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Paige Braddock On Being Missouri Vaun The Write Stuff - A Blast From The Past Episode Paige Braddock chats to us about her popular comic book series, Jane's World and turning it into a novel. She also talks about her journey from comic book artist to become the author Missouri Vaun. She talks about How she became a novelist Not having images to fall back on Working at a newspaper and creating women news Find your authentic voice Other comics Braddock she has worked on Her dayjob is also pretty cool Growing up in the South and being gay   Find Jane's World on Amazon   You can find all our Missouri Vaun Reviews on TheLesbianReview.com and find her reading on Book Clips   Contact Sheena Email Website Facebook group Facebook page Sheena’s Podcaster Profile   Contact Paige Braddock Website Twitter for Paige Braddock Twitter for Missouri Vaun Facebook Amazon  

Demon In The Machine by Lise MacTague Book Clips  Welcome to Book Clips, the mini podcast where authors and narrators give you a taste of a book with a short snippet.  In this episode we hear a reading from Demon In The Machine by Lise MacTague   Synopsis  At the height of Britain’s Industrial Revolution, steam power and magic join forces to create wonders the world has never seen. But those wonders have a dark side—one that will soon force a reckoning few could have anticipated. Half-demon Briar is content with her structured life as an archivist, a far cry from the chaos of her background and upbringing. Briar’s simple and predictable existence is rocked when she discovers something sinister powers one of the grand, new inventions of her era. Isabella Castel, the only daughter of Viscount Sherard, is far from the brainless socialite she pretends to be. Isabella is everything Briar is not: passionate, creative and impulsive, but with secrets to rival even Briar’s own. Two more unlikely partners should not exist, yet if the women cannot find a way to work together, they will lose far more than their reputations. Can a half-demon and a debutante work past their secrets before all hell breaks loose?   Get This Book On Amazon (link works for Amazon US, UK and Canada)    Love What We Do? Become a Patron. You will get exclusive content and be helping us grow.   Check out our review of this book on The Lesbian Review   Lise MacTague Online Website Facebook Twitter    Contact The Lesbian Talk Show Website Email   You can find all our Book Clips episodes here    Authors Want to feature your novel on Book Clips? Check out more here

Using An Editor For Love & Money: Epiosde 3 A brand new podcast about the business of selling sapphic books! In our third episode, Rae D. Magdon interviews Cal Faolan, editor extraordinaire. We discuss:  How you must must must have an editor look over your manuscript before you sell your book. Seriously. You need an editor, even if you're an indie author. Pruning the garden of your words... or spraying the forest with Napalm. The difference between structural editing and proofreading. What causes lesfic readers to put down or return low-quality lesbian books.   Please check out the following websites mentioned in the show:   Bi & Lesbian Reader Questionnaire   Email Cal at calfaolan@gmail.com   Connect with Rae D. Magdon on Twitter, Tumblr, & Facebook, or consider supporting her on Patreon.   Her books are available on Amazon and through several other retailers.

Episode 4 Cheating / Promiscuity Ask A Bisexual Season 1 Naturally being bisexual means that you are all sex addicts, right? Even though it's utter rubbish it is a common misconception.  In this episode, Tara Scott and Rae D Magdon discuss this. Hosted by Sheena. Listener Questions & Comments: Kat Evans There is a myth that bisexual women cheat more often and are more promiscuous. I think it just stems from their dating pool being larger. Suzie Carr I personally am bisexual and I get so angry when someone decides that I would cheat on my spouse because I find both men and women attractive. That's such an insult. As if sexuality has anything to do with morals, common decency, integrity. Ask A Bisexual is a show aimed at busting some of the myths about bisexual women. Sheena’s guest for this season are Tara Scott, reviewer at The Lesbian Review, and Rae D Magdon, author.   Tara Online Email Check out all Tara’s reviews on TLR Twitter   Rae Online Twitter  Tumblr Facebook, or consider supporting her on Patreon. Her books are available on Amazon, and through several other retailers.   Check out The Lesbian Talk Show on: Facebook group Facebook page Twitter     If you love what we do, consider becoming a Patron, you get exclusive content and you help us grow

