5-2-2024 Lasairiona McMaster Takeover (Scoped)

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Brian Marshall with throwback Thursday cuts throughout the show.

Already featured from 2000.

Super Fuzz, I am the king, but the remainder of today's show will be tied to my guests.

Well, not literally, but

She'll be in here in just a few moments.

My favorite Irish author flew all the way from Ireland to hang out with us today.

La Serena McMaster, joining us in here in just a few minutes.

We'll be doing the brainbuster today with us.

Sound good?

Also today, it's National Brother and Sister Day.

Comedian John Rogers talks about getting into fights with your siblings.

You can Google the answer.

But that would be cheating.

You start cheating and stealing and pretty soon nobody likes you.

It's time for Brian's Brain Buster, sponsored by JNL Marine and Guttenberg.

712, I have a guest in the studio.

It's my favorite Irish author, La Serena McMaster.

Welcome aboard.

Thank you for having me.

You flew all this way just to be on this show,

correct?

I did.

That's the only reason for my trip is to see you.

Thank God.

It's good to have you here.

I think it's good to be here.

We'll talk about what La Serena McMaster is all about.

We mentioned that she is an author.

She has a book release today.

She's going to be having a book release party.

I believe she brought Jell-O

shots

over there.

Backpack

full.

It's okay to have those, right?

Yeah.

Cause it's new in Ireland somewhere, right?

Absolutely.

All right.

Sounds good.

All right.

Here's today's brain buster.

Survey found that this causes people to panic.

about three times a month.

What is it ladies first?

What do you think?

I think it is paying their bills.

Paying their bills.

And why is that?

I don't know.

I feel like people panic about paying their bills.

Do you do that?

I do.

Yeah.

I panic about money, but probably more than three times a month.

Okay.

And that's why it's not the correct answer today because people probably panicking about that like eight times a month now.

Brian 418 Club listening on the app today in Auburn, Indiana late for work.

See for you, you have to work from home.

So are you ever late for work?

I've always early for

work.

Yeah, I've done that once I think here recently.

I used to do it all the time.

Oh God gotta be up at six.

All right.

Uh, nope, not that, but thanks guys.

Uh, Kyla being naked in public.

I feel like there's something to that

depends on what you're packing.

Right?

Yeah.

I mean, so, especially for the guys, if there's something going on there, like in your books, uh,

We'll talk about those.

It's, uh, you know, something to be proud of.

Yeah.

Some people wouldn't panic about being naked in public.

Yeah.

But there's some guys that have their shirts off and they're mowing the yard.

I saw that yesterday.

Disgusting, isn't it?

They're like, yeah, you like that?

Like it's not that warm yet.

And

because you write books about Eastern Iowa, Chris had said a survey found that this causes people to panic about three times a month, driving on 380.

Yes.

I was talking about that in the way here.

My friend's boyfriend lives just off 380.

And I was like, I hear 380.

I got a ticket on that road.

And she was like, everybody gets a ticket on that road.

Russ got a ticket on that road.

Yeah,

I did.

I've been lucky enough.

I think they leave me alone.

Knock on.

Is there any water around here?

Well, you know, I'll figure it out.

Uh, you used to live in Texas, did you not?

I did.

Okay.

And in this case, I have a Texas band for you.

This is Pantera Cowboys from

hell!

It's for nothing more if it doesn't hurt on Rock108 725.

We have a special guest in here today and all day, even through the 10 o'clock or up to 10 o'clock, because Russ wants to read Flosserino McMaster's work.

Dramatic reading on the air.

Are you ready for this?

I don't think so.

No, I don't think I was ready for it either.

Do

you

remember?

Here's the thing.

We had met.

It was when Wisconsin played Iowa and my buddy and I, Mike, were wandering down Melrose.

We had parked at Thinkvine and we were walking down and the house parties along Melrose as many people know when you're tailgating.

And we happen to stop by one place that was pulled in because he said, you know, what's going on in there guys?

