Backstage With The Book Babes

Summary: Canadian contemporary romance author Madyn Rose goes Backstage with the Book Babes for a delightful conversation about writing messy love stories as well as baseball romance, and embracing the many story ideas competing to get written. Madyn shares her writing journey with us and how she learned about the process by doing. As an avid Blue Jays fan, she kind of fell into writing baseball r...

Summary: Hockey romance author Ellie K Drake goes Backstage with the Book Babes for a delightful conversation about writing sports romance, the parallels between being a singer and songwriter and an author, and working a day job in marketing. Happy Canada Day! Ellie tells us about her experience as a national anthem singer. And even though she’s American, she does have a special love for the Canad...

Summary: Queer romance author Alli Temple aka Allison Temple goes Backstage with the Book Babes for an insightful and fun conversation about leaving the publishing treadmill behind, the importance of noise cancelling headphones, and the Heated Rivalry effect. Special Guest: Mango, Alli’s shoulder cat. Alli tells us about the differences in spice levels between her two pen names and fills us in on...

Summary: Harlequin romance author Sera Taino goes Backstage with the Book Babes for a fantastic conversation about writing for Harlequin, her LatinX Characters, and writing queer normative worlds. Sera Taino tells us all about winning a Harlequin romance contest which resulted in her novel being edited and published and how that led to her ongoing relationship with the publisher. Her novels focus...

Summary: Queer romance author Kent Holland goes Backstage with the Book Babes for an insightful conversation about queer joy, making connections in the romance community, and the different subgenres he writes in. Turns out the book babes have a lot in common with Kent Holland. He grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan where Alby lives and he shares a birthday with Nikki. Just goes to show you how conne...

Summary: Sports Romance Author Eden Knox goes Backstage with the Book Babes for a fun, chaotic chat about her Sin Bin hockey romance series, Apollycon and other amazing book signing events, work life balance, and making connections with other authors. She tells us all about her green flag men and how her dom MMC just happened to be a Cinnamon Roll at heart. So she’d like to coin the term Cinnadom...

Summary: Contemporary & Sapphic Romance Author Maude Winters goes Backstage with the Book Babes for a fantastic conversation about switching between male female and sapphic romances, writing chaotic interconnected worlds and chasing plot bunnies Maude writes billionaire and royal romances as well as sapphic romances. She has too many ideas to contain and is constantly fighting off plot bunnies...

Summary: Canadian Romance Author Frances Everly goes Backstage with the Book Babes for a delightful chat about writing in multiple subgenres, the importance of a quality cover, and filling her well by meeting readers at book signing events. Frances writes contemporary romance in a variety of subgenres including rockstar, and sports romance under the name Frances Everly and she writes romantasy inc...

Summary: In episode 20 of Backstage with the Book Babes, we interview small town and cowboy romance author Bailey Hannah. Bailey is a traditionally published Canadian author who writes spicy contemporary romances where her characters find love and heal from past trauma. And they’re set in beautiful rural British Columbia. Bailey tells us about her Wells Ranch series and shares her unique journey t...

Summary: In episode 19 of Backstage with the Book Babes, we interview hockey romance author, Ruby Rana. She writes romcoms featuring driven women, the hockey players who fall for them, and super fun meet disasters. Ruby shares with us all about her Ottawa Regents series including the comedy, the spice, and the reason she chose Ottawa as the home for her fictional hockey team. Even though Ruby is n...

In episode 18 of Backstage with the Book Babes, we interview contemporary romance author, JD Harbor. He writes cruise ship based romances that are humorous, heartfelt, and character driven. JD tells us all about his love of cruising, and shares how he met his wife on a singles cruise. These experiences inspired him to write romance novels where the characters meet on a cruise ship and carry their...

Summary: In episode 17 of Backstage with the Book Babes, we interview contemporary romance author, Monique Fisher. She writes spicy but cosy romcoms featuring lovable characters. These include her Richardson siblings trilogy and the Decadence series. We chat about the reasons behind Monique choosing to write romcoms including her love of 90s romcom movies like Pretty Woman and Boomerang. Her backg...

