Happy Wednesday! If you haven’t seen, we’re celebrating SBTB’s thirteenth birthday, which is both mind-blowing and wonderful. I’ve seen the site evolve in a bunch of different ways and I’m so excited to see what else we’ll do in the future. Thanks for sticking around! … There’s a webcomic in the works that I’m incredibly excited for. Meet the Crew of Cuties! Right now, the two artists have finished up character bios and you can … Continue reading Links: Weird Reads, Webcomics, & Fantasy Portraits→
Grab a drink and have a seat, because here come some compelling and powerful words and numbers. Bea and Leah Koch of The Ripped Bodice have compiled an inaugural report on the State of Racial Diversity in Romance Publishing. From their press release: In their first year and a half in business, the Kochs grew increasingly aware of the limited number of options for customers looking for traditionally published books written by people of color. … Continue reading The Ripped Bodice Report on Racial Diversity in Romance→
It’s been a difficult week and we hope all of you have been taking steps to take care of yourselves. For this edition of Wednesday Links, we’re getting back to what brought us here in the first place: a love of romance. … Ana and Thea of The Book Smugglers posted a spotlight on the ladies of the romance store The Ripped Bodice, whom they interviewed about being ladies entrepreneurs, about kickstarting etc. Bea and … Continue reading Links: A Whole Lotta Romance Talk→
It’s time for Wednesday Links, where we post some neat things we’ve found on the internet. I’m currently in one of those states where I’m not sure what day it is and when I do figure it out, it’s always earlier in the week than I’d thought. Which is a real bummer. … Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries has a Kickstarter to be made into a movie! It’s already been successfully backed (yay!), but there are … Continue reading Links: Miss Fisher, Lisa Kleypas, & Sylvester→
It’s Links time! Here we show some cool stuff that’s been going around the internet and social media. We think it’s a nice Hump Day distraction when you need a bit of a work break. … The Ripped Bodice has started a Patreon for any romance readers who want to support the store, but can’t quite make it out to Culver City just yet. Reward perks include book recommendations and a video from Fitz! … … Continue reading Links: Artificial Intelligence, Georgette Heyer, & More!→
It’s Wednesday Links time! Which is news to me, because it certainly doesn’t feel like a Wednesday. RWA 2017 is kicking off in Orlando. If you’re attending, make sure you say hello to Sarah who is also there! … A GoFundMe campaign is underway to turn Beverly Jenkins’ Deadly Sexy into a feature film: The making of Deadly Sexy is a significant step for all authors. It will give hope to those who dream of having their … Continue reading Links: Gothic Romance, Jenny Han, & a Netflix Original→
If you haven’t heard, The Ripped Bodice is putting on an awesome reading challenge this summer. And there are prizes! You can click the link to their site for an explanation of the rules, plus a printable copy of their bingo board. Or! You can check out their helpful tweet: RIPPED BODICE SUMMER READ-ALONG BINGO IS LIVE!!!!Download your bingo card and read more books this summer!#rippedbodicebingo pic.twitter.com/na9zdFGuPN — The Ripped Bodice (@TheRippedBodice) June 11, 2017 … Continue reading Recommendations for Ripped Bodice Summer Bingo→
It’s Wednesday! How is everyone doing? Ready for the weekend yet? I definitely am, mainly because I’m enjoying a pretty good book right now and I want to dedicate my weekend to that. But in the meantime, here are some links! … As if you needed more of a reason to ruin your book budget, we’re happy to make this list great book blogs: Just reached The End on an awesome love story, and ready … Continue reading Links: Bingo, Seven Seconds, & Ballet→
It’s Wednesday Links time, where we poke around the internet for cool things to share. Tomorrow is June 1st, which hopefully means summer will be starting soon in New England and my allergies will finally taper off. … If you haven’t heard of Designer Daddy, he’s a popular designer on Instagram who recreates popular Disney dresses. His work really is gorgeous. For Mother’s Day, he turned Disney princesses into Disney queens, asking the models to write … Continue reading Links: Queens, Smart Heroines, & a Giveaway→
Happy May! We’re currently at RT17 in Atlanta this week. If you’re attending the conference, we hope we get to see you. The RITAs are also underway and it’s been great interacting with all of you. … Leah of The Ripped Bodice wrote a great refresher for those looking to see the latest in the Fast and the Furious franchise: MOVIE #2–2 Fast 2 Furious (get it?) Okay, so this franchise was originally supposed to follow Paul … Continue reading Links: Tinder, The Fast and the Furious, & Disney Makeovers→
It’s Hump Day! It’s also the last week of July and I’m waiting for the heat to break and give way to crisp autumn weather. Before we get to this week’s links, we have a few housekeeping things first! … If you’d like to sponsor a podcast transcript for August, we have availability! You can become a permanent part of the podcast archives, and reach new readers as more people discover our podcast each week. … Continue reading Links: Cute Weddings, Notebooks, and the Rock!→
