Steamy Spotlight: Interview with Lauren Layne

Boobies & Noobies: A Romance Review Podcast

Summary:
New York Times bestselling author of romantic fiction, Lauren Layne, joins Kelly to discuss her recent release, To Sir with Love, everything we love about Nora Ephron, the almighty queen of romcom writing, and the magnetic appeal of a "high school kinda love". *Please note, this episode was recorded back in May 2021, well before the release of To Sir with Love. Hopefully, by this point, Lauren has fully-binged both "The Circle" and "Love is Blind"...
Guest:
Lauren Layne
IG: @laurenlaynewriter (she's back on Instagram now!)
Show Notes:
- Introducing Lauren Layne, author of To Sir with Love
- Take a shot every time you hear the word "boobies"
- Worshipping at the heels of Nora Ephron, the romcom queen
- The many nuances of "You've Got Mail" and redefining the concept of "the one"
- A story about hope, not technology (00:09:33)
- You call it a "high school kinda love", I call it the "zsa zsa zsu" - the universality of personal connection
- Lauren's relationship with romance reading and writing (00:15:03)
- Some early influences: Nora Roberts (The Bride Quartet, The Reef), Julia Quinn (The Duke and I), and Judith McNaught
- A brief synopsis of To Sir with Love (00:21:27)
- Writing a love triangle/square between two characters... and their online personas
- A round up of reality shows, from "The Circle" to "Love is Blind"
- "Researching" champagne and wine (00:35:16)
- Creating characters as "shadows" so the reader can insert themselves into the story
- A New Yorker vs. someone who lives in New York (00:45:34)
- City talk - the best and worst places to set a romance novel (*cough* not LA *cough*)
- What's up next for Lauren: Made in Manhattan (00:53:00)
- Lauren's writing idea bucket list and another book to read by Lauren: Runaway Groom
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