Summary: In this episode of Backstage with the Book Babes, we interview Canadian romance author, Cortney Murchie. She writes in a variety of contemporary romance subgenres, but her current published works include the Unmatched series, where she gets to dig into her personal experiences with online dating and share the chaos. If you’ve got any online dating horror stories, she’d be happy to hear ab...

Summary: In this episode of Backstage With The Book Babes we have a very interesting chat with Madeline Nixon. Madeline is a Canadian Contemporary Romance Author who writes in a variety of subgenres and spice levels. She started her publishing career writing ghost stories but moved on to explore her love of the romance genre. She’s also taken her interest in the paranormal to to add in some myster...

Summary: Join The Book Babes as we chat with Romantasy and Sci Fi Romance author Catie O’Neill about her writing journey and process. We talk to her about her love of writing interest genre mashups. As an engineer, she loves writing STEM FMCs in her Sci Fi Romances and other strong female characters in her Romantasy books. She tells us about designing her own covers, and her connection with an inc...

Summary: In this episode The Book Babes chat with spicy contemporary romance author Kate Smoak. She also happens to be the founder and organizer of the fantastic Canadian book signing event Rose City Romance. We talked with Kate about her extra spicy romance books and how she likes to subvert tropes and expectations. Things got a little spicy when we dug into her search history. But we also chatte...

Summary: In this episode The Book Babes have a chat with the fantastic Canadian romance author, Hannah Brixton. She writes small town romance with neurodivergency, and mental health representation. We had an amazing chat with Hannah where we discussed everything from research into ocean themed toys to the constant exhaustion of an ADHD brain. We talked a lot about managing life and writing, and tr...

Summary: In episode 11, The Book Babes interview romance author Samara Knight. We had such a fascinating conversation with Samara. She writes in multiple subgenres including her spy series and her Viking fantasy romance. But that’s not all. Samara is also a talented artist who has created her own graphic novel as well as her own book covers, and the interior illustrations. We learned all about her...

Summary: Backstage with the Book Babes podcast episode 10. In this episode the Book Babes chat with fellow sports romance author Stef CR. It was fantastic getting to know her and learning all about her journey from hockey romance to tennis and her upcoming MM pickleball romance novella, Dill-lightful. She told us all about her writing process and vibes, where she gets her inspiration, and her inte...

Summary: Join The Book Babes as we chat with small town romance author Sienna Mills about her journey into the world of romance writing, discussing her inspirations, the charm of small town settings, and the importance of community among authors. Learn about her debut full-length novel, The Principal Project, and discover how she creates engaging small town rom-coms filled with Easter eggs, spice,...

Summary: In this episode The Book Babes have a chat with the amazing Aubrey Taylor. She writes romance in a variety of genres including sports, small town, and cowboy romance. We chat about all things author life including her 2000’s CW TV show inspiration, wildly varied playlists, and some real life inspiration. She shares info about her baseball romance series, her co-authored cowboy romance ser...

Summary: The Book Babes talk to sports romance author Charlie Dee about the highs and lows of life as an indie author. They discuss the journey of becoming an author, the intricacies of writing sports romance, and the importance of community support in the indie author world. They explore the creative process, marketing challenges, and the significance of celebrating milestones in an author's...

Bridging Shakespeare and Romance: An Interview with Nuhaa Bardien Join the Book Babes as we dive into the creative process of Nuhaa Bardien, a South African author who reimagines Shakespearean tragedies into delightful contemporary romance and rom-coms. Discover how she blends classic storytelling with modern love, and get insights on writing diverse characters, crafting spicy scenes, and balancin...

In episode five of Backstage with the Book Babes, Melissa Whitney shares her journey as a contemporary romance author who focuses on disability and mental health representation. She discusses her unique writing process, the adaptations she makes as a blind author, and the importance of authentic mental health portrayals in literature. Whitney also highlights her experiences connecting with readers...

In this episode of Backstage with the Book Babes, hosts Nikki Jewell and Alby Blake chat with author Ruan Willow about her diverse writing journey across multiple romance subgenres. They discuss the challenges of balancing reader expectations, market trends, and the importance of female empowerment in romance literature. Ruan shares insights on her writing process, the significance of book events,...