Reinventing religion — with romance novels

Can novels where bodices rip and manhoods throb be considered sacred?The creator of a new podcast says the answer is an emphatic, “Yes! Oh, yes!”“For something to be sacred, the way we think about it, it has to teach you to be better at loving,” said Vanessa Zoltan, the 36-year-old who created the podcast, which will be called, ahem, “Hot and Bothered.”The show encourages listeners to write their own romance novels as a sacred practice.“This will be a pl