My friend Mike did.

He's wearing the Wisconsin gear.

They're like the stadiums that way.

And they point back to think buying, right?

Which is funny.

They invite us in for a drink.

Then there's somebody that as we're coming past the tailgate, you happen to be good.

That pulls us in.

Would you guys like a jello shot?

We're like, yeah, sure would.

They pull us in.

So we're in there and we don't know anybody.

And suddenly you and I believe your friend Amber, maybe Amy.

Yeah.

We're standing there.

And the two of us are just like, what's up?

We're drinking a beer right now.

So you guys, look, where do you, what's your, what are you all about?

I hear you have an accent.

I'm like, what's your name?

At that point, we introduced each other and this is, gosh, this has to be what?

2020, 2021, maybe?

22.

Yeah.

Cause yeah.

Okay.

Might

have been 21.

I think it's 22.

So the two of us wander in and I ask you, I said, well, what do you do?

And you tell me I write steamy hockey romance novels.

I go, I'm sorry.

Come again.

You did say that.

I said, what, what, how was that steamy hockey romance novels?

And you probably saw me like a bird go.

I'll

take the story from there.

What do you remember?

I remember it was my first ever football game ever and therefore my first ever tailgate and We had done a lot of walking and Amy the Jell-O-Shot Queen went into that tailgate because that's where all her friends were

okay,

and I saw the Wisconsin shirt

And I'm pretty sure I booed your friend.

That sounds

right.

I'm well trained.

Go Hawks.

And you did turn around at my accent and asked, you asked what I was doing there, I think.

Where are

you from?

And I said, I'm from Ireland.

And you were like, what are you doing here?

And I'm going to visit my friends.

And you said, well, what are you doing in Ireland?

And I said, I write steamy hockey romance.

And your eyes bugged out of

your

head.

Yeah.

And then you said, I want to put you on my radio show.

And I was like, yeah, yeah, okay, whatever.

Yes.

Great line.

Yeah.

And then you

didn't believe I had a radio

show.

Well, I didn't believe you had a radio show or that you would remember that you wanted to put me on it or that you would follow up on it.

And then I gave

you my email and you literally did it right in front of me.

Nope, I did.

I said, look, I'm going to put it in here.

And what did I do?

He

emailed me right then

and then you ghosted me for like a couple of days because he went out to Vegas.

I did actually author conference in Vegas.

You're

right.

I just went to Vegas and never wrote back.

No, you didn't.

It's crazy.

Los Arena McMaster writes novels that are steamy hockey romance.

And they are about this team that's based in Eastern Iowa called the Cedar Rapids Raccoons.

We will talk more about what you write about in some of your books and that you will have something going on today.

in Marion, correct?

Correct.

All right, we'll do that and throwback Thursday continues next morning show 732 right now and it's 54 and Cedar Rapids and Iowa City 52 Waterloo and Cedar Falls currently right now mostly sunny 13 C and Lairn How about that?

Larn Larn

You got to get your R in like a pirate

Larn.

Oh, really?

You're gonna let me talk like a pirate today.

Uh-huh throwback Thursday I figured that we would have a couple of tracks that were

inspired by you being in here today.

This song here meant something to me, but probably meant something different to you being based from Ireland, right?

The cranberries.

You're playing the cranberries for me.

I am, and it's Zombie on Rock 108.

Oh, I love that song.

Here we go!

The Cranberries for Throwback Thursday on Rock108.

We'll get to Brain Buster here in just a second, but Los Arena McMaster from Ireland, my guest here today.

That song for me, when it came out, I was late middle school, early high school, something like that.

And I was just like, yeah, listen to that song.

Zombie, yeah, zombie.

Not a world savvy boy.

It means a little bit something different for you, doesn't it?

It does.

It's an anti-terrorist song from where I'm from.

Okay.

Explain, no, explain more because there's a lot of people out there that you hear in America like me that maybe don't understand the whole context behind

it.

Yeah.

