Podcasts about dirt road books

Romance, Representation, and Publishing  Andi and Lise discuss what's known as the lesbian fiction publishing industry (as distinguished from “mainstream” publishers that publish LGBTQ+ fiction) and the role of books that feature romance as a main plot in the industry. They unpack the scarcity of genre fiction in lesbian fiction that isn't romance-driven (but may include romance as a subplot) and discuss the pros and cons of being defined by a particular genre. They're excited to see more books that include asexual, trans, and non-binary characters in romance, but they'd like to see more characters like that in genre fiction that may or may not have a romantic sub-plot.  Links of interest:  About Naiad Press  Obituary/bio of Barbara Grier, one of the founders of Naiad  Lise MacTague's list of publications  Andi Marquette's list of publications  A small list of lesbian fiction publishing houses: Bold Strokes Books, Bella Books, Bedazzled Ink Publishing, Bywater Books, Dirt Road Books, Flashpoint Publications, Launch Point Press, Sapphire Books Publishing, Ylva Publishing  Shout-outs: Lise got an electric bike for her birthday, and she's super-stoked about how it makes riding uphill so much easier! Highly recommend! Andi just finished the first in Tasha Suri's Burning Kingdoms series, The Jasmine Throne, which features two female protagonists thrown together in extremely difficult circumstances. Gorgeously written, political intrigue, excellent world-building, and F/F rep.

On the Shelf for May 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 52 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing. In this episode we talk about: Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogCrawford, Julie. 2009. “Women's Secretaries” in Queer Renaissance Historiography, Vin Nardizzi, Stephen Guy-Bray & Will Stockton, eds. Ashgate, Burlington VT. ISBN 978-0-7546-7608-9 Drouin, Jennifer. 2009. “Diana's Band: Safe Spaces, Publics, and Early Modern Lesbianism” in Queer Renaissance Historiography, Vin Nardizzi, Stephen Guy-Bray & Will Stockton, eds. Ashgate, Burlington VT. ISBN 978-0-7546-7608-9 Putter, Ad. “Transvestite Knights in Medieval Life and History” in Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome & Bonnie Wheeler (eds). 1997. Becoming Male in the Middle Ages. Garland, New York. Rowson, Everett K. 2003. “Gender Irregularity as Entertainment: Institutionalized Transvestism at the Caliphal Court in Medieval Baghdad” in Farmer, Sharon & Carol Braun Pasternack (eds). Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis. ISBN 0-8166-3893-4 Wiethaus, Ulrike. “In Serch of Medieval Women's Friendships: Hildegard of Bingen's Letters to her Female Contemporaries” in Wiethaus, Ulrike (ed). 1993. Maps of Flesh and Light: The Religious Experience of Medieval Women Mystics. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse. Kruk, Remke. 1998. “The Bold and the Beautiful: Women and ‘fitna' in the Sirat Dhat al-Himma: The Story of Nura” in Women in the Medieval Islamic World: Power, Patronage, and Piety, ed. Gavin R. G. Hambly. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-21057-4 Bennett, Judith and Shannon McSheffrey. 2014. “Early, Exotic and Alien: Women Dressed as Men in Late Medieval London” in History Workshop Journal. 77 (1): 1-25. Announcing this month's author guest, Jeannelle M. Ferreira New and forthcoming fictionThe Potion by R.G. Emanuelle from Dirt Road Books. A Touch of Truth, Book One: Raven, Fire and Ice by Nita Round from Silver Dragon Books. Paris Adrift (Juliana #3) by Vanda. Sans Merci Press. Thora: A Spartan Hoplite's Slave by Red Hope from Little Red Wings Ask Sappho: Why isn't there an Ask Sappho question this month? A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

A Year in the Kitchen with R.G. Emanuelle - a collection of recipes for $3.99 and the 100% of the profits go to the Oregon Food Bank.

Andi and Jove might have wandered in the weeds more than 56 percent of the time today, but oh, well. They're super-stoked about R.G. Emanuelle's A Year in the Kitchen, which is 12 recipes R.G. developed the first year of Dirt Road Books (which she co-founded with Andi, Jove, Michelle Teichman and Gill McKnight). All proceeds from this book go to the Oregon Food Bank. They also had a long discussion of LGBTQ rep in mainstream publishing, talked about Gentleman Jack (thanks, Stevie Carroll!) and movies. And other stuff. Because weeds. 56 percent of the time. Nov. 16: Women and Wordster Danielle Zion talks science fiction. WOOO! Check it out. Nov. 17: Author Karen Frost with an excellent discussion about getting LGBTQ books into mainstream markets. Seriously. Read this. Nov. 18: Author, explorer, and Women and Wordster Stevie Carroll managed to get in on a Calderdale Heritage Walk titled "Cliffe Hill - The Walkers and Others," which has gotten majorly popular because of the BBC series Gentleman Jack. Cliffe Hill was the home of Ann Walker, who married Anne Lister. Find out more. Nov. 19: Author and Women and Wordster Ash Bartlett doesn't like the movie You've Got Mail (1998) and finds Point Break (1991) a much better kind of statement. Find out why. Nov. 20: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson was on jury duty, but that's not really the point of her story, which is more about the kind of validation being legally married can bring you. Ruminate with her. Nov. 21: Andi Marquette stepped in on R.G. Emanuelle's day to remind authors IT'S HOOTENANNY TIME SO GO GET SIGNED UP! MUAH! TUCKER THE MERRY ELF SAYS PLZ SIGN UP FOR HAPPY FUN TIMES! And you can pre-order a copy of R.G. Emanuelle's A Year in the Kitchen on Kindle -- all proceeds benefit the Oregon Food Bank!

You know those questions you never thought about asking? Well Jove Belle, your host, asked Gill McKnight all those questions and more. Learn more about Gill at dirtroadbooks.com/gillmcknight.

Penny on Parade, the story of Penny Taylor's induction into the British Royal Army in the 70s, is available now from Dirt Road Books.

Get to know our newest author, Louisa Kelley, during this brief Q&A wherein she tells us all the cool things there is to know about who she is and what makes her tick. You can learn more about her and her latest release, Fianna the Gold, online at Dirt Road Books.

Jove and Andi discuss the downfalls of passive voice in fiction, how to identify it, and, most important, how to avoid it.

In this episode of Riding Shotgun with DRB, Jove sits down with award-winning editor and author Sacchi Green to discus her new release, Wild Rides and other Lesbian Erotic Adventures, available now from Dirt Road Books.

In this episode of Riding Shotgun, Jove and Michelle discuss the virtues of a virtual book launch.

In this episode of Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, Michelle L. Teichman joins Jove Belle to discuss the joys of a traditional book launch.

This week on Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, Jove and Michelle discuss points of view in narrative. Yes, it's a lot sexier than it sounds. You should totally give it a listen. http://www.dirtroadbooks.com

On this episode of Riding Shotgun with DRB, Andi Marquette joins Jove Belle to discuss a few things to seriously consider before entering the world of publishing.

In this episode of Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, Michelle asks Jove what she looks for when acquiring a manuscript.

Michelle and Jove continue the conversation about the main story lines in fiction. Dirt Road Books

In this episode of Riding Shotgun with DRB, Michelle and Jove talk about the awesomeness of writing prompts. Visit our website to learn more about Dirt Road Books.

In this episode of Riding Shotgun with DRB, Jove Belle and Michelle L. Teichman talk about the realities that are simply too strange for fiction. Check out their website to learn more about Dirt Road Books.

Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books In this episode of Riding Shotgun with DRB, Jove Belle and Michelle L. Teichman discuss the kickass nature of young adult fiction. Also, they're pretty sure your life would be much happier if you read it too. Visit Dirt Road Books online to learn more about them.

YA kicks ass and you should read it Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books In this episode of Riding Shotgun with DRB, Jove Belle and Michelle L. Teichman discuss the kickass nature of young adult fiction. Also, they're pretty sure your life would be much happier if you read it too.  Visit Dirt Road Books online to learn more about them.

Women and Words Overview 24-30 November 2018 Andi and Jove are gearing up for the annual Hootenanny event at Women and Words, which means they shut the blog down for around two weeks. Once the Hootenanny starts (Dec. 12), that’s all you get, is GIVEAWAYS OUT THE WAZOO! Andi spent some time this week back-and-forthing with KD Williamson (who is awesome; see below) while Jove seems to spend tons of time finding cool organizations to donate to.   24 Nov.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta posted a few books whose characters are in law enforcement. And who doesn’t like a woman in (or out) of uniform? LOL Women and Words link HERE   25 Nov.: Author Randi Triant stopped by to chat about writing craft and writing characters that are vanquished—she’s working on re-doing the trope of characters making all the right choices and succeeding, because sometimes the right choices don’t mean you’ll succeed. Women and Words link HERE Randi Triant’s website   26 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster KD Williamson talked about being bullied in elementary school and the bond she forged with her sister. Women and Words link HERE KD Williamson’s website   27 Nov.: Author, Women and Wordster, and lesbian herstory legend Lee Lynch wrote about the things you can find when on a trip to the doctor. Women and Words link HERE More about Lee here   28 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette and Tucker the merry elf posted a reminder about the Women and Words annual Hootenanny (giant-ass book giveaway event) that starts Dec. 12 and goes through Dec. 23. Women and Words link HERE   29 Nov.: Authors and Women and Wordsters KD Williamson and Andi Marquette did a back-and-forth Q&A with each other, talking about  writing, diversity, and fanfic. Women and Words link HERE   30 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette lamented the lack of LGBTQ+ - themed holiday movies, and then pointed out a few bright spots. And Jove mentioned in the podcast the 2000 movie What’s Cooking. Women and Words link HERE Find Andi on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and her website   Jove and Andi remind people that this time of year can be hard on some, but find the bright spots in giving. Jove reminds people of the microloan site Kiva and Andi reminded people of Heifer International, which provides domestic animals to people in developing nations. Jove also brought up Laundry Love, which helps low-income and no-income people and families wash clothes and bedding by partnering with groups, schools, and local Laundromats. And she brought up Socks for Soldiers, in which people actually knit a pair of socks for an active-duty soldier. If you can’t knit, there are other ways to help.   And Jove would like everyone to know (because Andi doesn’t like to talk too much about accomplishments…lol)  that Andi’s holiday reboot of Dickens’ Christmas Carol, The Bureau of Holiday Affairs, was one of six LGBTQ+ holiday books included in a write-up in the “Happy Ever After” section of USA Today, under “Rainbow Trends.” Go see.   ALSO! Dirt Road Books is releasing the anthology Learning Curve. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to Australian organization One Girl, which helps provide education for girls in Africa. So if you’re looking for a new read this holiday, and want to feel even better about where your money goes, we hope you consider buying it.

On this episode of Dirt Road Books, Jove Belle muses about the challenges of staying organized and pointed forward. If you have ideas, please share with her. She's a bit of a mess.   Visit Dirt Road Books!

Women and Words Overview 10-15 November 2018 Andi and Jove appreciate that Erin Saluta brought up books with military themes in honor of Veterans Day, and they raved about veteran/retired police sergeant Lynette Mae’s work not only as an author but also a candidate for office, and yay to all the women who are going to Congress come January for the new term! They’re also getting ready for the Hootenanny, which means books galore for 12 days. Hope you join them. OH! And there will be a few new bloggers joining Women and Words in the next month or so. WOO HOO!   10 Nov.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta provided a few titles about veterans/the military in honor of Veterans Day. Thanks, Erin! Women and Words link HERE   11 Nov.: Author Tamsen Parker stopped by to chat a bit about her latest, If I Loved You Less, a modern re-telling of Jane Austen’s Emma. And she did a giveaway! Women and Words link HERE Tamsen Parker’s website   12 Nov.: Author and Woman and Wordster Jessie Chandler brought us some words of wisdom in the wake of the midterm elections and reminds us that words matter, and that it’s important to keep telling our stories. Women and Words link HERE Jessie Chandler’s website   13 Nov.: Women and Wordster and life coach Angela Grace broke down the sea change in Congress in the last elections, and noted that yes, let’s take a breather and think about what all the women had to overcome to get elected. And tomorrow, we start again. Women and Words link HERE Find Angela: livbold AT aol DOT com   14 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Val Agab reminds us that this time of year, especially, let’s think about how we can help others, and calls attention to homelessness. Thanks, Val. Women and Words link HERE Find Val on Tumblr   15 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle also had some thoughts in the wake of the election, and reminded readers that Dirt Road Books has an anthology coming out whose proceeds (all of ’em!) will be going to One Girl charity, which works to provide education for girls in Africa. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   Handy links: National Alliance to End Homelessness How to help those affected by the California fires  

In this episode of Riding Shotgun with DRB, Jove Belle breaks down the submissions process a bit, including how important it is to follow the guidelines and why it takes so damn long to hear back. Enjoy!

In this episode of Riding Shotgun with DRB, Blythe Rippon joins Jove to talk about the pre-work that goes into a novel and how it relates to prepping for NaNoWriMo. 

Women and Words Overview 13-19 October 2018 Andi and Jove have massive cases of feels throughout this week’s podcast. Maybe it was the nostalgia. Or the warm and fuzzy stories about Noah. Or Jove’s prep for the grandbaby. Or the warm and fuzzy stories about creating family. Or hell, maybe it was the awesome blogs by people who had warm and fuzzy things going on, like how awesome young people are. Or the great photos from readers that Andi posted. Whatever it was, they were seriously caught up in feels, totally ruining Jove’s rep for being an emotional wasteland.   13 Oct.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta is looking for reads with Halloween themes. Leave a comment to help her out! Also, she would like to remind us that Danielle Zion, the new reader’s perspective blogger, will be starting soon! Women and Words link HERE   13 Oct.: Potential Women and Wordster Sam Ledel told us a story of Pride in Peru. (feels ensued) Women and Words link HERE   14 Oct.: Author KC Luck stopped by for a little Q&A and to talk about her latest release (forthcoming Oct. 31), Welcome to Ruby’s, of which she gave away a copy. Thanks, KC! Women and Words link HERE KC Luck’s Amazon author page   15 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Stevie Carroll attended the UK GLBT Meetup in Bristol and had an amazing time! She tells us all about it. More feels. Women and Words link HERE Stevie Carroll’s LiveJournal   16 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Ashley Bartlett describes the fall festival she and several students had, including watching the movie Love, Simon and once again, Andi and Jove had feels. Jesus. Women and Words link HERE More about Ashley Bartlett here   17 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson discovered excellent words to live by while on a bike ride and then did a shout-out to Women and Words and at this point, Andi got weepy. Women and Words link HERE Clifford Mae Henderson’s website   19 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette posted more photos from readers, which was awesome! Women and Words link HERE Find Andi: Tumblr, Twitter, website   ALSO 19 Oct.: The Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions lists are up!   And, authors, get signed up for the Hootenanny! The deadline is fast approaching for participation! (Like, around November 10).   AND! Dirt Road Books has put the event page up on Facebook for the NaNoWriMo Challenge!   Also, Jove highly recommends the book Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard.

