Romance Round Table 3.0

About this episode

In this episode, J Hall hosts a discussion with romance authors and a bookstore owner about various aspects of romance fiction.

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 80 - Romance Round Table 3.0! We’ve got a fantastic lineup for this year’s romance round table - authors Hayley Elliott and MJ Hughes and owner of Love Stories OKC, Courtney Hedrick. In our conversation, we get to hear about the work of our panelists and then talk about tropes, the growing male audience for romance fiction, writing spice, and I attempt to get to the bottom of the hockey romance trend. It's a great time with equally great folk...

People in this episode

Host: J Hall

Guests: Hayley Elliott, MJ Hughes, Courtney Hedrick

Topics covered

• romance fiction
• writing tropes
• male audience
• hockey romance
• author discussion

Keywords

• romance
• authors
• tropes
• male audience
• hockey romance
• writing spice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Love Stories OKC

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