Romance at a Glance

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Sonali Dev 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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Sonali Dev Podcast Interview

We hit so many fun topics:

  • Bollywood!!

  • Her revision process and how long it takes her to finish each book (1 year!!)

  • The pacing of Sonali’s books and how she avoids the saggy middle

  • Sonali describes how writing was always her dream and that she was always wanting to do this retelling of Jane Austen’s novels

  • How she plots out the stories from the series and uses outlines and knowing the “hero” characters from each book to decide what she’s going to do in the series

  • Bridget fangirls over Bend it Like Beckham and Frederico being a footballer (Sonali gives us a look into why she chose Premier League that over the NFL)

    • Her story about her son wanting to play Football in Naperville, IL is hilarious

  • Which character is her favorite - she really connected with Shobi and she was the vessel for all her feminine anger

  • How the people in her life reacted to her decision to be a writer and a romance writer

  • How Sonali approaches writing sex in her stories and why her Bollywood Affair books have more sex in them and the female characters claiming themselves.

  • Bridget and Sonali bond over having great sleeping children (come at us!)

  • Audiobooks - Sonali talks about being involved in the process by helping pick the narrator and give pronunciation guides for the narrator

  • Arranged Trope in Bollywood - and how that really upset her and was a horrible message to send out to women.

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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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