S05.18: Harlequin Category Romance Interstitial: The Romance Industrial Complex

Fated Mates - A Romance Novel Podcast

Fated Mates

Society & Culture, Documentary, Books, Arts

4.9 • 889 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

We don’t talk enough about category romances, and that is a big mistake. This week, we’re changing that — discussing the power of the category romance, the skill it takes to write one well, and the love we have for the authors who are committed to this perfect morsel of the format. There are nuns and vikings, Italian billionaires, lady assassins and more!

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0:00.0	Sarah. I had an amazing week. I had the greatest reading week. It was so fun.
0:05.0	Oh, you know, I forget how much I love category.
0:10.0	Yeah, me too. And I, what's wrong with me that I forget? Because I read seven great books in a row, no notes, like just...
0:19.0	Yeah. And I didn't work hard. I was like, what's on the shelf? What have I bought at a bookstore or picked up to me?
0:26.7	Yes. Same. Same.
0:28.0	Same. Okay. We're gonna get down to it because we have a lot to say.
0:34.0	Welcome everyone to Fate of Mates.
0:35.8	I'm Sarah McClain.
0:36.8	I read romance novels and I write them.
0:39.0	And I'm Jennifer Procop, a romance
0:43.4	we're talking about category romance because every once in a while we feel like talking about
0:49.6	we feel like talking about categories yeah and it really it's funny because of course we've done it before where like we're just talking
0:55.6	about a trope and we, you know, kind of drop in a category.
0:58.8	Mention a category.
0:59.8	Right.
1:00.8	Jen, what's a category romance?
1:02.9	Okay, so, I'm like, sometimes I will say this.
1:07.9	Hello everyone who messages us on Instagram, I'm Sarah, I run the Instagram account account Eric runs the Tumblr account I don't know what's
1:15.7	happening over there is the Wild West send him love notes there Jen runs the
1:20.5	Twitter account and now you've met us all.
1:23.0	Yes.
1:24.0	There you go.
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