Bite-Sized, #2: Beginner's Guide to RTM, Thoughts on Illustrated Covers and Some Romancelandia Drama

Romancing the Monsters Podcast

Ever wondered how this podcast came to be? Yeah, we realized we completely by-passed (more like strongly avoided) the step in creating this podcast where we were supposed to introduce ourselves to our listeners. Oops! Well, better late than never! This week, we're finally telling you all about how our podcast happened, the story behind its name and what we define as "the monster of the story". Of course, it wouldn't be a Bite-Sized episode without us deviating into other topics as well, so we also discuss illustrated covers — are they deceiving or not? Do they give readers false expectations? — and some related romancelandia drama. Join us and weigh in on the debate! Trigger warning: mentions of enslavement, death, cancel culture. Books mentioned: Strange Love by Ann Aguirre That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Hemming Find us: E-mail—[e-mail] Twitter—@theRTMpod Instagram—@romancingthemonsterspodcast TikTok—@Romancingthemonsterspod Find M: Instagram & Twitter—@foesandlovers Find S: Instagram & Twitter—@butthisbook Find Seff: Instagram & Twitter—@prosewithwoes Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love. After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.