The Royal Half and All the Kings Men are two powerhouses in the Los Angeles Kings community and I have long been a fan of their work. They are masters of GIFs and graphics and their wit is well-known to LA Kings fans like me.
In fact, if you heard the TV announcers talk about "That 70s Line"--Jeff Carter (#77), Tyler Toffoli (#73), and Tanner Pearson (#70)--that nickname was coined by The Royal Half on their blog.
See what I mean about their graphics? Hilarious.
Anyway, recently they asked if I would agree to an interview on their podcast. I was terrified to do it. What if they made fun of me, my books and/or the romance genre? Hockey fans are hardcore. I envisioned myself being a babbling, incoherent mess and condemned to knowing that anyone could download my meltdown from iTunes and have themselves a laugh riot.
However, I knew that this was a fantastic opportunity for promotion. I hoped that any embarrassment I felt would be offset by a few sales. Surely there were some readers amongst those combined 17,000 Twitter followers who might enjoy reading an escapist hockey romance.
It turned out to be totally fun. I did stumble some and ramble a lot. At one point I forgot my point and had to admit I had no idea where I was going, but while I didn't ace it by any long shot of the imagination, I didn't crash and burn. The guys--there were three of them, so my first foursome!--were gentlemen and very respectful. I actually adored their nervous laughter when we started talking about the sex scenes. And my sales got a very respectable bump that week.
Thank you, The Royal Half and All the Kings Men. You guys rock.
Without further ado, here is Episode 381, Kate Willoughby.
October 4, 2014
I Lost My Podcast Virginity
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You did great, Kate! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it. :)
ReplyDeleteMarcy Shuler
I enjoyed your podcast episode a lot, the guys were very enthusiastic about hockey romance. I also know the person who only reads hockey romance, and I would like to clarify that she reads a wide variety of challenging non-fiction & literary fiction, but when it comes to romance, all she reads is hockey romance.
ReplyDeleteI stand corrected, Ms. Ting! :)
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