We Did Start the Fire: Top Five, Top Fives

Welcome to the final episode of Season 14! We were joined by authors ⁠Darva Green, Tessonja Odette and Megan Van Dyke⁠ to talk about fairytale retellings!If you'd like to catch a special bonus chat we were lucky enough to record with them for our Romantasy Retellings Novella Competition content, you can head over to the Mythic Alley ⁠Substack⁠ on 17th November and sign up to our annual subscription (you'll also reserve an entry place in the competition).If you have comments about the episode or ideas about what other kinds of panels you'd love to see, let us know! We'll be back in Spring 2027 with Season 15!You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, with the links to our social media and YouTube channel, where you can watch the episode with captions.All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

Welcome to the third episode of Season 14! We were so happy to be joined by authors Stephanie Burgis and Ali Williams to talk about novellas; ones they written, ones they've read and love, and what is special about them.If you'd like to catch a special bonus chat we were lucky enough to record with them for our Romantasy Retellings Novella Competition content, you can head over to Substack and sign up to our annual subscription (you'll also reserve an entry place in the competition).If you have comments about the episode or ideas about what other kinds of panels you'd love to see, let us know! You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, with the links to our social media and YouTube channel, where you can watch the episode with captions.All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

This week we were joined by fellow coven member and hybrid author, Kate Kenzie, to chat about the Mythic Alley writing competition that launched on 19th October!You can find all the guidelines and terms and conditions for the competition on the Mythic Alley website, and sign up to enter the Romantasy Retellings Novella Competition via the Substack.The next episode will actually air on 3rd November 2026, when we'll be talking to Ali Williams and Stephanie Burgis about writing (and reading) novellas!You can find us via our link tree here: https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠ and if you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can also find links there.All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

Welcome back to a brand new series. Season 14 is a special one for us as it starts with a celebration of five years of the podcast!To mark the occasional we are comparing our top five, top fives about different aspects of making the podcast. We'd love to hear from you, if these are some of your favourite things or moments too, or if different ones come to mind. You can find us via our link tree here: https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠ and if you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can also find links there.All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)A big thank you to our listeners over the five years!

Welcome to the third episode of our Series Season! In the first half of the season, we'll be dedicating one episode per week to the first three books in the Blood Moon, Texas Shifters series by ⁠⁠Kat Kinney⁠⁠ - aiming to explore how the plot and characters progress over the beginning of the seven book series. In the first two weeks, we covered Dark - Ethan and Hayden's story & Crave, featuring Dallas and Lacey. This week is Bound - West and Topher's romance!We'd love you to read along and let us know your thoughts on the points we discussed, as well as your own reflections. We may take a short break before we do Part 2 of Season 13, so be sure to subscribe and follow not to miss when we return!If you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can find links to You Tube and Spotify and our social media links at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

Welcome to the second episode of our Series Season! In the first half of the season, we'll be dedicating one episode per week to the first three books in the Blood Moon, Texas Shifters series by ⁠Kat Kinney⁠ - aiming to explore how the plot and characters progress over the beginning of the seven book series. Last week we covered Dark - Ethan and Hayden's story; this week we are moving on to Crave featuring Dallas and Lacey's romance!We'd love you to read along and let us know your thoughts on the points we discussed, as well as your own reflections. If you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can find links to You Tube and Spotify and our social media links at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

Welcome to the first episode of our Series Season! In the first half of the season, we'll be dedicating one episode per week to the first three books in the Blood Moon, Texas Shifters series by Kat Kinney - aiming to explore how the plot and characters progress over the beginning of the seven book series. First up is Dark - Ethan and Hayden's story!We'd love you to read along and let us know your thoughts on the points we discussed, as well as your own reflections. If you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can find links to You Tube and Spotify and our social media links at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

Welcome to the final episode of season twelve! We were delighted to talk to author Lucy Mitchell about her speculative romance, Every Time We Touch, which is out on the 23rd May. We'll be back at the end of the month with Season Thirteen, where we'll be deep-diving into the first three books of two series. First up will be Dark from the Blood Moon, Texas Shifters series by Kat Kinney! Subscribe not to miss it!If you'd like to watch this episode with captions or contact us on social media, you can find links to You Tube and Spotify at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We'd love to hear from you! All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

In this episode we are discussing word usage as our Topic of the Month. As writers why do we choose certain words? As readers which do we hate reading and why?Join us next week for our final episode of Season Twelve when we'll have author Lucy Mitchell with us to discuss her latest book, Every Time We Touch!If you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can find links to You Tube and Spotify here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ along with our social media details. We'd love to hear from you! All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)

Welcome to episode ten - our monthly book chat about what new releases are happening in April, news that's been buzzing in SFF romance publishing and reader communities and the results of our polls for the series' we'll be deep diving into for Season 13. Next week we'll be back with our Topic of the Month for May: Word Usage. If you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can find links to You Tube and Spotify here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ along with our social media details. We'd love to hear from you! All our music has been taken from the following track: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales (License code: 43DIFSVAZ90MEEQ8) Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!)