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Andi and Jove discuss plans for the new year, the ethos of Gen X and cool things younger generations are doing; how blank journals can be intimidating; and learning not to judge yourself too harshly if you can't get some things done. Like writing. Also, now they both want the same kind of planner Carsen Taite has. Jan. 1: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite gave us a round up of things on her plate this year and can we just say OMG. Have a look. Jan. 2: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle has some thoughts about trying to recapture her writing mojo this year. Join her. Also, Andi is a meteor fan and stayed up way late to watch a few of the Quadrantid shower, which happens in January. For more info about that shower, see this link at space.com.

Andi is now obsessed with The Great British Bake Off (I know!!!! WHAT TOOK HER SO LONG???), as is R.G. Emanuelle. Then she and Jove sent lots of love to Lizzo and noted that Linda Hamilton is still freaking awesome. Also, Jove has some great tips for helping those dealing with cancer. And please consider buying a copy of R.G. Emanuelle's A Year in the Kitchen, cuz all proceeds go to Oregon Food Bank. WOOO! Nov. 25: Author and Women and Wordster Renée Bess had a great discussion about the importance of literature by marginalized people during difficult political and economic times. Read it. Nov. 26: Author and Women and Wordster Lee Lynch went to the movies for the first time in twelve years with her wife and saw the latest Terminator movie. And...well, she had a great time. Find out why. Nov. 27: Author and Women and Wordster Jove Belle with a topic very close to her heart -- tips for helping people deal with cancer. Go see. Seriously. Nov. 28: REMEMBER! THE HOOTENANNY'S COMING! Andi Marquette with a reminder to authors to sign up on the handy form. Nov. 29: Share the luv and buy a copy of chef, author, and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle's book of recipes! All proceeds go to Oregon Food Bank! Go see.

29 Dec. 2018: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta had a few new-to-her books and authors to start out the new year, including Sam Ledel, who will be blogging with us on a Friday each month, starting next week. Check it out. 31 Dec. 2018: Author and Women and Wordster KD Williamson had a list of cool things going on during her past year. Movies, gaming, and some other stuff. Go See. 1 Jan. 2019: Women and Wordster Anika Batson talked about coming out in her Jamaican family. Link. 2 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite has all the things planned for 2019. Check it out. 3 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle made a resolution this year. See what it is.

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  

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.”

Women and Words Overview 15-21 September 2018 Andi’s back from her latest gallivanting—thanks, Ash Bartlett, for stepping up and podcasting with Jove!—but she and Jove both want to go out to California and take improv classes from Cliffi Mae Henderson. Also, you can learn a lot about gender dynamics by putting furniture together and yes, Pride festivals are still going on around the world (yay!). And people, there are two separate book giveaways going on until the 26th, so come on down and sign up! You could win! 15 Sept.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta talks a bit about taking classes and she would also like some advice and guidance on starting a book club. Women and Words link HERE   16 Sept.: Author Laury A. Egan stopped by for a Q&A. She also has a new book out, a comedy called Fabulous: An Opera Buffa. Women and Words link HERE Laury Egan’s website   17 Sept.: Author and Women and Wordster Stevie Carroll went to two separate Pride festivals in the UK; Leeds and Manchester. Here are her thoughts. Women and Words link HERE Stevie Carroll’s LiveJournal   18 Sept.: Author and Women and Wordster Ashley Bartlett has a tale of a dresser she and her wife put together, and how that ties into some thoughts about gender role dynamics and queer vs. straight relationships. Women and Words link HERE More about Ashley here   19 Sept.: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson is giving away THREE copies of her latest book, Perfect Little Worlds and she has some thoughts about losing an orange tree. You have until the 26th to sign up for the giveaway! Women and Words link HERE Clifford Mae Henderson’s website   20 Sept.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle took a few days off from her usual crazy life and went to Montreal and had a blast. Here are her thoughts (and photos!) on checking out of the cray for a while. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   21 Sept.: Author Vanessa North came by to chat about her latest release, a F/F contemporary romance inspired by Hays-Code Hollywood, Off Limits. She’s also GIVING AWAY a copy and you can sign up until the 26th! Women and Words link HERE Vanessa North’s website   Also! The Women and Words book lists were updated 21 September, including new releases from September and forthcoming for October. And if you’re an author who would like to participate in the giant-ass Women and Words holiday book giveaway the Hootenanny, come on down and sign up! CLICK HERE Don’t worry. It may take a little longer to load on some devices/in some browsers. And we’re gearing up for NaNoWriMo! National Novel Writing Month! Jove and Andi are doing it via the Dirt Road Books Challenge, which they’ll talk about closer to the time. In the meantime, sign up at the NaNoWriMo website and friend Andi (andimarquette) and Jove (jovebelle).