Women and Words Overview 6-12 October 2018 Andi is back from another round of gallivanting. Both she and Jove have a weird fascination and love for journals (especially blank) and also agree that Powell’s Books in Portland will blow your mind (and did you even know that Andi is actually a trained academic? DON’T TELL ANYONE). Plus, Jove and Andi cannot even cope with the fact that Fiona Zedde is not currently traveling. Oh, and Jove’s kids are awesome and so is the grandbaby on the way!   6 Oct.: Women and Wordster Ann Etter wants you to help her out and suggest paranormal lesfic titles that aren’t too scary! ‘Tis the season! Women and Words link HERE   6 Oct.: Hopefully soon-to-be Women and Wordster and writer/poet Erin Zak blogged about finding her voice as a writer. Women and Words link HERE   7 Oct.: Brand new author Millie G Ireland joined us to talk a bit about her experience with the GCLS Writing Academy and how it helped get one of her short stories published in a Program anthology. Congrats! (also, total hint, check out the Writing Academy) AND she’s giving a copy of the anthology away! Women and Words link HERE   8 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Jessie Chandler was doing a writing retreat with fellow authors and ended up at Powell’s City of Books in Portland. And yes, you MUST go if you haven’t been. Women and Words link HERE Jessie Chandler’s website   10 Oct.: Writer and Women and Wordster Val Agab ruminated on the origins of dictionaries and the power of words and the power behind the definitions of words. Women and Words link HERE Find Val Agab on Tumblr   11 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Fiona Zedde is not traveling! Instead, she’s cleaning out some things, including books. Women and Words link HERE Fiona Zedde’s website   12 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette is doing a fun thing and posting photos from W&W readers – recent trips/outings they’ve taken. This week’s include the UK, the U.S., and South Africa. Send her yours! She’s posting photos next week, too! Women and Words link HERE Find Andi: website, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram   ALSO! Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle is doing a giveaway of her latest gothic thriller, The Potion. Tell her a scary story to get in on the drawing RIGHT HERE.   And the Left Coast Lesbian Literary Conference is going on RIGHT NOW in Palm Springs, CA. If you didn’t make it this year, plan for next! This year’s keynote speaker is Dorothy Allison.   Also going on is Women’s Week in Provincetown, Massachusetts (P-Town), which includes all kinds of performers as well as lesfic authors and publishers.   AND! Stay tuned. The Dirt Road Books team is going to launch their 2018 NaNoWriMo Challenge! Keep your eyes peeled on DRB’s Facebook page and Twitter feed and its website for more info! And you can get some cool writing tips and NaNo prep tips from the DRB podcast, “Riding Shotgun.”

In this episode of Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, Jove Belle and her guest, R.G. Emanuelle, discuss NaNoWriMo, specifically, and some ideas about how to prepare for a successful novel writing experience. Please listen and enjoy! Find us online! Dirt Road Books 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.

In this episode of Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, Jove Belle chats with Andi Marquette about all things NaNoWriMo. Specifically, Andi drops some hints and tips to help authors prep for a successful challenge. And, because she's awesome like that, she provided some magic linky-links to some handy resources. Enjoy! Andi’s tips for NaNoWriMo prep! register (org) set a schedule (write it down or put it in a reminder app) find your regular writing space tell your friends and family what you’ll be doing in November start organizing your thoughts with regard to your project And have a look at these links: Chuck Wendig’s 25 tips for NaNoWriMo writing (Chuck is irreverent and engages in swearage, if you’re of the faint of heart, but he is spot-on with his mentoring and advice). And check all the tons of resources at the NaNoWriMo site.  For organizing the nuts and bolts of your novel: If you’re visual and like mind mapping try the MindNode app/platform (alternatives to MindNode for PC HERE). If you’re more a list-y person, try Trello. Or go ol’ skool and use a white board or the J.K. Rowling method, which is to use notebook paper. Remember, this is about learning your process, getting some words written for a draft of a novel, meeting new people, learning new things, and having fun!

In this episode of Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, our host, Jove Belle, chats with Michelle L. Teichman about NaNoWriMo. As we did last year, DRB will sponsor a writing support group for all those who want to take the challenge but would like a little company along the way. Will you join us? Find us online! Dirt Road Books 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.

This time on Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, Andi Marquette joins your host, Jove Belle. They talk about some tools that are out there to help writers improve their skills. Also, NaNoWriMo is coming and that's a pretty awesome tool that can take you from idea to novel length manuscript in 30 days. Buckle up and get ready to write! Find us online! Dirt Road Books 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.

Women and Words Overview 13-17 August 2018 Jove is turning her home into a den of iniquity (poker) and Andi and Jove totally fangirl over Cheyenne Blue (again) and Clifford Mae Henderson (also again) while Andi poses a new zombie apocalypse rating system for wine and food. Speaking of food, R.G. Emanuelle and the crew at DRB have something planned for the holidays. And does R.G. ever stop working? She just released another anthology with her writers’ group.   13 Aug.: Author Cheyenne Blue stopped by to chat about her latest, a tennis romance, Code of Conduct. She did a giveaway, too! Women and Words link HERE Cheyenne Blue’s website   14 Aug.: Women and Wordster and life coach Angela Grace came by to remind us that shit is still real, and get out and vote. Women and Words link HERE   15 Aug.: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson offered macabre musings on climate change and Armageddon, and encouraged us to live each day to its fullest. Omg, thanks, Cliffi, for that… Women and Words link HERE Clifford Mae Henderson’s website   Aug. 16:  Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle and her writers’ group, the Penheads, have just released another anthology of short stories! It’s called Elements: Tales from the Substratum. Check it out! Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   17 Aug.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette fangirled over the Panic! At The Disco “Pray for the Wicked” tour, which she caught in San Jose, CA Aug. 14th with Hayley Kiyoko and A R I Z O N A. And she was reminded of the healing power of music. Women and Words link HERE Find Andi on Twitter and Tumblr   AND! The Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions lists are updated! Women and Words link HERE   Also, DragonCon  (with the MOST AMAZING cosplay) is coming. It’s always Labor Day weekend in Atlanta. It starts Aug. 30th and goes through Sept. 3. It’s AMAZING.   And Western Women Writers of New Mexico is slated for September 15 in Albuquerque. This year features Karin Kallmaker, Anne Hillerman, Darynda Jones, and Rena Distasio.   ALSO! Are you getting ready for NaNoWriMo? That’s National Novel Writing Month, and it takes place every November. Dirt Road Books may be doing a thing. Stay tuned!

This time on Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, Jove Belle is all alone. Her schedule cohort, Gill McKnight, is suffering from a terrible head cold and thus opted to sit this one out. Sadly, Jove doesn't have a lyrical Irish accent, so she can't even pretend to be Gill. What she can do, however, is update y'all on the #MyBook challenge and remind y'all that DRB will be on board for NaNoWriMo again this year. We hope you'll join us. Find us online! Dirt Road Books 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.  

In this episode of Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, Jove and R.G. continue the conversation about creating an anthology. They discuss the steps to take and the questions that have to be asked and answered along the way. 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.

