Olivia Dade on vampires, zombies and editing sex scenes

from Rebel Ever After · host Ella Dawson

This week my guest is Olivia Dade, the author of Spoiler Alert, All The Feels, At First Spite, 40-Love and many others. She has two books coming out this year, ZOMROMCOM in August and Second Chance Romance in November. We had a sprawling conversation about her dive into paranormal romance, writing fat heroines who are older than 27 years old, and the unique challenges of editing sex scenes. Follow Olivia Dade on Bluesky as @oliviawrites.bsky.social‬, and sign up for her newsletter at go.oliviadade.com/Newsletter. Pre-order ZOMROMCOM, SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE and other romance novels featured on Rebel Ever After in my affiliate bookstore at bookshop.org/lists/rebel-ever-after Subscribe on Patreon at patreon.com/brosandprose to get access to the brand new Rebel Ever After Discord server, as well as premium episodes of the podcast! Your financial support makes this independent production possible. Theme music created by Dalton Deschain. Please remember to RATE AND REVIEW the podcast wherever you like to listen. Books mentioned this episode include: The Flesh Series, Kylie Scott Reawakening, Charlotte Stein Last Light, Claire Kent Hold, Claire Kent The Spoiler Alert series, Olivia Dade Cover Me, Olivia Dade But How Are You, Really, Ella Dawson (that's me!) The Hating Game, Sally Thorne The work of Emma Barry

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