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EPISODE · Mar 19, 2026 · 48 MIN

Interview with Catherine Walsh (How To Write a Love Story)

from Paperback Ponderings · host Sarah & Kyla

This week, Sarah and Kyla had the pleasure of interviewing Catherine Walsh about her newly released rom com, How To Write a Love Story. They got to chat about everything from Catherine's writing process to the difficulty of balancing an exploration of grief with comedy in the story, and the side characters her readers love so dearly. They also discuss the pride behind being a romance author, what it's like to write spice scenes, and the burning question everyone has been asking about whether Maddie and Shane are getting a spinoff story of their own! This episode is spoiler-free.

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This week, Sarah and Kyla had the pleasure of interviewing Catherine Walsh about her newly released rom com, How To Write a Love Story. They got to chat about everything from Catherine's writing process to the difficulty of balancing an exploration of grief with comedy in the story, and the side characters her readers love so dearly. They also discuss the pride behind being a romance author, what it's like to write spice scenes, and the burning question everyone has been asking about whether Maddie and Shane are getting a spinoff story of their own! This episode is spoiler-free.

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