Julia Quinn Interview
Romance at a Glance is a podcast where hosts Bridget and Shani review romance novels and interview some of romance’s biggest authors diving into candid conversations about life, relationships, and sexual desires. Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor. Leave us a rating and review on iTunes.
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Julia Quinn Podcast Interview
The books that she fell in love with as a child.
Julia lived too close to school to ride the bus and the public library was on the way home and she stopped multiple times per week
Victoria Holt - Gothic Novels
Jean Plaidy (Victoria Holt other Pen Name) & Phillipa Carr - Daughters of MIracle of St. Brunos
Bobsey Twins that she collected!
Julia’s reading journey continues into Romance
Grandma’s housekeeping magazine would have romance stories!
Shani reveals to Julia that she would rip out the sex pages from library books and Julia was shocked just like Bridget was!
What Julia Quinn is watching while doing Election stuff!
Bones which was recommended from Eloisa James
Cam from the show inspired Julia to cut her own bangs!
Peaky Blinders
Last Kingdom
Homeland - completely recommends the last season (even though some of the middle ones weren’t that good)
Bridgertons
NOT RATED G PPL!!! YESSSSSS
Watch Bridgertons with us - head to Patreon for dets!
Julia Quinn told us the launch date of Bridgertons on Netflix and its…. 2020!!! HAHA! The Netflix launch dates are still top secret, but it’s already mid-October so it’s definitely coming out in October, November, or December 2020!
UPDATE: The Bridgertons is airing on Netflix on December 25th!!
She read all the scripts and know what is going to happen.
Julia is not surprised that Shonda Rhimes and Shondaland were the first ones to mine historical romance for great stories.
The series has a lot more going on because it is a TV show and there are other subplots and laying the groundwork for other seasons!
How Julia Quinn felt stepping onto the set of the Bridgertons and the sheer volume of people who work on a TV show!
100s of people involved.
She talked to us about the amazing costumes that were custom made.
Daphne has 104 costumes!
Shani was in heaven thinking about it and silent screaming.
Julia was amazed by how many makeup artists there were doing last looks and touch-ups and taking photos for continuity
How Julia is like a fairy godmother to the set and isn’t quite apart of the family that the cast and crew and she’s worried they don’t think she’s cool!
How being on set can be boring when you’re filming the same scene 14 times doing coverage and how blown away she was at how good the actors were.
Eloise and Penny’s friendship was so good onscreen they got Peneloise as their combo name because the actresses got along super well! Their friendship plays a central role in the series.
How she didn’t get to meet Julie Andrews but was thrilled she was involved.
The diverse casting of the show.
“Color-blind” casting is not the way they think about it. Shondaland was very deliberate in the way they cast the show. The creators wanted to bring color into the world. This show is not a history lesson.
How excited we are that there is more representation on the show for everyone.
Julia’s love of how they expanded the show and how the writer’s room allowed the creators to expand the show and add so many diverse opinions and people.
How impressed she is that the characters all stayed true to who they are and that they got the family dynamics so well!
Closed-door vs open door romance
How the vulnerability and connection can really help the story and make it beautiful.
Virgin heroines especially
First Comes Scandal is Julia’s first male virgin MC
Julia’s favorite part of writing
Loves the conversation and her favorite scenes are the big group scenes. The croquet scene during the Viscount who Loved Me. The Poetry reading during The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy with a little girl dressed as a unicorn.
Why her books get new covers.
It’s not so you will just buy a new cover.
It’s because they look dated and this is not how they market Julia’s books anymore so they redid them.
Also helps to get books back into the marketplace.
Julia worked at Barnes & Noble and most readers didn’t know you could order older books.
Netflix stamp on the Bridgertons new version!
Also trying to attract the reader who didn’t see it the first time it was out. Trade paperback was marketed towards a historical fiction reader.
Shani reveals that her aunt is Donna Summer.
Julia lost her mind!
Julia Quinn reveals how she built her devoted following slowly one book and one step at a time.
Her HEA with husband Paul and their meet-cute.
Julia gives her advice on how to maintain a long marriage.
Full Podcast Transcript
Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires.
As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance’s biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo in order to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.
Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.
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