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Harper Bliss And Her Mrs Social Media For Authors In this episode Harper Bliss and Her Mrs (Caroline) discuss how they use social media and what works best to engage your audience.   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 There's A Rule Book? It's the first Monday of the month, and you know what that means?  That's right. We have another guest on our show.  In this episode, we have Lia Brooks from Winter's Harbor by Aurora Rey. Her partner of ten years left her for a younger woman and she's escaped to Provincetown, MA to heal. She finds herself attracted to a local bakery owner. But is it wise to start something new when she's on the rebound and only in town for six months? Zane (Soul Mates) and Thalia (Eagle Cove) will help Lia make a wise decision concerning her future. 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 weenasheena. 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 Overvew 24-30 September 2016    Jove and Andi in the house! WOOOO!   24 September: A Reader’s Perspective with longtime lesfic friend Ted Beveridge, who, like Erin Saluta, has read a gajillion lesfic books. Here, he talks about some authors in the genre who write sex and intimacy.   Women and Words link HERE   25 September: Author Elizabeth Andre joins us to talk about her latest, a manuscript she re-did 20 years after the fact and things she learned in that process. She’s giving copies away!   Women and Words link HERE Elizabeth Andre’s website   26 September: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt brings more of her stories about experiences with ghostly happenings in her life to us.   Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website   27 September: Audio excerpts! Authors reading from their work. This week, authors MJ Williamz, Tara Wentz, and Laydin Michaels are on board.   Women and Words Link HERE See above for links to find out more about each author.   28 September: Author and Women and Wordster Jove Belle does another in her marketing series on swag.   Women and Words link HERE Jove Belle’s website   29 September: Author and Women and Wordster Reneé Bess is co-curating an anthology with author and trailblazer Lee Lynch, and they’re looking for submissions. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction about your experiences at lesbian bars and what those meant to you in terms of forming identity and community. The working title of this anthology is “Happy Hours: Our Lives in the Gay Bars.”   Find details at Women and  Words HERE (deadline 1 Jan. 2017) Renée Bess’ website Lee Lynch’s website   30 September: Author and Women and Wordster does another in her Fangirl Fridays gig, this time talking about the 2010 movie Salt with Angelina Jolie.   Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website   REMINDERS! Authors and publishers, if you’d like to be in on this year’s Hootenanny (our giant, crazy book and swag giveaway that takes place 12-23 December), here’s the sign-up sheet! C’mon! Join us! This is a taste of the crazy. All in good fun. We give away anywhere from 20-30 books a day. Sometimes more. Sometimes less. Regardless, it’s a bucket of super fun cray.

Return To Paradise  by Laina Villeneuve  Get this novel on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca  Guest-ranch manager Madison Carter certainly does. Abandoned as a small child, she knows little of her past but is convinced that uncovering it will lead her to healing and home. On a journey of self-discovery to the town where she was born, she meets Lacey McAlpine. The self-assured, straight-talking entrepreneur Lacey is blessed with loving family and friends and has always shaped her own destiny—or so she believes. The sparks fly almost immediately, but the women’s contrasting personalities and what Lacey perceives as Madison’s secretive nature keep them from igniting—just yet. Their friendship deepens to passionate romance, however, when Madison moves into town to open her own guest ranch—and begins to open up about herself. A lock without a key, a box of childhood treasures and a scruffy white horse begin to illuminate Madison’s shadowed past. Despite her Miss-Fix-It attitude, Lacey will soon learn that it will take a little destiny to repair a broken soul.

Les Do Books Too Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton *Spoiler Allert this review contains spoilers. Read the book before listening.   In this episode of Les Do Books Too, Sheena and Tamara talk about Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton.  Synopsis Two old friends, one hot summer, a whole load of confusion. Poppy Jenkins makes everyone smile. She’s the heart of Wells, a beautiful village in mid-Wales, leaving light and laughter in her wake. She has a doting family, an errant dog and a little sister with a nose for mischief. But she’s the only gay in the village and it’s a long time since she kissed a girl: the chance of romance in sleepy Wells is rarer than a barking sheep. If she doesn’t think too hard, life is cosy, until a smart sports car barrels into town with the last woman Poppy wants to see behind the wheel. Beautiful Rosalyn Thorn was once Poppy’s high school BFF even though she was trouble. Then one day she abandoned Wells and Poppy without explanation. Now the highflier is back and bound to cause fresh havoc in the village and with Poppy’s heart; folk are not happy. Wells needs to wake up to the 21st century and Rosalyn can help, but old prejudices die hard. If they can be friends it could be the chance to make everyone’s happy ever after. Couldn’t it?   Get this book on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca

First Fall by Genevieve Fortin Audrey Eriksson gladly gave up fast-paced city living and all its complications years ago. Living in quiet St. Georges suits her perfectly and she’s quite content with her surroundings. But then an unexpected work assignment throws her off-kilter professionally, and a growing attraction to her neighbor threatens to upend her personal life as well.    New to the neighborhood and absorbed in her own problems with a failing marriage, Marielle Demers welcomes her easy friendship with Audrey. Soon the nature of their friendship forces her to question her feelings and when she sees Audrey with another woman she realizes that she’d prefer to be the one who’s dating Audrey. She keeps the revelation secret as long as she can, but her feelings prove harder and harder to ignore.    Can two women who prefer an uncomplicated life handle the messiness of falling in love?   You can find this novel on Amazon.com | on Amazon.ca | on Amazon.co.uk    Visit www.TheLesbianTalkShow.com/Reading for more information on sending us your reading for Book Clips  

