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TB has just survived an excruciatingly close call with her March 1 editing date for Two of a Kind, the cowrite with Miranda MacLeod. In good news, IHL hit 30,000 views in February, a record! And, A London Love Story, the Kindle Vella series, made it to the first page of the top-faved chart.
Clare is almost finished with the first draft of her book, a good thing since the edit deadline is quickly approaching. The narrator working on Change of Heart is nailing the Scottish accent, and TB can’t wait to listen. Big London Dreams won Best Sapphic Historical Romance of 2021. Toot toot! Clare’s going to see Tottenham, and fingers crossed they win, but there’s no guarantee because they’ve been all over the place this season.
They move on to the topic: the explosion of queer fiction. Clare came up with this topic for the podcast after speaking with a New York Times literary critic, because Clare’s fancy like that, about the influx of queer fiction advance reader copies. Clare gives her views on why queer fiction has garnered the attention of big publishers.
What do you think about the explosion of queer fiction, and what are your favorite books?
Head over to www.lesbianswhowrite.com, and leave a comment on the episode. Or you can email them at: lesbianswhowrite@gmail.com.
Next week, they’ll be discussing if they’re good publishers.
Happy listening!
Clare and TB
Links:
IHL: iheartlesfic.com
A London Love Story: www.amazon.com/A-London-Love-Story/dp/B09KP4SRJ5/
Change of Heart: www.amazon.com/Change-Heart-Clare-Lydon-ebook/dp/B09K6QQ4QS/
Big London Dreams: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08V36KP4B/
I’m so glad queer fiction exploded. I remember only 10 years ago when I was trying to figure out my identity and it was impossible to buy queer fiction in mainstream bookstores and being as I lived at home I had to look at Barnes and Noble or other chains. It makes me happy to see the success of authors writing books with LGBT characters and it makes me happy for the younger generation to have stories to read that are about them.
We keep saying visibility matters, and your story is one of the reasons why it’s vital to have queer stories. Thanks for listening! TB
Loved the main topic, but my comment is about football (or “soccer” for TB). My debut lesfic book comes out in a few weeks (Perks of Office, Ylva Publishing), but my WIP is a sapphic football romance. For research I’ve been watching a heap of English football, and Spurs women are a firm favourite. Looking back I can’t believe I hadn’t heard the name Shelina Zadorsky a few short months ago!
I absolutely love the pod. I’m learning so much and I look forward to it each week.
Congrats on upcoming debut! Don’t forget to send an email to IHL to have it included in the new release newsletter. Here’s the link explaining how to submit a book: https://iheartlesfic.com/new-lesfic-releases/authors/
Best of luck with your WIP and thanks so much for listening! TB