Big Gay Fiction Podcast

Of Heroes and Pride – BGFP episode 191

Happy Pride Month!

Jeff opens this week’s episode with the awesome Pride Month video from the NHL. He also talks about all the things that happened during release week for Netminder.

Members of the Queer Sacramento Authors Collective had a reading this past week at the Lavender Library and will be reading again this coming week at Time Tested Books. The live streams are available on the podcast’s Facebook page.

We talk about the Coastal Magic Convention 2020 lineup of m/m romance featured authors.

We review the Elton John biopic Rocketman. Jeff reviews Max Walker’s A Lover’s Game. Will recommends books for Pride month: Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders, Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolutionby Rob Sanders, The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pitman, Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising That Changed America by Martin Duberman and The Stonewall Reader curated by The New York Public Library.

Jeff interviews C.B. Lee about the latest book in her Sidekick Squad series, Not Your Backup. We also discuss the origin of the Sidekick Squadwhat C.B. hears from readers and what’s coming up next.

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Book Recommendations: Athletes, PI’s and SpaceCats – BGFP episode 190

Jeff discusses this week’s release of Netminder, the final book in the Codename: Winger series. Jeff and I are pleased to announce that we’ll be returning to Coastal Magic Convention for 2020 and that the con’s featured author list and registration will open on June 1st.

Jeff reviews Gregory Ashe’s Orientation (Borealis Investigation #1). I review Louisa Master’s The Athlete and the Aristocrat and Human Omega: Discovered on the Slave Planet (Pykh Book 1) by Eileen Glass.

Jay from Joyfully Jay stops by and recommends books by Nora Phoenix, Harper Fox, Lily Morton and Jordan L. Hawk. Jay also talks about the recent Book Lovers Con, which took place earlier this month in New Orleans.

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Sexy, Out Of This World Sci-Fi From Gail Carriger – BGFP episode 189

Jeff’s new book is almost here! He discusses a deleted scene he’s offering this week from Netminder (Codename: Winger #4). He also recommends The Queer Creative Podcast.

We discuss (and recommend) the second season of Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power as well as Pose, which has just arrived on Netflix ahead of the new season coming to FX in June.

Jeff reviews Queer as a Five Dollar Bill by Lee Wind.

Gail Carriger talks to Jeff about her new novel, The Fifth Gender and some of the interesting stories about its creation. They also talk about how Gail went from archeology to writing romance, her process for world building and her travel podcast called The 20 Minute Delay.

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Author Adriana Herrera’s ‘American Fairytale’: BGFP episode 188

Jeff talks about the upcoming release of Netminder (Codename: Winger #4) and a blog post he’s written that talks about the impact the series has had on one reader. Jeff and I also mention how much we are loving the FX series Fosse/Verdon.

Jeff reviews With A Kick Collection #2 by Clare London with narration by Joel Leslie and The Whispers by Greg Howard with narration by Kivlighan de Montebello. I rave about American Fairytale by Adriana Herrera (seriously, it’s just too damn good).

Jeff and I  interview Adriana about the Dreamers series, including the soon to be released American Fairytale. Adriana discusses the food that goes into her books, writing diverse characters, how her job as a social worker plays into American Fairytale and what’s coming up next in the Dreamers series.

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A Red, White and Royal Blue Debut From Casey McQuiston – BGFP episode 187

Wow, the numbers just keep going up! April was our most downloaded month ever. Thank you to all of our listeners!

Jeff and I discuss our upcoming travel schedule for the rest of 2019. We will be at the Romance Writers of America national conference, Podcast Movement, Dreamspinner’s Author Conference and GayRomLit.

Jeff reviews Top Secret by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy and Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston.

Jeff interviews Casey about her debut novel. They talk about the inspiration for Red, White & Royal Blue and the impact the 2016 election had on the story.  In addition, they discuss the recently announced movie adaptation, what got Casey into writing romance and what she’s working on next.

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Murder and Mirth with Hank Edwards and Deanna Wadsworth

Jeff and I begin the show discussing how we have more books than shelf space. Also, happy anniversary to us! The 24th anniversary of our very first date is just around the corner.

I review the holiday read, An Easter Promise by A E RyecartJeff reviews Play It Again by Aidan Wayne.

Jeff interviews Hank Edwards and Deanna Wadsworth about their collaboration, Murder Most Lovely, the first in the Lacetown Murder Mysteries series. They talk about how they came up with the book, their process for co-writing and what’s still to come in the series. We also find out what’s coming up for each of them in 2019.

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