This episode is an interview with our first real guest (sorry to our previous guests, who are more so our friends)… Irish romance author extraordinaire, Catherine Walsh! Catherine shares her invaluable writing advice, inspiration, and encouragement. We also chat about her latest, How to Write a Love Story. It’s Molly’s favorite to date (sucker for an editor MMC) and Claire’s second favorite (topped only by the airplane setting of Holiday Romance).

If you’re watching this episode and you think we’re being held hostage, put down the phone. We moved into a new Joop studio, and we brought our commentary on The Gift of the Magi with us. We’re back from Florida with the bee stings, sunburns, and good retirement vibes to prove it. We delve into what we consumed on our various plane rides. Molly read two new romantasies, Arcana Academy by Elise Kova and Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen (sure). Claire finally watched Fever Pitch and The Social Network. We also met a new AI frenemy at writing class.

This episode features Ireland as a silent third host. We read St. Patrick’s day short stories we’ve written, inspired by the Emerald Isle herself, and are generally pale and freckled. We show unbelievable restraint with accents, mostly deployed to mock the English. And, as always, we catch up on recent culture and content consumption, including the Traitors finale, Bridgerton part two, Square Waves by Alexandra Romanoff, and School Spirits season 3.