This week, we are joined in the studio by author STEPHEN HOWARD! We try to guess random animal noises! We get to hear the tale of how Stephen woke up in a different country in STORYTIME! We interview him about his novel BEYOND MISTY MOUNTAIN and he shares a short excerpt. And we get a double dose of bad romance scenes in this week's CRINGEY COPULATION! #WritingCommunity #Bookish #BookTube

In this week's episode of Don't Make It Weird, it's Producer Sean's birthday! We check our voicemail! We play a game of YOU LAUGH YOU DIE: DAD JOKES EDITION! Sean gets a special birthday message from Sam Witwer! Daniel and Dina discuss character names in literature! We get to hear about the time a guy hid from the cops in the backyard in STORYTIME WITH DINASAURUS! And Dina reads a very provocative scene from THE GODFATHER by Mario Puzo in CRINGEY COPULATION!

Don't forget to bring your spoons this week for a brand new episode featuring paranormal romance author K. Thomas (Krys)! We play a game of TRUE CONFESSIONS! Krys tells us about the time her neighbor found her sitting in a tree and hasn't spoken to her ever since in STORYTIME WITH KRYS! We have a chat about her TIME TO WAKE series! And we ask her to send us home with another excerpt from The Death of Bunny Monroe by Nick Cave in this week's CRINGEY COPULATION! #WritingCommunity #Bookish #BookTube

It's episode one, rebooted! We've learned a lot in the last year, and our original pilot episode featured poor production and no video presentation. So, we called for a mulligan! Our co-hosts Daniel and Dina introduce themselves! We discuss some times where we made it weird for someone or for someone else, including the reason why y*llow is a buzzword on our show! We discuss disguises in storytelling, and Dina tells us about that time she dressed in disguise and stalked her friend's ex in STORYTIME! And Daniel re-visits our very first bad romance reading in CRINGEY COPULATION!

Get ready for a classic slap-N-tickle! This week, we are joined in the studio by USA Today bestselling romance author Carly Spade! We play a few rounds of BUZZED! Carly tells us about the time she had to convince a kid she was Superwoman at a convention, in STORYTIME! We talk about her Contemporary Mythos series, and she reads an excerpt from her book ZEUS! And she leaves us with a briny excerpt from The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Pop some bottles and join us for our one year anniversary spectacular!

We are having a party with our favorite family member Jess The Mess, and looking back on some of our favorite moments from the last 52 episodes of the show!

In this week's episode of Don't Make It Weird, we welcome in the author of CATALYST, Dustin Taylor! We play a round of TRUTH OR SIP! Dustin tells us about the time he left his iPhone in San Francisco, in STORYTIME! We chat about his book and his corgi Eggo, and he reads us a very spicy excerpt from a bad sex scene in CRINGEY COPULATION!

Does the Romance genre require a "Happily Ever After" ending?

This week on Don't Make It Weird, we check our voicemail! We play a brand new game called "How do you pronounce that?"! We invite some friends into the studio for a debate about romance! Dina tells us about the TARDIS in her living room at 3am in STORYTIME, and she reads a very booty-centric exerpt in CRINGEY COPULATION! Then, our friends join us for another edition of #WEIRDTAKES! #WritingCommunity #BookTube #Bookish

In this week's episode of Don't Make It Weird, we welcome in the Pacific Northwest Poison Ivy herself, author Kirsten Bohling! We play a round of TRUE CONFESSIONS! Kirsten tells us about the time she kissed the wrong person at a party in STORYTIME! We chat about her new fantasy romance novel WE'D KNOW BY THEN, and she reads us a very spicy excerpt from a bad sex scene in CRINGEY COPULATION! #BookTube #Bookish #WritingCommunity

“Is Kindle Unlimited good or bad for authors?”