A lot of people here don't understand that my country is still technically a war-torn country.

Really?

Yeah.

Yeah.

We still have terrorism and political violence and activism and things in my country.

So it's still divided and the, it's never too far from the surface.

The troubles are never too far in the surface.

So whenever that song came out, I was little as well.

So I didn't get the context.

It was only as I grew up and I realized what the meaning behind it was.

And it's like, oh, yeah, it hits differently.

I'm going to tell you, I have two others that are coming up that are Irish inspired for throwback Thursday.

Is it the

chorus?

He told me no cranberries, no cores.

Well, I changed my mind.

on the

cranberries.

Lasarita McMaster will continue with us as we go through.

Let's finish up with our brain buster here today.

You don't need to know the following fact, but you know you want to is Brian's brain buster on rock 108.

All

right.

A survey found that this causes people to panic about three times a month.

What is it?

Lasarita had said paying bills, but there's probably more than that.

She mentioned tire pressure.

Which was interesting, but we have a couple of people who are tasting the sweet victory of having this one right today.

Brian T. Justin K. Linda B. Listen, Linda.

Mary T, Chris H, and Nick W all getting this one right here today.

Survey found that this causes people to panic about three times a month.

What is it?

The feeling that they have nothing to wear.

Can I get ya?

Yeah.

Gotcha.

Busted your brain today.

Busted my brain.

But seven people in P1 Nation get it right today, showing that they are the smartest audience in Morning Show Radio.

That's what I like about it.

Ragon rights,

huh?

Yeah.

Another brain buster tomorrow morning.

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Lakers' case keeping LeBron.

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Four to one coming up here in just a few moments.

How about we go to Danny, California with the chili peppers next Skillets awaken alive with Rock 108 last Serena McMaster flew in from Ireland.

She's my favorite Irish author.

That's the first time you've heard that song

So I think if I say yes, my friend Chris is gonna make no, it's not I played it for you.

Okay

Sorry Chris.

I did it again.

Yeah

I still like

it.

Yeah.

It's interesting because the juxtaposition between American and Irish radio has to be that there's more, yeah, it's commercial here, but isn't it controlled more in Ireland?

Is that the way it is?

I think so.

Like regular every day morning show will be more like pop hits.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Like R and B.

Not as much rock.

I would assume.

No.

We

have like a couple of ours, like throwback classic rock or.

Like, I can't think of anyone who does contemporary rock.

At least during the day time.

Yeah.

So now we've got people in Ireland listening to me today.

We

do, yes.

Well, here's a word that you probably, well, you guys say this all the time.

Today's Daily Dumbass.

This one comes to us from the state of Idaho.

And anybody listening in Ireland goes, I'm Americans.

An Idaho man has been arrested on an alcohol related crime and other related charges.

After he was accused of kicking a bison at Yellowstone National Park.

The man, he's 40-year-old, I introduce you to Clarence.

Clarence!

Just from Idaho Falls, he approached a bison within 25 yards in April and was injured after he harassed a herd of bison and kicked an animal in the leg.

Did the bison kick him back?

Well, the incident occurred at the West entrance road near the 7-mile bridge.

I mean, I know where all of this is at.

Never been there.

But what happened was, he was hurt in the bison encounter, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries where he was evaluated, treated and released before being taken to the county detention center because with it being a national park, don't mess with the bison.

Yeah.

He was arrested and charged with being under the influence of alcohol to agree that may endanger oneself, disorderly conduct, as to create and maintain a hazardous condition approaching wildlife and disturbing wildlife.

All of this they're in Idaho You were looking at me with this dumbfounded look like yes, this happens five days a week the daily dumbass here on the Rockaway morning show

But he kicked a bison, of course, he's gonna get hurt,

you know, I'm surprised he didn't get Gord in this case That's so wild.

La Serena McMaster will continue with us here after eight o'clock throwback Thursday will continue news and shine down up next

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Second of May

Second of May need to point out that I got a text message from Weekender Boston Mike

The accent is hot!

