Dick of the Week

Ep 64: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of 2022

Dick of the Week — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 04:06:17 +0000

Hey there friends. We know we disappeared for half a year and we are so sorry about that. The 2nd half of 2022 ended up being quite hard and busy. Stephanie is expecting baby number 3 and published book 3. Liz published her first book (A Christmas romance anthology) and has been working on her

Ep 63: Bless His Heart & His D*ck: Cabin Retreat 2022

Dick of the Week — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 02:41:20 +0000

Early May 2022, Stephanie and Liz packed up the car and traveled to a cabin by a lake in Michigan. There we met up with four other romance authors in various stages of their careers for a few days of writing and being unplugged from the rest of the world. So, of course, we had

Ep 62: Camp NaNoWriMo 2022

Dick of the Week — Thu, 12 May 2022 18:43:10 +0000

April is one of the Camp NaNoWriMo months (July being the other). And every year when Liz decides she wants to do this, she totally messes it up. Join Liz and special guest co-host Sarah Estep as we discuss what we were working on for Camp NaNoWriMo and how quickly we realized it wasn’t working

Episode 61: Sasha and the Butcher

Dick of the Week — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:15:41 +0000

Join Liz and Stephanie as they discuss something incredibly important: Stephanie published her book! YAY! We tried out Tiktok Live for this episode so Stephanie could answer people’s questions about her book (Sasha and the Butcher), writing, and indie publishing. Sasha and the Butcher is a mafia romance novel set in St. Louis and is

Episode 60: Two Hot Santas

Dick of the Week — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 21:14:04 +0000

On this week’s episode of Dick of the Week, Stephanie and Liz get into the hot and steamy holiday spirit. We read two different spicy santa related Christmas Novellas (both available on Kindle Unlimited) and thoroughly enjoyed them! Santa’s Baby by Chloe Maine is a hot, age-gap, Daddy k!nk romance novella where the heroine is

Episode 59: NaNoWriMo 2021

Dick of the Week — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 03:26:45 +0000

Hello friends! We meant to release this episode last week but… life… and NaNoWriMo. Stephanie and Liz both participated in National Novel Writing Month again. For those not familiar, NaNoWriMo is when writers from all over spend the month of November writing 50,000 words. We recorded this episode about halfway through the month so we

Episode 58: Vampires and Monsters and Golems, OH MY!

Dick of the Week — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 03:30:31 +0000

Happy Halloween, dear friends! To celebrate the spookiest of seasons, Stephanie and Liz decide to read another Tiktok popular romance novel. This time we read A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon. This book is: Historical (Victorian era) Romance Reverse Harem Erotic Romance Monsters If you are interest in learning about what a RH

Episode 57: Heat Levels and Banging Books

Dick of the Week — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 20:01:46 +0000

Hello everyone! Stephanie and Liz are back with a new episode of Dick of the Week! This time we discussed the utterly confusing scale of heat levels for romance novels. No heat, sweet, “clean”, low heat, medium heat, high heat, spicy, steamy, erotic- what does it all mean?! We… apparently still have no idea and

Episode 56: Social Media for Romancelandia

Dick of the Week — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 02:53:08 +0000

Dick of the Week episode 56 is all about social media! Whether you’re a reader or a writer, (or both!) social media plays a rather large role in finding, selling, and talking about romance novels. Social media, regardless of your age, tends to inform you of certain trends and popular books or authors. Tiktok is

Episode 55: Big Blue Ridged Alien D!cks

Dick of the Week — Sat, 17 Jul 2021 03:53:05 +0000

WE’RE BACK BABY! Seriously. We are sorry. We didn’t mean to be gone so long. Stephanie ended up sick and then her fam got sick (not covid, whew!) and Liz went camping and then to the beach and just… life went weird. But during that time, the internet exploded with news of blue aliens. That

Ep 54: DOTW Reads a Book- Prince of Broadway

Dick of the Week — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:35:44 +0000

Hello lovers and listeners! Occasionally, we will have special “book club” type episodes called “DOTW Reads a Book.” This is one of those episodes! In this episode of Dick of the Week, Stephanie and Liz discuss (re gush) all about the historical romance novel “The Prince of Broadway” by Joanne Shupe. While this is the

Episode 53: Naughty Books

Dick of the Week — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 06:19:04 +0000

Hello friends and lovers! Stephanie and Liz are back with another episode of Dick of the Week. This week we discussed the 2020 documentary “Naughty Books” directed by Austen Rachlis. It is currently available on Hulu if you want to watch it, also. This documentary follows three successful high heat/erotic romance indie authors. It not

Episode 52: Author Spotlight- Meika Usher

Dick of the Week — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 06:57:01 +0000

Stephanie and Liz are back with another episode of Dick of the Week. This week we decided to do something a little different. We picked an author we love and have read all of her books and decided to do a deep dive into them. We picked Meika Usher, a very funny contemporary romance author.

