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Interview with Olivia Waite The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 123 with Heather Rose Jones

A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.

In this episode we talk about:

• What attracted her to writing historical stories
• How the Ladies’ Guide started as a straight romance and the contrast in social dynamics
• Exerience versus imagination in writing romance
• Bi representation in romance
• Figuring out how your characters understand their sexuality
• What it’s like to publish f/f romance with a mainstream publisher
• The experience of being a bisexual woman reading lesfic
• Classical erotic literature and the range of sexual experiences
• Trying to get into the heads (or other organs) of people in history
• The next two books in the “Feminine Pursuits” series
• Books mentioned
  • The Ladies’ Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
  • Rule Breaker by Cathy Pegau
  • An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole (m/f historical romance)

A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.)

Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
• Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
• RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
• Twitter: @LesbianMotif
• Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
• The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

Links to Heather Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com
• Email: Heather Rose Jones
• Twitter: @heatherosejones
• Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Links to Olivia Waite Online

• Website: oliviawaite.com
• Twitter: @O_Waite
• Instagram: o_wow_waite