Dick of the Week episode 36: The Horniest Time of the Year It is DECEMBER!!!! Which means a few things really. 1- NaNoWriMo is over! 2- It is getting cold out. And 3- CHRISTMAS ROMANCE MOVIE (and book) TIME! I am not even a little bit sorry for the caps. Liz and Stephanie kick off Read More
Dick of the Week Episode 35: Speaking of Cock Y’ALL are you even READY for this!? This episode, Liz travels all the way up to Michigan to meet up with four (well, actually more than that but in this episode there are four) romance writers for a writers’ retreat in a cabin in the woods. Read More
It is November dear friends. This means Liz and Stephanie, along with thousands of other writers around the world are participating in National Novel Writing Month- or NaNoWriMo. In this episode we talk about how it is going ao far, what project(s) we are working on, and what we hope to accomplish this month and Read More
Dick of the Week episode 33: Oops, We Broke the Rules. Stephanie and Liz did a thing. They got together and watched the movie After, based on the book by Anna Todd by the same name. And drank wine. And then recorded about it. If you listen to us, you know pretty much the only Read More
In this week Stephanie and Liz are excited to kick off Spooky Romance month by talking about all things were-creatures and shifters! That means werewolves, werebears, werelions… the list goes on! Stephanie reads and writes in this genre but it was a new adventure for Liz. Come have a Howling good time with them! Authors/Books/Series Read More
Dick of the Week Episode 31 Hello there listeners! Today we embark once again on the romance adventure that is My Lady’s Choosing. This is part 2 of this particular timeline, so I suggest listening to part 1 first, if you haven’t. That being said, Liz does a recap of what happened there, so you Read More
Dick of the Week Episode 30: Hello there listeners! Stephanie and Liz had a totally different plan and topic for today’s episode… and then we got behind the mic and something totally different happened. More or less our own little State of the Union… State of the Dick? Our… Dicklaration of Purpose? Yeah, let’s go Read More
Dick of the Week episode 29: Judging Books By Their Covers Hey there listeners! Today Stephanie and Liz have their very first male guest on the show (whaaaat!) Mr. Billy Fraizer to discuss what makes book covers important and what makes us like or dislike a cover, especially with the newer illustrated cover thrend. We Read More
Whew, that title sure is a mouthful! Just like Lord Benedict’s…. well. We’ll leave the rest of that sentence to your imagination. Anyway! Today Stephanie and Liz are joined by St. Louis funny lady, Ella Fritts. She is both a stand-up comedian and an improviser. The three of us tackle My Lady’s Choosing from the Read More
Dick of the Week episode 27 Hello! Stephanie and Liz are back to discuss what our breaking point is with books. What makes us give up, put it down, and walk away (most likely angrily)? Poor writing skills? Unlikable heroes? Story arcs with no redemption? Sure all of that is part of it, but the Read More
Hello listeners! This week Stephanie and Liz are joined by Sarah Lashley, a local St. Louis improv comic, for the 3rd and final segment (of this batch at least) of My Lady’s Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris. Things get wild, even beastly one might say, as we continue on our path for love Read More
Dick of the Week Episode 25 Hey there listeners! This week Stephanie and Liz do their first ever Author Spotlight! We chat for awhile about Christina Mitchell, a Romance author from Michigan who just had her debut book drop. Her book “How to Stay” blew our minds, so we talk about it for awhile. We Read More
Dick of the Week episode 24: A Choosable Romance Adventure Part 2 Hey there listeners! We are back to My Lady’s Choosing, the interactive romance novel by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris! Duchess is taking a bit of a hiatus from the show so with us this week is a fellow CalamityCast writer, Brittany Burke! Read More
Episode 23: Alpha in the Sheets Stephanie and Liz are running solo this week, so they decided to put a hold on part 2 of the Choose Your Own Adventure. Instead, they are diving into the world of Book Boyfriends! What makes the male leads in books stand out? Do we like the same traits Read More
Dick of the Week episode 22 Stephanie, Duchess, and Liz sit down with a copy of “My Lady’s Choosing” an interactive romance novel by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris. Will the Duchess of Dick (us) find her happily ever after with the dreamy and steamy Scotsman, the dark and dangerous Craven, the moody and sharp Read More