Women and Words Overview 1-7 September, 2018   Jove schooled us on the teachers’ strike happening in her district, which means a house full of kids not sure WTF to do with themselves, but fear not! It’s a teachable moment, and Jove is engaging all the youngs with why collective bargaining is important, and what it all means. Go, Jove! Also, Carsen Taite has audiobooks to give away and Clare Ashton had other forms of books to give away while R.G. is trying to empty her bucket list and do all the things. Like archery. She’s tapping her inner Katniss.   1 Sept.: Women and Wordster Ann Etter took a break from chasing her grandkids around to share some of the books that introduced her to F/F fiction. Women and Words link HERE   2 Sept.: Author Clare Ashton stopped by to chat a bit about her latest book, The Goodmans. And she did a giveaway! Women and Words link HERE Clare Ashton’s website   5 Sept.: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite is looking for some positivity and if you leave a nice story on her blog, you’ll be considered to win one of four audiobooks she’s giving away! Women and Words link HERE Carsen Taite’s website   6 Sept.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle talked about her bucket lists and some of the things she’s doing to engage. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   7 Sept.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette has a pet peeve about certain terminology and how it diminishes women. Women and Words link HERE Find Andi at her website, on Twitter, and at Tumblr   Also, the Golden Crown Literary Society is currently accepting nominations for awards! Books published between January 1 and August 31, 2018! Check the deadlines page at their website. AND BE READY! We’re gearing up for our giant-ass holiday book giveaway, The Hootenanny. We’ll be putting the entry forms up soon.   And the Western Women Writers of NM are holding their all-day gathering 15 September in Albuquerque. Karin Kallmaker, Anne Hillerman, Darynda Jones, and Rena Distasio! Find out more.   Also, the Left Coast Literary Lesbian Conference in Palm Springs is slated for 10-14 October and the keynote speaker is Dorothy Allison! Go see.

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!

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

Women and Words Overview 16-22 June 2018   Andi laments the loss of 9000 barrels of whiskey (bourbon) in Kentucky (she could totally hoard that for the apocalypse), Jove has discovered Spanish telenovela lesbians, and they both decide that “A Splendid Day Out” should expand past its steampunk roots and become something we all do at least once a month. They also accidentally talked about writing again (wtf).   16 June: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta riffs on some of her recent fave books. Go leave her a comment with yours. Women and Words link HERE   17 June: Author Alison R. Solomon stopped by to chat about her latest book, Timing is Everything and she’s giving a copy away! Stop by to find out how. Women and Words link HERE Alison Solomon’s website   18 June: Author and Women and Wordster Stevie Carroll went to a cool-ass steampunk event in Morecambe, UK (A Splendid Day Out) and posted photos and descriptions. Women and Words link HERE Find Stevie at LiveJournal   19 June: Author and Women and Wordster Ashley Bartlett regales us with her recent foray with her wife to a mall. Women and Words link HERE Find out more about Ashley here   20 June: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson joined us from her epic road trip with a tale from October, 1989 that involves a terrible earthquake and a bakery. That story is a basis for her latest, Perfect Little Worlds. Women and Words link HERE Clifford Mae Henderson’s website Check out Cliffi’s travel blog HERE   21 June: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle on how writing and publishing is giving her life. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   22 June: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette lists 10 things that are helping her recharge in this hellscape of a world. Women and Words link HERE   ALSO! The Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions lists June-July are up! Andi Marquette’s website Find Andi on Tumblr and Twitter   And don’t forget, GCLS is in Vegas 4-8 July! AND author and fangirl KD Williamson is joining the Women and Words fray as a blogger. Her first post went up 23 June.

Women and Words Overview 2-8 June 2018 ERMAHGERD Andi’s back after gallivanting around for a while, and demonstrates her continued inability to keep things on track. She also wonders how the hell Fiona Zedde manages to just pick up and gallivant all around the world at a moment’s notice when she herself can barely get it together on the day-by-day. Also, sex, underwear, and corsets. Because why not?   2 June: Women and Wordster Ann Etter joined us with a few books she goes back to again and again because she lurvs them. Tell her in the comments what those books might be for you! Women and Words link HERE   4 June: Author and Women and Wordster Lynette Mae joined us to discuss a local issue that has attracted anti-trans sentiment, and that demonstrates how cruel people can be. Women and Words link HERE   6 June: Author and Women and Wordster Penny Mickelbury celebrated a birthday last week, and gives us a few words about how happy she was about it, and about the beauty life can offer. Women and Words link HERE Penny Mickelbury’s website   Also 6 June: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite found a couple of vlog interviews she did with author Dena Blake and Lisa Moreau. Go check ’em out! Women and Words link HERE Carsen Taite’s website   7 June: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle muses about sex on TV, in lesfic, and also tips us to the fact that she’s got a short story coming out in Best Lesbian Erotica, vol. 3. (ed. by Sacchi Green) Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   8 June: Author Lise MacTague stopped by to dish on her fear of women’s underwear and corsets and how she overcame the latter to write a paranormal steampunk novel, Demon in the Machine (out 14 June!). Women and Words link HERE Lise MacTague’s website   Also! The Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) is holding its conference 4-8 July in Las Vegas. Find more info HERE.   And congrats to all the Lambda winners! Find the full list of the 30th annual Lambda Literary Awards HERE.