Les Talk About It Lesbian Gold Stars In this episode of Les Talk About It, Tamara and Sheena discuss the concept of gold star lesbians and how there is a movement to get rid of the term. Is being a gold star lesbian really better than not being one?  They also answer a reader question about cats. You can email them on podcast@thelesbiantalkshow.com

Harper Bliss And Her Mrs Cheyenne Blue Give Editing Advice In this episode Harper Bliss and Her Mrs (Caroline) have a guest. Cheyenne Blue is not only known as an author but she is also a well known editor. Harper uses her a lot with editing work and today Caroline and Harper discuss editing with her.   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 How To Avoid The Morning After In this episode of the Therapy Café, Zane Winslow (Soul Mates) and Thalia Chase (Eagle Cove) revisit our Lightning Round on lesbian dating when a listener asks us to elaborate on why we would or would not have sex on a first date. 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 Kokojo2k15.  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 18-23 September 2016   Andi Marquette and Jove Belle chattin’ up a storm this week! 18 September: Author Heather Blackmore stopped back by to tell us a bit more about and provide another excerpt from her latest, For Money or Love. Women and Words link HERE Heather Blackmore’s website 19 September: Author and Women and Words’ intrepid explorer Stevie Carroll joined us for another fab description of her latest adventure, to the city of Hudderfield in West Yorkshire, where she discovered that there are lots of lions incorporated into the architecture…hmmm…what does it all mean… Women and Words link HERE Stevie Carroll’s LiveJournal 21 September: Author Jody Klaire stopped by with her ruminations on how writing can help you raise awareness in a variety of ways. Jove and Andi ruminate on the zen of Jody. Women and Words link HERE Jody Klaire’s website 22 September: Author and Women and Wordster Gill McKnight told us a bit about Women Fest on the Greek island of Lesvos, in the town of Skala Eressos, where Sappho’s legendary school was based. Women and Words link HERE Gill McKnight’s website 23 September: Fangirl Friday with author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette, who discusses the 1985 film The Goonies, and her recent visit to the town where it was filmed in Oregon. She and Jove ponder why that movie resonated with so many, and bring in some angst of the era to unpack it. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Jove is headed up to Seattle Saturday the 24th to participate in the Gay Romance Northwest meetup at the downtown branch of the Seattle Public Library. Books! Authors! Discussions! Free! Jove and Andi discussed the horrible-ness of AfterEllen.com shutting down. That is, the site will be left up, and there might be some new content from freelancers, but basically, it’s dead. Former editor-in-chief posted on her Tumblr about what happened, and that AE was taken over by a media company that gave it two years to be profitable. Apparently, it wasn’t profitable enough, and Trish also called out the new management, which is mostly male and mostly heterosexual. For that, she was let go earlier and the offer of a severance package was rescinded. [NOTE: it’s Bilerico that reported that, not LGBTQ Nation, as Andi said in the podcast. Sorry about the error.] Former colleagues at AE set up a fundraising page to help Trish Bendix. The page wanted to raise $5,000 and anything past that they’d give to AutoStraddle, which is perpetually struggling. The larger question Andi and Jove raise is how do we keep lesbian/bi/queer women’s media going? Something

Lesbian Historic Motif Project Podcast  Episode 2 “Same-Sex Marriage in Restoration England” by Heather Rose Jones A discussion of the marriage between Amy Poulter (as James Howard) and Arabella Hunt, and of the subsequent lawsuit to dissolve the marriage, can be found in the following publication. Crawford, Patricia & Sara Mendelson. 1995. "Sexual Identities in Early Modern England: The Marriage of Two Women in 1680" in Gender and History vol 7, no 3: 362-377. You can find a discussion of this article as part of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog here You can find Heather Rose Jones novels on Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca    

Les Do Books Depths of Blue, aka the Book with Brooklyn’s Ultimate Crush (Book Club) Brooklyn and Tara, reviewers at The Lesbian Review, discuss their book club pick of the month, Depths of Blue by Lise MacTague. Listen to find out what it’s about, who is Brooklyn’s favourite lesfic character, and which part was Tara’s favourite.    This podcast is chock full of spoilers, so make sure you read Depths of Blue before listening. Buy Depths of Blue here onAmazon.com | Amazon.co.uk |Amazon. ca Read Sheena’s review at The Lesbian Review   They also announce their next book club pick, Broken Trails by D. Jordan Redhawk, which they will discuss in the episode that airs October 21. Buy Broken Trails here onAmazon.com |Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca   More info Come talk to us about this 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  

Curves Welcome  How to Deal with Change    Novelist and Motivational Blogger Suzie Carr discusses change and its inevitable presence in our life.     In this episode Suzie Explores natural reactions to change Suggests ways to look at change through a productive lens Discusses how complaining can backfire Offers a defining question to get you thinking differently about change 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 The Myth: Lesbians Are Crazy Cat Ladies Today Sheena and Tamara chat about the myth that all lesbians love cats and that lesbians are crazy cat ladies. Tamara also discovered where the term pussy originated. Send your emails to Podcast@TheLesbianTalkShow.com

Harper Bliss And Her Mrs Sell More Books Using Competitions And Promotions   In this episode Harper Bliss and Her Mrs (Caroline) discuss how they use promotions and competitions to sell more books. They look at what works best and what doesn't work.   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