Where's the pics?

I'm sorry, Boston Mike.

You have to sign up to my OnlyFans to get those.

Oh, so what's the

ad then?

So what's what?

So what's the ad then?

No, we're not doing that.

Oh,

you don't want to advertise that?

No.

We will be advertising something that you will be a part of here in just a little bit.

A release of your new

book.

I like how you

like lingered on the word release.

Oh, sometimes I do that.

We'll talk about that here shortly.

Right now we're asking for it from Shine Down.

See there's remedy on rock 108 for throwback Thursday with showers and storms likely through the day high of 70 tomorrow mostly sunny skies and 72 chance of showers again on Saturday of the high of 69.

It's wet.

That's right.

Exactly.

Lesterina McMaster joining us all the way from Ireland.

You're my favorite Irish author.

We mentioned last hour that we had met at a tailgate.

Wisconsin was taking on Iowa.

We had met at a tailgate.

You had offered Jell-O shots and we kindly accepted.

It was 22.

It was 21.

They were

away.

Okay.

Well, and I appreciate that your audience is also chiming in here today, which I appreciate.

But we haven't talked about your books yet.

You have not talked about your

steamy hockey romance now please explain it to the audience like you explained it to me what is what is this all about

what is steamy hockey romance please so I write love stories the heroes in my books generally all play for the same hockey team okay so my first series is set in Minnesota

My second series, that's the one you're holding in your hand, is set in Cedar Rapids.

And all of the guys on the team all go to a fictional university here in Cedar Rapids, and they all play on a hockey team.

And then I write stories about them falling in

love.

Why does a woman from Ireland suddenly fall in love and write about Cedar Rapids?

I met my husband at a hockey game.

Really?

Yes.

My favorite movie as a kid was The Mighty Ducks.

Yeah.

And I was obsessed with it.

And I had some pen pals from an old journaling site called LiveJournal.

And one of them came to visit me in Ireland and she's from Canada.

And I was like, well, what the heck do you do with a Canadian?

Let's take her to a hockey game.

So we went hockey in Belfast.

We have one hockey team.

On the island of Ireland and it was brought in in the millennium as part of the peace process.

Okay, and hockey is a non-political sport in Northern Ireland.

You're not allowed to wear Any colors that aren't hockey colors.

There's no

flags.

There's no anthems There's nothing political about it.

So it's a safe space for people to go and enjoy sport together.

That's really cool

and I met my husband there and he is from the opposite side of the political community to me.

So if I didn't

go to hockey, I probably wouldn't have met him because it was a safe space for people from all parts of the community to go.

One moment.

David.

Turn the phone off.

There's a woman talking.

All right, continue,

please.

So he volunteered for the team at the time.

And I used to sit down at the plexi at the board so I could beat the boards.

And he used to work in the tunnel, opening the door for the team.

And he used to sneak me out

tea and what you guys call cookies from the player's dressing room.

So you were getting tea and crumpets from the hockey locker room?

I was, yeah.

Wow.

And his friend said to me, you know, he likes you, right?

And I'm like, does he?

And then he let me wear his game-worn hockey shirt, and it was, yeah.

So I met my husband at a hockey game.

I had my Happily Ever After from a hockey game, so I know I write Happily Ever Afters.

So now I know about the hockey piece, but we need to know more about why air in eastern Iowa.

We will have that coming up right now.

It's Avatar, the dirt I'm buried in.

So latest from Lincoln Park called Friendly Fire on Rock 108, Avatar in there too.

It's 819, Brian Marshall.

My special guest today is my favorite Irish author who flew here all the way from Ireland.

Loserena McMaster.

She had mentioned here previously on the show that she writes steamy hockey romance, gave us the origin story between her and her husband.

But this one that I'm holding in my hand, pulling the goalie, I know this is an older book, but this is a Cedar Rapids Raccoon's hockey novel.

Why does a woman from Ireland write about Iowa?

You didn't answer me the last time.

