The Fresh Fiction Podcast

Fresh Fiction sits down with writers, creatives, and friends to talk pop-culture, creating stories, and what guests are watching, reading, and listening to.

The Fresh Fiction Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 219 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts The Fresh Fiction Podcast, a arts show with 219 episodes published.

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  Episode #174

  CJ Carmichael on Fake Snow, Hallmark, and the Christmas Book That Became a Movie

  Sep 29, 202636 min

  USA Today bestselling author CJ Carmichael has published more than 50 novels in romance, mystery, and women’s fiction, and she’s bringing her Coffee Creek, Montana series back to readers. She talks with Samantha Tennant about building fictional small towns with maps and Pinterest boards, why she’d rather solve a mystery through character than DNA, and why readers love to hate Olive, the controlling mother at the heart of the series. She also tells what it was like to walk a Hallmark set covered in fake snow in August, and why she’s taking her first year off in 26 years.

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  Episode #173

  AN ACCIDENT OF DRAGONS: Cheri Radke on Teddy, Dragons, and Why She Refuses to Write a Tragic Gay Lead

  Sep 22, 202634 min

  What happens when a flamboyant, fabulous 40-year-old man accidentally becomes the ruler of an island nation — and immediately starts wondering if the dragon made a terrible mistake? That's the heart of An Accident of Dragons, the debut fantasy from Cheri Radke, and it's not quite like anything else on shelves right now.

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  Episode #172

  "Reasonable People Do Not Make the Best Characters" — Mary Burton on Writing the Thrillers Readers Can't Put Down

  Sep 15, 202640 min

  Mary Burton — NYT and USA Today bestselling thriller author, Amazon First Reads favorite, and self-described "Scary Mary" — joins Samantha Tennant to talk craft, characters, and her brand-new psychological thriller Trust No One. Mary breaks down her seven-draft writing process, explains why she plants twist endings before she even knows what they are, and makes a compelling case for heroines who are morally gray rather than simply "nice." Plus: what it means to write under two completely different pen names, why small-jurisdiction settings give her more freedom, and a first look at Trust No One, available now as an Amazon First Reads pick ahead of its October 1 release.

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  Episode #171

  From Regency Dukes to Zombie Romance: Robyn DeHart's 90-Title Career Pivot

  Sep 8, 202640 min

  National award-winning historical romance author Robyn DeHart sits down with Samantha Tennant to talk about 90+ published titles, writing curvy heroines when publishers said no, and the grief-fueled pivot that launched her contemporary pen name Kat Baxter. Plus: the wrong-bride Regency story everyone is talking about, a Mount Rushmore of romance authors, and why her road-trip snack of choice is pickle-flavored sunflower seeds.

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  Episode #170

  From 3-Million-Reader Magazine Editor to Harlequin Romance Novelist: Kandy Shepherd's Second Act

  Sep 1, 202640 min

  Australian bestselling author Kandy Shepherd joins Samantha Tennant for a wide-ranging conversation on writing, life, and what it means to stay in love with your characters for twenty-five books. Kandy — a former editor in chief who once ran a magazine with three million readers — talks about the career pivot that brought her to Harlequin Mills & Boon, the craft lessons journalism never let her forget, and the philosophy behind her fiction: characters aren't characters, they're people. She also dives into her latest release, Stuck With Her Impossible Ex (Book Three of the Outback Kings series), the magic of reunion romance, and why she will never, ever end a book on a cliffhanger.

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