Women and Words Overview 12-18 May 2018  Lots of talk about moms on the site this week, which gave Andi and Jove the feels. And then Ashley Bartlett posted things that made them think, which hurt their heads. Also, could Clifford Mae Henderson please come and pick them up to join her and her partner on their epic road trip? Plus, Batwoman. That’s all you need to know.   12 May: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta stopped by with a few books that she thinks engage a lot of our senses. Women and Words link HERE   14 May: Author and Women and Wordster Jessie Chandler blogged about her mom and how she came to a place of acceptance with regard to Jessie and her wife. Women and Words link HERE Jessie Chandler’s website   15 May: Author and Women and Wordster Ashley Bartlett posted about her work on the latest Cash Braddock book in the series she’s doing for her publisher, which deals with an extremely difficult subject. Women and Words link HERE Find more info about Ashley here   16 May: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson shared thoughts about her mom and parenthood. Women and Words link HERE Clifford Mae Henderson’s website   17 May: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle brought up the much-maligned Monday. And in honor of that, Jove wanted a link to “I Don’t Like Mondays” by the Boomtown Rats and Andi threw in “Manic Mondays” by the Bangles. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   18 May: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette provided some news and views about upcoming shows and movies, including the fact that Batwoman will be in the forthcoming CW crossover superhero event… Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website (and find her on Twitter and Tumblr)   ALSO! Andi posted the hot off the press and coming attractions book list on the 18th. Women and Words link HERE   Reminder: The Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) conference is coming up 4-8 July in Las Vegas, Nevada. Find more info HERE.

Women and Words Overview 29 April-4 May 2018   Andi sucks at tech. Thank God Jove was able to help with the podcast even though they’re both wondering when they last had sleep. And Jove is doing lots of home projects right now. Which she does not suck at. YAY! Also, Penny Mickelbury’s blog this week is a must-read. It’s important. Very.   29 April: Author Alex K. Thorne stopped by for a Q&A and did a giveaway of her superhero story, Chasing Stars. Women and Words link HERE Alex K. Thorne’s website   30 April: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt posted an excerpt from her forthcoming novel, Paradigm. Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website   1 May: Author and Women and Wordster Penny Mickelbury had some powerful words to say about the opening of the National Museum for Peace and Justice that opened in Montgomery, Alabama. Women and Words link HERE Penny Mickelbury’s website   3 May: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle blogged about her brand new novel, The Potion. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   4 May: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette did a bit of a follow-up to last week’s existential crisis and also went into a bit about rebooting her sci fi series. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Find Andi on Twitter and Tumblr   ALSO: Call for Submissions! ImageOut!   R.G. Emanuelle is doing a book launch party for The Potion May 5 from 12-2 EST on Facebook in the Lesfic Reading Group, hosted by K’Anne Meinel. You can still check out the questions and ask after the fact on the page; just remember to tag R.G. so she sees it.   Author Randi Triant will be at Single Women's Weekend in Provincetown, Massachusetts on Saturday, May 19th at the Harbor Lounge with three other authors! They are: Kim Baker (lesbian dating expert and author of Girl's Guide to Healthy Dating), Lucy J. Madison (author of lesbian romance novels In the Direction of the Sun and Personal Foul), Julez Weinberg (author of The Essential Mixologist), (and Randi Triant, author of the debut novel The Treehouse). They’ll be reading a bit, and the audience will learn about essential oils to create one-of-a-kind cocktails. The event is free with a cash bar and they’ll also raffle off free copies of their books.  

Women and Words Overview 14-19 April 2018  Andi is still on the road and could not get her shit together to do a Fangirl Friday blog or get the book lists ready. Which she is totally trying to remedy. Don’t judge. Jove, meanwhile, had to do some serious parenting stuff this past week that sucked but is totally important. Also, just so you know, that grandfather clock in that huge hotel Stevie Carroll was in for the British sci fi convention is not a Tardis. Important tip. You’re welcome. And Cliffi, please take Andi and Jove with you on your epic road trip.   14 April: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta joined us to discuss a very serious topic about language choices, triggers, and suicide. Women and Words link HERE   15 April: Author Emma Ashmere stopped by to chat about her book, The Floating Garden, which is set in 1920s Sydney, Australia. Women and Words link HERE Emma Ashmere’s website   16 April: Author and women and Wordster and awesome woman-about-town Stevie Carroll attended FollyCon (this year known as EasterCon because it fell on that weekend), the annual British national science fiction convention. Women and Words link HERE Stevie Carroll’s LiveJournal   18 April: Author and Women and Wordster Jove Belle provided a cool writing prompt tip. Go see! Women and Words link HERE Jove Belle’s website   18 April: Also on the 18th! Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson reported from her epic road trip! Women and Words link HERE Clifford Mae Henderson’s website You can follow Cliffi’s road adventures at her personal blog HERE   19 April: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle had some thoughts about representation—in this case, about Italians. Of which she is. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   ALSO! R.G. Emanuelle’s latest book, The Potion, is officially out 24 April!   And if you know of any publishing/book/fan-related events coming up and you’d like us to babble about them on the Women and Words podcast, drop us a line at the Women and Words website!

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 - 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.

