Big Gay Fiction Podcast

Jeff & I recap our writing week with updates on Jeff’s Codename: Winger #3 as well as our co-written book, The Hockey Player’s Heart, which now has a publication date of January 15, 2018.

Jeff reviews The Queen & The Homo Jock King by TJ Klune and Harmonious Hearts 2017, an anthology of LGBTQ+ YA stories written by authors aged fourteen to twenty-one. I review Lace Covered Compromise by Silvia Violet and Two for Trust by Elle Brownlee. Together, we talk about Santa’s Husband, a children’s book written by Daniel Kibblesmith with illustrations by AP Quach.

Jeff interviews Adam Reynolds and Chaz Harris, the creators of the Promised Land children’s book. They discuss the origin of that book as well as their new project, Maiden Voyage, which has a Kickstarter running through November 13.

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Jeff and I recap our crazy post-GRL week and make note of events happening in the upcoming days: Big Gay Fiction Podcast’s second podcast-iversary on November 2 as well as Will’s birthday coming on November 4. Of course there’s also Halloween on October 31.

NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, gets underway on Wednesday and we discuss how Jeff’s being a rebel this time out.

An Entertainment Weekly story on “The Moonlight Effect” is discussed, along with the movies the article covers.

Jeff interviews his co-authors from the Changing on the Fly: The Second Period charity anthology. Heather Lire, V.L. Locey and RJ Scott discuss why the anthology is back for a second year, their stories from the anthology and what’s coming up next for each of them.

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National Coming Out day is Wednesday, October 11 and we discussed why the day continues to  be important. There’s a second book coming from the Promised Land creators. The Kickstarter for Maiden Voyage begins October 11 and we encourage listeners to back the project.

Dani from Love Bytes Reviews joins the show to discuss a number of authors she’s been reading lately that she’s enjoyed, plus two books that are coming up soon that she’s looking forward to.

Jeff reviews The Lawrence Brown Affair and The Ruin of a Rake, both by Cat Sebastian, as well as the recently released gay hockey romance charity anthology Changing on the Fly: The Second Period. I review City Boy by A. E. Wasp (OMG sooo damn good!).

The 2017 GRL Blog Tour continues with Meghan Maslow who discusses her new book and tells us what she loves about going to GayRomLit. She also got a giveaway for that new book.

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The charity anthology Changing on the Fly: The Second Period, which benefits the You Can Play project, releases on October 4. The anthology features four terrific new stories by Jeff, Heather Lire, V.L. Locey and RJ Scott.

We briefly recap our trip to Sacramento, where we’ll likely move in 2018.

We congratulate Derek & Romaine for winning Best LGBTQ Podcast in the 12th Annual People’s Choice Podcast Awards. Jeff and I also give a shout out to one of our new favorite podcasts, Talk of the Toon, which recaps Masters of the Universe episodes.

Christina from Christina Bookshelf stops by to talk about her recent focus on debut authors.

Jeff & Will review the Matthew Bourne production of The Red Shoes, which just wrapped up its U.S. premiere in Los Angeles.

Jeff talks to Author Marshall Thornton and voice artist Joel Leslie about their collaboration on the audiobook of Femme, Marshall’s 2016 novel that was nominated as Best Gay Romance at the Lambda Literary Awards. They also discuss what Marshall and Joel have coming up next.

All this and more can be found at BigGayFictionPodcast.com!