Dick of the Week
76 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsJoin Stephanie, The Duchess, and Liz as they chat about all of their favorite, and not so favorite, aspects of the Romance genre.
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Ep 64: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of 2022
January 18, 2023 04:06 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBHey 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 Read More
Ep 63: Bless His Heart & His D*ck: Cabin Retreat 2022
July 14, 2022 02:41 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBEarly 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 Read More
Ep 62: Camp NaNoWriMo 2022
May 12, 2022 18:43 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBApril 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 Read More
Episode 61: Sasha and the Butcher
March 16, 2022 20:15 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBJoin 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 Read More
Episode 60: Two Hot Santas
December 22, 2021 21:14 - 1 hour - 81 MBOn 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 Read More
Episode 59: NaNoWriMo 2021
December 02, 2021 03:26 - 53 minutes - 61.4 MBHello 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 Read More
Episode 58: Vampires and Monsters and Golems, OH MY!
October 31, 2021 03:30 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBHappy 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 Read More
Episode 57: Heat Levels and Banging Books
September 03, 2021 20:01 - 1 hour - 104 MBHello 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 Read More
Episode 56: Social Media for Romancelandia
July 29, 2021 02:53 - 1 hour - 79 MBDick 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 Read More
Episode 55: Big Blue Ridged Alien D!cks
July 17, 2021 03:53 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBWE’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 Read More
Ep 54: DOTW Reads a Book- Prince of Broadway
April 15, 2021 17:35 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBHello 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 Read More
Episode 53: Naughty Books
April 02, 2021 06:19 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBHello 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 Read More
Episode 52: Author Spotlight- Meika Usher
March 08, 2021 06:57 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBStephanie 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. Read More
Episode 51: I Burn For You
February 10, 2021 06:49 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBLiz 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!
December 23, 2020 17:12 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBOn 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, Read More
Episode 49: Happiest Season
December 11, 2020 07:48 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBOn 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 Read More
Episode 48: Vampires, Power Dynamics, & NaNoWriMo 2020
November 18, 2020 18:28 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBOn 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 Read More
Episode 47: Highway To Heck Part 2
November 04, 2020 17:57 - 45 minutes - 51.5 MBDick 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. Read More
DotW: Highway To Heck Part 2
November 04, 2020 17:57 - 51.5 MBDick 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. Read More
DotW: Highway To Heck Part 1
October 21, 2020 00:03 - 70.7 MBHello 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 Read More
Episode 46: Highway To Heck Part 1
October 21, 2020 00:03 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBHello 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 Read More
DotW: Dickin’ Around With Liz: Romance For All
September 16, 2020 06:00 - 28.1 MBDick 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 Read More
Episode 45.5: Dickin’ Around With Liz: Romance For All
September 16, 2020 06:00 - 24 minutes - 28.1 MBDick 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 Read More
Dotw: Fictional Reality (TV)
July 29, 2020 21:01 - 75.1 MBEpisode 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 Read More
Episode 45: Fictional Reality (TV)
July 29, 2020 21:01 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBEpisode 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 Read More
Episode 44: Wonderful Women
July 16, 2020 04:09 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBDick 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 Read More
DotW: Wonderful Women
July 16, 2020 04:09 - 88.6 MBDick 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 Read More
Episode 43: Are You Lost Baby Girl?
July 01, 2020 17:17 - 55 minutes - 64 MBDick 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(?) Read More
Dotw: Are You Lost Baby Girl?
July 01, 2020 17:17 - 64 MBDick 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(?) Read More
Dotw: Our Friend Chuck
May 27, 2020 13:59 - 77.7 MBHello 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 Read More
Episode 42: Our Friend Chuck
May 27, 2020 13:59 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBHello 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 Read More
DotW: Dickin’ Around with Liz V 4: AMA
April 30, 2020 13:24 - 21 minutes - 24.3 MBHey 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 Read More
DotW: Dickin’ Around With Liz V. 3: Quarantine Edition
April 15, 2020 13:08 - 17 minutes - 20.1 MBDick 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 Read More
Dotw: Eat A Toad, PK
February 26, 2020 17:41 - 1 hour - 130 MBDick 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 Read More
DotW- Love Between the Covers
February 12, 2020 15:12 - 1 hour - 181 MBHello 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 Read More
DotW Presents: A Choosable Romance: The Gold Digger Path Part 3
January 29, 2020 16:28 - 1 hour - 127 MBWell, 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. Read More
DotW: RWA- It’s Not Awesome
January 16, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 137 MBOkay 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 Read More
Dotw: The Horniest Time of the Year
December 04, 2019 17:39 - 49 minutes - 56.4 MBDick 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 Read More
DotW: Speaking of C*ck…
November 21, 2019 01:12 - 59 minutes - 67.8 MBDick 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. Read More
DotW: Ponies Don’t Write: NaNoWriMo 2019
November 06, 2019 17:12 - 1 hour - 124 MBIt 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 Read More
DotW: Oops, We Broke the Rules
October 23, 2019 16:14 - 52 minutes - 95.7 MBDick 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 Read More
DotW: Gettin’ Some Tail
October 09, 2019 22:16 - 1 hour - 121 MBIn 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 Read More
DotW Presents: A Choosable Romance (Gold Digger Path part 2)
September 25, 2019 15:41 - 1 hour - 119 MBDick 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 Read More
Dicklaration of Purpose
September 11, 2019 15:08 - 1 hour - 110 MBDick 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 Read More
DotW: Judging Books By Their Covers
August 14, 2019 20:43 - 1 hour - 158 MBDick 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 Read More
DotW Presents: A Choosable Romance Adventure (Gold Digger Path part 1)
July 31, 2019 15:17 - 1 hour - 110 MBWhew, 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 Read More
DotW: Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater
July 17, 2019 16:14 - 1 hour - 136 MBDick 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 Read More
DotW Presents: A Choosable Romance Part 3
June 19, 2019 15:42 - 54 minutes - 98.9 MBHello 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 Read More
DotW: Get Hard, Go Punk
June 05, 2019 14:12 - 1 hour - 133 MBDick 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 Read More
DotW Presents: A Choosable Romance Adventure part 2
May 08, 2019 15:48 - 1 hour - 155 MBDick 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! Read More