{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67cb14f5baaeff02dcf6d1d9/69150f97a17ebcde881cd636?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#25: How Ghostwriting Led to a Romance Empire with Cara Bastone","description":"<p>This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with Cara Bastone to chat all things romance and audiobooks! The two discuss how Cara transitioned from ghostwriting to writing her own romance novels to becoming an Audible Originals author. Cara also shares the difference in writing romance for physical novels vs. audiobooks and what some of her favourites are!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>CHAPTERS:&nbsp;</strong></p><p>0:00 Introduction</p><p>0:55 Fruit Hot takes</p><p>2:10 Becoming a romance writer</p><p>4:50 A scene that changed it all&nbsp;</p><p>6:35 Ghost writing to published author</p><p>10:12 Kristin Hannah's Influence on Cara</p><p>11:06 What Cara has learned along the way</p><p>12:01 How does ghost writing work?</p><p>16:00 Author struggles</p><p>19:00 The scenes that come out of nowhere</p><p>22:55 Grief in Promise Me Sunshine</p><p>30:48 Pregnancy Trope in Ready or Not</p><p>33:01 Cover Design</p><p>34:09 Live again list (with a twist)</p><p>40:16 What it’s like to write Audible Originals</p><p>41:37 Difference between writing audio and physical dialogue</p><p>47:08 Would Cara narrate an audiobook?</p><p>48:02 Favourite audible original</p><p>50:49 Where are romance audiobooks headed?</p><p>52:11 Cara’s next book release</p><p><br></p><p><strong>FOLLOW US:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Cara Bastone&nbsp;</p><p>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/carabastone/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/carabastone/?hl=en</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Find her books on Audible: <a href=\"https://www.audible.ca/author/Cara-Bastone/B085Z38C15\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.audible.ca/author/Cara-Bastone/B085Z38C15</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Morgann Book</p><p>TikTok: <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@morgannbook?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.tiktok.com/@morgannbook?lang=en</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/morgannbook/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/morgannbook/?hl=en</a>&nbsp;</p><p>YouTube: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/c/MorgannBook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/c/MorgannBook</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Goodreads: <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/morgannbook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.goodreads.com/morgannbook</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Off The Shelf</p><p>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/offtheshelf.podcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/offtheshelf.podcast/</a>&nbsp;</p><p>TikTok: <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@offtheshelf.podcast?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.tiktok.com/@offtheshelf.podcast?lang=en</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by: Morgann Book</p><p>Created by: Bookish Media, Morgann Book, and Thomas Johnston&nbsp;</p><p>Executive Producers: Morgann Book &amp; Thomas Johnston&nbsp;</p><p>Produced by: Stefanie Macchiusi</p><p>Edited by: Ricki Biramontes</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Bookish Media"}