About this episode
In episode 131 Veronica and Laurie are joined in the Writer's Room by Australian romance writers Rowena Mabbot and Jodie Benveniste. They chat about happily ever afters, Australian settings, simpler times, youth mental health and healing. Both writers are great observers of the human condition and share their fabulous insights and experience as well as their transitions to published authors.Intro - 0:57Jodie Benveniste bio - 03:39Book spotlight - Never, Not Ever - Jodie Benveniste - YA Romance - 06:03Rowena Mabbott bio - 07:57Book spotlight - Avoiding the Friend Zone - Rowena Mabbott - Contemporary Romance - 11:42Why these stories? - 17:07Your concept of love - 22:13As close observers of the human condition - 30:03How has the romance genre changed - 36:11Writing Australian settings - 40:38Advice for new writers - 53:35Support the showThanks for listening.Visit australianbooklovers.com to learn more.
