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Therapy Cafe  Fifty Shades Of Harper Bliss  Welcome to our special Halloween edition of the Therapy Café!  In this episode, the well-known psychiatrist, Isabella (High Rise By Harper Bliss) and Thalia (Eagle Cove) discuss the impact Fifty Shades Of Grey has had on the popularity and practice of BDSM.  The Therapy Café is brought to you by The Lesbian Talk Show where you can find this and other fine lesbian podcasts.  Be sure to send us your questions to contact@therapy.cafe.  And subscribe to and rate our show on Podbean and iTunes. We can't do the show without you.  Congratulations to AG Skippy. You are this week's winner of a free eBook.  We'll get in touch with you via email for further details. Thanks for subscribing and listening!

Women and Words podcast overview 23-28 October 2016 Andi and Sheena discuss sex, NaNoWriMo, Ghostbusters, and wtf with Halloween in the States. Also, Sheena points out the 18% of the time that Andi is wrong. :D   23 October: Author SM Harding brought up sex in lesfic and puzzled about why some readers think it’s “too much” while others think it’s “too little.”   Women and Words link HERE SM Harding info   24 October: Author Yvonne Heidt brought fellow author Shelia Powell along with some info about Shelia’s latest, Becoming Me: A Metamorphosis a book of poetry that deals with really tough subjects, including molestation, rape, and mental illness. It’s a personal story about healing.   Women and Words link HERE Shelia Powell info Yvonne Heidt’s website   25 October: Audio excerpts! This month, author Catherine Lane reads from Heartwood; author C.P. Rowlands reads from Collision Course, and author Ashley Bartlett reads from Cash Braddock.   Women and Words link HERE Catherine Lane website C.P. Rowlands website Ashley Bartlett website   26 October: Author and Women and Wordster Jove Belle does another blog in her marketing series. Here, she makes a good point. You need to have a book to market. So…write! ABC’s of writing: Apply Butt to Chair.   Women and Words link HERE Jove Belle’s website   27 October: Author and Women and Wordster Renée Bess joins us for a discussion about writers’ block and what it might mean and how to deal with it.   Women and Words link HERE Renée Bess’s website   28 October: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette goes fangirl crazy over the movie Ghostbusters (2016) for Fangirl Friday and she’ll tell you exactly why.   Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website   And, per Sheena and Andi’s discussion about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), here’s the link. And for funsies, here’s some info about Halloween.

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast  Halloween Special: The Goblin Market by Heather Rose Jones For this Halloween Special, I’ll be looking at sensual language and imagery in Christina Rossetti’s epic poem “The Goblin Market”. In this episode we talk about Rossetti’s background and life The conflicting frameworks of romantic friendship and supernatural lesbian decadence present in 19th century literature Excerpts of sensual passages from The Goblin Market, Christabel, and Carmilla A full reading of The Goblin Market More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project  The full text of The Goblin Market is included in Terry Castle’s The Literature of Lesbianism, which the LHMP discusses here If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com

Les Do Books  It's a Halloween Mix-Up! In this very special Halloween episode, Tara is joined by author, fellow reviewer at The Lesbian Review, and KA Moll. Listen to hear about the spooky books they've been reading and learn a little about the psychology of Halloween.    In this podcast they discuss:   The Secret of Sleepy Hollow by Andi Marquette - Get it on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca Tales of the Grimoire, edited by Astrid Ohletz and Gill McKnight - Get it on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca    More info Come talk 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

Heather & Suzie  The Masks We Wear (Special Halloween Show) Novelist Suzie Carr from the Curves Welcome podcast and novelist Heather Rose Jones from the Lesbian Historic Motif Project team up for a special edition of their shows to discuss the use of “masks” and “costumes” — both physical and metaphorical — as a tool for exploring and negotiating identities in real life and in the online world.  You can find Heather Rose Jones on amazon.com | amazon.co.uk |amazon.ca You can find Suzie Carr on amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | amazon.ca Send us an email on podcast@thelesbiantalkshow.com 

Les Talk About It  Lesbians Are Attracted To All Women  In this episode of Les Talk About it Tamara is joined by Brooklyn from Les Do Books. They talk ask the question whether all lesbians are attracted to all women? MORE INFO Tamara is super smart and loves researching and together this married couple are known to get slightly off topic and laugh a lot. Brooklyn in a reviewer for The Lesbian Review. Send your questions and comments to Podcast@TheLesbianTalkShow.com or visit www.TheLesbianTalkShow.com for more info about this and other lesbian podcasts.

