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Episode 242 – Jesi Lea Ryan’s “Surreal” Romances, Charlie David’s Gay Romance Documentary

Jeff & Will remind everyone that the May Book Club episode, featuring Clare London’s Romancing the Rough Diamond, premieres on Tuesday, May 26. Jeff also reveals the guests who are part of the podcast’s Pride month celebration.

The guys review the new documentary What Women Want: Gay Romance before documentarian Charlie David shares his thoughts on the film and what it was like to assemble it from all the footage he shot at GayRomLit in Alberquque last year. Charlie also has details about his new series, Avocado Toast, which also recently debuted.

Jesi Lea Ryan joins Jeff for a conversation about her books Surreal Estate and Love Magic where she talks about the inspiration for those stories, some of which come from her own life. Jesi also shares what got her started writing as well as what’s coming up next for her.

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Episode 241 – Victoria Lee and the “Feverwake” Series

Jeff & Will announce special Big Gay Fiction Podcast programming for Pride month.

Will reviews There Galapagos My Heart by Philip William Stover. Jeff reviews Hard Hart by E. Davies.

Victoria Lee talks to Jeff about the Feverwake series. She discusses the dystopian world she created full of queer characters, magic and government corruption. We also get details on The Fever King WebToon, what got her started writing as well as her next book.

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Episode 240 – Romance and Jewels with Clare London

Jeff & Will discuss the new Ryan Murphy/Netflix series Hollywood. Jeff reviews The Infinite Noise, a Bright Sessions novel by Lauren Shippen.

Clare London discusses her Romancing The… series, in particular this month’s Big Gay Fiction Book Club pick Romancing The Rough Diamond. She dishes on the high-end glamour, the jewelry business and fictionalizing the real royal family.  She also talks about some of her other recent re-releases and what’s coming next.

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Episode 239 – Emma Scott Discusses “Someday, Someday”

The guys reveal the May 2020 Big Gay Fiction Book Club selection: Romancing the Rough Diamond by Clare London. Jeff shouts out a recent episode of Tea & Strumpets, which featured KJ Charles’s Band Sinister.

Jeff & Will discuss the documentaries Studio 54: The DocumentaryCherry Grove Stories and Circus of Books. Jeff reviews Layla Reyne’s Variable Onset as well as the new children’s book The One and Only Dylan St. Claire by Kamen Edwards and illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler.

Emma Scott discusses her book Someday, Someday, including the research she had to do in order to write about the many elements the book tackles, including opioid addiction and conversion therapy. Emma also talks about what got her started with writing and her shift from fantasy to romance.

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Big Gay Fiction Book Club April 2020: “LOL: Laugh Out Loud” by Lucy Lennox & Molly Maddox

In this episode of the Big Gay Fiction Book Club, Jeff and Will discuss LOL: Laugh Out Loud by Lucy Lennox & Molly Maddox.

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Episode 238 – Construction, Logic and Tattoos with K.M. Neuhold

Jeff talks about the new Netflix series Hollywood, which premieres Friday, May 1. Will reminds everyone that the April Big Gay Fiction Book Club episode featuring LOL: Laugh Out Loud by Lucy Lennox and Molly Maddox drops on Tuesday, April 28.

Jeff reviews Surreal Estate by Jesi Lea Ryan and Will reviews Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian.

K.M. Neuhold is here to talk about Nailed, the latest in the Four Bears Construction series that releases on May 1. She also discusses the Love Logic series, her co-writing with Nora Phoenix and what got her started writing m/m romance. There’s also some teasers about what she’s working on next.

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