The Big Gay Fiction Book Club Premiere: Arctic Heat by Annabeth Albert

Mar 31, 2020 |

In the premiere episode of the Big Gay Fiction Book Club, Jeff and I spend an entire episode taking a deep dive into Annabeth Albert’s romance Arctic Heat. We had a terrific time talking about this story of a man who finds his true love while volunteering with a grumpy park ranger in the remote grandeur of the Alaskan wilderness.

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More Books Than You Can Shake a Stick At – BGFP episode 233

Mar 25, 2020 |

We remind everyone that the first episode of the Big Gay Fiction Book Club, featuring Annabeth Albert’s Arctic Heat, will arrive on Tuesday, March 31. Jeff also updates everyone on the funds raised by the Romance for Literacy project.

Jeff talks about the new album Losing my Mind: A Sondheim Disco Fever Dream and then reviews Risk Taker, the latest in the Mixed Messages series by Lily Morton.

Jay from Joyfully Jay and Lisa from The Novel Approach recommend books from TJ Klune, E.M. Lindsey, Russ Thomas, Lucy Lennox, Jordan Castillo Price, Nora Phoenix and Sophie Gonzales.

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Advice From Nora Phoenix, Nick Thacker, and Meghan Maslow – Big Gay Author Podcast episode 36

Mar 22, 2020 |

After discussing the state of the world (we can make it through this), Jeff gives some updates on the ongoing release activities for his latest book, Keeping Kyle. I talk about the key takeaways from BookBub Mastery by Nick Thacker and Nora Phoenix’s appearance on 20 Books to 50k’s Facebook channel, chatting about Seven Things for Successful Authors. Author Meghan Maslow also joins Jeff for a round of Q&A.

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The Fantastical Worlds of Author TJ Klune – BGFP episode 232

Mar 16, 2020 |

Jeff and I are happy to say that the podcast made the list of Book Riot’s “33 of the Best Book Podcasts for All Genres.”

Jeff reviews TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea and then TJ joins Jeff for a discussion about Cerulean Sea, including the Wikipedia article that sparked the idea, the story’s unique setting, the children that populate the orphanage and the message he hopes the book conveys. They also talk about the May release of The Extraordinaries and the August wrap up of the Green Creek series.

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A New Look For An Established Series With Author TM Smith – BGFP episode 231

Mar 9, 2020 |

Jeff kicks off this week’s episode by discussing the series concept, as well as the cover reveal for his forthcoming book, Keeping Kyle. He also highlights a new fundraiser for Pro Literacy. We recap our recent TV watching including Netflix’s Toy Boy, Freeform’s Good Trouble and the CW’s Katy Keene.

Jeff reviews Xio Axelrod’s Frankie and Johnny: Let the Music Play. Then it’s a double dose of K.M. Nuehold as Will reviews Caulky and Jeff looks at Rocket Science.

Tammy Middleton, who writes as TM Smith, shares the upcoming re-release of Gay for Pay, under the new series title Stories from the Sound. She discusses the works she’s done not only on Gay for Pay but the rest of the series along with news of two brand new books to come. She also has details on her new Chaos Magician series.

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