Welcome to Off The Shelf – your backstage pass to the book world. Each week, Morgann Book (yes, that’s her actual last name) sits down with a guest to hear the story behind the stories they write– how an author crafts a romance that feels real, the unexpected quirks that shape their writing process, and the little details of their lives that spark inspiration.
New episodes drop every Thursday—grab your tbr list and listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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Welcome to Off The Shelf – your backstage pass to the book world. Each week, Morgann Book (yes, that’s her actual last name) sits down with a guest to hear the story behind the stories they write– how an author crafts a romance that feels real, the unexpected quirks that shape their writing process, and the little details of their lives that spark inspiration.
New episodes drop every Thursday—grab your tbr list and listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
From steamy banter to loveable blue-collar heroes, Tessa Bailey sits down with Morgann to talk about how she keeps her writing fresh across dozens of bestselling novels, why she gravitates toward opposites-attract love stories, and how she balances heart, humour, and heat. We talk TikTok's impact on romance publishing, dialling back the dirty talk (sometimes), and the unexpected research that went into Pitcher Perfect.
Plus — we surprise Tessa at the end 👀
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Welcome, Tessa Bailey!
5:29 How to keep your writing fresh
7:26 Recipe for creating an opposites attract romance
8:41 Tessa and blue-collar MMCs
10:04 Tropes were NOT doing
11:05 Influence of TikTok on writing
13:18 Pitcher Perfect
15:45 Dialling back the dirty talk
17:15 Why did Tessa publish her first book
20:20 What would Tessa do if she weren’t a writer
23:24 Softball research for Pitcher Perfect
26:33 Tessa’s favourite moment from Pitcher Perfect
27:34 Crafting the characters in Pitcher Perfect
30:19 Solving people’s submitted problems!
41:21 It Happened One Summer Adaptation news
45:18 Bellinger Sisters book THREE
47:38 What’s coming next
51:35 Surprising Tessa with…
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Tessa Bailey
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Find her books at Indigo: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/tessa-bailey/
Find her books at Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/contributor/tessa-bailey/_/N-2xrn
Morgann Book
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Off The Shelf
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Hosted by: Morgann Book
Created by: Bookish Media, Morgann Book, and Thomas Johnston
Executive Producers: Morgann Book & Thomas Johnston
Produced by: Stefanie Macchiusi
Edited by: Ricki Biramontes
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.