Ep. 306 I Love Our Romance Community with Tia Williams
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Romance novelist Tia Williams visits the show to discuss her latest book A Love Song for Ricki Wilde. Tia shares why she wanted to venture into historical romance, how being a beauty editor has helped her create characters, and why telling this fated-mates story forced her to work even harder than usual. Plus, we break down trends in romance covers.
The Stacks Book Club selection for February is Viral Justice by Ruha Benjamin. We will discuss the book on February 28th with Uché Blackstock.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today is Valentine's Day, |
| 0:16.8 | which makes it an extra special day |
| 0:18.9 | to welcome best-selling romance novelist |
| 0:21.4 | and former fashion editor Tia Williams to the show. |
| 0:25.3 | I had the pleasure of talking with Tia on a Patreon exclusive bonus episode of the Stax Unabridged |
| 0:31.0 | back in 2022. And today today Tia is here in the main feed to talk about her |
| 0:36.7 | brand new romance novel a love song for Ricky Wild. The book follows an enchanting love story that develops between a free-spirited florist and a mystery |
| 0:45.8 | musician in Harlem. |
| 0:47.4 | The book is giving love, it is giving black history, it's even giving a little mystery |
| 0:51.6 | too. We talk today about the rules of romance, why |
| 0:55.6 | Tia wanted to write about the Harlem Renaissance, how her love of pop culture is |
| 1:00.5 | such a huge inspiration for her work |
| 1:02.8 | and the challenges of writing a faded mate's story. |
| 1:07.3 | Don't forget, Dr. Uchee Blackstock |
| 1:09.4 | will join us on February 28th |
| 1:11.3 | for our book club discussion of viral justice by Ruha Benjamin. |
| 1:15.0 | Everything we talk about on each episode of the Stacks |
| 1:18.0 | can be found in the link in the show notes. |
| 1:20.0 | If you like what you hear today on the Stacks, |
| 1:22.0 | consider joining the Stacks Pack. |
| 1:23.5 | That's our community for book lovers, which you can find at patreon.com slash the Stacks. |
| 1:29.0 | By joining, you make it possible for me to make this independent podcast week in and week out. |
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