This week, we're celebrating the upcoming release of Fireworks & Flirtation with our authors, Suzy Langevin and Marissa Marinello. We discuss:
Bookish drama over an editor asking an author to remove similes and other metaphorical language from their story to avoid being accused of using AI
With the popularity of MM romance, where is the love for sapphic romance?
Plus a whole lot more.
Suzy Langevin writes happily ever afters where people are loved because of, not in spite of, the things they see as their flaws. She is the winner of the 2024 RWA Golden Heart Award, and her short fiction appears in anthologies and magazines. Suzy lives in Massachusetts, and does, in fact, run on Dunkin'.
Marissa Marinello writes urban, high fantasy, and cozy-romantasy. A TTRPG nerd who grew up on Tolkien, musical theater & comics, she's inspired by finding the fantastical in the mundane. Her work can be found in several anthologies, and she is an active participant in fandom and her writing group in Southern California.
LINKS TO SUZY AND MARISSA
Suzy's Website
Suzy's Books
Suzy on Instagram
Marissa's Website
Marissa's Books
Marissa on Instagram
BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW
Fireworks & Flirtation
BEACH READ RECOMMENDATIONS
Moonlight & Margaritas
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Chesapeake Bay Series by Nora Roberts
Persuasion by Jane Austen
It's About Damn Time (Skullhaven Bay) Free
Urna Semper on Substack
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Paws & Peril: Steamy Romantic Suspense Stories with a Dog (Tender & Tempting Tales Magazine)
TENDER & TEMPTING TALES
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ILLICIT LIAISONS PRODUCED & HOSTED BY
Tara Leederman Substack: https://taleederman.substack.com/
Jenna Harte: https://jennaharte.com/
Outline and Show Notes: T.A. Leederman
Editing: Jenna Harte