Harper Bliss's Mrs And Jove Belle Holiday Marketing In this very special episode of Harper Bliss And Her Mrs, Caroline is joined by Jove Belle while Harper guest stars on another podcast.   Caroline and Jove discuss Holiday marketing that they do.   Jove Belle is normally on the Women & Words podcast and can be found here    Caroline runs Ladylit publishing with Harper Bliss

Therapy Cafe Don't Move Until You See It Do you like your best friend's girlfriend? No? Then this episode is for you. In this episode, Zane (Soul Mates) and Thalia (Eagle Cove) advise a listener when to speak up and when to suck it up when you don't like your best friend's girlfriend. The Therapy Café is brought to you by The Lesbian Talk Show where you can find this and other fine lesbian podcasts. Be sure to send us your questions to contact@therapy.cafe.  And subscribe to and rate our show on Podbean and iTunes. We can't do the show without you. Congratulations to Clare Lydon. You are this week's winner of a free eBook.  We'll get in touch with you via email for further details. Thanks for subscribing and listening!

Women and Words Podcast Overview 15-21 October 2016 In which Jove Belle and Andi Marquette prattle on about a variety of topics, including the truism that one simply can never have enough T-shirts, especially of the fangirl variety. Oh, and fangirling is awesome.   15 October: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta was recently called for jury duty and indeed, turned it into a blog about lesfic and lawyers portrayed therein.   Women and Words link HERE   16 October: TWOFER! Author Gabriella Meghan joined us to talk about her debut novel, As Told by Us. We also did an ebook giveaway of her novel.   Women and Words link HERE Gabriella Meghan’s website   16 October: AND author Jen Silver stopped by to chat about her 5th novel, Christmas at Winterbourne (hit the link to read the first chapter). AND she did a giveaway of that as well as some other stuff.   Women and Words link HERE Jen Silver’s blogsite   17 October: Author and intrepid explorer Stevie Carroll told us about her latest project, collaborating with members of the history group in her parents’ village to produce 2 books that commemorate the roles played by the villagers in World War I.   Women and Words link HERE Stevie Carroll’s LiveJournal   19 October: Editor and author Cheyenne Blue joined us to chat up Aussie Outback pubs, which play a role in her latest, Not-So-Straight Sue. AND yet another GIVEAWAY!   Women and Words link HERE Cheyenne Blue’s website   20 October: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle did a great discussion on the evolution of her writers’ group over the years, and the integration of tech as a tool to meet.   Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   21 October: TWOFER! First, we sent out notice that we have updated our static page that includes our Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions list. This month, we’ve listed releases we know about for October and those that are forthcoming in November. We’ve also left September up.   New Releases and Coming Attractions page LINK   AND 21 October: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette’s Fangirl Friday featured an interview with the founders of the awesome community-minded T-shirt company Fangirl Shirts. GIVEAWAY! You can win a free shirt (your choice!). Just go and comment on the blog (see link below). Drawing closes Wednesday, 26 October.   Women and Words link HERE Fangirl Shirts website Andi Marquette’s website   And do you know who ELSE gives a percentage of T-shirt sales back to the community? WOMEN AND WORDS, that’s who! Some of the proceeds from Women