That time Andi had to do a reading after Dorothy Allison… Women and Words Overview 7-13 July 2018 OH, NOEZ, you guys! Jove’s computer up n’ quit this digital coil, leaving Andi to fly solo this week. But it’s okay, because she had a couple of beers and waxed downright poetic (fine—that’s the beer talking) about Twitter threads, defining yourself, Fiona Zedde’s Madrid adventures, and questions that come up from fanfic readers. In the meantime, Jove’s getting things up and running and she’ll be back. Never fear! 7 July: Women and Wordster Ann Etter and her book buddy Anne Pace co-blogged about a few books that have stuck with them. Add yours to the comments! Women and Words link HERE   8 July: Author Ona Marae stopped by to talk about her debut novel, Gum for Gracie, about survival and the fantasies we hold. Women and Words link HERE Find Ona Marae on Facebook   9 July: Author and Women and Wordster Jessie Chandler did a roundup of the GCLS conference in Las Vegas and posted some great photos. Women and Words link HERE Jessie Chandler’s website   10 July: Women and Wordster and life coach Angela Grace wants to know who and what takes your breath away – something spectacular, like a particular musician or book. Post in the comments! Women and Words link HERE   11 July: Women and Wordster and writer Val Agab works to define herself and asks what does “queer” mean. Women and Words link HERE Find Val on Tumblr   12 July: Author and Women and Wordster Fiona Zedde is gallivanting yet again! This time, she does Pride in Madrid, Spain. Women and Words link HERE Fiona Zedde’s website   13 July: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette posted about more things she’s learned through writing fanfic, and also provided an excerpt from her latest Clexa AU. Women and Words link HERE Find Andi at her website, on Twitter, and Tumblr   And if you have an event or a call for submissions you’d like us to chat about on Women and Words, drop us a line! Want to guest blog? Drop us a line!   Also, check out the award-winners at GCLS this year. Dirt Road Books is super stoked that Gill McKnight is one of them.

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 When you use the links in this podcast and buy within 24 hours of clicking then we get a small commission that helps us run the site and it costs you nothing extra The Potion by RG Emanuelle Add Spice To Taste by RG Emanuelle About The Lesbian Review The Lesbian Review is a website dedicated to helping people find excellent lesbian and queer women content. This podcast is created by the same people who create the website. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tlr-podcast/message

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.

In today's episode of Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, our host, Jove Belle, sits down to chat with her friend, business partner, and Canadian wife, Michelle L. Teichman. They discuss what it means to be a collective, what their publishing goals are, and the ethos that drives their corporate strategy. Find us online! Dirt Road Books Jove Belle Michelle L. Teichman 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.

Women and Words Overview 9-15 June 2018   Oh, my God, you guys, Andi and Jove ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT WRITING this week. WTF they don’t even know what happened there. They also ramble on about Pride, Fiona Zedde’s travels and Val Agab’s awesome gaming suggestions. Andi is kind of fascinated with the gaming world but Jove points out it can get expensive. Dang it.   9 June: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta talks about audio books and books in first-person POV and why she likes them. Women and Words link HERE   10 June: And speaking of audio books, author Genta Sebastian is pleased to announce that her award-winning YA book Riding the Rainbow is now available as an audio book. And she’s doing a giveaway… Women and Words link HERE Genta Sebastian’s website   11 June: Author and Women and Wordster Jessie Chandler is on the Pride circuit this month doing her T-shirt-selling thang (and other awesome sundries like hoodies). Women and Words link HERE Jessie Chandler’s website   13 June: Women and Wordster and writer/fangirl/gamer Val Agab stopped by with some trailers of some really cool-ass games that are launching. Women and Words link HERE Find Val on Tumblr   14 June: Author, Women and Wordster, and all-around gallivanter-in-chief Fiona Zedde is in Romania, and posted some great photos. And yes, she visited Dracula’s castle… Women and Words link HERE Fiona Zedde’s website   15 June: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette is on a tear about the midseason finale of season 4 of Fear the Walking Dead. Women and Words link HERE Find Andi on Twitter and Tumblr   AND! Reminder, y’all, that GCLS (the Golden Crown Literary Society) is having its annual lesfic convention in Las Vegas 4-8 June. Also, if you’d like info about the Portland (OR) women writers group that Jove is part of, drop us a line at Women and Words and she’ll hook you up with the info. ALSO! Dirt Road Books wants YOU to write a book for the #mybook project. Go to THIS PAGE, pick a cover, and write us a book. Best book wins a contract. WOO!

On the Shelf May 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 22a Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing.  In this episode we talk about Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Crawford, Julie. 2009. “Women’s Secretaries” in Queer Renaissance Historiography, Vin Nardizzi, Stephen Guy-Bray & Will Stockton, eds. Ashgate, Burlington VT. ISBN 978-0-7546-7608-9 Drouin, Jennifer. 2009. “Diana’s Band: Safe Spaces, Publics, and Early Modern Lesbianism” in Queer Renaissance Historiography, Vin Nardizzi, Stephen Guy-Bray & Will Stockton, eds. Ashgate, Burlington VT. ISBN 978-0-7546-7608-9 Putter, Ad. “Transvestite Knights in Medieval Life and History” in Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome & Bonnie Wheeler (eds). 1997. Becoming Male in the Middle Ages. Garland, New York. Rowson, Everett K. 2003. “Gender Irregularity as Entertainment: Institutionalized Transvestism at the Caliphal Court in Medieval Baghdad” in Farmer, Sharon & Carol Braun Pasternack (eds). Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis. ISBN 0-8166-3893-4 Wiethaus, Ulrike. “In Serch of Medieval Women’s Friendships: Hildegard of Bingen’s Letters to her Female Contemporaries” in Wiethaus, Ulrike (ed). 1993. Maps of Flesh and Light: The Religious Experience of Medieval Women Mystics. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse. Kruk, Remke. 1998. “The Bold and the Beautiful: Women and ‘fitna’ in the Sirat Dhat al-Himma: The Story of Nura” in Women in the Medieval Islamic World: Power, Patronage, and Piety, ed. Gavin R. G. Hambly. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN 0-312-21057-4 Bennett, Judith and Shannon McSheffrey. 2014. “Early, Exotic and Alien: Women Dressed as Men in Late Medieval London” in History Workshop Journal. 77 (1): 1-25. Announcing this month’s author guest, Jeannelle M. Ferreira Forthcoming Books The Potion by R.G. Emanuelle from Dirt Road Books.  A Touch of Truth, Book One: Raven, Fire and Ice by Nita Round from Silver Dragon Books.  Paris Adrift (Juliana #3) by Vanda. Sans Merci Press. Thora: A Spartan Hoplite’s Slave by Red Hope from Little Red Wings Ask Sappho: Why isn’t there an Ask Sappho question this month? 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. If you enjoy this podcast and others at The Lesbian Talk Show, please consider supporting the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLesbianTalkShow

Women and Words Overview 22-27 April 2018  Andi and Jove have reasons that birds might be a**holes. Also, life is messy, and author Cindy Rizzo brings up some really good points with regard to that and romance plots. Plus, Andi is having an existential crisis but encourages all of you to go see author Renée Bess’ definition for “troll farm” regardless.   22 April: Author Cindy Rizzo stopped by to talk about romance plots and the formulas that drive them and how people might react to atypical plots and characters and what that means. Women and Words link HERE Find Cindy Rizzo here   23 April: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt stopped by with some more updates about what she’s doing along with more Vonnie-isms. Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website   24 April: Author, Women and Wordster and herstorical treasure Lee Lynch wrote on commercialism, the census, and home improvement (don’t worry, you’ll see the connections). Women and Words link HERE Info about Lee Lynch here   26 April: Author and Women and Wordster Renée Bess made us laugh with a bit of wordplay.   Women and Words link HERE Renée Bess’ website   27 April: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette did a FanFRICTION Friday because she’s having an existential crisis about writing and publishing. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Yell at her on Twitter and Tumblr   27 April: The Women and Words book lists are up! Go see.   Jove has a couple of book recommendations, YA. First is The Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer (pirates!) and the second is The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates series (YA) by Caroline Carlson.   Also, Women and Words’ and Dirt Road Books’ own R.G. Emanuelle just released her latest book, The Potion. Victorian Boston, mad scientists-ish, romance, Gothic.   Events you might want to look into: Queers and Comics Conference, May 7-8, New York City. Details are sparse on this, so if we find more, we’ll pass them along (though we assume it’s at CUNY). Also, Gaylaxicon (Outlanta) in Atlanta is slated for May 11-13th at the Atlanta Airport Renaissance Hotel. AND WisCon is on the way, the feminist/social justice sci fi gathering in Madison, WI May 25-28.   For more info on fan/comic-cons near you, check conventionscene.com.

Women and Words Overview 18-23 March 2018 Andi and Jove think actor Tommy Lee Jones kinda rocks. Plus Andi wholeheartedly agrees that every once in a while, you need to just blow a day off with Netflix. Speaking of blowing (OMG STOP, YOU GUYS), the play Hamilton was so amazing that Andi’s wig totally flew off.   18 Mar.: Author Heather Blackmore joined us for a discussion about forgiveness and how it ties into her latest release, It’s Not a Date. Women and Words link HERE Heather Blackmore’s website   19 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster Stevie Carroll provides a look at more of her London jaunts. Women and Words link HERE Stevie  Carroll’s LiveJournal   20 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster Ashley Bartlett and author Aurora Rey provide the final installment of their conversation, “Cultural Roots and Communal Behavior.” Women and Words link HERE Find more about Ashley here Aurora Rey’s website   21 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson gives us a new perspective via her backyard lounger. Trust us on this. It’s amazing. Women and Words link HERE Clifford Mae Henderson’s website   22 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster Renée Bess explores forms of resistance in unexpected ways and places. Women and Words link HERE Renée Bess’ website   23 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette is on the road, but she tells you a few things she’s up to and she hopes all y’all get to do cool stuff this weekend. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Find Andi on Twitter and Tumblr   Authors and publishers Andi, R.G. Emanuelle, Blythe Rippon and Michelle Teichman will be at ClexaCon 5-9 April with Dirt Road Books. Come see us!

Women and Words Overview 10-16 March 2018  Andi and Jove discuss safe words but it’s not what you think though there is nothing wrong with THOSE safe words (you know the ones), either, and they love the fact that V.M. Agab joined them for an awesome blog on age and how perceptions of it keep us apart. Also, Jessie Chandler somehow manipulates the weather to bring snow wherever she goes (WTF Jessie).   10 Mar.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta joined us with a reader’s perspective on books that characters and issues that get you out of your comfort zone. Women and Words link HERE   11 Mar.: Guest writer V.M. Agab joined us with a great blog on how people perceive age and use it as a barrier between each other, spinning off fandoms as an example. Women and Words link HERE Find V.M. on Tumblr HERE   12 Mar.: Women and Wordster and author Jessie Chandler posted a photo essay of her trip to Portland from Minnesota to help fellow author Lori Lake move and basically, Jessie brought winter to Portland. Women and Words link HERE Jessie Chandler’s website   13 Mar.: Women and Wordster and life coach/all around awesome woman Angela Grace stopped by to get us thinking about what our vision is for each of our lives in the coming year. Women and Words link HERE Find Angela HERE   14 Mar.: Women and Wordster and author Ashley Bartlett continues her fab conversation with author Aurora Rey on Cultural Roots and Communal Behavior in which they discuss their own journeys to their identities. Women and Words link HERE Find more about Ashley HERE Aurora Rey’s website   15 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle stopped by to talk about her geekery over language and the origins of words. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   16 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette talked about a piece at Autostraddle that discussed the state of queer lady characters on the teevee in 2017. Upshot? Things didn’t suck as bad as 2016, which is good, but things can still be better. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Find Andi on Tumblr and Twitter   ALSO 16 March! Hot off the press and forthcoming attractions lists are updated! Go see.   Andi will be at ClexaCon in early April with R.G. Emanuelle and possibly another Dirt Road Books rep and you can find them at the Dirt Road Books table! Hope to see you there. Other lesfic publishers who will be there are Sapphire and Ylva. Give them some luv, too!   Also, per Angela Grace’s blog, you totally need to check out SeeJaneDrill.com. Leah provides all kinds of guidance on DIY home and car stuff. AWESOME.

Women and Words Overview 3-9 March 2018 Andi and Jove manage to hit all the right buttons this week and actually record the show. Jove tells mom stories and, you guys, she’s gonna be a grandma! Omg!!!! Help her think up traditions to commemorate the new arrival. Also, Andi loves Heather Blackmore’s dialogue and important things were learned about Venetian toilets.   3 Mar.: Women and Wordster Ann Etter joined us for a Reader’s Perspective with a discussion about books featuring different kinds of protagonists, including anti-heroes and women struggling with issues. Women and Words link HERE   4 Mar.: Author Heather Blackmore stopped by to talk about her latest release, It’s Not a Date, and to give us an excerpt. Women and Words link HERE Heather Blackmore’s website   6 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster Penny Mickelbury had some thoughts about young people and how they’re doing amazing things and leading the charge for social and political change. Women and Words link HERE Penny Mickelbury’s website   8 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster Fiona Zedde discussed her experiences with Venetian toilets. Important things were learned.  Women and Words link HERE Fiona Zedde’s website   9 Mar.: Women and Words Q&A with author, poet, and director Ji Strangeway, whose forthcoming work, Red and Blue, will soon be available. Women and Words link HERE Ji Strangeway’s website   Dirt Road Books will be at ClexaCon (5-9 April in Las Vegas); come say hi! And don’t forget the Dirt Road Books writing challenge, #mybook. Go to the site, pick a cover, write a book. Submit. You might just win a publishing contract. Speaking of ClexaCon, Andi and her Lez Geek Out! colleague Lise MacTague interviewed some of the directors/organizers. Check it out.

Women and Words Overview - 24 Feb.-2 March 2018 Andi and Jove were so psyched for a minute that the show was going well and then realized they weren’t recording. So they had to make a do-over. Which is about how things go with them. LOL And Yvonne Heidt discovers the useful “AF” acronym and warns us about nuking oatmeal too long. And if you’re a writer, Dirt Road Books might have just the challenge for you.   24 Feb.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta is still experiencing an Olympic hangover and this week’s book list includes titles that have some connection to a city or place that served as a setting for a previous Olympics. Women and Words link HERE   25 Feb.: Author Kate Cudahy stopped by to talk to us about her start as a writer and her Duellist trilogy (women with swords, you guys). One title, Hal, is free on March 7. Woman and Words link HERE Kate Cudahy’s website   26 Feb.: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt took us on a trip into Vonnie Land, where so many ideas for blogs and stories exist that she just can’t even. Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website   1 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle is also experiencing an Olympic hangover but points out something else cool to be learned from Ester Ledecka’s giant slalom win at the 2018 Winter Games. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   2 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette blogged about the latest challenge issued by Dirt Road Books, the publishing house she opened with 5 of her fave people. Pick a cover and write a book and submit it to DRB. You could possibly win a publishing contract with us! Join the #mybook challenge! Women and Words link HERE Dirt Road Books’ #mybook challenge link HERE Find DRB on Twitter (@DirtRoadBooks) and Facebook, too.   Reminders! ClexaCon2018 is 5-9 April in Las Vegas, Nevada. DRB will be there. WOOO. And Andi will be running around fangirling with her other colleague, Lise MacTague doing Lez Geek Out! things. Also, Jove is doing a reading at the launch party for Heather Jane’s debut novel and she’ll tell us about it next week. Also, if you can, the 3rd is the 2nd anniversary of the death of character Lexa (the day the episode aired in which she was killed by the bury your gays trope), and there’s all kinds of stuff going on around social media, including a March 3rd homage on Twitter (look for #LexaLivesOn) that includes raising money for the Trevor Project (a suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth). So if you’re so inclined, perhaps do a donation to the Trevor Project. It’s also Clexa Week in the fandoms, which involves a lot of fanart and fanfic.

27 Jan.-2 Feb. 2018 Jove finds out that Andi was legit going to try to do some actual world-building in the sci fi sense on Mars but ugh, paperwork, and Jove is also convinced that if you’re ghost-hunting, cheese may be good bait. Andi, however, remains UNconvinced of this tactic.   27 Jan.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta encouraged us to escape into some science fiction. (and in case you’re interested, here’s that Mars colonization program Andi was talking about) Women and Words link HERE   28 Jan.: Author Jen Silver joined us to talk about her book Changing Perspectives AND she gave away 2 ebook copies! Women and Words link HERE Jen Silver’s website   29 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt tested THREE ghost apps to see if they worked. Go see for her reviews. Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website   1 Feb.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle brings it with a righteous grrlpower blog! Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   2 Feb.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette fangirls over LA Web Series, about a chance meeting between two young women that is both introspective and romantic. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Find Andi on Twitter and Tumblr   Some of the Dirt Road Books gang will be at the upcoming ClexaCon in Las Vegas April 5-9 AND DRB has another cool thing they’re up to. Moar deets l8r! Also, GCLS is meeting in Vegas for its annual conference July 4-8.   And Jove Belle will be doing an event at Taborspace in Portland Feb. 18 from 3-5 PM. The event involves readings by Jove and other lesfic authors and it’s called “Readings of Rapturous Romance and Bountiful Book Faire.” Jove will also be at author Heather Flournoy’s debut novel book launch in March. More deets as they become available.   Also, Andi and Jove are sad to hear that the Read with Pride Northwest event is no more, after 5 annual gatherings in Seattle at the Seattle Public Library.

Women and Words Overview - 20-26 Jan. 2018  Andi and Jove ponder labels and slowing down for a minute, and also decide that they should totally design a new T-shirt for Lee Lynch. Plus, Jove is amazed to find out that Andi actually attended Catholic school back in the day. And share some love! Jove’s birthday is the end of this month!   20 Jan.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta interviews another reader, Kim Roberts, for her views on different lesfic books that she’s read and enjoyed. Women and Words link HERE   21 Jan.: Author Joi Miner stopped by to talk about labels she’s encountered and her work. Women and Words link HERE Find Joi Miner on Facebook   22 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt came by with some OMG IT’S A NEW YEAR thoughts. She spent 2017 working on her latest, so watch out for that this year! Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website   24 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster and living herstory legend Lee Lynch joined us with another essay about introversion and being okay with that. Women and Words link HERE More info about Lee Lynch here   25 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Renée Bess wants to remind us to slow down and enjoy the moment. Women and Words link HERE Renée Bess’ website   26 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette highly encourages you to watch Black Lightning and The Alienist, two new shows. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Find Andi on Twitter and Tumblr   Also! Jove has an event coming up next month! A Valentine’s-ish reading with other authors (Lori Lake, Louisa Kelley, Sandra de Helen, Heather Jane, Dolores Maggiore, and G.L. Morrison; M.C. Linda Vogt) at Taborspace in Portland, February 18, 3-5 PM. The event is “Readings of Rapturous Romance and Bountiful Book Faire.   And don’t forget author Jae’s Lesbian Book Bingo event going on all year. Info at her website HERE.   Early bird registration for the GCLS 2018 conference in Las Vegas ends January 31. If you can, take care of that before prices go up.   AND! Dirt Road Books will be posting a couple of FREE Valentine’s Day-ish stories on the website February 5th. WOO HOO!

Women and Words Overview - 25-30 November 2017 Andi and Jove lament the busy that has descended upon them, but they’re also really excited about the end of the NaNoWriMo Challenge via Dirt Road Books (their OTHER project) and all the manuscripts people will soon be sending in for perusal. They also are unanimous in the conclusion that author Collette Moody is freaking hilarious and needs to be read by everyone. Oh, and HOLY CRAP THE HOOTENANNY APPROACHES.   25 Nov.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta provides a few books guaranteed to make you laugh. Women and Words link HERE   26 Nov.: Author and editor Sacchi Green gives us some info about her latest edited anthology, The Year’s Best Lesbian Erotica Vol. 2. Women and Words link HERE Sacchi Green’s website   27 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt popped in to tell us what she’s been up to and to wish us all a happy holiday season. Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website   28 Nov.: Author, Women and Wordster, and Lesbian Herstory Legend Lee Lynch blogged about her inner dork. Women and Words link HERE Lee Lynch’s books   29 Nov.: Author and editor Candace Walsh came by with a blog and giveaway of her co-edited latest volume, Greetings from Janeland: Women Write More About Leaving Men for Women. DON’T FORGET! EBOOK GIVEAWAY! Women and Words link HERE More info about the book (and its predecessor) HERE   30 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette is freaking out about the Hootenanny and she’d like your input. What songs should she and Tucker the merry elf re-write this year? Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls on Twitter and Tumblr   THE HOOTENANNY IS APPROACHING. That’s the giant twelve-day giveaway at Women and Words. It starts Dec. 12 and ends Dec. 23. We will be doing NOTHING ELSE but that during that time. And our heads generally explode and we lose our minds but it’s all in fun and luv! Hope to see you there!

Women and Words Overview 4-10 Nov. 2017   Jove had a NaNoWriNoMo day because of tech issues; Andi would like someone in Australia to invite her for Christmas so she can experience it in shorts but agrees with Jove that an epic road trip across Australia would be cool, too. Also, serial fiction is seriously awesome.   4 Nov.: Women and Wordster Ann Etter did a reader’s perspective on books with family themes. Women and Words link HERE 5 Nov.: Author/playwright/webmaster/designer Mary D. Brooks stopped by to tell us about her work and latest serial play, “An Egyptian Treasure,” which is set in 1948. Mary also runs the Xena site AUSXIP.com. Women and Words link HERE Mary D. Brooks’ website 6 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Lynette Mae is on the NaNoWriMo journey this year, and hopefully it’ll kick her writing slump right where it counts. Go, LM! Women and Words link HERE More info about Lynette Mae HERE 7 Nov.: Author and brand new Women and Wordster Penny Mickelbury kicks off her tenure with us with a blog about the war on women. Women and Words link HERE Penny Mickelbury’s website 8 Nov.: Author Tessa Gratton stopped by to talk about serialized fiction, and her work with Tremontaine, the serialized fiction that is a prequel to Ellen Kushner’s Swordspoint. Tremontaine is available through Serial Box. Women and Words link HERE Tessa Gratton’s website 9 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Fiona Zedde is on the road again, this time to Madrid, Spain. Women and Words link HERE Fiona Zedde’s website 10 Nov.: Author and humorist Fay Jacobs on Tai Chi, chai tea, and how nice it is not to wear an ill-fitting tu-tu. Women and Words link HERE Fay Jacobs’ website   NaNoWriMo continues, friends! Dirt Road Books has its second write-in on Nov. 11th on Facebook. Stop by the DRB FB page for details. And the deadline for the Lambda Literary Awards is Dec. 1. ALSO! Authors, if you’d like to participate in the Women and Words Hootenanny, SIGN UP NOW.   And here in the U.S., Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. Thank you, veterans, for your service.

