NYT bestselling author! Katherine Center, THE ROM-COMMERS
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center returns to the podcast, this time to discuss her charming new book, THE ROM-COMMERS. The novel follows two screenwriters who co-write a romantic comedy… and fall madly in love with each other. Katherine delves into her writing process, touching on how she builds romantic tension and characters with depth. She also talks about how her happy marriage influences her writing and then reveals what she is working on next!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books. |
| 0:08.1 | I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank. |
| 0:14.2 | I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company, reading retreats, a bookstore, and more. |
| 0:21.8 | Learn more at zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zivie Owens or join the community at |
| 0:28.4 | Zivie Readers. |
| 0:31.5 | Catherine Center is the author of the romcomers, a novel. |
| 0:35.7 | Catherine is the New York Times bestselling author of 11 novels, including The Bodyguard, |
| 0:40.4 | Hello Stranger, which she was on this podcast to discuss already, things you save in a fire, |
| 0:44.9 | and now the romcomers. |
| 0:46.1 | Catherine writes deep, nuanced romcoms that brim with hope and healing. |
| 0:49.1 | The movie adaptation of her novel, Happiness for Beginners, became a Netflix movie in |
| 0:53.6 | 2023, and hit the |
| 0:55.5 | global top 10 in 81 countries. The movie of her novel The Lost Husband hit number one on Netflix |
| 1:00.9 | in 2020. Catherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband, two almost |
| 1:06.3 | grown kids and their fluffy but fierce dog. Welcome, Catherine. Thank you so much for coming on |
| 1:11.4 | mom's no time to read books again to talk about your latest book, the rom-comers. Congratulations. |
| 1:16.8 | Thank you. So exciting. Actually, listeners, you can't see this, but Catherine has a scarf |
| 1:22.4 | that totally matches the bright pink, awesomeness and orange and green and blue of the cover. |
| 1:28.4 | And also somehow has coordinated her entire wall behind her to match the cover as well, |
| 1:33.1 | which is really pulling off a great feat. |
| 1:35.9 | Anyway, |
| 1:36.6 | okay, Catherine, |
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