rural France in 2014). I have honest and open conversations about the joys and challenges of what it's really like to move to France and build a life here. Do you live in France? Have you always wanted to live in France? Are you a die-hard Francophile? Then grab a coffee and a croissant and have a listen. This podcast is for you!
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we're discussing the Claws & Cubicles series by Kate Prior. This is our first time discussing an entire series. These short novels are all workplace romances but with monsters. * Love, Laugh, Lich - the CEO's human assistant and the boss - who is a lich! He needs help gathering spell ingr…
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Jami Albright joins Marty in this episode about understanding and presenting your author brand! Jami shares her expertise on the promise an author makes to their readers, figuring out what is the unique thing you offer in your writing/books, and pinning down your ideal reader. She not only give advice on how to build your brand, but actionable task…
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We're finally tackling an Emily Henry!🍷 Funny Story was such a hit with us. Daphne just got dumped by her fiance for his best friend, Petra. Miles was dating Petra. Now, Daphne and Miles are alone, so they turn to each other. Daphne moves in, cause she has nowhere to go. Their tentative roommate situation turns into something more as Miles decides …
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets! We are discussing the second half the long awaited third season of Bridgerton! We will cover the last four episodes released June 13 and the season overall! Spoilers ahead! Based on the book "Romancing Mr. Bridgerton" by Julia Quinn, the third season centers around Colin Bridgerton and Pe…
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We're back with our lovely friend Katerina Stone, to do what we did last time. This time it's about season 3 (the first four episodes). SPOILERS ABOUND! Watch Bridgerton season three before listening, but don't forget to listen. (And maybe read the first 5 books in the series… 'Kay, thanks!) Kate Prior and Marty Vee are joined by Regency romance au…
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In the us episode, Marty chats with contemporary and PNR author Lauren Connelly. In it they discuss: Lauren is the hero we need! Figure out your personal output. Five minute author. The critical part is so loud. This discussion was an absolute mind opener for Marty! Find Lauren Connelly at www.laurenconnollyromance.com. Get Marty's latest novel Haz…
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This episode contains little Vingettes of: The Ritual Is Simple, Are You Recording? Marty Outlines her Year Long Plan (this is from february) In Your Heart You Know Second Place Is Losing The Emotional Rollercoaster of Giveaways Canva Punishments Penis Envy but It's Over Book Length In Defense of the Short Stories It Keeps Coming back to Subjectivi…
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we're releasing our episode discussing the new movie Challengers. Tashi, Art, and Patrick are all young tennis players looking to go pro. At least that's part of the storyline. This movie is told in a nonlinear fashion. In the other part of the storyline, we see Tashi, who is now Art's co…
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"I try to write really fierce, headstrong characters...but at the same time, it's ok to be vulnerable. It's ok to say I don't have all the answers." Author Kimberly Packard lovingly calls women's fiction the "trash can punch" genre since it has a little bit of everything, and while her characters and novels run the gamut within the genre, the emoti…
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Marty and Kate are back after a longer than expected haitus, and we're kicking off season 4 the only way we know how-- a long, rambly, conversation about How You Are Doing Enough. The Highlights: Scapegoat for Kareoke Discovering We're Both Obsessed with Jethro Tull 7 Minutes in We Get On Topic Re-Structuring Marty's Time Writing Is For You Marty's…
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we are discussing the viral book Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver. Sloane and Rowan are both vigilante serial killers. When they run into each other while hunting down the same man, Rowan offers up an opportunity for them to have an annual game. Sloane certainly can't turn down the co…
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets! We are discussing the long awaited third season of Bridgerton! This episode covers all four episodes released May 16th! Spoilers ahead! Based on the book "Romancing Mr. Bridgerton" by Julia Quinn, the third season centers around Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington. When Colin retu…
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"If it feels like I'm trying to force something...that's usually when I know to kinda let go. Either set it down or hold it with an open hand and see what happens. Whatever happens with it, let that be. " Amy Kelly, the new leader at Lone Star Literary Life, shares her unique journey as an author, podcaster and literary advocate to enrich both Texa…
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"There's this living in alignment, in integrity, and I don't like to do things out of alignment...and this is an area that has some consequences." Bestselling Author, Tedx Speaker, and therapist, Marcy Pusey helped me delve into the ethical use of AI in the creative process - pros and cons. She illuminates how AI operates with creative recycling an…
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we're reviewing Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk. This novella dives into a beautiful sapphic romance in 1940s Chicago. Noir meets urban fantasy as a warlock detective is hired to find a notorious serial killer. Socials Tiktok- @wrongdustjackets Facebook- WrongDustJackets Instagram…
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we're releasing our discussion of Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup. This book is based on Jill's YouTube series where an author confronts her heroine who just isn't doing what the author wants. In this book, Caroline is our author and Rosamond is the historical FMC who's not fond of the ro…
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"(It) started as a blog, Unleashing the Next Chapter, to document my stroke recovery and unleashing is a nod to the fact that I had just gotten Gizmo (service dog)...to (now) having a boutique marketing agency..." Kathryn McClatchy is an authorpreneur and consultant who lived two distinct lives: one before strokes and one after. She reveals what it…
