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.
This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with Cara Bastone to chat all things romance and audiobooks! The two discuss how Cara transitioned from ghostwriting to writing her own romance novels to becoming an Audible Originals author. Cara also shares the difference in writing romance for physical novels vs. audiobooks and what some of her favourites are!
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction
0:55 Fruit Hot takes
2:10 Becoming a romance writer
4:50 A scene that changed it all
6:35 Ghost writing to published author
10:12 Kristin Hannah's Influence on Cara
11:06 What Cara has learned along the way
12:01 How does ghost writing work?
16:00 Author struggles
19:00 The scenes that come out of nowhere
22:55 Grief in Promise Me Sunshine
30:48 Pregnancy Trope in Ready or Not
33:01 Cover Design
34:09 Live again list (with a twist)
40:16 What it’s like to write Audible Originals
41:37 Difference between writing audio and physical dialogue
47:08 Would Cara narrate an audiobook?
48:02 Favourite audible original
50:49 Where are romance audiobooks headed?
52:11 Cara’s next book release
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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
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