Big Gay Fiction Podcast

This week Jeff interviews TJ Klune and Kirt Graves. Ravensong, the sequel to TJ’s best selling Wolfsong, came out this week. TJ discusses what readers can look forward to in Ravensong, which takes place before, during and after the events in the first book. TJ also discusses what’s still to come in the Green Greek series.

Kirt relates how he got into audiobook narration, how he got the Wolfsong job (which was his first) and the recording of that book. Kirt and TJ also discuss how their collaboration works.

Other topics include what draws readers to Joe and Ox, the length of books and why TJ likes long stories. Both of them discuss what’s in their futures as well, including TJ’s upcoming The Extraordinaries series and October’s The Bones Beneath My Skin.

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We congratulate and thank author/advocate Suzanne Brockmann, who accepted her Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award with a powerful and passionate speech.

We also discuss the documentaries Making Fun: The Story of Funko and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.

I review The Veranda, the third in Rosalind Abel’s Lavender Shores series. Jeff reviews Imperial Stout, the first book in Layla Reyne’s new Trouble Brewing series.

Layla then talks with Jeff about her new series, as well as the Agents Irish & Whiskey series, how she got her start and what’s still to come.

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Jeff and I kick off the show by looking back at some of their favorite summertime vacation memories.

The Coastal Magic Reading Challenge is discussed.

I’m so happy!!! We celebrate the news that Pose will get a second season on FX! We also discuss the new series from Brian Sloan called West 40s as well as season 3 of the Starz series Outlander. The Amazon original A Very English Scandal is also reviewed.

I review The Garden, the second of Rosalind Abel’s Lavender Shores series (it’s sooo god). Jeff reviews Geoffrey Knight’s The Temple of Time and Rachael Herron’s Fast Draft Your Memoir: Write Your Life Story in 45 Hours.

Lisa from The Novel Approach drops by to recommend two series from Gregory Ashe–Hazard and Somerset and HallowFolk–as well as The Heretic Doms Club series by Marie Sexton.

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Jeff reviews the audiobooks With A Kick Collection #1 by Clare London and narrated by Joel Leslie and Hearts in Ireland by J.C. Long with narration by John Steinkamp. He also discusses the children’s book Maiden Voyage. I review The Palisade by Rosalind Abel and narrated by Kirt Graves.

We recently talked to Jennifer Morris, the director of the Coastal Magic Convention. We get all the details on the 2019 gathering, why she started the con and how she curates the weekend’s activities. Jeff and I will be attending Coastal Magic in late February and can’t wait to see everyone there!

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Big Announcement! The Big Gay Fiction Podcast will be joining the fun at the 2019 Coastal Magic Convention (February 28 – March 3 in Daytona Beach, Florida).

For movies this week, Jeff talks about the extras on the Love, Simon Blu-Ray while I talk about two older films featuring gay leading men of yesteryear–Jack the Giant Killer and The Female Animal.

We remind everyone that Maiden Voyage, the second book from the duo behind last year’s Promised Land, arrives on June 26. I review Prince & Knight and The Story of Harvey Milk & The Rainbow Flag. Meanwhile, Jeff discusses C.B. Lee’s Not Your Sidekick.

Jeff and I visited Sacramento’s Lavender Library, Archives, and Cultural Exchange to interview board member Trevor Neeley. We talk about the history of the library, what its mission is, how it serves the community and what’s coming as it prepares to celebrate its 20th Anniversary. To see Trevor give a tour of the library, go to the last eight minutes of this week’s YouTube video.

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