Episode 51: I Burn For You

Dick of the Week — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:49:18 +0000

Liz and Stephanie discuss the beloved Julia Quinn series Bridgerton which is now a hit Netflix TV show.

Episode 50: Let’s Read a Christmas Romance!

Dick of the Week — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:12:23 +0000

On this episode of Dick of the Week, Liz is joined by romance writer and freelance editor, Joanne Machin. Together they spend the first half of the show discussing books they’ve read and loved recently and some recent romancelandia DRAMA. They spend the rest of the episode discussing a Christmas romance novel they both read,

Episode 49: Happiest Season

Dick of the Week — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 07:48:32 +0000

On this episode of Dick of the Week, we discuss the new Hulu Christmas lesbian romantic comedy, Happiest Season. Liz has a special guest host, the lovely NYC comedian Hattie Hayes (find her on twitter here). This episode includes many spoilers for this movie so if you haven’t watched yet and care about spoilers, please

Episode 48: Vampires, Power Dynamics, & NaNoWriMo 2020

Dick of the Week — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 18:28:34 +0000

On this episode of Dick of the Week, Liz has a very special guest Morgan Spatola. She is also a podcaster and writer. Together they discuss how National Novel Writing Month is going during the never ending year of 2020. They discuss how this experience is different than 2019, what they need to have a

Episode 47: Highway To Heck Part 2

Dick of the Week — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:57:14 +0000

Dick of the Week episode 47: Highway To Heck Part 2 Hello friends and lovers! This week Stephanie and Liz continue on the amazing journey that is Chuck Tingle’s choose your own timeline adventure, Highway to Heck! Once again we are joined by special guest, Jordan to help us find our way through the Tingleverse.

Episode 46: Highway To Heck Part 1

Dick of the Week — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:03:00 +0000

Hello friends and lovers! On this episode of Dick of the Week, Liz and Stephanie have a very special guest with us, Jordan Keesee. Jordan is an Improv Comedian and more importantly, Stephanie’s husband. We decided to try another choose your own adventure style book. This time it is Highway To Heck: A Select Your

Episode 45.5: Dickin’ Around With Liz: Romance For All

Dick of the Week — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 06:00:00 +0000

Dick of the Week Episode 45.5–Dickin’ Around With Liz: Romance for All Hello everyone! In this episode of Dick of the Week, Liz is flying solo, so you know what that means! Time for everyone’s favorite mini dick, Dickin’ Around With Liz! In this episode Liz answers some questions that listeners and fellow podcasters sent

Episode 45: Fictional Reality (TV)

Dick of the Week — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 21:01:39 +0000

Episode 45: Fictional Reality (TV) This week, Liz and Stephanie talk about one of their favorite, mindless pastimes: romance reality TV! Whether it is The Bachelor, Love is Blind, 90 Day Fiance, or The Single Wives, reality TV to find love is EVERYWHERE. What is it about this genre of show attracts us, and many

Episode 44: Wonderful Women

Dick of the Week — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 04:09:05 +0000

Dick of the Week Episode 44, Wonderful Women Liz and Stephanie realized in all the times we have discussed what we like in a male hero, we have never discussed what we love about the women main characters. So, we asked fellow writer friends what issues they’ve had with female leads they’ve loved with reader’s

Episode 43: Are You Lost Baby Girl?

Dick of the Week — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 17:17:31 +0000

Dick of the Week Episode 43: Are You Lost Baby Girl? If you’ve been on the internet much at all the last few weeks then the title of this episode should give away what we are discussing this week. In case you’ve somehow missed it though, this is an incredibly creepy line from the… hit(?)