I didn't answer you the last time.

So my best friend is from Iowa.

And how did you find her?

I find her on the internet.

We met on live journal.

The website I was telling you about.

And it will be 20 years in December.

Wow.

And shortly after we met.

I decided to come visit

him.

And

my parents were like, how do you know it's not going to be like some dude that's going to lock you in the basement?

And I was like, well, we'll find out, right?

It'll make a great novel

someday.

Yes, it will.

A good story, right?

So I got out of the plane in Chicago, and there was a moment of, oh, no, what if my parents are right?

Like, what if this is a dude?

He's going to lock me in his basement forever.

No, it was Amber.

And I have been coming to Iowa as often as I can, especially when I lived in Texas.

I was up a few times a year and I consider Iowa to be a second home.

Every now and then I'll board a plane to come here and even like the people who work on the planes are like, you're going to Iowa on purpose.

I mean, yes, yes I am.

I love Iowa.

I like being here.

So I decided to write a series about it because I'm here so often.

I know the people and I know the places and it's an important place to me.

And I wanted to kind of showcase Cedar Rapids and like Iowa in general in my series.

So because it's an important place to you, you are having a book launch party today.

in Marion, correct?

It's my first ever launch party.

I was telling Amy

this last

night.

So I started publishing when I moved back to Northern Ireland after living abroad for 10 years and I didn't have like a strong circle of people.

So I didn't wanna have a launch party where nobody would come.

So Jen from the HCI Book Boutique in Marion messaged and she was like, you're gonna be in time for your launch.

Can we do something?

And I was like, absolutely, let's do it.

So she's like, let's have a launch party.

Do

you have an address on that?

Yes, I do.

I knew you would ask.

And what is this?

Tonight, it starts at 6.30, although the bookstore is open from 4 if anyone just wants to go and shop.

It's 1026 7th Avenue in Marion.

For all your bookish needs, she has t-shirts and stickers and bookmarks and all kinds of stuff.

That's cool.

So she stocks your... She does stock my books.

Your physical books.

And this is the first place that I will have signed copies of today's launch.

I got them special.

How often do you sign books?

This is coming to Iowa is for my first book signing as well.

Boom.

Yeah.

The first of many things.

First on time on the radio, first time having a launch party.

My first official author signing is the North Iowa Book Bash on Saturday,

which I'd like to talk about as well later in the show.

Throwback Thursday continues.

I've got a track from 1976 that has Irish ties coming up next morning show.

It's 826 55 and Cedar Rapids and Iowa City 51 in Waterloo and Cedar Falls.

It's Throwback Thursday on the Rock 108 Morning Show.

I told you that after seven o'clock that these Throwback Thursday tracks would have an Irish flair to them because of my guest, Lacerina McMaster.

I want to see if you can get this band.

I

won't.

I

told you you should talk to my husband.

This is an Irish hard rock band that formed in Dublin in 1969.

1969 had a hit in the States, a couple of hits in the States, but this is an Irish rock band.

Is it you two?

No.

I knew I'd get that reaction.

Who the hell wants to hear you two?

But I do know that you want to hear thin Lizzie with jailbreak.

Absolutely.

I don't go to the 70s much, but when I do, it's thin Lizzie jailbreak.

Throwback Thursday on Rock108.

It's the Irish Flare today because of our guest, Loserena McMaster.

You have the book signing tonight and your launch party.

Say that one more time.

What location was that, Marianne?

Oh, I put it away.

What?

You're supposed to have that out on an index card.

What kind of DJ are you?

Here I'll do my DJ part.

I got it.

Okay.

It's 1 0 2 6 7th Avenue Marion and it is the hitch e a book boutique.

I'm sorry say that one more time

H e a book boutique

H

ea Happily ever after

but why why is there the

yeah?

That's how we say our hitch.

Okay.

I got him

He's gonna crack up at this cuz she has mocked me since I got off the plane that

I say

H

H.