Women and Words Overview 30 June-6 July 2018 Jove tells her Jove/Tara origin story while Andi’s convinced her body is not a temple, but rather a clean, organized garage. Also, congrats to Carsen Taite on her 20th novel and thanks to KD Williamson for the term “thin adjacent.”   30 June: Author and Women and Wordster KD Williamson stopped by to discuss body types in lesfic. Trust us on this. You’ll dig it. Women and Words link HERE KD Williamson’s website   3 July: Author and Women and Wordster Penny Mickelbury would like us to call what’s going on in this country what it is: hatred. Women and Words link HERE Penny Mickelbury’s website   4 July: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite is celebrating the release of her TWENTIETH NOVEL, Love’s Verdict. She’s also giving away TWO ebook copies and ONE signed paperback. Go leave a comment to get in on it! Women and Words link HERE Carsen Taite’s website   5 July: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle notes that this year’s Independence Day in the U.S. was not necessarily a celebration given the current state of affairs. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   6 July: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette fangirled over the latest Jurassic World movie because DINOSAURS. HELLO. Women and Words link HERE Find Andi on Tumblr and Twitter   Also, shout-out to everybody in Vegas right now attending the GCLS conference, and good luck to all the finalists the evening of the 7th who are up for awards!

On the Shelf July 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 24a Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about This month’s author guest is Justine Saracen Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog The Zimmern Chronicle Brantôme’s Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies “From Huw Arwystli to Siôn Eirian” by MIhangel Morgan, queer Welsh literature Primary source material for the study of 17th century English women Emma Donoghue looks at the intersection of the motifs of hermaphrodite and lesbian in 17-18th century England Clorinda Donato considers John Cleland’s translation of the life of Catherine VIzzani as a satirical attack on Mary Wortley Montagu Jacqueline Holler considers the trial confessions of a 16th c Mexican holy woman, heretic, and sexual outlaw Susan Lanser discusses the political implications of women’s same-sex relationships in 17th century England Tim Hitchcock looks at homosexual subcultures in 18th century England New and forthcoming books The Travels of Charlie by J.B. Marsden (Sapphire Books) Holding Their Place by Kelly Wacker (Bold Strokes Books) Shadow of the Phoenix by Rebecca Harwell (Bold Strokes Books) Thyra’s Promise by Natalie Debrabandere (self-published) Special non-historic shout-out: A Study in Honor by Claire O’Dell (Harper Collins) Ask Sappho: Sheena asks “Was there anything similar to drag king performers before the 20th century?” More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmp You can follow the blog on my website (http://alpennia.com/blog) or subscribe to the RSS feed (http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/) If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com A transcript of this episode can be found here. http://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-24a-shelf-july-2018 If you enjoy this podcast and others at The Lesbian Talk Show, please consider supporting the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLesbianTalkShow

8 F/F Authors that A.L. Brooks Fangirls Over Les Do Books In this episode of Les Do Books, Tara is joined by author A.L. (Angela) Brooks. Authors are readers too, which is why Tara was excited to hear all about the lesfic authors that Angela fangirls over. Check out the books discussed: Damage Control by Jae Backwards to Oregon by Jae Just for Show by Jae Jericho by Ann McMan Aftermath by Ann McMan Goldenrod by Ann McMan Pink by KD Williamson Dark Peak series by Cari Hunter Five Moons Rising by Lise MacTague On Deception’s Edge trilogy by Lise MacTague Nightingale by Andrea Bramhall Just Jorie by Robin Alexander Always Alex by Robin Alexander Heartsick by Tracey Richardson Delay of Game by Tracey Richardson Find A.L. Brooks online Website Facebook Twitter      More info If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please consider contributing to the Patreon for The Lesbian Talk Show channel. You’ll help us grow and get exclusive content! Come talk to us about these books and any other lesfic you’ve been reading lately at our Facebook group, The Lesbian Review Book Club. You can see all of our reviews, top 10 lists and author profiles on TheLesbianReview.com and don’t forget to send your emails, questions and more to Tara@TheLesbianReview.com. Lullabye (Sting) by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/  

Curves Welcome – How to Deal with Negative People Being around negative people can drain you. Negative people can take every last morsel of energy from your body as they sweep you up into their mayhem and toss you around until you are so dizzy, you don't know which way is up or which way is down. So what are you supposed to do when you’re around a negative person? Tune in to explore this with me.   Show Links:  Join my journey on Patreon and get sweet rewards: https://www.patreon.com/suziecarr   Bonus Info: Grab a copy of my newest novel, The Curvy Side of Life, a romance novel about embracing life’s curves: http://bit.ly/suziecarrcsl Visit Curves Welcome to receive a free gift by submitting name and email: http://curveswelcome.com Consider becoming a patron of The Lesbian Talk Show Join The Lesbian Talk Show Chat Group on Facebook Email me questions and comments: suzie@curveswelcome.com

