Black Romance Podcast

Julie E Moody-Freeman and co-host Dr. Carole Bell interview best-selling writer of Love in Colour and Honey & Spice Bolu Babalola.

BoluBabalolais a British-Nigerian journalist, writer, and lover of love. In 2016, she was shortlisted in 4th Estate’s B4ME competition for her short story “Netflix & Chill,” a hilarious tale of teen romance.Boluhas worked as a writer for books, TV, press and as a cultural commentator.

Dr. Carole Bell is a Jamaican-born communication researcher, writer, and critic with two decades of experience working at the intersection of media, culture, and politics. A lover of books, TV, film and democracy, her writing has appeared in print and digital media outlets including NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and theGrio and she is a contributor to the recent Black Love Matters essay anthology. She earned her PhD at UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Media and Journalism concentrating in political communication, public opinion, and public policy and communication effects. She also holds an MS in Television and Radio from Brooklyn College, and a BA in English and American Literature from Harvard College.

Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul University for sponsoring this podcast.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website iswww.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

Julie E Moody-Freeman interviews award winning romance writer Bette Ford. Ford is the author of fourteen books including, For Always, Forever After, All the Love, The Prescott Series, and Mrs. Green Girls Series.

Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul University for sponsoring this podcast.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website iswww.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

Julie E Moody-Freeman is joined by Race and Romance: Coloring the Past writer Margo Hendricks, by Michelle Ray, and by Ann Fields to discuss Black romance writers Francis Ray and Anna Larence.

Francis Ray’s books can be found at: FrancisRay.com

One can find Fields online at: www.annfields.com,https://twitter.com/ann_fields,www.facebook.com/AnnFieldsAuthor,https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7892483.Ann_Fields

Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul University for sponsoring this podcast.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website iswww.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman is joined by Black Love Matters writer and When In Romance podcast co-host Jessica P. Pryde to interview Christina C. Jones, a best-selling romance novelist and digital media creator. They discuss Jones’ self-published romance novels as well as her experiences publishing and marketing romance novels through her self-built online platform. Christina C. Jones’ audio and eBooks can be purchased at Christina C Jones Romance (beingmrsjones.com).

Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul University for sponsoring this podcast.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website iswww.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

Julie E Moody-Freeman is joined this episode by two best-selling and award-winning romance writers: Rochelle Alers and Jacquelin Thomas. In Season 1 episode 10 of the Black Romance Podcast, Rochelle Alers joined Julie to talk about Alers’ experiences in the romance industry. In this episode, Alers joins as co-host of the show to talk with Jacquelin Thomas about her experiences publishing romance, romantic suspense, mainstream fiction and young adult fiction. In this conversation, Thomas recounts her history of publishing with Kensington Books, Genesis Press, Hachette, Harlequin, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin Putnam.

Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora for sponsoring this podcast.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website iswww.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

DL White joins Julie E Moody-Freeman to talk about White’s experiences writing, publishing, and marketing romance novels through her self-built online platform. DL White’s eBooks, print, and audio books can be purchased at booksbydlwhite.com/books.

Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora for sponsoring this podcast.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website iswww.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman and her co-host romance writer Barbara Keaton speak with award-winning romance writer Natalie Dunbar. They discuss Dunbar’s experiences publishing with Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Silhouette, and Kimani Arabesque.

Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul for sponsoring this podcast.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website iswww.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman and her co-host romance writer Barbara Keaton speak with award-winning romance writer Natalie Dunbar. They discuss Dunbar’s experiences publishing with Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Silhouette, and Kimani Arabesque.

Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul for sponsoring this podcast.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Marketing and Promotions: Jennifer Gardner @jpgm.a

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website iswww.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman speaks with award-winning romance writer Seressia Glass about her experiences publishing with Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Simon & Schuster, and Berkley. They also discuss Glass's Shadowchasers series and The Love Con.

Thanks to the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul for sponsoring this podcast and to Jennifer Gardner for media promotion.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts

Join Black Romance authors Katrina Jackson and Elysabeth Grace as they discuss writing Black historical romance. The authors engage the question of readerly and publishing perceptions about the place of African/African diaspora love in historical spaces. For Black romance authors, what does it entail to represent Black love within historical romance? Questions of colorism, sexuality, class, and gender affect perceptions of historical romance fiction. Is historical fiction or women’s fiction the only way to write Black love? Can a genealogy and reading practice for Black historical romance emerge? A genealogy that encourages writers and readers (including agents, publishers, reviewers) to consider different frames of reading the idea of authenticity? The conversation attempts to move beyond the Eurocentric/American focus to look at the role of Black subjectivity (not individualism) as integral to Black historical romance. Finally, the authors seek to encourage Black romance authors and readers, and the wider romance community to re-imagine their relationship to historical romance in general, and Black historical romance in particular.

Thanks to @cbddepaul for sponsoring this podcast and to Jennifer Gardner for media promotion.

Creator, producer, and host of the Black Romance Podcast: Julie E Moody-Freeman

Sound Editor: Randall Spriggs with @rsvideophoto_media. Website is www.rsvideophoto.media

Black Romance Artwork: Kyle Gabb @Marciano_arts