Episode 21: Billionaire Motorcycle Daddy Reunited and it feels SO GOOD! Hello, friends! Stephanie is back from her podcast maternity leave, and your three favorite hosts are back at it, again! Buckle up, yo, we’re in for a wild ride since we haven’t seen each other in a hot minute. Sorry not sorry for the Read More
Episode 20: If It’s Sexy I’ll Read It Hello listeners! This week we have a special treat for you with our very first long distance guest! Liz sat down and chatted with Erin King, fellow podcaster, Romance reader and writer, and friend of the show. Together they discussed many important things, but they focused on Read More
Episode 19: Love’s the Only Rule Hello dear listeners! Welcome back for the newest episode of Dick of the Week. In Love’s the Only Rule, Stephanie, Duchess, and Liz discuss rules of writing romance. Some of these rules we think are incredibly dumb and choose to ignore them. Other rules we think are great and Read More
Episode 18: Funny Thing Called Love Welcome to 2019! Liz, Duchess, and Stephanie bring in the New Year by talking about one of our favorite things: comedy! Do you like some jokes and levity with your happily ever afters? We sure do and we sat down to chat why comedy makes romance novels even more Read More
Episode 17: Hallmark Hotties & Holiday Lovin’ It’s the most wonderful time of the year Where the Smutsluts are sighing and heartbeats are flying And when a hottie walks by we will leer! It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the Hap-happiest season of all! With those holiday books and Hallmark good Looks, Read More
Episode 16: I Had to Finish Heeellllooo! This week we are back together, once again, and it feels so good! It is November which means it is time for National Novel Writing Month! Stephanie and Liz are both partaking in NaNoWriMo so the three of us chat about it and our process of writing. Books Read More
Episode 15.5 Dickin’ Around with Liz Vol 2 Happy hump day, everyone! Did you survive election night? I hope so. Whew. We weren’t able to get together, but we didn’t want to leave you hanging again, so Liz hung out in her basement with a glass of wine to chat with you. She has some Read More
Episode 15: Bumpin’ in the Night It is officially the best time of the year: Autumn! Stephanie and Liz decided the best way to celebrate the crisp air is by talking about all those ghoulies and creatures that bump (and, hey probably also hump) in the night. That’s right! We are talking about Paranormal Romance! Read More
Episode 14: Dear Diary, So There’s This Boy… This week, on Dick of the Week, Stephanie and Liz (sadly no Duchess this time around) dive into the wonderful, adorable, drama-filled world of Young Adult Romance! Wheeee, YA! This is quite the different genre from what we normally discuss. Stephanie and Liz both happened to watch Read More
Episode 13: A Dick By Any Other Name Guess who’s back?! ALL OF US! The gang is back together again, and we are here to get down and dirty once more. This week we discuss the sexy words, euphemisms, and metaphors that tend to be popular in romance novels. Because who can just say they Read More
Episode 12: Drunk in Love In this week’s episode we mix things up with our very first guest! Unfortunately Stephanie and Duchess were not available to record, so Liz invited her friend Clare to join her. Clare is both an avid romance reader and an experienced local bartender, with a focus in Whisk(e)y. The two Read More
Episode 11.5: Dickin’ Around with Liz Hello there, Listeners! It is I, one of your lovely hosts, Liz! This is just a mini little episode I did by myself because unfortunately due to work and travel issues (Stephanie’s job took her to San Diego Comic Con, HOW COOL!!!) and dumb ol’ migraines, we were not Read More
Episode 11: Hey Baby, You DTF? WE ARE BACK! Thanks for letting us have our mini little break for the 4th. This week we decided to talk about technology within romance novels. In our audiodrama, Love & Lust, our characters use technology to keep their relationship going due to busy schedules (and to get their Read More
Episode 10: Meet Cute Not Cute Meats The ladies are so excited to reach TEN episodes! Thank you so much for being with us on this journey. Speaking of journeys, every love journey has to start somewhere, right? RIGHT! This week, Stephanie, Duchess, and Liz are discussing meet cutes, or the first time the leading Read More
Episode 9: Royally Screwed Princes and Dukes and Kings, oh YES (Or, you know, Princesses and Duchesses and Queens. We like them all)! In honor of the Royal Wedding, the ladies of Dick of the Week sit down to chat about royalty in romance novels. Who doesn’t dream at one point or another of Prince Read More
