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Interview with KJ Charles The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 114 with Heather Rose Jones

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

In this episode we talk about:

• The delights of Edwardian genre fiction: country house murders and spies
• The attractions of writing romance protagonists with wealth and power
• Why KJ will never write about dukes
• How does “happily ever after” differ for f/f and m/m romances in history?
• The economics of women opting out of marriage
• Historical fiction as a way to avoid dealing with mobile phones in your plot
• Why KJ tackled an f/f romance
• The economics of reading and publishing f/f historicals
• Different flavors of f/f romance
• Trying to write political disaster fiction in the middle of a political disaster
• Books mentioned
  • Proper English by KJ Charles
  • Think of England by KJ Charles (in same series but with m/m romance)
  • Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan
  • A Lady’s Desire by Lily Maxton
  • A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian
  • A Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
  • Spectred Isle by KJ Charles
  • Last Couple in Hell (forthcoming) by KJ Charles (sequel to Spectred Isle)
  • Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles (m/m)

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 KJ Charles Online

• Website: kjcharleswriter.com
• Twitter: @kj_charle