Hey, dear readers and listeners, my official podcast is back – The Heart of Juliet Jones Fan Fiction! The stories of romantic and practical-minded Juliet, rambunctious teenager Eve, and their gentle and wise father, whom they affectionately call Pops, are back!

We’ve started all over with the original stories of the “Miss Teenager Contest” that I wrote several years ago. At that time, I began the podcast with computerized voice-overs to read the stories. This time, it’s my voice as the main host, narrating the stories and doing the voice-acting of each male character with Pops sounding vaguely similar to Jimmy Stewart and Shorty to Casey Kasem.

One of my favorite additions is including the two main characters of the show as co-hosts. Eve Jones does an amazing job as herself, helping me introduce the story at the start of each podcast, and narrating her own part in the story. Julie narrates her own voice, too, and joins in at the end of the podcast to wrap things up.

I’ve also added better sound quality, music, and special effects to create a much more professional-sounding experience for listeners.

Please join us as we begin this new journey. Thank you for being a loyal fan of my writing! We typically end each podcast by saying, “May love bloom in your heart like a rose,” or “May love bloom in your heart like the lovely rose that you are.” This is a reference to Romeo and Juliet when Juliet says, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” Whatever we choose to call it, the rose is still beautiful, and so are you. That is the full meaning behind the ending quote.

So, as we say in the podcast, “Until next time, like Juliet, may love always bloom in your heart like a rose!”

Thank you for listening!

Dave A. Gardener (romance novelist), Eve Jones (co-star and co-host), and Juliet Jones (star and the namesake of the podcast)