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Two Romance Writers and an Industry Professional, hell-bent on taking over the world, one six-pack at a time.
39 Episodes
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Show Notes
00:30 - Intro
01:00 - Drink Up Grinches!
02:15 - What are you doing?
07:30 - Favorite Christmas Movies
11:00 - Favorite Christmas Songs
12:00 - Favorite Christmas Drink
13:30 - Favorite Tradition or Memory
17:00 - Favorite Gift
23:30 - "Never Have I Ever" Drinking Game
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Live from the Playroom (Not that playroom)
03:00 - What do you do here?
05:00 - Get Shawn on it
08:00 - Marriage vs. Working Together
12:00 - Ads and direct sales
14:30 - How has the industry changed and evolved?
19:00 - More and more authors
21:40 - Book release changes
24:40 - We took a 'Turn'
25:00 - Cute Girl Benadryl story time
30:30 - Advice for husbands in the romance business
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - AI Drama
05:00 - Brazen scammers
06:30 - Different revenue streams
08:00 - Cover designs
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
01:00 - The ladies
09:00 - What is a PA?
11:00 - The PA List
14:00 - You got to figure it out
15:00 - What's the least/most favorite thing
25:00 - Building
31:00 - Annnnnnnd its gone
34:00 - Big money
38:00 - What's the biggest misconception?
47:00 - We love what we do
48:30 - Spill the dirt
50:30 - The pros and cons of writing from jail
51:00 - [insert sex scene]
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - What we see online
01:30 - Books are political
02:45 - How do we respond to the comments
05:00 - Politics impact online and the real world
08:00 - Very judgmental world
09:30 - Team vs. Team
12:30 - People are in their emotions (except for Colleen's puppy)
14:30 - Why are authors not posting more?
15:45 - Magic pants
18:15 - There are humans behind the business
20:30 - We have a lot on our shoulders
23:00 - Protect your business
25:30 - Maybe there's a different way
29:30 - Getting in your feels
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Decades of writing experience
02:00 - How do you outline your books?
12:00 - How much research do you do when you write?
20:00 - How long to write a book from start to finish?
24:30 - What is your advice for writing series?
30:30 - How do you say goodbye to your characters?
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Season Two!
01:00 - Summer High Highs and Low Lows
03:30 - We're going to be canceled
04:00 - Can authors block readers and vice versa
10:00 - Mental health issues and social media
12:00 - Negativity gets views
18:00 - Opinions, opinions everywhere
20:00 - How do you take in opinions?
24:30 - Where are reader spaces?
30:30 - Readers defending authors
34:00 - Show kindness and grace
37:00 - Social Media can be a blessing for authors
41:15 - Canceling Readers and penises, Welcome back
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Intro
01:30 - Legal and Romance
03:30 - Copyright Attorney
06:00 - Think about the result
07:00 - Domain Squatter
11:00 - Thinking about what you're signing
14:00 - This is a business
15:00 - Two things to think about as authors
18:00 - Trademark vs. Copyright
22:30 - AI and the law
42:30 - It's ok to ask questions
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Intro
02:00 - TikTok web series and publishing
09:30 - The author in the characters
14:00 - Being a teacher
21:00 - Colleen is related to Hannah
26:00 - Book 2!
35:00 - High highs, low lows
40:30 - Happy Birthday
46:00 - Stopping fake Hannah's on the interwebs
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Intro and a rough start
02:00 - Transitioning out of the military
03:10 - Writing BDSM
04:30 - Kingdom
06:00 - What do people think about writing BDSM
08:20 - Writing Sex vs. Consuming Sex
10:00 - What's your biggest challenge
14:30 - Social Media and reading and sexism
16:30 - Hiccups in the community
19:00 - Couples who write
21:00 - Why writing and will you narrate/
26:00 - High highs and low lows
28:00 - What's next
33:00 - Marketing
34:20 - Talking business
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Intro and a rough start
01:00 - What's your favorite book
02:00 - What genres do you write
05:30 - Publishing roller coaster ride
12:00 - Literary agent
13:30 - Ellora's Cave
17:00 - Contracts
19:20 - Poor Man's Copyright
22:00 - Contract Hell
27:30 - High Highs
33:00 - Standalone vs. series
40:00 - Tricky times
42:10 - One more thing...
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Intro and a rough start
03:00 - Sam finds the BDSM Genre
04:00 - Getting Alpha and Beta readers
05:30 - Leather and Lace
10:20 - Co-Author
20:00 - Law enforcement influence
24:00 - Trigger Warnings
26:00 - Books without conflict
29:00 - LGBT characters
38:20 - Where readers can follow Sam
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Intros
03:50 - What changes have you seen?
12:50 - What's a street team?
17:00 - Costs
22:00 - Kobo
25:40 - Things to expect now
27:20 - How many big authors are still around today?
35:00 - Opinions!
41:30 - Some nice things
43:10 - Where's the growth?
45:30 - High high, low low
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Intro
01:30 - High high, low low
01:40 - Getting drunk at the Mexican bar
03:20 - ...back to the question
05:00 - Special additions
07:30 - Getting help and events
13:45 - I can't do all the things
15:50 - Razzle Dazzle
23:00 - Early success
24:00 - Big ad spends
30:30 - Fancy ice cubes
31:00 - Tiktok shop
35:30 - What are you talking about Willow!
36:50 - When are you revealing the new covers?
39:00 - Tell us about the books?
41:50 - How about special editions?
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:00 - Welcome to the worst podcast ever!
02:00 - Reviews
04:00 - Dino-porn, haunted vaginas, and door romance
04:40 - The cat is at the door
07:30 - Getting burnt out and finding a way out
08:30 - Peer success and money talk
12:00 - Money talk
13:40 - Drinks
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Intro
01:15 - Why a book store?
03:15 - How do you write and run a store?
11:00 - Romance specific book stores
13:30 - What people want to read
15:00 - Sex is in everything
17:30 - What's your current project?
23:30 - How to open a book store?
28:00 - Inventory challenges
32:00 - Book signings
37:00 - Chasing Love
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Intro
01:20 - Monster Rom-Com
04:30 - Tiktok (JerseyBookGuy aka Bookdaddy)
08:00 - Meeting friends online
10:30 - Publishing Company
12:00 - What is success?
18:00 - Trad vs. Self-publish
21:30 - Taking care of the artist
25:00 - What's next?
31:00 - Genre hopping
34:00 - Spicy door romance
36:00 - High high, low low
41:00 - More monster Rom-Coms
43:30 - Where will we see you?
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Intro and collaboration with Willow
04:00 - How did co-writing go?
09:10 - What's next?
12:30 - Travel Plans?
14:50 - Living on a boat
16:40 - The shop and DIY wrapping
23:30 - Another Co-write
25:15 - We're crazy
26:15 - High highs, low lows
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Podcast Intro
05:00 - YA vs. Adult
12:00 - Struggles in the past years
15:00 - The universe is throwing snowballs at you
17:00 - Cover Reveal!
17:30 - Signs
24:00 - We need YA
26:00 - Trying YA as Self Published
32:00 - Trying to get into social media
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
Show Notes
00:30 - Podcast Intro
01:00 - SBR Media
03:00 - How did you get started
09:00 - So many decisions
11:00 - What is the biggest misconception
13:30 - This industry will take as much as you give
17:00 - What is the high high, and the low low
22:50 - How do I find an agent?
26:00 - Write your book first
27:25 - Stacey has a new kink?
28:00 - Submissions
31:30 - Meltdowns
36:00 - More agents and industry behind the scenes
Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com
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