RG Emanuelle Gets Interviewed  The Lesbian Review Podcast  Sheena is joined by RG Emanuelle today to talk about her writing, food and Dirt Road Books. Topics Include: RG has released a novel this year called The Potion. What RG is working on at the moment? Dirt Road Books is a cooperative - what does that mean and where does RG fit in? Other than supplying fantastic recipes for the newsletter. RG has qualifications in both english literature and food? How do they pair together? What goes into good food-focused writing? RG shares an old timey food fact about asparagus with us.   Books we talk about The Potion by RG Emanuelle Publisher: Dirt Road Books Synopsis Vera Kennedy, widow of Professor James Kennedy, wants to be a scientist, but in Victorian Boston, that isn’t an option for women. Nevertheless, after assisting her husband in the laboratory with his experiments, she has learned everything she could through his unintended tutelage. After his death, she continues his work until she veers off onto a different path with her own experiments, which threaten to consume her to the exclusion of all else. Georgette Harris, widow of Professor Roland Harris, has been left destitute in the wake of her husband’s death. He had amassed mountains of debt and left Georgette to pay it, in any way she could, and now she occupies a dilapidated and mostly empty mansion with what little food her remaining housekeeper can scrounge. So when a medicinals company wants to purchase a formula that Roland had proposed to them, Georgette searches for it without success, and then discovers evidence that her husband had worked with James Kennedy. Armed with this information, she seeks the help of Vera in uncovering the missing formula. But Vera is not one to give up secrets easily, though she is inexplicably drawn to Georgette. Despite her reservations, she considers Georgette’s request, and they soon discover that both their husbands were involved in an experiment layered in deception and danger. Together, they sort through mysterious clues and talk to unscrupulous men in order to discover what that outcome was supposed to be and in the process, they may discover something far stronger between them.   Get This Book On Amazon   Add Spice To Taste by RG Emanuelle Synopsis Giovanna "Jo" Rossini teaches cooking classes at The New York Culinary Institute and though she enjoys it, she's still struggling to make ends meet and figure out how to get her life back on track. Her dream of owning her own café was broken when the business failed, and her heart was shattered with the end of her long-term relationship.  Then, a Moroccan cooking class reveals a few surprises when Jo finds herself attracted to Julianna, one of her students. Despite her internal attempts to deny it, she soon discovers that the attraction is mutual. Even more surprisingly, she must also fend off the unwanted advances of another student—and deal with her own weaknesses and past mistakes. Can Jo find the courage to allow Julianna past her self-imposed boundaries and allow herself to love again? Or will she choose to keep her heart locked away instead? This novella contains original recipe and photos of dishes from Jo’s Moroccan cooking class.   Get This Book On Amazon   Patrons Did you know that you get exclusive content when you become a patron? Find out more here.   About The Lesbian Review The Lesbian Review is a popular website that features book and movie reviews. We only review things we enjoy so you can be guaranteed to find a great read or watch. This podcast is a spinoff of the popular website. About Sheena The Lesbian Review Podcast is hosted by the founder of both The Lesbian Review and The Lesbian Talk Show podcast channel. Sheena Online You can contact Sheena via email on Twitter on Facebook come join The Lesbian Review Book Club come join The Lesbian Talk Show Chat Group   RG Emanuelle Online Website Twitter Facebook

In today's episode of Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, award-winning author and editor R.G. Emanuelle joins Jove Belle to discuss the magic that takes an anthology from concept to finished publication. This is part one of a two part conversation. Enjoy! Find us online! Dirt Road Books Jove Belle R.G. Emanuelle Facebook Twitter Do you have questions about writing, editing, or publishing? Email us at admin@dirtroadbooks.com and we'll do our best to provide an answer.

Bisexual Discrimination Ask A Bisexual  Season 1, Episode 3 Ask A Bisexual is a show aimed at busting some of the myths about bisexual women. Sheena’s guest for this season are Tara Scott, reviewer at The Lesbian Review, and Rae D Magdon, author. In this episode Tara and Rae discuss discrimination they have faced from both lesbian and heterosexual communities.  Tara Online Email Check out all Tara’s reviews on TLR Twitter   Rae Online Twitter  Tumblr Facebook, or consider supporting her on Patreon. Her books are available on Amazon, and through several other retailers.   Check out The Lesbian Talk Show on: Facebook group Facebook page Twitter     If you love what we do, consider becoming a Patron, you get exclusive content and you help us grow