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"....Whenever you are going to write disability or anytime you're going to write outside of your lived experience, first you have to ask yourself: Do you already platform and support this community?" As a romance writer with a disability, Melissa Whitney writes fantastic HEAs for non-typical protagonists - who have disabilities and neurodivergences…
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This week, we're winding the clock back to 2013 with Warm Bodies. Zombies were all the rage. What better way to join the zombie craze than combining them with Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet specifically. Socials Tiktok- @wrongdustjackets Facebook- WrongDustJackets Instagram & Threads- @WrongDustJackets Pinterest - wrongdustjackets Goodreads - Wrong …
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Ariane De Lannoy is a professor and chief researcher in the Labour and Development Research Unit of the University of Cape Town. Her work focusses on youth and youth development in the complex post-apartheid context of South Africa, where stark socio-economic divisions persist to this day. In this Wealth inequality initiative podcast, Julius Baer F…
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This week we discuss Bride by Ali Hazelwood on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets. Misery, daughter of a power vampyres, agrees to an arranged a marriage with their hated enemies the werewolves. But her motives aren't unselfish. Her best friend is missing, and the only note she left is to find L. Moreland, who just happens to be the alp…
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Why must we rebalance the scales of education? Engaged in India’s education sector for over 30 years, Dhir Jhingran established the Language and Learning Foundation in 2015 as a way to improve support for primary school-aged children from marginalised backgrounds. In this Wealth inequality initiative podcast, CEO of the Julius Baer Foundation, Laur…
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We are beyond excited to announce our 50th episode! This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we're discussing of Seven Days in June by Tia Williams. This second chance romance is bursting with raw and real emotions! Over seven days in June, Eva and Shane reconnect. But, can Eva trust the man that once broke her heart? There are …
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"...I certainly hope that (this book) reaches the people who do, for one reason or another, feel that the world has just been so unfair to them and why can't it pick on somebody else for once..." After both her parents died, Courtney penned those tragedies into a debut book, When Happily Ever After Fails. In the book, she proves all tragedies can b…
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets we're discussing the movie Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. Nancy is looking to chart a path of self-discovery after a disappointing marriage by hiring a sex working, Leo Grande. This movie explores sexuality at different ages, breaks through purity culture, and dismantles toxic thoughts abou…
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This week on Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we celebrate the changing season with A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair. This modern romance is a retelling of Hades and Persephone. Persephone has been hidden away by her mother, until she finally convinces her to let her go to college. Hiding her true self as the Goddess of Spri…
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This week we watch Austenland, the 2013 movie based on the book by the same name. Would you take a trip to an immersive Jane Austen experience? With a guaranteed romantic storyline. That's exactly what our main character, Jane, does. Only it's not that easy to live the Elizabeth Bennett life or to decipher acting from real connection. Socials Tikto…
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On this episode of Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we return to historical romance! We are in the Victorian era with The Duke Gets Desperate by Diana Quincy. In a steamy rivals to lovers romance, the entrepreneurial Arab-American woman, Raya, just inherited her late aunt's castle. Only the Duke of Strickland, Anthony, expected to in…
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This week we're discussing one of our favorite movies, Strictly Ballroom. In Baz Luhrmamm's film debut, Scott wants to break convenient and dance his own steps in ballroom competition. When he loses his partner because she can't lose with him dancing his own way, he teaches Fran, a students at his mom's dance studio. They fall in love over their le…
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We're super excited for this week's episode discussing Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez. Reading and reviewing an Abby Jimenez book has been on our list for awhile, and Yours Truly did not disappoint. Briana and Jacob find each other at the perfect time. They both are going through a tough time, and their relationship, after a rocky start, pulls them ea…
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This week, we are discussing the movie based on the viral book, The Hating Game. Lucy and Joshua have to work together, but they hate each other. Or so it seems. It doesn't take long for their rivalry to turn into attraction. The real question is are there feelings here or is this just passion born from their dislike of each other. Socials Tiktok -…
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On this episode of Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we discuss the viral book Twisted Love by Ana Huang. Alex is a classic billionaire bad boy, only he's been asked by his best friend, Josh, to take care of his little sister while he's out of the country for a year. Alex decides to take over Josh's lease and move in right next door t…
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On this episode of Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we are flying into Love at First Sight, the new Netflix movie. Based on the book The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith, this movie follows Hadley and Oliver from their airport meet cute, to losing each other in London, to their fated reunion at thei…
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On this episode of Looking for Love in All the Wrong Dust Jackets, we enter our dark romance era with Obsidian Feathers by N. Cáceres. Obsidian Feathers is a dark fantasy romance following Xochi to El Salvador, where she runs into an old friend who claims they are mates. Sal, Xochi's fated mate, isn't going to let her go now that he has her. Social…
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