Yes, and my husband does say H. It's actually a thing so

It's typically one side of the community says H and the other says H.

Now I gotta figure out what I'm gonna do.

Yeah.

I'll do that and figure it out after Volbeat.

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the game ending double play.

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Candelocks cover me.

I mentioned they're going to be a part of our birthday show in August, opening up for Bush.

Also the latest from Godsmack, both on the way.

So anyone from God's Mac called truth on Rockwood.

Oh, it's our guest La Serena McMaster and from Ireland.

You asked me off the air.

What is this?

Yeah, I did who sings it?

Name is God smack and it's a song called truth.

Give me your impressions on the song.

It's your first time hearing it, right?

It is I like his voice.

You like his voice.

I do.

What is it about his voice?

It's sensual.

Oh, that's a song that I would probably put on one of the song tracks for one of my books.

So you have a slay list as it were.

I

Every book I write has a corresponding playlist.

Oh, please.

No, you don't want it.

There's a lot of country on there.

Not even like real country, like pop

country.

Oh, my exes live in Texas.

Yeah, is that one of them?

No, it's

not.

It

should be.

Yeah.

Left something turned on at home.

That's another country song.

They don't get left turned on at home in my books.

Oh, I guess not.

We're going to talk more about your books.

And Russell will be in here after nine o'clock.

He said yesterday, and people had told you that this had been said on the air.

He wants to do a live dramatic reading of your work.

I did hear this.

Yes.

I'm excited for this.

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Alright, Corrin got the life.

It's a tray who watched me burn on the Rock 108 Morning Show.

Brian Marshall, a special guest, La Serena McMaster, who's been with us since seven o'clock this morning.

Brian, why is there a author on your show?

Well, she flew here all the way from Ireland.

That's why.

Better question.

Why is there not an author on your show?

Like constantly?

No, the guy who wrote it.

Oh, that guy does

he not have an author?

I don't know.

We're supposed to spell your name.

We are

because we did get a call asking for it to be spelled out.

You ready?

L A S A I R I O N A.

Can I buy a vowel?

Yeah.

McMaster last name.

What does it mean?

What does Lasserine mean?

Um, it means small flame and wine.

Small flame and wine?

What's the origin?

It's Irish.

It is Irish.

It is Irish.

Well, I didn't have a

name for the first 30 days I was born.

It took them a month.

So they had to come up with something that wasn't like, I don't know, Jean or Mary or they went big.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's awesome.

And what nicknames do you have?

Uh, last, I prefer my full name, but I get last.

Um, especially with the kids, the kids.

Struggle to say Lacerina although AJ can say it better than some of the grown-ups my nephew AJ He can say it better than some grown-ups.

So you have Lacerina has a Opening for her book tonight at HEA book boutique.

That's one zero two six seventh Avenue in Marion But you also have another event that's going on and can you tell me about that?

I do it is my first ever author signing.

So there's about 50 authors from all over

not just romance coming together in the Diamond Joe casino in Northwood on Saturday to do signing.

So we've got swag, we've got books, there's giveaways, prizes like Kindle stuff, gift cards, all kinds of stuff to give away.

So Northwood, if you don't know is north of Clear Lake on I-35 just south of the Minnesota border.

You'll be at the Diamond Joe casino itself.

Yes.

Will you be gambling?

I don't know yet.

I'm probably going to be too tired.

You could, uh, you can have some gambling romance going on something like that.

Um, the thing about it is your books, we have mentioned this on the show before, but if you're just joining us, these are steamy hockey romance novels and specifically you have a series with the Cedar Rapids raccoons.

So people might recognize some of the places going on and some of the faces

as

it, as it were.

I do have a DJ in there.

You do.

I do.

May I read some of this?

You can, of course.

I think I've done this for you before.

This is from her book, Pulling the Goalie, the Cedar Rapids, uh, Raccoon's hockey novel.

Uh, this is in the beginning of the book, Prologue.

Good morning, Cedar Rapids!

This is Marshall Bryant, and you're listening to Rock 108.

