Katherine Center Interview: Talking About The Rom-Commers & Defending the Romance Genre
In this episode of the She Reads Romance Books Podcast, I am joined by New York Times bestselling author, Katherine Center to talk about her new romance book release, The Rom-Commers, a romcom about writing a romcom! We also chat about:
- Writing about writers and why you’ll fall for Emma and Charlie,
- Defending the romance genre,
- Why we love romcom movies,
- Writing closed-door romances,
- Line dancing fun,
- Book to movie adaptations, and more!
Plus, learn about how you can join Katherine this July for an Author Q&A chat with the She Reads Romance Books Book Club. The Book Club is reading The Rom-Commers as their July 2024 book selection and she will be joining in the fun!
When you join the Book Club you’ll also get access to this exclusive, extended podcast interview in video where we talk more about the books we love and recommend.
Episode 55: Interview with Katherine Center Talking About The Rom-Commers
About The Rom-Commers:
Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies—good ones! That win contests! But she’s also been the sole caretaker for her kind-hearted dad, who needs full-time care.
Now, when she gets a chance to re-write a script for famous screenwriter Charlie Yates—The Charlie Yates! Her personal writing god!—it’s a break too big to pass up.
Emma’s younger sister steps in for caretaking duties, and Emma moves to L.A. for six weeks for the writing gig of a lifetime. But what is it they say? Don’t meet your heroes? Charlie Yates doesn’t want to write with anyone—much less “a failed, nobody screenwriter.”
Worse, the romantic comedy he’s written is so terrible it might actually bring on the apocalypse. Plus! He doesn’t even care about the script—it’s just a means to get a different one green-lit. Oh, and he thinks love is an emotional Ponzi scheme.
But Emma’s not going down without a fight. She will stand up for herself, and for rom-coms, and for love itself. She will convince him that love stories matter—even if she has to kiss him senseless to do it.
But . . . what if that kiss is accidentally amazing? What if real life turns out to be so much . . . more real than fiction? What if the love story they’re writing breaks all Emma’s rules—and comes true?
Check out my book review of The Rom-Commers.
About Katherine Center:
Katherine Center is the New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels, including The Bodyguard, Hello Stranger, Things You Save in a Fire, and her summer 2024 book, The Rom-Commers. Katherine writes deep, nuanced rom-coms that brim with laughter, hope, and healing.
The movie adaptation of her novel Happiness for Beginners became a Netflix movie in 2023 and hit the Global Top Ten in 81 countries, and the movie of her novel The Lost Husband hit #1 on Netflix in 2020. Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband, two almost-grown kids, and their fluffy-but-fierce dog.
Follow Katherine:
WEBSITE: https://katherinecenter.com
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/katherinecenter/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/katherinecenterfans/
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