Zane Winslow and Thalia Chase answer the question - Taking charge in bed as a lesbian. Is is true that Butch in the streets, Femme in the sheets a real stereotype? What happens if you don't like the take-charge role in bed?

Thalia and Zane are fictional characters played by the authors who write them Darla Baker and KA Moll respectively.

This week on Women and Words, Jove Belle and Andi Marquette are giving away a book

9 May: Regular Women and Words contributor, author Jessie Chandler, interviewed author Jeanine Hoffman on her work and a few other things going on in her life. Jeanine has two novels coming out from her publisher, Regal Crest. Jeanine is giving away an ebook.

Direct link to the interview at Women and Words is HERE.

 

Find Jeanine Hoffman at her website.

10 May: Life coach and psychologist Angela Grace joined WaW for its monthly series, “Ask the Pro.” Here, Angela talks about the importance of exercise not only for the physical body, but the writer’s brain. 

Direct link to Angela’s blog at Women and Words is HERE. 

11 May: Regular Women and Words contributor, author Carsen Taite, was joined by fellow authors Michelle Grubb and Ali Vali. All three wrote novellas that appear in a new anthology published by Bold Strokes Books, Girls With Guns. 

Read the blog at Women and Words HERE.

 

Find Girls With Guns at Bold Strokes Books. 

12 May: Women and Words is super-excited to introduce you to author Fiona Zedde, who is now a regular contributor. Fiona’s introductory blog will give you a taste of how awesome that is. 

Read the blog at Women and Words HERE.

 

Find Fiona at her website, too.

13 May: Women and Words regular contributors, authors Andi Marquette and R.G. Emanuelle, are giving away 5 ebook copies of their latest co-edited anthology, Order Up: A Buffet of Lesbian Romance and Erotica. This is a read before you can buy situation, since the book is not available for sale until next week.

Go to the blog at Women and Words HERE. 

14 May: Women and Words regular contributor Erin Saluta poses a question about what “home” might mean, and how it expresses in some of the lesfic titles she’s read.

 

Read it at Women and Words HERE.

15 May: Women and Words is giving away a copy of Jewelle Gomez’s 25th Anniversary Edition of her amazing The Gilda Stories.

 

Get signed up to win a copy at Women and Words HERE.

 

Les Do Books

The Sci-Fi That Made Brooklyn Fall In Love

 

Brooklyn and Tara, Reviewers at The Lesbian Review have started their very own podcast where they discuss books.

This week Tara reveals Brooklyn's secret crush on a character, they talk about some sci-fi and an Agatha Christie style novel that Tara really loved.

 

Brooklyn also chats about a book she could not stop thinking about when she had finished it.

 

You can contact them on [email protected] 

In this episode of The Write Stuff Suzie Carr chats to us about how she does social media marketing. She gives us 7 fantastic marketing tips and breaks down what SEO is and how authors can use it.

Suzie Carr chats to us about how she does social media marketing. 

She gives us 7 fantastic marketing tips 

and breaks down what SEO is and how authors can use it.

This week Harper Bliss and Her Mrs (Caroline) chat about their first audio book. How it was made and what was stopping them from making them before. 

You can get Seasons Of Love on audible | You can find Harper Bliss at her website www.HarperBliss.com or you can find their publishing company at www.Ladylit.com | You can also find all our reviews for Harper Bliss on www.TheLesbianReview.com 

Meet Zane and Thalia. They meet weekly at a cafe where they discuss problems that people send in. 

In this episode they have question about infidelity and whether or not she should tell her soon to be wife of her indiscretion. 

Contact them on www.therapy.cafe and send them your questions to be included in the show.

Note: This is a fictional podcast. Thalia Chase and Zane Winslow are fictional characters created by Darla Baker and KA Moll respectively. The authors play the parts of their characters when answering these questions and the advice is not a replacement for real therapy. This is purely for entertainment.

D. Jordan Redhawk blogged at Women and Words on Monday 2 May about writing good villains/antagonists, called “Love Your Antagonist.”

Women and Words direct link here

 

D. Jordan Redhawk’s website

Jove Belle did another installment of her marketing series at Women and Words on 4 May about Amazon Author Central.

Women and Words direct link

Jove Belle’s website 

R.G. Emanuelle blogged about “The Importance of Self Love” at Women and Words on 5 May, about why it’s important to take care of yourself in this crazy writing world when everybody is vying for attention.

Women and Words direct link

R.G. Emanuelle’s website

Discussed R.G.’s latest release, a novella titled “Have a Bite,” book 1 in the Vampires of Brooklyn Chronicles, starring a vampire chef. It’s available at Amazon in paperback here

And it’s available as an ebook at Ylva Publishing

Women and Words posted its Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions book lists on Friday, 6 May. That means lesfic and feminist fic as well as LGBT nonfic books we think might be of interest to readers are posted. Hot off the Press is the current month (May) and coming attractions is the next month (June). WaW posts these lists once a month, usually the 2nd or 3rd Friday. WaW also maintains a static page that we update regularly.

Women and Words direct link, Hot off the Press 

Women and Words direct link, Coming Attractions

 

Women and Words link to static page of new and forthcoming releases

 

Reader Erin Saluta, who is a regular WaW contributor, posted on 7 May about what she loves when she binge-reads lesfic in “I Just Can’t Get Enough!”

Women and Words direct link

 

Jove and Andi discussed a bit about fanfic. There are a lot of sites with fanfic; here are two we’ve been reading: 

Archive of Our own 

Fanfiction.net

Others: Athenaeum (Xena)

Royal Academy of Bards

 

Andi Marquette and R.G. Emanuelle will be giving away copies of their latest anthology, Order Up: A Menu of Lesbian Romance and Erotica, on Friday, 13 May at Women and Words (no direct link yet). The way giveaways at WaW work is this: We post a blog for a giveaway, and to get into the drawing, people leave comments on that blog post. We generally run giveaways for 2-3 days, so there’s time for people around the world to sign up. Order Up is the second food and romance/erotica-themed anthology Andi and R.G. have edited together. The first, All You Can Eat: A Buffet of Lesbian Romance and Erotica, was a Lambda finalist.

Link to Ylva Publishing Order Up

Link to Ylva Publishing All You Can Eat

Jove and Andi chatted about a panel they’re on at the

In this episode of Book Clips Heather Rose Jones reads from her novel Daughter Of Mystery.

The Blurb: 

Margerit Sovitre did not expect to inherit Baron Saveze’s fortunes—even less his bodyguard, a ruthlessly efficient swordswoman known only as Barbara. Wealth suddenly makes Margerit a highly eligible heiress and buys her the enmity of the new Baron. He had expected to inherit all, and now eyes her fortune with open envy. 

Barbara proudly served as the old Baron’s duelist but she had expected his death to make her a free woman. Bitterness turns to determination when she finds herself the only force that stands between Margerit and the new Baron’s greed. 

At first Margerit protests the need for Barbara’s services, but soon she cannot imagine sending Barbara away. And Barbara’s duty has become something far more hazardous to her heart than the point of a sword. But greater dangers loom than one man’s hatred—the Prince of Alpennia is ill. Deadly intrigue surrounds the succession and the rituals of divine power known as The Mysteries of the Saints. 

Heather Rose Jones debuts with a sweeping story rich in intrigue and the clash of loyalties and love.

Find our review on www.TheLesbianReview.com | Get this book on Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Les Talk About It

Lesbians Are Not Girly

Les Talk About It is a lesbian talk show this week we answer listener mail and tell you why it's okay to be girl (or not) and we play a game of lesbian themed 30 Seconds.

Note for those who are of drinking age

 

 

Also for those who have listened to the show, Amarula Cream Liqueur is available in the USA, UK and Australia, we checked. Go get yourself a bottle and enjoy on the rocks, in a creme brûlée or a grownup milkshake (YUM!).

 

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