Episodes
Big Gay Fiction Podcast – Episode 38 – Joe Okonkwo Talks “Jazz Moon,” GRL Blog Tour with Tali Spencer, Jay Dishes Audiobooks & More
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This week featuring
Tali Spencer
Jeff and Will kick off this week’s show with no new updates because they’re on a roadtrip– off to see The Wiz at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival!
Another show they’re looking forward to is the first ever live stream from Broadway with She Loves Me streaming on June 30. Will discusses Sin-A-Rama, a book about the history of 60’s sleaze paperbacks.
As part of the 2016 GRL Blog Tour, Tali Spencer talks about her latest book, Victory Portrait.
Jeff and Will discuss recent movies they’ve seen–My Name is Doris and 4th Man Out–before welcoming Joyfully Jay back to the podcast to chat about favorite audiobooks and narrators.
Joe Okonkwo joins the podcast for an interview about his debut novel, Jazz Moon, along with his author inspiration and advice for other first-time novelists.
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Big Gay Fiction Podcast – Episode 37 – GRL Blog Tour with Carrie Pack, Lisa with Book Recs, Big Giveaway & More
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This week featuring
Carrie Pack
Jeff had big publishing news this week as Codename Winger #1: Tracker Hacker was contracted by Harmony Ink Press for a Fall 2017 release. He’s also participating in Love Is Proud, a charity anthology coming from JMS Books which will benefit the victims and families of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Love’s Opening Night was also re-submitted this past week for consideration as a full novella.
The guys discuss this past week’s Tony Awards, which they felt was the best in years.
Carrie Pack visits as part of the Official GRL Blog Tour. The guys also unveil a giveaway where podcast listeners have the chance to win a 7″ Fire tablet loaded with books from the authors appearing on BGFP as part of the blog tour.
Moving on to pop culture for the week, the Pride issue of Entertainment Weekly is discussed as well as Eastsiders season 2, a new show called Truth Slash Fiction that’s premiering at SeriesFest on June 23, as well as pilots from Amazon–The Last Tycoon with Matt Bomer and a reboot of the Kroftt classic Sigmund & The Sea Monsters.
Lisa from the Novel Approach stops by to talk about five books she’s excited about this month.
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Big Gay Fiction Podcast – Episode 36 – Derrick McClain Interview, GRL Blog Tour with Jennah Scott & More
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This week featuring
Jennah Scott
Jeff kicks things off with a writing update before singing the praises of a book he recently finished: The Long Season by Michael Vance Gurley–a gay hockey romance set in 1926 Chicago.
Jennah Scott joins us for the 2016 GRL Blog Tour to talk about her recent book Evan’s Luck, which she co-wrote with H. Sterling. She talks Kansas City BBQ!
Jeff & Will discuss the recently released author’s earnings report as well as some specific figures released by thriller/non-fiction author (and podcaster) Joanna Penn. Will goes on to celebrate filmmaker Irwin Allen, whose 100th birthday was on June 12.
To celebrate audiobook month, voice over artist Derrick McClain is welcomed to the podcast. Derrick discusses how he came to love gay romance, how he got started as a narrator and answers the burning question: is it difficult or embarrassing to narrate a sex scene.
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Big Gay Fiction Podcast – Episode 35 – Richard Taylor Pearson Interview, GRL Blog Tour with Jaime Reese & More
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This week featuring
Jaime Reese
The guys kick off the show wishing everyone a happy Pride month. Jeff talks about Mississippi YA librarian Stefani, who created a Pride display only to have it removed by her library before the day was over due to complaints. Jeff encourages everyone who sees organizations supporting the LGBTQ community to thank them in an effort to make sure love always trumps hate.
After Jeff updates his writing progress for the week, the Official 2016 GRL Blog Tour kicks off with Jaime Reese talking about her latest book, A Mended Man and her cover design work as her alter ego Reese Dante.
Will talks about the recently released author lineup for February 2017’s Costal Magic convention. And, following up on last weeks discussion of #GiveElsaAGirlfriend and #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend, Jeff highlights an essay he read this week called “Fandom is Broken”.
Debut novelist Richard Pearson stops by to talk about The Role. The interview went long, so this week there’s a bonus segment on the the podcast and YouTube feeds with nearly fifteen more minutes with Richard.
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Big Gay Fiction Podcast – Episode 34 – Summertime Reads, Greg Talks “The Cosmopolitans” & More
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Jeff reports that editing is going well on his Mackinac Island set novella, which now has a title Somewhere on Mackinac. He also discusses a rejection from an anthology submission call, as well as some great reviews he’s thankful for.
The guys discuss the trending hashtags #GiveElsaAGirlfriend and #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend before moving on to the season finales of The Voice and Dancing with the Stars.
Greg from the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division stops by to talk about author Sarah Schulman. And, in celebration of the unofficial start of summer with Memorial Day, Jeff & Will each offer up five recommendations for your summer reading list.
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Big Gay Fiction Podcast – Episode 33 – Charlie David Interview, Poppy Talks BEA, GRL Blogger & More
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Jeff kicks off the week with news that the Hat Trick Box Set has gone into wide release. The guys also announced that the podcast has been selected to be a GRL Featured Blogger ahead of the GayRomLit event in October. Authors attending GRL will start appearing on the podcast in June.
Will talks about the Hot Dudes Reading book, while Jeff reviews two books he recently finished: Joe Okonkwo’s Jazz Moon and Scott Pomfret’s The Second Half: A Gay American Football Story. They guys also talk about an essay Brandon Witt posted on Love Bytes detailing where he’s at in his efforts to be a full time author.
Dreamspinner’s marketing director Poppy Dennison stops by to talk about Book Expo America/Book Con before Jeff and Will welcome author/actor/storyteller Charlie David to talk about the re-release of his book Mulligans along with some other projects he’s working on.
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