Interview with T.T. Thomas
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - episode 17b
A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.
In this episode we talk about
What T.T. finds so interesting about the decades around 1900
Her fascination with the Regency-era figure of Anne Lister, whose diaries discuss her affairs with women in code
Using professional journals, dictionaries, and court records for historic research
Correspondence as a medium of storytelling
How T.T.’s international family history inspired her settings
The cross-country romantic odyssey of The Blondness of Honey from San Francisco to Chicago
The story-within-a story of Vivien and Rose: when your characters start writing their own gothic romantic adventures
Writing less common takes on sexuality
Speaking of sex in code and metaphor, both in historic documents and fiction
Mistress of Mogador and researching cultures very different from your own
Publications mentioned:
Whitbread, Helena ed. 1992. I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8147-9249-9
Whitbread, Helena ed. 1992. No Priest But Love. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8147-5077-X
Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander by Ann Herendeen (m/m/f historical romance)
The Blondness of Honey by T.T. Thomas
Vivien and Rose by T.T. Thomas
A Delicate Refusal by T.T. Thomas
Mistress of Mogador by T.T. Thomas
More info
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Website:
https://www.ttthomas.com
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