Make Out Already

Hi Smooches! We’ve been truant, and we’re sorry, OK?! Life is just like really really hard. But we have so many books to talk about, including my new MMF short story, And They Were Roommates, and all the very informative and depressing books Meg is reading in her therapy studies. Meg kept getting kicked out of the Zoom meeting, and I kept in every time it happened because it was pretty funny. But that only goes on for the first maybe 10 minutes of the episode so don’t worry about it from an audio perspective, it’s not the whole episode. We’ve got lots and lots of news, including our plans for the summer, so let’s get into it! Subscribe to Liz’s author newsletter: https://stats.sender.net/forms/aK018b/view All of Liz’s author links are here: https://linktr.ee/ellediazromance Highly recommend: Jokes on You Podcast (they’re also on all the audio platforms): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIUwImlNmFE-LPkde4LEaAw Books Liz mentioned And They Were Roommates by Elle Diaz So Hectic by Eve Dangerfield All Systems Red by Martha Wells The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver Motel Spooky Nine by Julie-Anne Munoz Light from the Dark by R Sullins Space for More by Emily Antoinette Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley What Kind of Fool by J.L. Minyard Author E.A. Fortneaux Author Liz Hambleton Books Meg mentioned What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis Sweet Berries by C.M. Nascosta Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta Don’t Want You Like A Best Friend by Emma R. Alban We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

Hi Smooches! On this episode, we recap a gorgeous YA sapphic romance told partially through poetry, Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari. It’s about two friends who have passed notebooks back and forth for their entire friendship, writing poems to each other, and how everything changes when they acknowledge their deeper feelings. Spoilers ahead. Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en] Preorder Liz’s next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZC [https://a.co/d/87RjuZC] MMF short story coming in May: https://a.co/d/aUHQx3C [https://a.co/d/aUHQx3C] Copy editing and tarot brainstorming services: Editorial Services – Elle Diaz Romance Stuff we mentioned The audiobook for Just Another Epic Love Poem does have two narrators. Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer Hold Still by Nina Lacour I Was a Teenage Exocolonist video game Rooney Phantom Planet The Idea of You movie A very funny video about Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion https://youtu.be/M3HSoQ8TYt0?si=fFq-pWXsssRws_jx [https://youtu.be/M3HSoQ8TYt0?si=fFq-pWXsssRws_jx]

What makes monsters so erotic? On today’s episode, we talk to writer and researcher Ella Gallego about her Monstrous Desire study. We talk about the increasingly vocalized attraction many of us feel for monsters, our first monster crushes, and how Stephenie Meyer just loves a cuckolding fantasy. Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en Preorder Liz’s next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZC Schedule copy editing and tarot brainstorming services with Liz here: http://ellediazromance.com Monstrous Desire Study podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-monstrous-desire-study-podcast/id1707753667 Study website, where you can sign up for the newsletter and watch for the next round of the study: https://monstrousdesirestudy.com Where to find Ella on other platforms: https://monstrousdesirestudy.com/contact/ Monster Culture: Seven Theses can be found here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttsq4d ContraPoints video on Twilight: https://youtu.be/bqloPw5wp48?si=mYvHvjuw-iPzJE1p

Smooches, get your headphones and your wallets. This episode is about to load up your TBR with heroines who are not to be messed with. We’re talking about heroines who serve the most see-you-next-Tuesday with Courtney Clark Michaels and Eve Dangerfield. Liz is offering copy editing services and tarot brainstorming sessions for romance authors! Go to ellediazromance.com to learn more. Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en Preorder Liz’s next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZC Find Courtney everywhere here: https://linktr.ee/courtneyclarkmichaels Find Eve everywhere here: https://www.evedangerfield.com/links One of many tweets about Eugene from the Try Guys: https://x.com/asiagobagei/status/1577131494530686978?s=46&t=JeSFURSpvI995pnXQScrDA Captivated by Tessa Bailey and Eve Dangerfield The Viscount Made Me Do It by Diana Quincy Perv by Dakota Gray Hot Under His Collar by Andie J. Christopher Priest by Sierra Simone The Siren by Tiffany Reisz After Hours by Cara McKenna Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale Broderick by Katee Robert Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola A Gentleman in the Street by Alisha Rai The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco by Talia Hibbert Open Hearts by Eve Dangerfield

Hi Smooches! On this episode, we're recapping I'm Engaged to Mothman, the second book in Paige Lavoie's Mothman in Love series. We previously recapped the first book with our friend and Mothman groupie Molly, so go listen to that episode if you haven't already. Some future episode announcements. Sometime in April, we're going to recap Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhhari. That book is out today when this episode drops, so you can go get it right now! And over on Fable, we're going to read Never Cross a Highlander by Lisa Rayne, so you can read along with us ahead of that recap. And self promo to any authors listening that I, Liz, am offering copy editing and tarot-based brainstorming services. You can find out more at ellediazromance.com. Now, on to Mothman shenanigans. Spoilers ahead. Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en Preorder Liz’s next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZC