In this episode of the Big Gay Fiction Book Club, Jeff and Will discuss LOL: Laugh Out Loud by Lucy Lennox & Molly Maddox.
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Jeff talks about the new Netflix series Hollywood, which premieres Friday, May 1. Will reminds everyone that the April Big Gay Fiction Book Club episode featuring LOL: Laugh Out Loud by Lucy Lennox and Molly Maddox drops on Tuesday, April 28.
Jeff reviews Surreal Estate by Jesi Lea Ryan and Will reviews Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian.
K.M. Neuhold is here to talk about Nailed, the latest in the Four Bears Construction series that releases on May 1. She also discusses the Love Logic series, her co-writing with Nora Phoenix and what got her started writing m/m romance. There's also some teasers about what she's working on next.
Complete shownotes for episode 238 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff talks about an article he wrote for Frolic featuring some of his favorite m/m hockey romances to read since there's no hockey on TV. Will lets people know what's happening in this month's Patreon bonus episode.
Will reviews Temporary Husband by Dev Bentham while Jeff talks about The Fever King by Victoria Lee.
Julian G. Simmons joins Jeff this week to talk about his work as the narrator of Jordan L. Hawk's Whyborne & Griffin series. Julian shares about how he got the gig and how he prepared to record the books. He also discusses his background in performing as well as his writing and producing projects.
Complete shownotes for episode 237 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff reminds everyone about the release of the Hockey Allies Bachelor Bid Romances. The guys congratulate Smart Podcast, Trashy Books and Sarah Wendell for releasing episode 400 last week.
Candy Miller from Interlude Press talks with Jeff about The Tiny Book Fest, which takes place on Sunday, April 19 and Sunday, April 26 with several panels designed to bring authors and readers together to celebrate books in a virtual environment.
Alice Archer discusses her new novel, The Infinite Onion. She has details on what prompted her to write the story of Grant and Oliver and where the title comes from. She also chats about her other books, Repeating History and Executive Decision, as well as telling the story of how she got started writing.
Complete shownotes for episode 236 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff talks about this week's release of Keeping Kyle and the rest of the Hockey Allies Bachelor Bid Romances. The guys also announce the April pick for the Big Gay Fiction Book Club, LOL: Laugh Out Loud by Lucy Lennox and Molly Maddox. They also shout out a live-streamed, benefit performance of Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart that takes place Monday, April 6.
Jeff & Will recommend some great things available on streaming services to help pass the time. The picks include TV shows Toy Boy and Time After Time, documentaries At The Drive-In, Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four and Man Made, and movies The Sun is Also A Star, I Am Jonas, Just Friends and The Thing About Harry.
As a sample of what happens on the Big Gay Author Podcast, Jeff & Will present four author Q&A's that have appeared on that show. L.A. Witt, Gregory Ashe, Layla Reyne and Lucy Lennox each offer insight into their writing process, successes and failures, as well as offer advice to those just starting out.
Complete shownotes for episode 235 are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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In the premiere episode of the Big Gay Fiction Book Club Jeff and Will have a deep dive discussion about Annabeth Albert's Arctic Heat.
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The guys remind everyone that the Big Gay Fiction Book Club premieres this week. They also note the passing of playwright Terrence McNally.
Jeff reviews Someday, Someday by Emma Scott.
RJ Scott, V.L. Locey, Susan Scott Shelley and Chantal Mer join Jeff for a conversation about the Hockey Allies Bachelor Bid Romances they created. Each author talks about their book in the shared universe as well as the experience of creating the Hockey Allies world, sharing characters between the stories and why they think hockey romances continue to be so popular.
Complete shownotes for episode 234 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Will reminds 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.
Complete shownotes for episode 233 are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff and Will announce 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 the 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.
Complete shownotes for episode 232 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff talks about the cover reveal for his forthcoming book, Keeping Kyle. He also highlights a new fundraiser for Pro Literacy. The guys also recap their 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 K.M. Nuehold double feature 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.
Complete shownotes for episode 231 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff and Will announce the new Big Gay Fiction Book Club, which debuts in March with Annabeth Albert's Arctic Heat.
The guys have an extended conversation with Frank W. Butterfield who talks about 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.
Complete shownotes for episode 230 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff & Will are live from the Coastal Magic Convention! They open the show talking about a new Kickstarter campaign from Suzanne Brockmann and Jason T. Gaffney. They also discuss the Freeform film The Thing About Harry and the new CW series Katy Keene. They also reveal the highlights from their weekend at Coastal Magic.
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.
Complete shownotes for episode 229 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff & Will congratulate Adriana Herrera and the other winners of The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction for 2019. They also discuss audio fiction podcast The Two Princes becoming an animated show and thank Kendra for sending some beautiful artwork.
Jeff reviews Brent Hartinger's The Otto Digmore Decision and Will reviews The Good, the Bad and the Dad by Jaxon Knight.
Jamie Sands joins us to talk about the Fairyland Romance series they write as Jaxon Knight and His Piratical Harem as Drake LaMarque. Jamie gives us the scoop on both series and what's coming up in them. We also hear how they got their start writing and what brought them to m/m romance.
Complete shownotes for episode 228 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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The guys offer up a new installment of Romance Revisited featuring recently re-released books.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Jeff reviews Erin McLellan's Candy Hearts.
Brent Hartinger is here to talk about his latest book, The Otto Digmore Decision, the latest installment in the universe he began with Geography Club. He also has the details on Project Pay Day, a new movie that's expected to be out later this year. Brent also discusses the digital nomad life he leads with his husband, author Michael Jensen.