Falling Colours by RJ Samuel BOOK ONE in the series THE VISION PAINTER FALLING COLOURS – The Misadventures of a Vision Painter KIRAN is the only vision painter working in Ireland, the only female in the ancient Indian profession. As a vision painter, she paints the hopes and dreams of her clients into existence. Her practice is not doing well and she works as a waitress in a struggling restaurant in Connemara. When Kiran is asked to paint the forbidden, forces are unleashed that she cannot contain, including two infuriating women with whom she must work in a race to restore order and save her gift. FALLING COLOURS is the first book in The Vision Painter series and introduces the unique concept of vision painting and Kiran, a woman who struggles with a fascinating gift. You can find this novel on Amazon.com | on Amazon.co.uk | on Amazon.co.ca Visit www.TheLesbianTalkShow.com/Reading for more information on sending us your reading for Book Clips

Along Came The Rain by Alison R Solomon Wynn Larimer would be the first to admit she has a bad memory and that lately it's been getting worse. But that doesn't explain how she has ended up in jail, accused of kidnapping two teenage foster kids. Now she's in the fight of her life to clear her name. Her burning question: who has framed her and why? Wynn's partner, Barker, is hanging by an emotional thread. Not only are the missing girls her social work clients, but to make matters worse, her beloved Wynn seems to be losing her mind. How can she ensure the girls are brought to safety while dealing with a partner who is increasingly scattered? Wynn and Barker must race to uncover the truth before Wynn is charged with a serious crime that could imprison her for years. But what will happen to their relationship when both discover things about each other that will change their lives forever? You can find this novel on Amazon.com | on Amazon.co.uk | on Amazon.co.ca  Visit www.TheLesbianTalkShow.com/Reading for more information on sending us your reading for Book Clips

Curves Welcome Getting Back Up Novelist and Motivational Blogger Suzie Carr discusses how find your grounding after you’ve been knocked down.     In this episode Suzie explores:   What to do when life knocks you down The gift of those moments in between highs and lows Lessons we can learn from the top and bottom Strategies to coexist with tough blows More info   Join Suzie’s Facebook group Feed Your Joy  Visit Curves Welcome to receive 2 free stories by submitting name and email  Email Suzie questions and comments

Les Talk About It Myth We Examine: All Women Have Multiple Orgasms In this episode of Les Talk About it Sheena and Tamara talk about whether or not all women can have multiple orgasms.  MORE INFO Sheena is the founder of The Lesbian Talk Show podcast channel and The Lesbian Review. Tamara is super smart and loves researching and together this married couple are known to get slightly off topic and laugh a lot. Send your questions and comments to Podcast@TheLesbianTalkShow.com or visit www.TheLesbianTalkShow.com for more info about this and other lesbian podcasts.

Harper Bliss And Her Mrs How They Reached Their Financial Goals In this episode Harper Bliss and Her Mrs (Caroline) discuss what it took for them to reach their financial goal and how you can too   This was a question sent in by a listener. If you have questions please feel free to email them to HarperBliss@TheLesbianTalkShow.com and they will either answer them on the show or on their blog. You can also find Harper Bliss on her website HarperBliss.com or on the Ladylit website Ladylit.com  Check out her books on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca        

Therapy Cafe Lightning Round 2 of 3 In this episode, Zane (Soul Mates) and Thalia (Eagle Cove) continue our Lightning Round with Part 2 of 3 where we answer questions about lesbian sex. What is a Lightning Round you ask? We asked listeners to send in lesbian dating, sex, and relationship questions that can be answered by a simple 'Yes' or 'No' response. And then during the episode, our guest moderator, the world-famous Velvet Lounger of The Lesbian Reading Room ask these questions of Zane and Thalia who attempted to answer as many as possible in 10 minutes. Velvet also personally answered the questions and asked us to elaborate on our simple 'yes' or 'no' responses occasionally.  We spent a fair amount of time laughing.  We entertained ourselves.  Hopefully, we'll entertain you as well. We hope that Velvet will agree to be our regular moderator for these Lightning Rounds so please give her lots of encouragement. The Therapy Café is brought to you by The Lesbian Talk Show where you can find this and other fine lesbian podcasts. Be sure to send us your questions to contact@therapy.cafe.  And subscribe to and rate our show on Podbean and iTunes. We can't do the show without you. Congratulations to Parachip! You are this week's winner of a free eBook.  We'll get in touch with you via email for further details. Thanks for subscribing and listening!