Summer's almost over, which means we're on the slippery slope into the new college hockey season, and Coach Bale's putting together an interesting roster of raccoons over at the University of Cedar Rapids.

Speaking of the trash pandas, I lured one of them onto the show.

You know, I like to have interesting guests on my show from time to time.

Weird.

Case of

point.

So joining us this morning for a quick Q&A is rookie UCR goaltender, Eres de la Peña.

I'll stop there.

That's about all I can read on the air.

I'm joking.

It

doesn't deteriorate that fast.

Oh, it doesn't.

Okay.

Well, Russ said he wants to do a dramatic live reading, maybe from pulling the goalie.

Does it matter what page he goes to?

I don't think so.

Oh boy.

I

mean, he might have to censor himself, but

that'll be fun.

Hearing him read romance in his Boston accent.

Yeah.

More with Russ, last Serena and you with Allison chains.

So that is from Blackstone Cherry when the pain comes on rock 108.

I'm

feeling the

pain right now.

Why?

Yeah, we are out the window.

I only understood the consonants in that.

Russ, I wanted to introduce you to my favorite Irish author, La Serena McMaster.

La Serena McMaster.

This is Russ.

Hello, La Serena.

Hi, Russ.

I've heard a lot about

you.

What

do you call La Serena for short?

Lass.

Lass?

Oh,

you're a lovely lass.

Yeah, with one S, not two.

Or my friend Chris messaged and he reminded me to tell you that they call me McNagster.

McNugster?

McNagster, like nagging.

I thought he liked chicken McNugster.

I mean, it could go either way, really.

So Lassarina has her first, her first Ross book signing and she's got a book released tonight, H.E.A.

Book Book Teak 1-0-2-6 Seventh Avenue in Marion.

And then

part of the North Iowa Book Festival, right?

North Iowa Book Bash,

yes.

Wow.

And that's all going on over the next couple of days, right?

Now, the thing that I wanted to do, Russ, is we talked about this yesterday on the show.

We have.

The fact that she writes...

It off the air several times.

Well, the fact that she writes, steamy hockey romance.

Now, steamy, what is it?

Steamy hockey.

Hockey romance.

Oh,

it's always hockey?

Yes, Vlasarine, I'll let you answer.

I have two pan-nims.

This one is always hockey.

Yes.

What's the other one?

Am I allowed to say that?

Sure.

I'm ready.

It's BDSM.

Oh, wow.

It's a kink club.

Yeah.

That's why David Davis in this video.

He's been in.

How did

he sniff this

one out?

I gave him a little bit of a heads up, but he got up early this one.

He was in here at 7.15.

Can you believe that, Russ?

Can you believe that he was here that

early?

And I'm sorry I was late, but we had hockey practice.

He had to change out his pants.

So

you're a little kinky girl.

My books are kinky.

Well, yeah, whatever.

Sam, Sam.

Where do you draw inspiration?

Everywhere.

I'm not even kidding.

If people have a conversation with me, I often

Preface it with you're probably gonna end in a book.

She's not wrong.

She's not wrong.

I'm

really not or I'll see people in the wild like I'll be in a coffee shop and I'll see people and be like, oh

So when you were a fledgling writer Did you start right off the bat doing the romance novels or did you work up to it after doing like a few poetry's about the green grass of

Ireland?

I wrote my first book in college, okay

And it was a romance novel, but it was closed door.

What does that mean?

It means no sex on the page.

So you know what they're going to go do behind the door, but I didn't write it on the

page.

Those are the ones my mother used to read.

Yes.

So closed door or feed to black, as it's called.

Yeah.

Feed it out.

And I've actually pulled those down from Amazon because they don't fit my brand anymore.

So I'm going to go back and add spice to it.

and rerelease

them.

Well, that's true too.

You have the pages,

so now you can just rework it.

Yeah, I can just go back and rework it.

Where you left stuff out, you can fill in with detail.

Exactly, yeah.