Women and Words Overview - 10-16 Feb. 2018   Andi notices that others at Women and Words are still obsessing about the Olympics, so she obsesses, too, while Jove obsesses about R.G. Emanuelle’s forthcoming book, The Potion. They also drop some trivia: Jessie Chandler was a downhill ski racer in high school and Karin Kallmaker could possibly open her own library with her backlist. #epic 10 Feb.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta is enjoying the Olympics and provided a great list of sports-related lesfic (and some nonfic, looks like) for your reading pleasure!  Women and Words link HERE   12 Feb.: Author and Women and Wordster Women and Wordster Jessie Chandler is also obsessing about the Olympics and provided some great photos and comments about some of the different sports. Women and Words link HERE Jessie Chandler’s website   13 Feb.: Life coach Angela Grace joined us with a great blog on the winter blahs and Seasonal Affective Disorder and how a certain kind of light can help.  Women and Words link HERE   15 Feb.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle talks about writing process with a great culinary metaphor. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   16 Feb.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette lists 10 things she’s currently fangirling over. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Find Andi on Twitter and Tumblr   ALSO!   16 Feb.: Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions Lists!   And Jove is doing a reading Sunday Feb. 18 at Taborspace in Portland, 3-5 PM Pacific time. Other authors are Lori Lake, Sandra De Helen, G.L. Morrison, Louisa Kelley, Heather Jane, Dolores Maggiore, and Jane Cuthbertson. Also, Jove recommends Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles, futuristic retellings of fairy tales.

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 - 13-19 Jan. 2018 Andi doesn’t have to have the sadz anymore because Jove kicked the sickness cooties to the curb and came back! Yay! Plus, R.G. Emanuelle will be releasing a new book soon and for the record, Andi was more into Yaz than Erasure back in the day, much to Jove’s chagrin. But they do both agree that you haven’t lived until you’ve blasted The Cranberries’ “Zombie” while driving at night with all the windows down. (RIP Dolores O’Riordan)   13 Jan.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta joined us and recommended books that include SNOW. So if that’s your thing, head on over.  Women and Words link HERE   14 Jan.: Author Chanel Hardy stopped by to discuss gender roles and how those might play out in relationships. Women and Words link HERE More info about Chanel Hardy HERE   15 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Stevie Carroll stopped by to talk about her visit to the Brontë Parsonage Museum. 2016-2020 mark five important bicentenaries in the Brontë family. Women and Words link HERE Steve Carroll’s LiveJournal   16 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Ashley Bartlett discusses trying to get around her wife’s reluctance to travel. Women and Words link HERE More info about Ashley Barlett HERE   18 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle gives us a glimpse of her forthcoming book, The Potion, a Victorian romance based loosely on the Jekyll/Hyde concept. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   19 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette did a Fangirl Friday discussing music and its integral role in her journey and writing. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Find Andi on Tumblr and Twitter   ALSO! The Women and Words Hot off the Press/Coming Attractions lists are good to go, Jan.-Feb. 2018.   Women and Words link HERE   Jove also recommends the documentary She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, about Second Wave Feminism. Includes a discussion about the Jane Collective, an underground abortion referral service that operated roughly 1969-1973 in Illinois. (and it appears the male doctor they first worked with was “Nick,” not “Mike,” as Jove and Andi discussed on the podcast.)

Women and Words Overview: 1-5 January 2018 Welcome to 2018! Jove and Andi ponder the weather while Jove comes out as shy. Also, even though things may still be sucky, we all have stories to tell. So keep at it, friends! 1 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Lynette Mae joined us to remind us of the importance of telling our stories in these difficult times. Write from the Heart. Women and Words link HERE More info about Lynette Mae here   2 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Penny Mickelbury had a similar message as Lynette Mae’s: let’s keep ourselves healthy and tell our stories. Women and Words link HERE Penny Mickelbury’s website   3 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite did a vlog with author Brey Willows. Women and Words link HERE Carsen Taite’s website Brey Willows’ website   4 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle joined in the overarching theme for the week – tell your stories, no matter the tech available. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   5 Jan.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette fangirled over Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Find Andi on Twitter and Tumblr   And don’t forget! Author Jae is doing lesbian book bingo this year! It’s a fun reading challenge that involves reading different genres of lesfic and filling out a bingo card to win books! Check it out.   Jove will be doing an event next month in the Portland area. Stay tuned!

Women and Words Overview - 11-17 Nov. 2017   Jove would like Andi to stop writing fanfic for a minute and write something for her to publish. Spoiler: Andi is! Also, WTF with those weird jobs you’ve had, Clifford Mae Henderson? And Erin’s blog this week hit Andi right in the feels. It’s an important topic, friends.   11 Nov.: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta did a reader’s perspective on books that deal with Alzheimer’s disease, something that affects a lot of people, including someone near and dear to her.  Women and Words link HERE ALSO Call for Submissions repeat! Best Lesbian Erotica Vol. 3, ed. by Sacchi Green. Link HERE 13 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Jessie Chandler was on an LGBTQ+ panel at Bouchercon and it went very well. YAY! (Bouchercon is a huge mystery author/fan convention). Women and Words link HERE Jessie Chandler’s website 14 Nov.: Women and Wordster and life coach Angela Grace has some great tips for navigating certain convos during the holidays. Women and Words link HERE 15 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson on the weird and wild gigs she’s had over the years to make ends meet. Women and Words link HERE Clifford Mae’s website 16 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle talks about Imposter Syndrome – feeling like a fraud when you’re trying to accomplish something. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website 17 Nov.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette did a Fangirl Friday on a few of the Clexa fanfics she’s recently read that she dug. If you have fanfic from other fandoms (or Clexa) you’ve been digging on, let us know in the comments. Share the luv! Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls on Twitter and Tumblr ALSO! The Hootenanny submission form is NOW CLOSED. Please keep us in mind for next year! The merry elves requested a definitive cut-off this year to help keep our heads from exploding. At least this early. J

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.