Women and Words Overview 28 Oct.-3 Nov. 2017   Andi and Jove talk about queer history because Andi is all about bridging queer generational divides. And how about NaNoWriMo and the Dirt Road Books challenge (THANK YOU AUTHOR CATHERINE LANE FOR THE AWESOME VIDEO YOU MADE FOR US FOR THAT) because it’s fun and a great bonding experience AND Dirt Road Books will review your manuscript (remember, NaNoWriMo needs 50K words). Also, Jove has a lot of fictional characters she’s crushed out on over the years…   28 Oct.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta talked about “books that require a conscientious effort to pick up because I know there is going to be a plot twist in it that I absolutely hate.” Go see! Women and Words link HERE 29 Oct. Call for Submissions! Short stories for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast! Check it out! Women and Words link HERE Lesbian Historic Motif Project Podcast HERE 30 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt with some musings on Halloween Eve and also forgetfulness. Heh. Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website 31 Oct.: Join Dirt Road Books for the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) challenge! Buddy up with us and if you finish NNWM, DRB will professionally review your manuscript! (Happy Halloween!) Women and Words link HERE 2 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle wants to know what fictional characters you crush out on. Or that stay with you. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website 3 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette fangirls over the post-apocalyptic comic book series The Courier. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls on Twitter and Tumblr Jove and author Blythe Rippon will be at the Read With Pride Northwest event Nov. 4th in Seattle! Also, you guys, if you’re an author and/or you know authors who want to give books away this December, get some exposure, and engage in the nutty Women and Words party known as THE HOOTENANNY, NOVEMBER 15 is the last day to get your titles in. Sign up HERE. And if you’re interested, Andi did a podcast on her lived queer history with the LezBeHonest podcast HERE.

  Andi and Jove talk Halloween and decide they probably would accept an alcoholic beverage from an unknown adult herding kids around on trick-or-treat night. They would also like to remind folks that just because you’re of the lady species, it doesn’t mean you can’t fix your own bike. And who doesn’t like a headless horseman story for Halloween? Ichabod Crane was a geek before it was cool.   21 Oct.: Call for submissions! Pirate wench stories. Women and Words link HERE 21 Oct.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta joined us with something a little different; a not so good experience on what was advertised as a women-only bike ride but…have a read. Women and Words link HERE 22 Oct.: Author Jae joined us to talk about her latest romance, Perfect Rhythm, which features an asexual lead character. Women and Words link HERE Jae’s website Asexuality Visibility and Education Network website 23 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt stopped by with a touching story about a Vietnam veteran. Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website 24 Oct.: Author, lesbian herstory icon and Women and Wordster Lee Lynch had a visit from author Jane Fletcher and did some bird-watching and exploring of the surrounding Oregon environs.   Women and Words link HERE Read Lee’s books Read Jane’s books   25 Oct.: Author Barbara Winkes stopped by with a reminder to writers to keep focused on your writing, no matter the kinds of distractions that might come up. Women and Words link HERE Barbara Winkes’ website 26 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Renée Bess thinks that sometimes, it’s okay to distract yourself from the crazy and how about doing that with a yard sale? Here she’s got some wryly funny tips for you. Women and Words link HERE Renée Bess’ website 27 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette posted an audio reading of her Halloween tale and reboot of a classic American ghost story, The Secret of Sleepy Hollow. AND SHE’S DOING A GIVEAWAY. Win a copy! You have until Halloween Eve. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website   Jove reminded us that NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is write (ha ha see what I did there) around the corner, beginning November 1 (which means 12.01 AM on November 1 cuz people are that into it). Dirt Road Books is offering a motivation group and some of the DRB crew are doing NaNoWriMo this year, so please join us! HERE IS THE INFO. Be a writing buddy to Michelle Teichman, Jove Belle, Gill McKnight, and maybe Andi Marquette. She’s being indecisive.   ALSO! Jove and author Blythe Rippon will be at the Read With Pride Northwest event in Seattle November 4, at the downtown Seattle Public Library. Come on down!   And in case you’re curious about the Supercorp fanfic Jove mentioned, in which Kara is Ace, here’s the link. Seriously, if you’re Ace, let us know about the accuracy of this rep and PLEASE provide us with more links and sources for Ace rep. Thanks! Oh, that goes for bi, trans, pan, genderqueer…rep! Bring it! So we can share with our readers.

  And…somehow there is talk of sex toy stores. This is why you should never leave Andi and Jove alone with a podcast. One of Jove’s kids would like her to slow down when she drives, which Andi finds endlessly amusing. Also, Andi and Jove reminisce about various sex toy stores they’ve visited and Andi wants to name herself after an Irish airline. 7 Oct.: Women and Wordster Ann Etter joined us for a reader’s perspective on trying new genres than her usual. Women and Words link HERE 8 Oct.: Author Cheyenne Blue stopped by to talk about her latest, Party Wall, and do a giveaway. Oh, and to talk about sex toy stores. Because reasons. You’ll see. Women and Words link HERE Cheyenne Blue’s website 10 Oct.: Women and Wordster and life coach/psychologist Angela Grace reminds us that stability is a good thing, and in these times, tap into your friends who have qualities like that. Women and Words link HERE Find Angela HERE 11 Oct.: Author KD Williamson joined us with a background story to her latest release, Pink AND she’s doing a giveaway! It’s still going on! Go sign up! Women and Words link HERE KD Williamson’s website 12 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Fiona Zedde on road trips and her car, Z. Alice Cooper. LOL LOVE! Women and Words link HERE Fiona Zedde’s website 13 Oct.: Undeterred by Friday the 13th, author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette explores the meaning of being human after seeing Blade Runner 2049. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls on Twitter and Tumblr Jove has an event coming up tomorrow! Literary Lesbians present an evening of spellbinding entertainment at Tabor Space in Portland! And we’ll be posting a call for submissions pretty darn soon. Sacchi Green is looking for short stories for Best Lesbian Erotica 2019. As soon as we have more info, we’ll let you know. Also, Jove will be doing NaNoWriMo this year (National Novel Writing Month), which is held in November. A month to write a novel, friends! You can do it! Dirt Road Books will have its own group with some cool stuff going on, so we’ll keep you posted on that. In the meantime, CHECK OUT NANOWRIMO! AND don’t forget, authors! Sign up to provide a couple of your books in our giant giveaway extravaganza, The Hootenanny! Dec. 12-23. Easily 150 authors, and literally hundreds of books. Last year I think we gave away at least 300 books. SRSLY. SIGN UP! CLICK! ALSO, TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS! SOCIAL MEDIA THE HELL OUT OF THIS! SHARE THE LUV SO MOAR PEOPLE CAN PLAY! Thanks.