In this episode of Don’t Make It Weird, we have an ACCOUNTABILIBUDDY CHECK! We check our voicemail! We play a new game called “FINISH THE SENTENCE!” Daniel tells us about the time he had to pretend to be the sober driver to a cop in STORYTIME! Daniel and Dina have a DISCUSSION about Kindle Unlimited! We get to hear a spicy scene from a J.K. Rowling book in CRINGEY COPULATION! And we cap it off with a discussion about your WEIRD TAKES! #bookish #booktube #writingcommunity

In this very educational episode of Don't Make It Weird, we are joined in the studio by author of THE BOOK OF AZRAEL, Amber Nicole! We play a game of YOU LAUGH YOU DIE: PICKUP LINES! We get to hear the story about how Amber got a tattoo at midnight! We interview her about THE BOOK OF AZRAEL, and learn a lot about animals and nature! Then she reads a very unique excerpt from a bad romance scene in CRINGEY COPULATION!

In this episode of Don't Make It Weird, we're celebrating! We catch up on some voicemail messages! We bring back NEVER HAVE I EVER in the game segment! We have a discussion about our own unpopular opinions in writing and literature! Dina tells us about the time she found a foot *buzzer* in the woods in STORYTIME WITH DINASAURUS! She reads a spicy snippet from Hemingway in CRINGEY COPULATION! And the gang discusses some of your WEIRD TAKES!

In this episode of Don't Make It Weird, we are joined in the studio by author Molly-Jaye Kirchner! We play a game of WORD ASSOCIATION! We get to hear the story about Molly's porn star name! We interview her about her book THE ALVAH, and she challenges us to a mashed potato eating contest! And she reads an excerpt from a bad romance scene in CRINGEY COPULATION!

In this episode of Don't Make It Weird, Dina has no voice! So she asked her friend Quinn to interpret sign language for her, live in the studio! We check our voicemail! We play a brand new game, MAD LIBS! Daniel and Dina discuss PROSE VS. STORYTELLING! Daniel tells us about that time he was featured in a Nashville newspaper for underage drinking in STORYTIME! He reads an excerpt from DORIAN by Will Self in CRINGEY COPULATION! And the gang discusses some of your WEIRD TAKES! #bookish #booktube #writingcommunity

Join us with the Quarantine Book Club LIVE in watching another cult-approved classic! We are watching The Pilgrim's Progress, the 1978 Ken Anderson film based on the book by John Bunyan, and featuring the first film role of a-list actor Liam Neeson as Jesus Christ!

In this episode of Don't Make It Weird, we are joined in the studio by author and educator, Stormy Lynn! We play a game of WEIRD HYPOTHETICALS / WOULD YOU RATHER! We get to hear about that time Stormy cried over some potatoes in STORYTIME! We interview Stormy about her book THE LITTLE DOOR, and she shares her controversial opinion of a beloved food item! And she reads a liver-tastic erotic excerpt from a Phillip Roth novel in CRINGEY COPULATION!

Happy Valentine's Day! We are joined in the studio by family of the show Jess The Mess! We check our voicemail! We play a game of Red Flags! We talk about tropes in romance! Dina tells us about her embarrassing moment at the water park in Storytime! and we discuss Cringey Courtship rituals from world history!

In this episode, we are joined in the studio by author Ian Conrey! We play a game of FINISH THE LYRICS! Ian tells us about the time he literally blew a hole in his friend's toilet in STORYTIME! We interview him about his novel HÆLEND'S BALLAD! And Ian uses some preschool-level substitution words in this week's CRINGEY COPULATION!

In this episode of Don't Make It Weird, we check our voicemail! We dive right into Dina's secret cringey Friend Fiction document that she wrote when she was a tween! Dina tells us about the time she was almost set up in an arranged marriage in Storytime! And we get a Dina double-header from high-profile authors in this week's Cringey Copulation!

We were joined in the studio by Ashley Hutchison and Chad Ryan of Lost Boys Press to discuss their spring anthology release HEROES, and the rest of the 2022 roadmap in this LIVE STREAM event!