Complete shownotes for episode 227 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff & Will shout out a special mini-series from Smart Podcast, Trashy Books that detail the recent issues with the Romance Writers of America. They also discuss the finale of NBC's The Good Place and the Netflix series AJ and the Queen.
Will reviews 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.
Complete shownotes for episode 226 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff mentions the books he released last week. The guys talk about some TV they've been watching, including EastSiders: The Documentary and 911 Lone Star. They also discuss the sneak peek they got of Charlie David's GRL documentary and Jason T. Gaffney's new project at Dekkoo.
Jeff reviews When Frankie Meets Johnny by Xio Axelrod and Triangulation by Gregory Ashe. Will reviews Avery Ford's 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.
Complete shownotes for episode 225 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff & Will kick off this week talking about their recent appearance on the Tea & Strumpets podcast where they talked about Cat Sebastian's The Soldier's Scoundrel. They also have an installment of Romance Revisited.
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. Will reviews 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.
Complete shownotes for episode 224 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff & Will discuss their upcoming appearance on the Tea & Strumpets Podcast to chat about Cat Sebastian's The Soldier's Scoundrel. They also announce that their co-written book, The Hockey Player's Heart, will re-release Wednesday, January 15 as it celebrates its second anniversary.
Will reviews Rival Princes by Jaxon Knight. Jeff reviews Rescue Me by K.M. Nuehold, Cloud Cover by Jeffrey Sotto and Fearlsong by TJ Klune.
K.D. Edwards discusses The Hanged Man, the second book in his Tarot Sequence series. He talks about his re-telling of the Atlantis myth and how the tarot works into the books. He also gives some insight into where the series is going next, a YA book he wants to write and how amazing his readers are.
Complete shownotes for episode 223 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff & Will 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 they wrote together, is on pre-order for a January 15 re-release and will also be in KU. Will also looks at other re-release titles in this week's installment of Romance Revisited.
The guys 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.
Complete shownotes for episode 222 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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As 2019 closes out, we look back at the top podcast episodes from this year. Of course, we also talk about favorite books! Jay from Joyfully Jay and Lisa from The Novel Approach talk with Jeff about their top picks and then Jeff gives his list.
Complete shownotes for episode 221 are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff & Will wish everyone a very happy holiday week before getting into this episode's installment of Romance Revisited.
Jeff reviews the new movie, Cats. The guys talk about the Netflix original film Let it Snow. The final holiday books of the season are reviewed as Will discusses Daryl Banner's Making the Naughty List while Jeff looks at Mangoes and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera.
Coastal Magic Convention Featured Author Z.A. Maxfield talks to Jeff about the upcoming installment in her Brothers Grime series as well as the sequel to Home the Hard Way. They also talk about her story in the Footsteps in the Darkanthology as well as what else she's got planned for 2020.
Complete shownotes for episode 220 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff & Will congratulate Casey McQuiston for Red, White & Royal Blue's wins in the Goodreads Choice Awards. They also shout out the Rainbow Awards winners from the past week.
The new segment Romance Revisited is unveiled and Jeff briefly talks about three holiday stories among the re-releases now available.
It's all about holiday books this week as Will reviews Mr. Right Now by Annabeth Albert and He's Behind You by Clare London. Jeff reviews A Royal Christmas Cruise by Max Walker and The Christmas Dragon's Mate by Silvia Violet.
A E Ryecart joins Jeff and Will to talk about her holiday stories A Christmas Wedding and The Boss of Christmas Present. She also talks with the guys about her other series, how she got started in writing and what led her to gay romance as well as where she might be headed in 2020.
Complete shownotes for episode 219 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff & Will welcome Kirt Graves as the new voice of the show.
This week we present a conversation Jeff had at GRL 2019 with wives, authors and all-around creatives BA Tortuga and Julia Talbot. They discuss how they met and started writing together, the publishing company they once formed with friends and how they published some of the first books that make up the gay romance genre we know today. We also find out how the question "what if" is the foundation for so many of their projects as well as what they've released for this holiday season.
Complete shownotes for episode 218 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff talks about Rivals and Room Service, two holiday short stories he re-released this week.
Jeff reviews the third book in Layla Reyne's Fog City series, A New Empire.
Gregory Ashe, Layla Reyne and L.A. Witt join Jeff for a discussion about romantic suspense. The authors talk about why it's a genre they love to write, how they mix the suspense and romance and what they think makes a good book in the genre. Along the way, each of them reveal some facts about their stories that surprised Jeff. They also tell fans what they can expect in 2020.
Complete shownotes for episode 217 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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Jeff & Will wish everyone a celebrating this week a very Happy Thanksgiving! They also share a statement they made this past week about Dreamspinner Press.
The EastSiders season 4 trailer is shared and Will talks about the new Flowers in the Attic Blu-Ray edition. Books reviewed this week include American Love Story by Adriana Herrera, A Christmas Wedding by A.E. Ryecart and the first two books in Charlie Cochet's North Pole City Tales series.
Charlie Cochet also talks about the re-release of North Pole City Tales and the THIRDS series as well as a new installment of the Paranormal Princes series that is coming soon. Charlie is a Featured Author at the 2020 Coastal Magic Convention and she discusses what she loves about attending that con.
Complete shownotes for episode 216 along with a transcript of the interview are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.
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