“Hope just means another world might be possible, not promise, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope.” –Rebeccca Solnit   Jove shares some news from the homefront and Andi and Jove have a hard time with this podcast because of terrible, tragic events and many of the Women and Words contributors are also struggling with these terrible, tragic events, but dammit, those of you who create, keep creating. And to all of you, keep telling your stories, keep talking to each other, and share some love with others.   1 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Lynette Mae joined us with another thought-provoking blog about solidarity and social justice.  Women and Words link HERE  1 Oct.: Author Adan Ramie stopped by to chat about her new release in her Deviant Behaviors trilogy, Eager Observer. She also did a giveaway! Women and Words link HERE Adan Ramie’s website 3 Oct.: Author K’Anne Meinel is holding a contest to name her latest book, a science fiction novel, and she provided some background to the book, too. Winner also gets a chance to loan their name to a character in her work. Women and Words link HERE K’Anne Meinel’s website SIGN UP TO WIN HERE 4 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite shared some thoughts on the horrific murders in Las Vegas over the weekend. Women and Words link HERE Carsen Taite’s website 5 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle also brought some thoughts to bear on the tragedy and these times in which we live, and reminds us to keep writing and keep reading. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website 6 Oct.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette would like you to share the love, and talks about how fandoms have provided solace and hope, at least to her. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls on Twitter and Tumblr Jove has an event coming up! She’ll be with authors Lori Lake, EJ Kindred, Deni Starr, Dolores Maggiore in Portland at Taborspace Oct. 14 doing an evening of spellbinding mystery and bewitching suspense! And don’t forget awards season is upon us. Check the GCLS and Lambda Literary for info.

Jove has property on “the island,” which amused Andi to no end because that’s a sci fi movie in which “the island” was a euphemism for clone organ harvesting (this is where her brain is, people). And some day, Andi and Jove just may make it to Provincetown for Women’s Week. Also, Andi and Jove want everyone to please be safe in the coming days as Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida and other parts of the Southeast.   2 Sept.: Women and Wordster Ann Etter joins us to do a reader’s perspective on finding your own profession in lesfic. In this case, CPAs!  Women and Words link HERE 3 Sept.: Author and actress Lyralen Kaye joined us to talk about her novella (WHICH IS FREE RIGHT NOW) adapted from a screenplay, Priest’s Kid, and also brought in queer experience and writing workshops. Women and Words link HERE Lyralen Kaye’s website 4 Sept.: Author and Women and Wordster Lynette Mae managed to track down a bit of the story of someone in the family who was a Civil War soldier. Women and Words link HERE More about Lynette Mae here 6 Sept.: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite wanted to give us all a heads-up on Women’s Week in Provincetown, which is next month! Women and Words link HERE Carsen Taite’s website 7 Sept.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle on thoughts after an overheard conversation about history and change. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website 8 Sept.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette is still recovering from Dragon Con (please send chocolate), which was held over the Labor Day weekend (U.S.) in Atlanta. Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls at Tumblr and Twitter  Also! Awards nomination time! Lambda Literary opened nominations 6 September for books published between 1 Jan.-31 Dec. this year. Go HERE for more info.   The GCLS has also started its nomination process, which is a tiered nomination process. More info HERE.

 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. 

Hunting, hoarding, and ten minutes of tits with Andi and Jove Andi and Jove discuss hunting (because you never know what exactly you’re going to get on this podcast), Yvonne’s potential for hoarding (thank GAWD she’s having a garage sale!) and they even mentioned the Hootenanny because Jove is already gearing up her arts n’ crafts for Christmas (Andi can’t even…)   31 July: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt is trying to get ready for a garage sale and it’s…going slowly.   Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website   2 August: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite’s latest book (her 17th!!!) has just been released. Sidebar! Still time to get in on the giveaway for a signed copy (ebook if you’re overseas).   Women and Words link HERE Carsen Taite’s website   3 August: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle talks about disappearing LGBTQ spaces in the physical world (especially lesbian space) and remembers all the lesbian bars in NYC that no longer exist.   Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   4 August: Twofer! New booklist is available! Check the static page. And author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette did a Fangirl Friday on the new movie Atomic Blonde, starring Charlize Theron.   Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi fangirls on Tumblr   And as a PSA, Jove would like to remind everyone to get their mammograms (as applicable) and Andi recommends you pay attention to your body and its parts.   And because Andi forgot last time, here’s the link to BE OUR GUEST and guest blog with us, if you’re so inclined.