Women and Words Overview 23-29 June 2018  Andi and Jove totally empathize with people who end up with bad haircuts and Andi totally approves of KD Williamson’s beer choices, and she and Jove agree that getting old is not for the faint of heart. And in the midst of crap, try to be kind and reach out.   23 June: Author and Women and Wordster KD Williamson joined us with her inaugural blog as a regular! Here she talks about fanfic and beer. Women and Words link HERE KD Williamson’s website   24 June: Author Emily L. Byrne stopped by to talk about her latest book, Medusa’s Touch, and how it finally came to be published. Women and Words link HERE Emily L. Byrne’s website   25 June: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt notes that time is different in her world...but she has finished with edits for her latest, Paradigm! Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website   26 June: Author, Women and Wordster, and herstory legend Lee Lynch notes that summer is here, but for those among us who are aging, there are whole other things to deal with. Women and Words link HERE More info about Lee here   27 June: Author and Women and Wordster Jove Belle is now addicted to podcasting and provided some links to what’s going on in that regard. Women and Words link HERE Jove Belle’s website   28 June: Author and Women and Wordster Renée Bess reminds us that American history is full of Americans doing terrible things to each other and to non-Americans. Hopefully, enough of us have learned not to. Women and Words link HERE Renée Bess’ website   29 June: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette tries to find the light in the dark. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Find Andi at Tumblr and Twitter   And the GCLS conference is next week, 4-8 July, in Las Vegas! Safe travels if you’re going!

Inscribed by V. M. Agab The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 23e Every month when there is a fifth show, we’ll be presenting new original lesbian historical fiction. In this episode we present “Inscribed” by V.M. Agab This is V. M. Agab’s very first professional fiction sale! M. Agab lives in Brooklyn, with her parents and three wonderfully annoying siblings. When she isn’t babysitting, she writes fanfiction to soothe the soul, and occasionally blogs for Women and Words. She is currently working on a novel of the queer persuasion and is getting ready to start graduate school this fall to pursue writing as a career. Our narrator for this episode is Ann Etter. She is an avid reader who finds that narration is the perfect blend of her love of acting with her love for the printed page and she, too, blogs occasionally for Women and Words. Her day job involves numbers and tax forms. She says, she especially enjoyed this story as it hearkened back to her college days studying medieval history. Ann has three children and two grandchildren and loves home improvement projects. She is a native of New Hampshire and has lived in Minnesota for over 25 years. This recording is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License. You may share it in the full original form but you may not sell it, you may not transcribe it, and you may not adapt it. More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmp You can follow the blog on my website or subscribe to the RSS feed If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com A text version of the story and transcript of this podcast is available here. If you enjoy this podcast and others at The Lesbian Talk Show, please consider supporting the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLesbianTalkShow

Episode 34: Ocean's 8 This week Lise and Andi lose their collective minds over the movie Ocean’s 8 because: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Rhianna, Awkwafina, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Mindy Kaling, and Anne Hathaway. Also, they both LUUUUV a good heist, and Ocean’s 8 delivers AND passes the Bechdel Test with flying colors.  The writing is tight  (SO important in a heist plot!), the woman power is stellar, the humor is spot-on, and holy crap  the chemistry between the cast and especially Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett…Andi is shipping them hard. Ocean’s 8 is part of the Ocean’s franchise, and Bullock’s character is Debbie Ocean, sister of Danny Ocean.  Plot summary:  “Five years, eight months, 12 days and counting -- that's how long Debbie Ocean [Bullock] has been devising the biggest heist of her life. She knows what it's going to take -- a team of the best people in the field, starting with her partner-in-crime Lou Miller [Blanchett]. Together, they recruit a crew of specialists, including jeweler Amita [Kaling], street con Constance [Awkwafina], suburban mom Tammy [Paulson], hacker Nine Ball [Rihanna], and fashion designer Rose [Bonham Carter]. Their target -- a necklace that's worth more than $150 million.”  Ocean’s 8 website 

Truth Or Dare by C Spencer Book Clips In this episode of book clips listen to a reading of Truth Or Dare by C Spencer.   Truth Or Dare by C Spencer synopsis It’s a long weekend among six friends whose lives have intertwined through years of U-Hauls and regrets, almosts and what-ifs. As that poorly timed snowstorm whirls into town, it threatens to kick pent-up desires and tightly held secrets over the edge—especially for Jessie, who can’t stop thinking about her best friend Hadley. Meanwhile Brie’s past overshadows her present-day, and the Lasleys just hope to enjoy their much-anticipated wedding anniversary. If everyone would just keep it together for the next few days, and if this snow would taper off, they just might pull off Sunday’s celebration. Drama free.   Get This Book On Amazon (link works for US, UK and CA)   Find C Spencer Online Website Twitter Facebook