#24: How Tessa Bailey Keeps Her Writing Fresh After 69 Books

From steamy banter to loveable blue-collar heroes, Tessa Bailey sits down with Morgann to talk about how she keeps her writing fresh across dozens of bestselling novels, why she gravitates toward opposites-attract love stories, and how she balances heart, humour, and heat. We talk TikTok's impact on romance publishing, dialling back the dirty talk (sometimes), and the unexpected research that went into Pitcher Perfect. Plus — we surprise Tessa at the end 👀 CHAPTERS:  0:00 Welcome, Tessa Bailey!   5:29 How to keep your writing fresh 7:26 Recipe for creating an opposites attract romance 8:41 Tessa and blue-collar MMCs 10:04 Tropes were NOT doing 11:05 Influence of TikTok on writing  13:18 Pitcher Perfect  15:45 Dialling back the dirty talk 17:15 Why did Tessa publish her first book  20:20 What would Tessa do if she weren’t a writer 23:24 Softball research for Pitcher Perfect 26:33 Tessa’s favourite moment from Pitcher Perfect 27:34 Crafting the characters in Pitcher Perfect 30:19 Solving people’s submitted problems! 41:21 It Happened One Summer Adaptation news 45:18 Bellinger Sisters book THREE 47:38 What’s coming next 51:35 Surprising Tessa with… FOLLOW US: Tessa Bailey TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@authortessabailey?lang=en  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessabaileyisanauthor/?hl=en  Find her books at Indigo: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/tessa-bailey/  Find her books at Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/contributor/tessa-bailey/_/N-2xrn  Morgann Book TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morgannbook?lang=en  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morgannbook/?hl=en  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MorgannBook  Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/morgannbook  Off The Shelf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offtheshelf.podcast/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@offtheshelf.podcast?lang=en  Hosted by: Morgann Book Created by: Bookish Media, Morgann Book, and Thomas Johnston  Executive Producers: Morgann Book & Thomas Johnston  Produced by: Stefanie Macchiusi Edited by: Ricki Biramontes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.