Women and Words  Overview 15-21 July 2017  Andi and Jove talk about Jove’s wardrobe (or lack thereof) and bottles of wine named “If You See Kay”. Say that fast and you’ll see why they giggled about it…they’re 10, they know. But more importantly, this is badass women wine. Hit the link to see why. Also, Jove is pretty sure Andi’s outlaw job would be as some kind of pirate while she’s now interested in purchasing bordello land. Andi suggested Craigslist.  15 July: Women and Wordster Erin Saluta posted about the cruise she took on Olivia to Alaska that was put together by Sapphire Books and Curve Mag among others. And she talks a bit about lesfic history and LGBT history and about her place and our places in the world.  Women and Words link HERE  16 July: Author Jen Silver stopped by to chat about her latest, Running From Love, and how it incorporates golf. She also gave away two copies.  Women and Words link HERE  Info about Jen Silver  17 July: Author and Women and Wordster Stevie Carroll joined us again from across the pond with her photos and discussion of taking a Suffragette tour in Halifax (and we assume that’s the one in West Yorkshire…).  Women and Words link HERE  Stevie Carroll’s LiveJournal  18 July: Author and Women and Wordster Ashley Bartlett is giving away a copy of The Price of Cash (July 24th) and to do that, you need to leave a comment telling her what kind of outlaw life you’d lead if given the chance.  Women and Words link HERE  Info about Ashley Bartlett  19 July: Author and Women and Wordster Clifford Mae Henderson joined us to talk a bit about losing her father very recently and connecting/reconnecting with family. Get the tissues.  Women and Words link HERE  Clifford Mae Henderson’s website  20 July: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle did a retro TV blog on The Golden Girls and Jove and Andi totally love the GGs, so we were into this big-time.  Women and Words link HERE  R.G. Emanuelle’s website  21 July: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette did a Fangirl Friday on the movie Baby Driver (2017).  Women and Words link HERE  Andi Marquette’s website  Andi fangirls on Tumblr  Jove then reminded folks about ClexaCon 2018, which is in April in Las Vegas and GCLS has actually started registration for 2018, which is also in Vegas (July). She also mentioned an event coming up this fall in Seattle – the Read with Pride Northwest meetup (formerly Gay Romance Northwest). It’s usually held at the Seattle Public Library and it’s usually free. Jove will probably be there and Andi mentioned that she will be doing the Western Women Writers of New Mexico meetup Sept. 16 in Albuquerque.  Also, you simply must get tourist pennies smashed and send them to Jove. Not sure what those are? Technically, they’re called “elongated coins” and what it involves is you put a penny into a machine and for 50 cents U.S. the machine flattens the coin and literally stretches it and imprints a tourist scene from the area into that new surface. Jove collects them. So drop her a line if you get one and if you’re willing, send it to her. She LOOOOOOOOVES them. 

Women and Words  Overview  1-14 July 2017  OMG Andi and Jove were outta control at GCLS last week and we just could not get it together to try to do things with y’all. SORRY! But here we are, with a 2-week roundup. Jove has pretty much gone feral (it happens sometimes) and Andi is pretty sure that GCLS wears everybody out, but omg it is way fun.   1 July: Women and Wordster and reader-in-residence Erin Saluta came by and omg she went on the Olivia cruise to Alaska that Sapphire Books was doing! Here she talks about some lesfic books that deal with that topic. Maybe we can get her to post photos…  Women and Words link HERE  2 July: Author Sandy Stier came by and this is super awesome. She and her wife wrote a book together about California’s Prop 8 battle because they were plaintiffs in the case. This is their story, and they are TOTALLY GIVING AWAY A COPY! You still have time. We’ll do the drawing on the 21st. GET IN ON THIS. HERSTORY!  Women and Words link HERE  An article about them in People Magazine  3 July: Author and Women and Wordster Lynette Mae tried to be a little more light-hearted, but because she’s Lynette Mae, there’s always a subtext that you learn from. She and her wife took their niece to NYC and had a great time. This is a short piece about that.  Women and Words link HERE  6 July: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle talked about being shy and public speaking and how it can be really, really stressful.  Women and Words link HERE  R.G. Emanuelle’s website  10 July: Author Catherine Friend (Goldie winner this year!) popped by via author and Women and Wordster Jessie Chandler to talk a bit about her latest book Spark (Bold Strokes Books) and to offer a GIVEAWAY! You have until the 24th to get in on this! Catherine writes historical fiction/adventure.  Women and Words link HERE  Catherine Friend’s website  Jessie Chandler’s website  11 July: Women and Wordster and life coach/writer’s coach Angela Grace joined us with a frank discussion about how changing your perspective can actually change your brain. Have questions? Feel like you could use a couple of sessions with her? Drop her a line. ☺  Women and Words link HERE  Angela Grace can be found HERE  12 July: UK-based author and Women and Wordster Stevie Carroll was able to finally join us after some technical difficulties and she attended an awesome car show. She posted photos. LOVE.  Women and Words link HERE  Stevie Carroll’s LiveJournal  13 July: Author and Women and Wordster Fiona Zedde got a wild hair and hopped on down to Cuba. She posted the photos to prove it. ☺ PLUS! She has a new book coming out with Ylva! Superhero book!  Women and Words link HERE  Fiona Zedde’s website  14 July: Author and Women and Wordster (and obsessive fangirl) Andi Marquette blogged about season 2 episode 5 of Wynonna Earp because it is a game-changer in terms of women’s rep. FOR REALS. Also, Andi is doing season 2 recaps of Wynonna Earp episodes at her homesite.  Women and Words link HERE  Andi Marquette’s website  Andi fangirls over on Tumblr  Andi and Jove then did a rambling round-up of what they did at GCLS. 

