New month, new "On the Shelf" episode at the #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast! This month, in addition to the usual round-up of new and recent #LesbianHistoricalFiction and #SapphicHistoricalFiction we have 2--count them, two--interviews: Dee Holloway talks about her new book Little Nothings from Queen of Swords Press, and Lianyu Tan talks about her Lammy-winning The Wicked and the Willing.

https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-262-shelf-july-2023

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject June "On the Shelf" episode is up, with your usual round-up of new fiction, history books I"ve been shopping for, and notes on what I've been reading lately.

https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-260-shelf-june-2023

#LesbianHistoricalFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction #LesbianHistoricalRomance #SapphicHistoricalRomance #LesbianHistory

New #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast: the April "On the Shelf" episode, with new book listings, updates on the blog, and my random natterings on topics relating to #SapphicHistoricalFiction #LesbianHistoricalFiction
https://lesbianhistoricmotif.podbean.com/e/on-the-shelf-for-april-2023-the-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-255/

New #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast up today! Another in the series "Our F/Favorite Tropes" -- this time tackling "friends to lovers" and "enemies to lovers" and how these tropes work differently for #sapphic couples in #historicalromance https://lesbianhistoricmotif.podbean.com/e/our-ffavorite-tropes-part-6-friends-or-enemies-to-lovers-the-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-252/
#LesbianHistoricalFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction

New #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast up today! Another in the series "Our F/Favorite Tropes" -- this time tackling "friends to lovers" and "enemies to lovers" and how these tropes work differently for #sapphic couples in #historicalromance https://lesbianhistoricmotif.podbean.com/e/all-is-silence-by-heather-rose-jones-the-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-250/
#LesbianHistoricalFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction

Put together a resource I've been thinking about for some time: a cumulative index of all the fiction episodes on the #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast. Check them out!

https://alpennia.com/blog/index-fiction-episodes

#LesbianHistoricalFiction #LesbianFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction #SapphicFiction

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The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject’s “On the Shelf” podcast for January 2023: a look back at our content in the past year; how “book spam” hides recent releases in Amazon searches; new #LesbianHistoricalFiction and #SapphicHistoricalFiction; and an interview with author and poet Jennifer Nestojko.

https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-248-shelf-january-2023

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The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject’s “On the Shelf” podcast for January 2023: a look back at our content in the past year; how “book spam” hides recent releases in Amazon searches; new #LesbianHistoricalFiction and #SapphicHistoricalFiction; and an interview with author and poet Jennifer Nestojko.

https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-248-shelf-january-2023

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject’s “On the Shelf” podcast for January 2023: a look back at our content in the past year; how “book spam” hides recent releases in Amazon searches; new #LesbianHistoricalFiction and #SapphicHistoricalFiction; and an interview with author and poet Jennifer Nestojko.

https://alpennia.co/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-248-shelf-january-2023

Please boost!

Time to really push publicity for the #LesbianHistoricMotifProject 's open fiction submissions period for the podcast.

In January, we will be open for submissions of short stories (up to 5K words) in the field of #SapphicHistoricalFiction and #LesbianHistoricalFiction (including some types of historic fantasy).

We pay 8 cents a word and publish the stories in audio on the podcast and on our blog.

For submission details: https://alpennia.com/lhmp/essays/call-submissions-2023-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-fiction-series

It's another "Our F/Favorite Tropes" podcast! This time, the #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast tackles widows as romance heroines in f/f historicals. https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-246-our-ffavorite-tropes-part-5-widows #LesbianHistoricalFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction

New story for patrons!
Pygmalia creates the perfect woman in this lesbian retelling of the Pygmalion myth. What happens when the power of #Aphrodite turns her into flesh & blood?

Illustrated version with a sensual artwork by @greypetrel@tumblr.com:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/illustrated-and-75323960

Plain text version:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/fiction-hearts-75431727

#indieAuthor #erotica #wlw #lesfic #mythology #GreekMythology @mythology @lesfic #sapphfic #sapphic #SapphicHistoricalFiction #LesbianHistoricalFiction

Recent Releases in Lesbian/Sapphic Historicals

The Secret of Matterdale Hall by Marianne Ratcliffe

A gothic mystery with romantic elements.

https://bellowspress.com/books/

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject wants to spread the word about #LesbianHistoricalFIction, #SapphicHistoricalFiction and historic fantasy. We haven’t read every book and inclusion isn’t necessarily a personal recommendation.

New #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast with the roundup of recent books, an interview with Marianne Ratcliffe and a bit of cheerleading around the vulnerability of our communities in the face of monopoly.

https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-245-shelf-december-2022

The Project features lesbian-relevant historical research and boosts sapphic historical fiction with new release listings, author interviews, writing process discussions, and new audio fiction. #LesbianHistory #LesbianHistoricalFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction

It must be the monthly ritual of searching for new releases in #LesbianHistoricalFiction and #SapphicHistoricalFiction through Amazon keywords because I am once again ranting about "why does the keyword "lesbian" turn up more gay male titles than lesbian ones?????" I know the answer, of course. People just fill in all manner of LGTBQ keywords on the theory that...what...someone who is looking for f/f books might buy an m/m one because it's at the top of the search results?

Recent Releases in Lesbian/Sapphic Historicals

The sapphic content of The Veronica Nash mysteries by A.J. Matthews wasn't previously clear, but the 8th book, Death on the Rocks, from Extasy Books, Inc. mentions the 2 women being on a honeymoon.
https://www.extasybooks.com/Death-on-the-Rocks

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject wants to spread the word about #LesbianHistoricalFIction, #SapphicHistoricalFiction and historic fantasy. We haven’t read every book and inclusion isn’t necessarily a personal recommendation.

Recent Releases in Lesbian/Sapphic Historicals

Hot Keys by R.E. Ward from Bold Strokes Books is part of a recent trend for Jazz Age settings with danger and romance!

https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/hot-keys-by-re-ward-3964-b

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject wants to spread the word about #LesbianHistoricalFIction, #SapphicHistoricalFiction and historic fantasy. We haven’t read every book and inclusion isn’t necessarily a personal recommendation.

Recent Releases in Lesbian/Sapphic Historicals

That Dickinson Girl: A Novel of the Civil War (Forgotten Women #1) by Joan Koster from Tidal Waters Press https://www.joankoster.com/that-dickinson-girl-a-novel-of-the-civil-war/

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject wants to spread the word about #LesbianHistoricalFIction, #SapphicHistoricalFiction and historic fantasy. We haven’t read every book and inclusion isn’t necessarily a personal recommendation.

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast presents "Our F/Favorite Tropes - Part 4" with a look at how a "Kissing Lessons" trope can work for female couples in historic romance. Some tropes need a little tweeking for f/f pairs, but kissing lessons are already there in the historic record!

Podcast: https://lesbianhistoricmotif.podbean.com/e/our-ffavorite-tropes-kissing-lessons-the-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-244
Transcript: https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-244-our-ffavorite-tropes-kissing-lessons
#LesbianHistoricalFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction

@AimeeMaroux I’ve been debating whether to try relying on hashtags or whether to set up a specialized alias on gup.pe. I’m not entirely convinced that the latter are a good idea, given that there doesn’t seem to be a way to moderate how they’re used. But I’ll keep using #SapphicHistoricalFiction and #LesbianHistoricalFiction and hope they get taken up generally.