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Hosted by Sarah Gamez · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 91 episodes
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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.
Sarah Gamez hosts Romancing the Story: Writing Romance, Storytelling, and Book Structure, a arts show with 91 episodes published.
"...we feel strongly that romance novels have the potential to make the world better in a number of ways." Juicy Details Romance Editing brings a craft‑focused, thoughtful approach to polishing love stories. Using the “3
"I think the number one thing (for an audiobook) is collaboration is the key..." Audiobooks are an intimate experience. Author Loren Sorensen and Narrators Willa Jaymes and Christian Leatherman would know about creating
"There's a reason a lot of the marginalized characters start out in places like Wattpad...it becomes this people driven publishing house in a way...." Watty award winning author, Lux Raven, understands how platforms like
"Someone said to me in my twenties...you can have it all but not all at the same time and that has stuck with me for a long time." Award winning author, Alisha Fernandez Miranda joined me to chat the myth of “having it a
"...usually (writing) my central character is early for me and my central themes are early for me and everything else springs from that, and that includes the magic..." Author and Veteran video game writer, Morgan Lockha
"My therapist and I talk all the time about how the support system you have and where you're at (in life) totally dictates how you handle recovery." Romance Author Thea Claire portrays realistic recovery from addiction i
"You want to (write dark themes) in a way that's sensitive and include the dark content but also consider the impact." Sarah Hawley, USA Today Bestselling Author, writes dark fantasy worldbuilding that makes rebellion fe
"One thing I love about the romance genre is that you're allowed to have those big, emotional moments....without apology." Romance Author and former Hallmark creative producer, Bryn Donovan discusses the charming and hum
"...each enneagram has a really unhealthy bar all the way up to a healthy bar. So for me, it's 'where did my character start on the bar?' and 'how do I get them to a healthy place of the enneagram through the story?'..."
"For (the politican couple), it's almost a negotiation - I know what I want. Are you able to give it to me? And just having that back and forth." Romance Author Alicia Wilder created a not-so-secret, forced proximity rom
"...if I want readers to be able to identify with the character then I want them to be able to identify with the illness specifically...I can't be ashamed to put the name (of illness) on the page." Romance author Cara Di
"I think initially planning it out was kind of difficult. Only because...(the writer) is very descriptive. She says she can't draw, but in my mind, (they) just do it differently. (Writers) do it with words." USA Today Be
"....(Screenwriting) is, to me, a lot more puzzle-like than novels...if somebody gives me a screenplay to read that is 140 pages, I know it doesn't work." Award-winning author Emily Roberson explores the intricacies of a
"As a romance fan, we couldn't get anybody or any of the networks to buy into....(or) pay to make these adaptations, and so we started our own streaming platform..." Tosca Musk, CEO and founder behind streaming service P
"...and if you create this single story for a people of a certain historically, marginalized identities; you know, that gets taken by readers and it gets inside of them in ways we might not expect or intend to..." Award-
"...Introducing family shows a different side (to the character) and allows the character to be a little more well-rounded in the way they interact..." Writing instructor and multi-genre author, Amber Royer, encounters t
"It's been fun to kinda see (Melissa's writing) evolve also in the narration I have done for her....her stories get better and better with time. It's the same with narration too." Romance author Melissa Whitney Author an
"If you're just starting out, I personally would recommend waiting (to invest in audiobooks) until you have a full series that...is selling well. ...If the series isn't working, you're not going to know that until the se
"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 p
"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
Alisha Fernandez Miranda
award-winning author of the USA Today bestselling novel Someone’s Gotta Give and the memoir My What If Year
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Hawley
author · Growmotely.com
1 appearance on this show
Alex Temblador
Author of Half Outlaw
1 appearance on this show
Karen White
Vice President of Marketing · Bolthouse Fresh Foods
1 appearance on this show
Amy Kelly
National Director of Family Engagement at Devereux · Crohn's & Colitis Ireland
1 appearance on this show
Marcy Pusey
trauma-certified story coach
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Nicole Janz
spiritual book coach
1 appearance on this show
Megan Tady
Author of Super Bloom · Superbloom
1 appearance on this show
Lauren Smith
Chief Medical Officer · South Carolina Department of Revenue
1 appearance on this show
Jessie Cunniffe
Book Blurb Magic
2 appearances on this show
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