Episode 42: Our Friend Chuck

Dick of the Week — Wed, 27 May 2020 13:59:27 +0000

Hello there dear friends! Liz and Stephanie are back with a full length episode of Dick of the Week! Stephanie shares some exciting life news before the two of us jump into a topic we have been wanting to do for awhile now: the man, the myth, the erotica writer- CHUCK TINGLE! Books Mentioned In

DotW: Dickin’ Around with Liz V 4: AMA

Dick of the Week — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:24:45 +0000

Hey there listeners, Liz is coming at you with another episode of our podcast within a podcast, Dickin’ Around With Liz! That’s right, it is time for another mini-dick or micropenis. This week Liz asked social media to give her questions about really anything romance related (or not) for her to answer. Thank you to

DotW: Dickin’ Around With Liz V. 3: Quarantine Edition

Dick of the Week — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:08:10 +0000

Dick of the Week Episode 40.5 Hello dear friends! It has been a hot minute, and for that we are sorry. Things have been wild. We hope you are holding up. In this mini episode Liz talks about how she has been handling social distancing and working from home and what that means in terms

Dotw: Eat A Toad, PK

Dick of the Week — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:41:19 +0000

Dick of the Week episode 40 Helllooo! Guess what? February 14 was our TWO YEAR anniversary! (Insert all thr cheers here!!) Anyway, thank you for being on this wild ride whether you’ve been here since day 1 or are brand new. This week, we discussed romance novels where the same couple spans the entire series

DotW- Love Between the Covers

Dick of the Week — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:12:15 +0000

Hello listeners! Stephanie and Liz decided to watch a documentary from 2015 called “Love Between the Covers” by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt. This film offers a glimpse into the world of romance readers and writers and what makes it so different from other book communities. We had a lot of thoughts and feelings- especially viewing this movie

DotW Presents: A Choosable Romance: The Gold Digger Path Part 3

Dick of the Week — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:28:25 +0000

Well, dear listeners, today we bring you the 3rd and final installment of what we dubbed the Gold Diggers Path. Yes, that is right, it was time to pull out the fabulous My Lady’s Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris. Joining Stephanie and Liz this time is a hilarious and wonderful improviser from St.

DotW: RWA- It’s Not Awesome

Dick of the Week — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:30:00 +0000

Okay team, the first half of this Dick of the Week is Liz and Stephanie playing catch up with each other and their lives and plans for 2020. The second half is us trying to tackle the big giant mess that is the RWA (Romance Writers of America). As the holidays were upon us, a

Dotw: The Horniest Time of the Year

Dick of the Week — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:39:34 +0000

Dick of the Week episode 36: The Horniest Time of the Year It is DECEMBER!!!! Which means a few things really. 1- NaNoWriMo is over! 2- It is getting cold out. And 3- CHRISTMAS ROMANCE MOVIE (and book) TIME! I am not even a little bit sorry for the caps. Liz and Stephanie kick off

DotW: Speaking of C*ck…

Dick of the Week — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 01:12:25 +0000

Dick of the Week Episode 35: Speaking of Cock Y’ALL are you even READY for this!? This episode, Liz travels all the way up to Michigan to meet up with four (well, actually more than that but in this episode there are four) romance writers for a writers’ retreat in a cabin in the woods.

DotW: Ponies Don’t Write: NaNoWriMo 2019

Dick of the Week — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:12:56 +0000

It is November dear friends. This means Liz and Stephanie, along with thousands of other writers around the world are participating in National Novel Writing Month- or NaNoWriMo. In this episode we talk about how it is going ao far, what project(s) we are working on, and what we hope to accomplish this month and

DotW: Oops, We Broke the Rules

Dick of the Week — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:14:34 +0000

Dick of the Week episode 33: Oops, We Broke the Rules. Stephanie and Liz did a thing. They got together and watched the movie After, based on the book by Anna Todd by the same name. And drank wine. And then recorded about it. If you listen to us, you know pretty much the only

DotW: Gettin’ Some Tail

Dick of the Week — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 22:16:28 +0000

In this week Stephanie and Liz are excited to kick off Spooky Romance month by talking about all things were-creatures and shifters! That means werewolves, werebears, werelions… the list goes on! Stephanie reads and writes in this genre but it was a new adventure for Liz. Come have a Howling good time with them! Authors/Books/Series

DotW Presents: A Choosable Romance (Gold Digger Path part 2)

Dick of the Week — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:41:45 +0000