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  Overview 28 May-June 2, 2017  You guys, Jove makes really good tomatoes. Srsly. Plus, the world is melting. And Andi is completely enamored with the Wonder Woman film and is going to go see it several more times. Do yourselves a favor and see it.  28 May: Author Elyse Springer did a Q&A with us about her work. She writes both M/M and F/F, travels the world, and once moved to the South Pole.  Women and Words link HERE  Elyse Springer’s website  29 May: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt joined us with a personal story about her late daughter Dezi. And she provides a recipe for Dezi’s favorite meal, which was chicken enchiladas. Thanks, Yvonne. We will eat these in honor of Dezi.  Women and Words link HERE  Yvonne Heidt’s website  31 May: Author Lee Winter joined us to talk about the reasons she’s worried about seeing the movie Wonder Woman, which is hitting theaters 1-3 June around the world. [Andi’s note: she doesn’t need to worry! It’s not another letdown for women!]  Women and Words link HERE  Lee Winter’s website  1 June: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle is showing off her mad retro TV skills with a blog about M*A*S*H, the American TV show masquerading as a comedy set at a MASH unit during the Korean War that was actually a commentary on the Vietnam War era. Regardless, R.G.’s got some awesome trivia for you about it.  Women and Words link HERE  R.G. Emanuelle’s website  2 June: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette pre-fangirls about the forthcoming Wonder Woman film. And then she saw it later that day and it blew her mind.  Women and Words link HERE  Andi Marquette’s website  Andi fangirls on Twitter and Tumblr  GCLS is fast approaching (next month!). Details here. And the Bold Strokes Books UK festival is under way! We’re hoping to get Victoria Villaseñor to blog it for us. Woo! 

Women and Words  Overview 13-19 May 2017  Jove describes her new living room furniture, which involves lawn chairs, and Andi and Jove fangirl over Ashley Bartlett (they always do) and Andi wonders if she and Jove ever grow up, will they some day be as cool as Ashley. Also, Andi’s pretty sure Stevie Carroll could be a sportscaster for car racing in her day job. She might go to the UK to find out if it’s true…  13 May: Call for submissions! Black lesbian storytellers for an anthology and a potential screen-writing gig. Hit the link to see!  14 May: Author S.M. Harding tells a story about running into a militia group in the woods back in the day, because her latest book is the first in a three-book story arc that deals with a militia group.  Women and Words link HERE  Find more information on S.M. Harding here  15 May: Author and Women and Wordster Stevie Carroll from across the pond joins us and talks about women race drivers.  Women and Words link HERE  Stevie Caroll’s LiveJournal  16 May: Author and Women and Wordster Ashley Bartlett talks about respecting the identity people live, and using the names and pronouns they express.  Women and Words link HERE  Find more info on Ashley Bartlett here  18 May: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle did a Throwback Thursday with retro TV and this week, it was “The Twilight Zone.”  Women and Words link HERE  R.G. Emanuelle’s website  May 19: Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions lists are up! Go see.  AND author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette did a Fangirl Friday about the thriller Hanna.  Women and Words link HERE  Andi Marquette’s website  Andi fangirls at  Tumblr  Don’t forget to go to the GCLS website to find out more about the upcoming lesfic conference in Chicago.

Women and Words  Overview 30 April-5 May 2017  OMG thank GAWD Jove got a new phone! She’s back to a smartphone (after killing 3 flipphones and a smartphone before this), which means MUAH HA HA she can’t escape Andi! And both really wish Barbara Winkes would contact them and tell them how to pronounce her last name because they clearly just can’t. Also, Supergirl’s Lena Luthor drinks whiskey, which elevates her in Andi’s crush pantheon to the top.  30 April: Author Barbara Winkes joined us to offer advice for new writers. Barbara went from traditional publisher to completely indie, so she’s learned a few things, though she’s still learning.  Women and Words link HERE  Barbara Winkes’ website    1 May: Author and Women and Wordster Lynette Mae saw Gloria Steinem and Margaret Atwood speak, and she gives us some of her thoughts.  Women and Words link HERE  Lynette Mae’s website    2 May: Author and Women and Wordster D Jordan Redhawk opens a window to how she approaches research – lazy and cheap writers edition.  Women and Words link HERE  D Jordan Redhawk’s website    4 May: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle reveals one of her super powers – a vast knowledge of retro TV shows and she’s going to be doing some blogging at Women and Words about some of those shows, for Throwback Thursdays. Join the fun!  Women and Words link HERE  R.G. Emanuelle’s website    5 May: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette fangirls over Supergirl episode 2x19, which just aired on May 1. Strong women rep, queer rep. Probably one of her fave episodes thus far.  Women and Words link HERE  Andi Marquette’s website  Andi fangirls at Tumblr    And, again! If you’re interested in the upcoming GCLS lesfic conference, it’s slated 5-8 July  in Chicago.

