S2:E2 Back to School with Academic Romance | AI News & Book Recs

Amber and Aly are going BACK TO SCHOOL...with their romance novel recommendations, that is! The girlies are talking all things academic setting in romance books: what we love, what we avoid, and why academic settings are so popular for romance novel plots (hint: tension!) In this episode we've got:
* Academic setting book recs
* Tea time with AI news in the creative space, publishing talk

Big fans of Plot Twist

https://youtu.be/ZAoa0vp20_E?si=6XpizGB4IF8GbW70

https://youtu.be/BUQyun79kDg?si=2BDtaJLLim49wWmu

0:00 – Introduction
4:00 – Tea Time: AI in the creative space. Authors vs AI Prompters and proving your work as human written.
24:39 – Book Nook: DIE FOR ME by Shirlene Obuobi
30:10 - Book Nook: UNBOUND by Peyton Corinne
34:49 – Craft Corner: Academic Romance (setting, tension, tropes, plot)
We love Fated Mates! https://youtu.be/hINTFwmxRe8?si=xB9PZa8VvLTC1s82

Books mentioned:
VAMPIRE ACADEMY by Richelle Mead
HOUSE OF THE NIGHT by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS by Ali Hazelwood
LOVE THEORETICALLY by Ali Hazelwood
UNSTEADY by Peyton Corinne
THE LETTERS WE KEEP by Nisha Sharma
HOW TO FAIL AT FLIRTING by Denise Williams
A DEADLY EDUCATION by Naomi Novik
MAYBE MEANT TO BE by KL Walther
LOVE REQUIRES CHOCOLATE by Ravynn K. Stringfield

1:04:39 - Happy Endings

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