Dick of the Week Episode 31 Hello there listeners! Today we embark once again on the romance adventure that is My Lady’s Choosing. This is part 2 of this particular timeline, so I suggest listening to part 1 first, if you haven’t. That being said, Liz does a recap of what happened there, so you

Dicklaration of Purpose

Dick of the Week — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:08:44 +0000

Dick of the Week Episode 30: Hello there listeners! Stephanie and Liz had a totally different plan and topic for today’s episode… and then we got behind the mic and something totally different happened. More or less our own little State of the Union… State of the Dick? Our… Dicklaration of Purpose? Yeah, let’s go

DotW: Judging Books By Their Covers

Dick of the Week — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 20:43:25 +0000

Dick of the Week episode 29: Judging Books By Their Covers Hey there listeners! Today Stephanie and Liz have their very first male guest on the show (whaaaat!) Mr. Billy Fraizer to discuss what makes book covers important and what makes us like or dislike a cover, especially with the newer illustrated cover thrend. We

DotW Presents: A Choosable Romance Adventure (Gold Digger Path part 1)

Dick of the Week — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 15:17:22 +0000

Whew, that title sure is a mouthful! Just like Lord Benedict’s…. well. We’ll leave the rest of that sentence to your imagination. Anyway! Today Stephanie and Liz are joined by St. Louis funny lady, Ella Fritts. She is both a stand-up comedian and an improviser. The three of us tackle My Lady’s Choosing from the

DotW: Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater

Dick of the Week — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:14:13 +0000

Dick of the Week episode 27 Hello! Stephanie and Liz are back to discuss what our breaking point is with books. What makes us give up, put it down, and walk away (most likely angrily)? Poor writing skills? Unlikable heroes? Story arcs with no redemption? Sure all of that is part of it, but the

DotW Presents: A Choosable Romance Part 3

Dick of the Week — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 15:42:16 +0000

Hello listeners! This week Stephanie and Liz are joined by Sarah Lashley, a local St. Louis improv comic, for the 3rd and final segment (of this batch at least) of My Lady’s Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris. Things get wild, even beastly one might say, as we continue on our path for love

DotW: Get Hard, Go Punk

Dick of the Week — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 14:12:15 +0000

Dick of the Week Episode 25 Hey there listeners! This week Stephanie and Liz do their first ever Author Spotlight! We chat for awhile about Christina Mitchell, a Romance author from Michigan who just had her debut book drop. Her book “How to Stay” blew our minds, so we talk about it for awhile. We

DotW Presents: A Choosable Romance Adventure part 2

Dick of the Week — Wed, 08 May 2019 15:48:35 +0000

Dick of the Week episode 24: A Choosable Romance Adventure Part 2 Hey there listeners! We are back to My Lady’s Choosing, the interactive romance novel by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris! Duchess is taking a bit of a hiatus from the show so with us this week is a fellow CalamityCast writer, Brittany Burke!

DotW: Alpha in the Sheets

Dick of the Week — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 05:00:05 +0000

Episode 23: Alpha in the Sheets Stephanie and Liz are running solo this week, so they decided to put a hold on part 2 of the Choose Your Own Adventure. Instead, they are diving into the world of Book Boyfriends! What makes the male leads in books stand out? Do we like the same traits

DotW Presents: A Choosable Romance Adventure Part 1

Dick of the Week — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:52:30 +0000

Dick of the Week episode 22 Stephanie, Duchess, and Liz sit down with a copy of “My Lady’s Choosing” an interactive romance novel by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris. Will the Duchess of Dick (us) find her happily ever after with the dreamy and steamy Scotsman, the dark and dangerous Craven, the moody and sharp

DotW: Billionaire Motorcycle Daddy

Dick of the Week — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:45:53 +0000

Episode 21: Billionaire Motorcycle Daddy Reunited and it feels SO GOOD! Hello, friends! Stephanie is back from her podcast maternity leave, and your three favorite hosts are back at it, again! Buckle up, yo, we’re in for a wild ride since we haven’t seen each other in a hot minute. Sorry not sorry for the

DotW: If It’s Sexy I’ll Read It

Dick of the Week — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 18:32:39 +0000

Episode 20: If It’s Sexy I’ll Read It Hello listeners! This week we have a special treat for you with our very first long distance guest! Liz sat down and chatted with Erin King, fellow podcaster, Romance reader and writer, and friend of the show. Together they discussed many important things, but they focused on