Women and Words  Podcast overview 16-21 April 2017   Jove demonstrates her knowledge of fine art while Andi wonders when medical science will be able to replace eyeballs like in that movie Minority Report with Tom Cruise. Andi also wonders if there’s a trivia game show out there that specializes in 1970s and 80s TV because R.G. Emanuelle would for sure win.   16 April: Author Lise Gold joined us to discuss her novel Lily’s Fire and the concept of “wonderment.” And Jove wanted me to include the link to Picasso’s “Blue Nude,” which you will totally understand why when you listen to the podcast. LOL   Women and Words link HERE  Lise Gold’s website    17 April: Author and Women and Wordster Stevie Carroll joined us with another chat about her exploits across the pond. This time, she attended a seminar about automobile history and heard a great talk about women, cars, and social history. For those not in the know, Stevie owns and drives a vintage Porsche…   Women and Words link HERE  Stevie Carroll’s LiveJournal    18 April: Author and Women and Wordster Ashley Bartlett has a fascination with the number 6, and her blog will demonstrate why.   Women and Words link HERE  Find Ashley Bartlett HERE    19 April: Author and Women and Wordster Jove Belle is up to stuff! She checked in to let us know what.  Women and Words link HERE  Jove Belle’s website    20 April: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle would like to have a little downtime to watch some of the cool TV shows she hears the rest of us yammering on about. Fun fact about R.G.: she’s a walking encyclopedia of TV trivia for shows in the 70s and 80s. She’d probably do okay with shows in the 60s and 90s, too. And she’s seen probably every B-horror movie out there.   Women and Words link HERE  R.G. Emanuelle’s website    21 April: Fangirl Friday with Women and Wordster and author Andi Marquette. This week, she is all about SyFy’s Dark Matter.   Women and Words link HERE  Andi Marquette’s website  Andi fangirls on Tumblr    Don’t forget! The GCLS is coming up! Go check out the website to see what it’s all about and get conference details as well as the lists of finalists for the Goldie awards.  And check the Women and Words calls for submissions page to see if there’s anything coming up to get in on! One deadline coming up the end of this month is an LGBTQ creative anthology over at hashtagqueer.com. 

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.

Women and Words Overview, 25 Feb.-3 Mar. 2017   Andi is in Vegas for ClexaCon and she is outta control, friends! Celebrity sightings in the bathroom! Fangirling! Panels! AHHHHHHH! And Jove might want a Roomba. Plus, y’all share the luv, now. 25 Feb. Info about a writing workshop with Jennifer Morales on writing authentic character voices. Women and Words link HERE Jennifer Morales’ website HERE   26 Feb.: Author Ann Aptaker joined us with a blog about walking through New York, where her character Cantor Gold goes. Also, she did a book giveaway. Women and Words link HERE Ann Aptaker’s website HERE   27 Feb.: Author and Women and Wordster Yvonne Heidt blogged about her latest release, Meet Me In the Middle and did a giveaway. She also provided an excerpt. Women and Words link HERE Yvonne Heidt’s website   28 Feb.: Author Lee Lynch joins us with another stop on the Amazon Trail, talking about freeing up time for life, romance, and activism. Women and Words link HERE Lee Lynch’s website   1 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster Carsen Taite updated us on her upcoming events and forthcoming publication. Women and Words link HERE Carsen Taite’s website   2 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle waxed philosophical about life and the crazy. Jove and Andi remind everybody to share the luv. Women and Words link HERE R.G. Emanuelle’s website   3 Mar.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette is in Las Vegas for the first ClexaCon! And it is AMAZING. She’s posting photos and tidbits on Twitter and Tumblr! Women and Words link HERE Andi Marquette’s website Andi Marquette’s Tumblr

Women And Words  Overview 12 - 17 Feb 2017  Jove and Andi chatted about Jove’s reading in Portland at Literary Lesbian Love and then checked out Lise MacTague’s Etsy site, where she sells cool guns she makes that would be perfect for cosplaying. Andi is currently fascinated with steampunk wardrobes…also, Jove’s summer road trip this year will include a lot of Minnesota, so if you’re there, send her tips on things to see and do.    12 Feb.: Author Lise MacTague did a Q&A with us regarding her work, writing process, and latest projects.    Women and Words link HERE  Lise MacTague’s website  Lise MacTague’s etsy site, The Weapons Workbench    13 Feb.: Author and Women and Wordster Jessie Chandler posted about the event she and several other authors (including Lori Lake, Jove Belle, and Jeanine Hoffman) did in Portland, Literary Lesbian Love.    Women and Words link HERE  Jessie Chandler’s website    14 Feb.: Lifecoach, psychologist, and Women and Wordster Angela Grace has some tips for coping with the fuckery that abounds in this country as a result of the elections.    Women and Words link HERE    16 Feb.:  Author and Women and Wordster R.G. Emanuelle notes the seemingly endless trends in social media and asks what works for people in that regard.    Women and Words link HERE  R.G. Emanuelle’s website    17 Feb.: Author and Women and Wordster Andi Marquette posted an audiobook giveaway for bestselling steampunk author Gail Carriger. The giveaway ends Tuesday, so you have time!    Women and Words link HERE  Andi Marquette’s website  Andi’s fangirling at Tumblr    Also! The reminder posted that the lists for hot of the press and coming attractions (Feb. and Mar.) are available!    Plus! ClexaCon launches in two weeks! March 3-5 in Las Vegas!