 Tech Issues, Wonder Twin Powers, And Lesbian Pirates  Overview 12-18 August 2017  Andi and Jove finally managed to get this podcast recorded after roughly 37 tries over 2 days because WTF, Skype? Also, somebody please find Andi a link to one of those yellow “crime scene do not cross” scarves that Ellen Hart is wearing in the photo Jessie Chandler posted on the 14th.  12 Aug.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta does a shout-out to lesfic stories set in Las Vegas. Leave her a comment with your recommendations. ☺  Women and Words link HERE  13 Aug.: Q&A with author Niamh (pronounced “Neve”) Murphy, who has a new book out, Escape to Pirate Island (a lesbian adventure romance!). She also gave a copy away!  Women and Words link HERE  Niamh Murphy’s website  14 Aug.: Author and Women and Wordster Jessie Chandler did a book signing in St. Paul with fellow authors Jean Redmann and Ellen Hart. Photos!  Women and Words link HERE  Jessie Chandler’s website  15 Aug.: Author and Women and Wordster Ashley Bartlett on antiheroes and murky villains.  Women and Words link HERE  Find out more about Ashley here  16 Aug.: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson is working through the aftermath of her father’s death, and here she provides us a window to her process.  Women and Words link HERE  Clifford Mae Henderson’s website  17 Aug.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle does a Throwback Thursday with some retro TV superheroes.  Women and Words link HERE  R.G. Emanuelle’s website  18 Aug.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette does a Fangirl Friday on the Freeform network’s The Bold Type.  Women and Words link HERE  Andi Marquette’s website  Andi fangirls on Tumblr  Andi will also be at the Western Women Writers of New Mexico Sept. 16 in Albuquerque.  Also, Andi and Jove both raved about R.G. Emanuelle’s food writing. If you sign up for the Dirt Road Books free monthly newsletter, you’ll get one of her free short stories in the September issue. ☺ And you can find R.G.’s novella Add Spice to Taste on Amazon. 

Women and Words  Overview 13-16 June 2017  Andi had two glasses of wine before this podcast, so all bets are off. And Jove had Fanta Lime, so, again, all bets are off. And maybe Jove’s wife will convince the powers-that-be that Fanta Lime should be readily available to all.  13 June: Life coach and Women and Wordster Angela Grace (ask the pros!) was in to post another story from her earlier call to send in stories that are helping you cope in these crazy times.  Women and Words link HERE  14 June: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson (formerly Clifford Henderson) re-joined us as a regular contributor to let us know that she’s Clifford Mae now (though Jove and I will always know her as Cliffi) and we are super-stoked! PLUS she’s writing another book!  Women and Words link HERE  Clifford Mae Henderson’s website  15 June: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle cracked us both up with her retro TV blog about actors who are 6 degrees of separation from Truman Capote.  Women and Words link HERE  R.G. Emanuelle’s website  16 June: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette did a Fangirl Friday for Spirits Podcast, which is all about myth, legends, and folklore.    Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls on Tumblr   ALSO! Our reminder blog went out about our updated book lists!   And remember, the annual GCLS conference is happening 5-9 July in Chicago. And if you’re interested, the Lambda Awards happened 12 June. This was the 29th annual gala, and you can see the winners’ list here.   Other events you might be interested in: the LCLC (Left Coast Lesbian Literary Conference), happening 4-6 October in Palm Springs, California this year. Also, Sapphire Books (which sponsors and puts together the LCLC) is doing an Alaskan cruise the end of June, in partnership with Olivia Cruises and some other folks. More info here. If they do it again, keep it in mind for next year!   And Jove’s going to be doing a reading in Salt Lake City! That’s 2 July at the Unitarian  Church. Check the Dirt Road Books website for more details.   R.G. Emanuelle will be doing a reading in New York City on 24 June at Bluestockings Bookstore. Check the Dirt Road Books website for more details.   Also, Jove and Andi spaced this out, but the Ylva Lesvos Lesfic event was 8-13 June! We’ll post roundup info once we find it. Put that on your calendars as an event to check out in the future if you didn’t make it to this year’s.  

Women and Words Podcast overview 9-14 April 2017   Jove is appreciative of Andi’s T-shirt, which is a shout-out to the WayHaught ship from Wynonna Earp (thank you, Fangirl Shirts!), which doesn’t make Andi a fashion icon (yet), but dammit, she’s still trying in her own special way. Andi also thinks that hair stylists have the best stories (and you probably shouldn’t piss them off because scissors and, in TL Hart’s case, knives). 9 April: Author Shae Connor joined us to chat about her novella Graphite and Glitter. Includes an excerpt! Women and Words link HERE Shae Connor’s website   10 April: Author and Women and Wordster Jessie Chandler interviewed Lammy nominee, author TL Hart and we concur with Jessie about the awesome that is TL. PLUS! GIVEAWAY of TL’s ebook! Women and Words link HERE TL Hart info HERE Jessie Chandler’s website   11 April: Life coach/writer’s coach and Women and Wordster Angela Grace joined us to encourage creatives to write their stories/truths to help them process the scary change in our political ecosystem. So write one about the emotions you’re feeling in the wake of what’s happened. Send them to her by May 1 at LivBold AT aol DOT com. Please put the name “Jove” in subject line to weed out spam. Women and Words link HERE 12 April: Authors and Women and Wordsters Jove Belle and Andi Marquette announce that they and four other awesome women have launched Dirt Road Books publishing collective. WOO! Women and Words link HERE   13 April: Author and Women and Wordster Fiona Zedde reveals her fangirl side and talks action movies and superheroes and lets us know that she’s working on a superhero novella. Women and Words link HERE Fiona Zedde’s website   14 April: Fangirl Friday with author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette who confesses that launching DRB last week made things crazy and she didn’t get time to fangirl as much as she usually does, dang it, but she listed 10 things she would like to fangirl in the future and please, if any of you out there would like to do a Fangirl Friday at Women and Words, let Andi know. Drop her a line at Women and Words. Women and Words link HERE Also, Women and Words updated their Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions lists! GO SEE.   And don’t forget, the Golden Crown Literary Society conference is coming up in July. That’s the lesfic organization you should check out. Also the Rainbow Awards are open for submissions. You’ve got some time to submit your materials.

Women And Words   Podcast Overview 2-7 April 2017 Jove informs Andi that there may possibly be snakes that smell like cupcakes, according to some guy at the library one day who was a reptile wrangler or some such but Andi looked it up and she cannot confirm or deny that this is a thing. What is a thing is that Jove sometimes make things up but fortunately, she has Andi to confirm or deny. Though snakes that smell like cupcakes might be kind of cool.   2 April: Call for memoir submissions, Minerva Rising Press. Women and Words link HERE   3 April: Author and Women and Wordster Lynette Mae wrote on the death of Gilbert Baker, the creator of the rainbow flag, and reminds us that we need to stay visible, and to stand up and be counted. Women and Words link HERE Find Lynette Mae HERE   4 April: Author and Women and Wordster D Jordan Redhawk reveals eight writing strengths that have served her well over the years. Women and Words link HERE D Jordan Redhawk’s website   5 April: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite just got back from a couple of events on the road: Saints and Sinners in New Orleans and the Lone Star Lesfic Festival in Austin. AND SHE’S DOING A GIVEAWAY! PRELEASE OF HER LATEST! Women and Words link HERE Carsen Taite’s website   6 April: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle with her thoughts on myriad ways we can learn on our writing journeys. Or our journeys in general. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website HERE   7 April: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette does a Fangirl Friday on Lost Girl, Season 1. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi Marquette fangirling on Tumblr   AND! GCLS is fast approaching. It’s scheduled for 5-9 July in Chicago. Find the details.   ALSO! Jove and Andi have joined 4 other amazing and awesome women – Blythe Rippon, R.G. Emanuelle, Michelle Teichman, and Gill McKnight -- and launched a publishing collective, Dirt Road Books. We’ll be telling our origin stories over the next few days on the DRB blog.