The One True Pairing podcast spent August celebrating our favorite genre—romance, of course! For Romance Awareness Month, OTP Podcast hosts Erica and Marissa interviewed knowledgeable people in the industry, talking to authors, bloggers, editors, and more about all things romance. They dived into why they love the genre so much, how to get started as a reader, and why there’s such a stigma surrounding romance readers (plus how to break the stereotype). One True Pairing combines juicy romance, love, feminism, and relationships with the gossip you love, to bring you a pop culture podcast full of bad boys, break-ups, and happily ever afters.
Here’s the wrap up of Romance Awareness Month from One True Pairing podcast:
Romance Awareness Month Kickoff! with Editor Eileen Rothschild
August is ROMANCE AWARENESS MONTH! Every week in August the OTP Podcast brought the best and the brightest from the romance industry and talked about all things love. The first week we had romance editor at St. Martin’s Press, Eileen Rothschild.
Bigfoot and vampires and romance, oh my! with “Under the Covers” Book Blogger
The first mini-sode for the series on Romance Awareness Month! What does it take to be a romance blogger? Francesca from the wildly popular Under the Covers Book Blog came on to talk to Erica about who her romance OTP is and her thoughts on the industry as a whole.
A History of Romance Novels (and a little horse erotica) with Publisher Jen Enderlin
For the third week of Romance Awareness Month, OTP had their FAVE, Jen Enderlin, the Publisher and SVP at St. Martin’s Press. Jen started reading romance when she was a small child in the 70s and she has been hooked ever since. What does she think about how romance has changed? Listen to find out.
Romance Novels will bring WORLD PEACE (with Author Lauren Blakely)
The OTP guest for this Romance Awareness Month “mini-sode” was NYT Bestselling Author, Lauren Blakely. She told us about her OTP (hint: TIME TRAVEL) and made a very convincing argument that romance writing will bring world peace. Listen for more!
Don’t Let Mom Catch You Reading Romance! with Editorial Director Monique Patterson
Ah, we’ve come to the end of Romance Awareness Month. We closed this chapter (pun intended!) with St. Martin’s Paperback Editorial Director, Monique Patterson. She told Erica and Marissa all about her Lisa Kleypas love, hiding romances from her mom and her take on making the romance community more diverse. We ended the episode with blogger Denise Sprung, who tells us about the generosity of the romance community. It’s the happily ever after we only could’ve dreamed of!
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