WeReadSmut is a podcast-style newsletter where host interviews romance and speculative romance authors about craft, representation, and publishing. Readers get author interviews on diverse, mature, and spicy romance plus pitches for a paid community and giveaways.
Website: https://wereadsmut.substack.com
A romantasy and paranormal romance author writes personal essays on writing, creative confidence and the appeal of protective, dangerous fictional heroes. Each issue often pairs reflections on her own life with short fiction.
A personal newsletter of notes on books, articles and media, focused on romance fiction viewed through academic and critical theory lenses. Readers get essays on topics like medieval chess and courtship, a romance course syllabus with reading notes, and film theory applied to popular media.
A serialized gay romance set on Texas ranches and in small towns, with each issue opening a new story of desire, secrets and rural masculinity. Readers get fiction excerpts with vivid, sensory prose rather than commentary or news.
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