We’re talking about the love of balls today–no wait, not those kind. This is a sports romance episode, get your mind out of the gutter. Or keep it there, we don’t mind.

We’d like to take this opportunity to extend an invitation to supporting the victims of the recent hurricanes that hit North Carolina and Florida. Kenna is a participating author in an anthology that benefits families and their displaced pets from the hurricanes. This anthology is put on by Ariana St. Claire and is available for pre-order here for $4.99: Pawliday. Kenna’s contribution is a spicy enemies to lovers matchmaking short story about a hockey player and the team’s sports photographer being snowed in at the ski resort over the holidays.

This is Hallowpeen, this is Hallowpeen, Hallowpeen, Hallowpeen, Hallowpeen, Hallowpeen. In this town, we call home, everyone hail to the pumpkin dong! While this isn’t another Holly Wilde episode, we do discuss Wilde’s amazing halloween read, Hallowpeen, to a degree. Kenna is off to BBSS here in the next week! Let’s talk about seasonal smut and what that means for authors, readers, and narrators!

Come, Cum, Cumming, Coming…but cummed? I cummed, you cummed, we cummed? IONLAHKIT, so let’s talk about it. Shifting from words of smut, we’ll talk grammar for our favorite word and…hobby? I don’t like this, someone fire me.

We become what Ethan hates most - a Dramione podcast. We're all over the place on this one, and Kenna being trashed likely had something to do with it. Our bookish podcast is definitely still about books.

Words do a lot, and some words in the context of smut can feel icky. In the narration space, apparently gasps and gasped are their shared archnemesis… Just say it, Ethan. Gasped.

Join the Morally Gray's Anatomy Patreon, where you’ll be able to join our Discord with even more backstage access. You’ll be able to join in on voice chats and streams, but you’ll also get the amazing community we’ve been curating. You guys are wonderful, and we’ve enjoyed the journey so far.

Today was an amazing first! We did an author interview with Cassie from Unfortunate Reads and Vera Valentine to discuss Pushin’ Cushions? They’re absolutely amazing and a blast to chat with. We can’t wait for you guys to read this and their other works. We want you to know that Cassie and friends are doing a charity anthology to support ProLiteracy and you can purchase it here, Matched by the Unicorn: An Unusual Charity Anthology. If you’re into sentient object recs you can get them all here: Sentient Object Romance

We’re pretty sure we know how to end this podcast now, so tell us what you think! Bookish Hot Take Feedback

Kenna went to a speakeasy—but make it gothic literature themed. For the real topic, we’re highlighting author Chloe C. Peñaranda for the smut. You really, really, REALLY don’t want Edgar Allen Poe smut. Just. No…

Join the Morally Gray's Anatomy Patreon, where you’ll be able to join our Discord with even more backstage access. You’ll be able to join in on voice chats and streams, but you’ll also get the amazing community we’ve been curating. You guys are wonderful, and we’ve enjoyed the journey so far

So, you want to be an author…or a narrator…or a better one of the two. Boy do we have information for your unfortunate, misguided ass—

Anyway, after we push through the crap that has been the past two weeks in the book community, we get down to some good shit: tips for first time authors and narrators. We’re like those professionals, but we have made mistakes and learned from them. Want to know what we’d do differently and how you can get started? Listen to Episode 12 now!

Also, for the love of F*!K, tell Ethan how to end our podcast.