Big Gay Fiction Podcast

Jeff and I have got big news! We announce the brand new Big Gay Fiction Book Club, which debuts in March with Annabeth Albert’s Arctic Heat. (see our Patreon page for more information)

Also in this episode, we have an extended conversation with author Frank W. Butterfield who details his universe of more than 50 books that began with A Nick Williams Mystery series and continues with The Adventures of Nick & Carter, Daytona Beach Books and The Romantical Adventures of Whit & Eddie. Frank talks about the origin of Nick Williams, the research he does to get the history of the books right and the 20-book 2020 series A Nick & Carter Holiday.

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This week Jeff and I are coming to you live from the Coastal Magic Convention in Daytona Beach! We open the show talking about a new Kickstarter campaign from Suzanne Brockmann and Jason T. Gaffney. We also discuss the delightful Freeform rom-com The Thing About Harry and the new CW series Katy Keene. We also reveal the highlights from their weekend at Coastal Magic.

Author Xio Axelrod talks to Jeff about her Frankie & Johnny books as well as Alt Er Love. Her musical background and love of the Norwegian show Skam are discussed as is how she got into writing romance. Jeff also finds out what’s coming up next for her.

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Jeff and I kick things off this week by mentioning that we loved the finale of NBC’s The Good Place and the Netflix series AJ and the Queen.

I review The ABC’s of Spellcraft Collection Volume 1 by Jordan Castillo Price and Jeff reviews 19 Love Songs by David Levithan.

Jordan joins Jeff to talk about the Spellcraft books as well as Bitter Pill, which is the eleventh book in the PsyCop series. Jordan details the origins of both series, talks about what’s coming next and also what got her started as an author.

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Jeff mentions the books he released last week. We talk about some TV we’ve been watching, including EastSiders: The Documentary and 911 Lone Star. We also mention the sneak peek they got of Charlie David’s GRL documentary (it’s truly wonderful) and Jason T. Gaffney’s new project at Dekkoo.

Jeff reviews When Frankie Meets Johnny by Xio Axelrod and Triangulation by Gregory Ashe. I review the first two books in Avery Ford’s new series, Trust Me and Believe Me.

Macy Blake talks with Jeff about The Chosen One series, which has its finale on February 4 with the release of Stop at Nothing. Macy also shares her plans to continue writing in the Chosen One universe, how much fun she’s had with it and what its earliest origins were.

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Jeff and I recently had the pleasure of appearing on the Tea & Strumpets podcast where we talked about Cat Sebastian’s The Soldier’s Scoundrel. We also have the latest installment of Romance Revisited re-release recommendations.

Jeff talks about his musical theater binge that included the Broadway revival of West Side Story, the Alanis Morissette musical Jagged Little Pill and a third visit to Dear Evan Hansen. I review the sweet theme park romance, Mischief & Mayhem by Jaxon Knight.

Coastal Magic Featured Author Meghan Maslow joins us to talk about the third book in her Starfig Investigations series and also shares what’s still to come. She also discusses what she’s looking forward to at Coastal Magic this year.

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Happy New Year! Jeff and I kick things off with an announcement that Jeff’s hockey romance Head in the Game is now in Kindle Unlimited and that The Hockey Player’s Heart, a second chance romance we wrote together, is on pre-order for a January 15 re-release (it will also be in KU). I look at other re-release titles in this week’s installment of Romance Revisited.

We talk about season 4 of the Netflix series Eastsiders as well as Chuck Tingle’s latest short story Not Pounded By Romance Wranglers Of America Because Their New Leadership Is From The Depths Of The Endless Cosmic Void. Jeff also reviews Risk Assessment by Parker St. John.

Matt Lubbers-Moore talks with Jeff about ReQueered Tales, a publishing company with the mission to bring back out-of-print gay fiction. Matt discusses the first books they’ve released, what’s involved in securing the rights to the books and some of the wonderful reactions they’ve had with authors and their families as they’ve reached out about these books from long ago. Plus, we find out what’s on ReQueered’s wish list.

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