DotW: Love’s the Only Rule

Dick of the Week — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 05:00:15 +0000

Episode 19: Love’s the Only Rule Hello dear listeners! Welcome back for the newest episode of Dick of the Week. In Love’s the Only Rule, Stephanie, Duchess, and Liz discuss rules of writing romance. Some of these rules we think are incredibly dumb and choose to ignore them. Other rules we think are great and

DotW: Funny Thing Called Love

Dick of the Week — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:37:30 +0000

Episode 18: Funny Thing Called Love Welcome to 2019! Liz, Duchess, and Stephanie bring in the New Year by talking about one of our favorite things: comedy! Do you like some jokes and levity with your happily ever afters? We sure do and we sat down to chat why comedy makes romance novels even more

DotW: Hallmark Hotties & Holiday Lovin’

Dick of the Week — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 05:30:10 +0000

Episode 17: Hallmark Hotties & Holiday Lovin’ It’s the most wonderful time of the year Where the Smutsluts are sighing and heartbeats are flying And when a hottie walks by we will leer! It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the Hap-happiest season of all! With those holiday books and Hallmark good Looks,

DotW: I Had to Finish

Dick of the Week — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 21:45:53 +0000

Episode 16: I Had to Finish Heeellllooo! This week we are back together, once again, and it feels so good! It is November which means it is time for National Novel Writing Month! Stephanie and Liz are both partaking in NaNoWriMo so the three of us chat about it and our process of writing. Books

DotW: Dickin’ Around with Liz Vol 2

Dick of the Week — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 15:47:56 +0000

Episode 15.5 Dickin’ Around with Liz Vol 2 Happy hump day, everyone! Did you survive election night? I hope so. Whew. We weren’t able to get together, but we didn’t want to leave you hanging again, so Liz hung out in her basement with a glass of wine to chat with you. She has some

DotW: Bumpin’ in the Night

Dick of the Week — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:21:32 +0000

Episode 15: Bumpin’ in the Night It is officially the best time of the year: Autumn! Stephanie and Liz decided the best way to celebrate the crisp air is by talking about all those ghoulies and creatures that bump (and, hey probably also hump) in the night. That’s right! We are talking about Paranormal Romance!

DotW: Dear Diary, So There’s This Boy…

Dick of the Week — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:46:09 +0000

Episode 14: Dear Diary, So There’s This Boy… This week, on Dick of the Week, Stephanie and Liz (sadly no Duchess this time around) dive into the wonderful, adorable, drama-filled world of Young Adult Romance! Wheeee, YA! This is quite the different genre from what we normally discuss. Stephanie and Liz both happened to watch

DotW: A Dick By Any Other Name

Dick of the Week — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:41:33 +0000

Episode 13: A Dick By Any Other Name Guess who’s back?! ALL OF US! The gang is back together again, and we are here to get down and dirty once more. This week we discuss the sexy words, euphemisms, and metaphors that tend to be popular in romance novels. Because who can just say they

DotW: Drunk in Love

Dick of the Week — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 19:27:43 +0000

Episode 12: Drunk in Love In this week’s episode we mix things up with our very first guest! Unfortunately Stephanie and Duchess were not available to record, so Liz invited her friend Clare to join her. Clare is both an avid romance reader and an experienced local bartender, with a focus in Whisk(e)y. The two

DotW: Dickin’ Around with Liz

Dick of the Week — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 13:07:44 +0000

Episode 11.5: Dickin’ Around with Liz Hello there, Listeners! It is I, one of your lovely hosts, Liz! This is just a mini little episode I did by myself because unfortunately due to work and travel issues (Stephanie’s job took her to San Diego Comic Con, HOW COOL!!!) and dumb ol’ migraines, we were not

DotW: Hey Baby, You DTF?

