Romance Writer's Therapy
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.
Episodes
116 episodes
111: 20 Minute YouTube Compilation of Kissing Scenes
The Highlights:Consensually Cuffed to the TableIntellecting About Kissing ScenesNot In A Weird Way, In a Hot WayKate Won't Let Go of the Bad Pencil SkirtRunning Out of Steam By The End of The Book...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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46:11
110: Cheap Smut Crossover Episode
Today's episode we have Katie from from the Cheap Smut podcast joining us, lending us her perspective on the many bookish world topics and tangents we roam through. If you want more of Katie, check out
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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1:21:14
REPOST: Are You Happy About the Stress You Have?
Kate has been working hard on our next episode of this season, but the silly file is causing her trouble. So, enjoy this repost, and know that we'll have a conversation with Katie of Cheap Smut Podcast just as soon as we can!This episode...
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59:02
109: 40,000 Words Before A Single Kiss
The HighlightsTake One Was Just Primal Screaming For A BitThe Problem With Looking Back At Where You WereMarty's Had A YearPondering On SetbacksReminding Yourself Of The MarathonWhat Is t...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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44:18
108: The Most Adhd Conversation Ever
The Highlights:AI DogwhistlesTestimonial MarketingFucking Ai Invading Every Facet Of Our Lives AND FOR WHATAccutely Aware of Perception Being Affected By MoodDissecting "If You Don't Enjoy Writing...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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59:54
107: Envision Your Last Breath
The Highlights:Nintendogs Wasn't RealProof That You're FunnyAndrew Could Do Heart Surgery, ProbablyFear of A Free ChairMarty's Soliloquy The Quit Your Dayjob Gremlin Comes Back<...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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1:07:20
105: Everything Book Event Prep
*The book events discussed are BookHarvest2025 which both Marty and Kate pulled out of later in the year, and Monsterotica2025. **Apologies for Kate's horrendous audio, she hated listening to it tooThe Highlights:Im...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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46:04
104: Totally Tonally
The Highlights:Boob Assisted DeviceDon't Take That Tone With Me, BookGenre-Specific Writing Advice, RevisitedParallel RailsThey Don't Know They're Sitting On Memory FoamThe Cliche is Ther...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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53:24
103: The Quit-Your-Dayjob Gremlin
The Highlights:We've Been Corny the Whole TimeYour Woo Stuff is Different from My Woo StuffFactually Correct Jokes Are Always Funnier2025 Bingo ResolutionsBook Release FomoOne 150k Word B...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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49:30
102: The Shoot Yourself In the Foot Machine
The Highlights: Get Your Vitamin DBooks Finally Getting TitlesThe Worst Draft Marty's Ever Written It Can Have A Bad Ending The First Time AroundNo Citations, Thank You The...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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40:23
101: That's Almost a Whole Book
The Highlights:Weirdly Aggressive Towards Other KatesI Love It But I Hate ItDish Towel Scootin'Working Out Timeline Issues On AirComing Back to a Project You've Grown Out OfDynamic Vs Sta...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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43:53
100: Character-Driven Dirty Talk
The Highlights:Mushrooms, Menoras, GnomesJanuary is Too Short, ActuallyYear Long Calender...2!!!Not Kool Aid Man Shenanigans The Fear of "No One Would Actually Say That"Sexy is, Unfo...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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50:53
99: Writing Advice You Can Throw Away
This episode was recorded back in January, but Kate ADHD'd for like 6 months straight, in true Kate fashion. We're so back. But writing advice has no expiration date! (Or does it?)Here's the highlights:Try Writing...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:05:19
98: To-Do Lists ABOUND (Season Finale)
This year's Finale Episode, we've looked at each other and tried to imagine what we want to see what directions we want to see each other's writing journeys and author careers go.
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47:57
97: You're Not Putting a Hat on That Hat
The Highlights:I'm Being Productive, I PromiseKate Rambles for 5 Minutes to Tell You She's Working On Something NewDoes Anyone Read Anthologies?Just The Marty PartyOn Rushing EndingsThe I...
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53:21
96: This Episode Is Just For Kate to Sound Out Plot Problems
TW: Rabies, Bites, ShotsThe Highlights:Edits Back from HeathitorMarty Just Keeps Writing (Overshot by 40k Words)No One Thinks They Like Second Chance RomancesGrounding Marty From 2nd Chance Romance...
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51:30
95: Friends Enable Each Other's Hyperfixations
The Highlights:East Coasters Are Weird About FallTreating Plot Like the Steel Armature Holding Up These Twelve Raccoons In a TrenchcoatMarty's Been Doing ThingsBabies' First Real Romance NovelsWe ...
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39:18
94: Repetition, Social Media, and Tri-Pronged Strategy
The Highlights: There are No Right Directions, but There are Wrong OnesThe Suspense of WritingGoodreads Review Sheild for AuthorsYou Don't Have to Top the Last Thing You Did Every TimeTelling...
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46:40
93: Heather, Editing, and Everything Else
Marty and Kate bring Heather the Editor (Spellboundedits) on the show to talk about last minute edits, both sides of the process, how to find a qualified editor, and everything else they can think of.
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58:10
92: Erasing the Words on The Whiteboard of My Brain
The Highlights Include:Insert Yourself with Some FanfictionWhen You're Unsatisfied with Your Happy Ending (That's What She Said)How To Make Friends OnlineThat Guy At the Concert Who SUCKEDBring So...
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51:05
91: The Try-Fail Cycle Is Actually A Good Thing
The Highlights:The Novelty of Finishing Things On TimeSocial Media Calendar SoftwareCharacters Failing Makes them More InterestingTry-Fail CyclesThe Inevitable Unlikeable Heroine Trap
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48:02
90: You're Just Gonna Have to Go Get the Horse
The Highlights:Getting Vaguely Technical About Air ConditioningWeekly Reminder Kate is Bad at MathIt (Was) Too Dang HotWhen Did 40k Words Get In HereThe Book You Envision at the Start VS the Book ...
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52:26