#9 Joss Richard: Fanfiction Origin Stories, Romance Trope Debates, and Reader Dating Disasters

The Everygirl Book Club interviews September pick author Joss Richard about It’s Different This Time, a second-chance romance in which former roommates reconnect after inheriting a New York City brownstone, and her second novel, Let’s Kiss and Tell, about sex columnist Lucy and reporter Marsh entering a fake relationship that turns real. Richard shares recent reads, how she went from childhood fan fiction to drafting her debut in the Notes app during the pandemic, and landing an agent and a fast traditional deal. She discusses imposter syndrome, leaving a TV/marketing job with her husband’s support, writing on deadline, LA dating culture, tropes and miscommunication, answers reader dating dilemmas, and teases a third coastal romance.

00:00 Everygirl Book Club Intro

00:22 Meet Joss Richard

02:06 Read Receipts

06:58 Curl Routine

09:04 From Fanfic To Notes App

16:55 Romance Shipper Origins

20:56 Publishing Whirlwind

28:21 Writing Book Two

33:33 Reader Advice

53:20 Why Older Romance Leads

56:37 Realistic Romance Ingredients

59:05 Miscommunication Trope Debate

01:03:32 Building LA Media World

01:09:54 Next Book Tease

01:10:54 Litigation

01:14:05 Goodbyes and Book Club Updates

01:14:55 Podcast Sign Off

Books Mentioned

Every Version of You by Natalie Messier

Full Throttle by J.K. MacLaren

Leave and Come Back by Lavanya Lakshmi

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza

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