Dick of the Week — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:12:07 +0000

Episode 11: Hey Baby, You DTF? WE ARE BACK! Thanks for letting us have our mini little break for the 4th. This week we decided to talk about technology within romance novels. In our audiodrama, Love & Lust, our characters use technology to keep their relationship going due to busy schedules (and to get their

DotW: Meet Cutes Not Cute Meats

Dick of the Week — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:36:44 +0000

Episode 10: Meet Cute Not Cute Meats The ladies are so excited to reach TEN episodes! Thank you so much for being with us on this journey. Speaking of journeys, every love journey has to start somewhere, right? RIGHT! This week, Stephanie, Duchess, and Liz are discussing meet cutes, or the first time the leading

DotW: Royally Screwed

Dick of the Week — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 01:30:10 +0000

Episode 9: Royally Screwed Princes and Dukes and Kings, oh YES (Or, you know, Princesses and Duchesses and Queens. We like them all)! In honor of the Royal Wedding, the ladies of Dick of the Week sit down to chat about royalty in romance novels. Who doesn’t dream at one point or another of Prince

DotW: Gimme that Beef!

Dick of the Week — Wed, 23 May 2018 20:32:21 +0000

Episode 8: Gimme that Beef! Join Duchess, Liz, and Stephanie as they tackle a topic they’ve been excited for since the beginning of this podcast: Erotica and Erotic Romance! Bring on those hot, steamy moments! Authors and Books mentioned in this week’s episode: In the Line of Duty by Cathryn Fox Bad Boy Confessions by

DotW: This Feels WEIRD: The Virgin Trope

Dick of the Week — Wed, 09 May 2018 14:19:46 +0000

Episode 7: This Feels WEIRD: The Virgin Trope In this week’s episode Liz and Stephanie discuss (sadly without Duchess, womp womp) about the use of virgins in romance novels. We talk about the differences between virgins in historical romance versus contemporary and how (spoiler alert) it is totally lame to use virginity as a personality

DotW: Burning Rage: Or Why We Hate “Trashy”

Dick of the Week — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:22:16 +0000

Episode 6: Burning Rage: Or Why We Hate “Trashy” You know what angers us more than most other things regarding Romance Novels? How often and automatically folks use the term “trashy” to describe the genre. Listen to us rant about this topic, while still cracking each other up, because we don’t know how to not

DotW: Bare Chested Men; Hair Optional

Dick of the Week — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:24:24 +0000

Episode 5: Bare Chested Men; Hair Optional In the 5th installment of Dick of the Week, the ladies discuss who their ideal hunky heroes are (spoilers: they all have beautiful hair and strong arms) before discussing the one aspect of a book everyone is quick to judge: the cover. Stephanie, Duchess, and Liz dive into

DotW: Hot Tasty Treats & Happy Ever Afters

Dick of the Week — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:42:37 +0000

Episode 4: Hot Tasty Treats & Happy Ever Afters Romance is officially defined as having a central love story and an optimistic and uplifting ending, however the gals at Love & Lust wanted to dive deeper into that definition and question it. Does every single romance novel really need a happy ending? Spoilers: we don’t

DotW: Fighters, and Cowboys, and Babies, OH MY!

Dick of the Week — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:44:23 +0000

Episode 3: Fighters, and Cowboys, and Babies, OH MY! Join Duchess, Liz, and Stephanie in this week’s episode of Dick of the Week where they discuss all of the romance novel tropes they love and hate (and the ones they should hate but love anyway, or love to hate and therefore sort of love? (whew,

DotW: The Faves: Real Dirty, Real Raunchy, Real Good

Dick of the Week — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 05:00:40 +0000

Episode 2: The Faves: Real Dirty, Real Raunchy, Real Good In the second installment of Dick of the Week, Stephanie, Duchess, and Liz discuss all of their favorites within the Romance genre. Check out some of the best books, authors, and series that they highly recommend! Just a few of the favorites mentioned: Tessa Dare

DotW: Meet the Smutsluts: Uncut & Uncircumcised

Dick of the Week — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 05:00:40 +0000

Episode 1: Meet the Smutsluts: Uncut & Uncircumcised In this first ever episode of Dick of the Week, CalamityCast’s sexiest new podcast, Stephanie, The Duchess, and Liz introduce themselves and explain what got them interested in creating a podcast dedicated to the vast and fantastic world of Romance novels. The ladies also explain what first

DotW Season One Preview!

Dick of the Week — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 02:42:04 +0000

From the creative minds of Love & Lust, CalamityCast‘s upcoming Smutcast, comes Dick of the Week, our sexiest podcast yet! Join Stephanie, The Duchess, and Liz as they chat about all of their favorite, and not so favorite, aspects of the Romance genre. Each episode will dive into their own personal experiences with reading and writing within this