Everyone knows Twilight, right? Maybe, but no one knows Twilight better or more intimately than lovers of romance. We live with it, we adore it, we scoff at it, we comp it, we reluctantly tip our hats to it -- and everything in between. Mostly, it's complicated. In this episode, we're taking a deep dive into its impact on a genre, an industry, and our own personal lives to tease out A Brief and Biased History of the Twilight Saga.

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ANDREW MACHADO’S MUSIC: bit.ly/2L1LcCL

Quotes, in order of appearance:

STEPHENIE MEYER TALKS TWILIGHT WITH BORDERS BOOK CLUB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnKl8UxpxWc

STEPHEN KING SPEAKS TO STUDENTS AT UMASS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8TkQvdJVbc

LAURA VON HOLT: host of The Mermaid Podcast, writing romance as Laura Lovely. She can be found at mermaidpodcast.com (also on the Frolic Network!) and lauralovelybooks.com.

JODI MCALISTER ON TWILIGHT’S LEGACY: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/ya-authors-on-twilight

AMALIA DILLIN: author of SON OF ZUES, PLAYING TO WIN, and BY HELEN’S HAND. She can be found at amaliadillin.com and https://twitter.com/AmaliaTd

SUCKING THE QUILEUTE DRY by ANGELA R. RILEY: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/opinion/08riley.html

PAIGE HUGHES: Her illustrations can be found at bit.ly/3qoR5si. You can find her on social media as @page.hues.

CM NASCOSTA: author of MORNING GLORY MILKING FARM and GIRLS WEEKEND, her work can be found at https://amzn.to/3B9fg32. You can find her on social media as @cmnascosta.

FIFTY SHADES OF GREEN by FORBES: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleycuccinello/2017/02/10/fifty-shades-of-green-how-fanfiction-went-from-dirty-little-secret-to-money-machine/?sh=71cf88d8264c

HOW TO KEEP FANFICTION LEGAL by SYFY: https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/how-to-keep-fanfiction-legal-and-avoid-trouble-with-lawyers

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