Clean Romance, Sustainability, and “Pantsing” books with Kirsten Oliphant

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode 009 / Kirsten Oliphant writes clean romance--and lots of other sub-genres. She joins Jami Albright and Sara Rosett to talk about the genre of clean romance as well as sustainability and “pantsing” books. They also tackle the pros and cons of author success stories.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can find show notes and links at</span> <a href= "https://www.wishidknownforwriters.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">wishidknownforwriters.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the intro, Jami shared that she’s closing in on her deadline and  her book is going to the developmental editor in a few days. Sara’s back from London, where things didn’t go as planned. London Book Fair was cancelled, and she had to return to the US early, which meant she missed the SPF-Live event. The upside was that Sara had plenty of time to see London, had several afternoon teas, and met up with other mystery writers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this podcast episode, you’ll discover:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Kirsten fell in love with the subgenre of billionaire romance while writing a parody of it</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What audience expectations are in sweet/clean romance</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The mistake of reading only traditionally published books in for genre research</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Kirsten is able to “pants” a book and write instinctively without an outline </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Kirsten wishes she’d known about how successful marketing tactics vary between genres </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Finding balance--or tension--in your writing life</span></li> <li style="font-we