by Pete (Pete_Reviews_Books_Good) & Devin (BroMantasy)
Pete and Devin sit down with fantasy, romantasy, sci-fi, and indie authors. Not for the press tour. For the real conversation. Books, movies, music, and whatever else comes up. Episodes streamed live on the @realm_runners youtube channel then uploaded to all platforms. Be sure to follow Pete on socials @Pete_Reviews_Books_Good and Devin @BroMantasy for the latest show updates and episode announcements!
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June 30, 2026
<p>Fantasy Romance Month wraps up as Caty Rogan joins Devin and Pete to talk Kissed by the Gods, her recent traditional release with Requited and the first book in the Eternal Wars series. Caty writes feminine rage, winged war horses, and epic battles, and she made a believer out of Pete, a lifelong classic-fantasy reader who connected with this one harder than anything else in the genre lately.</p><p></p><p>We get into the world her husband stress-tested down to the population math, why language "rules" in fantasy are mostly made up, and the Star Wars DNA running under the whole series. Caty cops to Riot and Lena being her grown-up Anakin and Ahsoka fix-it fic, walks through Lena's training arc as someone who already had the badass part and had to learn how not to kill people, and lands on the line that took a few drafts to earn... found and furious. </p><p></p><p>Plus the pantser problem of fantasy, characters who refuse to do what you plotted, why duet audio is the only way, epigraphs she now regrets making this good, and the side couple that came to her the easiest. She also drops a strong rec on the way out.</p><p></p><p>===========================</p><p>Connect with Caty <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/catyrogan/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/catyrogan/</a></p><p>===========================</p><p>Connect with Realm Runners</p><p>Subscribe: @realm_runners</p><p>Follow Realm Runners: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://instagram.com/realm_runners" target="_blank">instagram.com/realm_runners</a></p><p>Follow Pete: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://instagram.com/pete_reviews_books_good" target="_blank">instagram.com/pete_reviews_books_good</a></p><p>Follow Devin: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://instagram.com/bromantasy" target="_blank">instagram.com/bromantasy</a></p><p></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:00 - Welcome and introduction to Katie Rogan</p><p>02:00 - Katie’s background in fantasy and transition into romance</p><p>05:00 - Making characters emotionally real and side characters memorable</p><p>10:00 - Worldbuilding: Landmass, population, and logistics</p><p>15:00 - Writing spicy scenes and audiobook experiences</p><p>20:00 - Social media's role in publishing success</p><p>25:00 - Developing her next project with a focus on character growth</p><p>30:00 - Indie versus traditional publishing: benefits and industry shifts</p><p>35:00 - Parenting, deadlines, and balancing creative life</p><p>40:00 - Audience questions on favorite quotes, reader reactions, and favorite reads</p><p>50:00 - Final book recommendations and upcoming projects</p><p>58:00 - Closing thoughts and thank you to Katie Rogan</p>
June 19, 2026
<p>Fantasy Romance Month continues as Stacia Stark joins to break down We Who Will Die, the ancient Rome-inspired romantasy she originally pitched as gladiator meets Vampire Diaries. Stacia went indie first, built her readership on the Kingdom of Lies series, and We Who Will Die is her first fully trad book, sold to Avon as a trilogy off a few chapters and a synopsis.<br /><br />We get into why this is a book with trials and not a trials book, how Arvell's binding vow to kill the emperor in the first chapter gave Stacia a huge amount of rope to write into, and why a Taylor Jenkins Reed tennis novel quietly inspired one of the best training arcs in the genre. Stacia explains how she wrote real slow burn instead of miscommunication wearing a slow-burn costume, and walks through the sigil magic system where your power is literally stamped on your forehead, and a book two release date update you heard here first.<br /><br />A heads up: there are a couple of light first-chapter setups discussed, all flagged in the moment.</p>
June 6, 2026
<p>NY Times and USA today best selling author Stacey McEwan joins Devin and Pete to kick off Fantasy Romance Month on Realm Runners, and it's a full hour of craft, chaos, and chicken-flavored chips. Stacey is the bestselling author of A Forbidden Alchemy (Peaky Blinders with magic) part of The Artisan series, published by Saga Press. She breaks down how the book came together from a genuinely unhinged first draft (dark academia war fiction steampunk romantasy was a real pitch), why she almost miscommunication-trapped herself into a corner, what it's actually like to get editor notes back when your entire brain is on the page, and where book three stands right now.</p><p>A Forsaken Prophecy releases July 14 (AU/UK) and July 21 (US). Tour dates coming soon.</p><p>===========================</p><p>Connect with Stacey</p><p>===========================</p><p>Connect with Realm Runners Subscribe: @realm_runners</p><p>Follow Realm Runners: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://instagram.com/realm_runners" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/realm_runners</a></p><p>Follow Pete: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://instagram.com/pete_reviews_books_good" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/pete_reviews_books_good</a></p><p>Follow Devin: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://instagram.com/bromantasy" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/bromantasy</a></p><p>Chapters:</p><p>0:00 — Intro and Fantasy Romance Month</p><p>1:30 — How Devin ended up with a signed copy of Ledge</p><p>4:00 — Why Patrick works for readers regardless of gender</p><p>7:30 — What makes romance land vs. what makes it die</p><p>10:00 — Writing Nina's silence without it being a miscommunication cop-out</p><p>13:30 — How the book actually came together: dark academia + war docs + nan's bodice rippers</p><p>16:30 — The school arc that became its own book and then got cut</p><p>18:45 — The editor notes reel: what it looks like on the outside vs. what it feels like on the inside</p><p>21:15 — Coles vs. Woolies</p><p>23:00 — Chicken-flavored chips and the cultural divide</p><p>26:45 — Balancing writing, mothering, and touring (and the bargain she made with herself)</p><p>31:20 — How teaching shaped her storytelling instincts</p><p>35:00 — Student plot twists, reader DMs, and Raven Kennedy's lawyers</p><p>37:00 — A Forsaken Prophecy updates and why book two was an absolute pain to write</p><p>39:15 — AFV: the book three title tease</p><p>41:00 — The Kindle highlights that surprised her</p><p>43:15 — Readers obsessing over an air charmer that isn't coming</p><p>45:30 — The gaslight fantasy world and how ANZAC tunnelers inspired the magic system</p><p>49:30 — Writing real sibling dynamics (Patrick's brothers and the banter)</p><p>52:00 — Tour dates, wrap-up, and the Stacia Stark teaser for next week</p>
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Pete and Devin sit down with fantasy, romantasy, sci-fi, and indie authors. Not for the press tour. For the real conversation. Books, movies, music, and whatever else comes up.
Episodes streamed live on the @realm_runners youtube channel then uploaded to all platforms.
Be sure to follow Pete on socials @Pete_Reviews_Books_Good and Devin @BroMantasy for the latest show updates and episode announcements!
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