Wrote Podcast
378 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsJoin Vance Bastian, SA Collins, and their guests in weekly podcast discussions about LGBTQ storytelling in all genres and mediums
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Ep166 - Gabriel Lyons - Drooling Just Thinking About It
June 01, 2018 05:30 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBGabriel Lyons joins us to talk about his latest novel, Ice on Fire. He also shares how writing as therapy has helped face an attack in his past. Be advised this episode does briefly mention rape.
Ep165 - Hans M Hirschi - Don't Do This Without Parental Supervision
May 25, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBHans M. Hirschi returns to the show to share his latest novel Returning to the Land of the Morning Calm, to talk about how he weaves all the elements of life into a story, and why he's a feel-good writer.
Ep164 - Shara Godwinson - I'm Kind of Like a Cat
May 18, 2018 05:30 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBShara Godwinson joins us to talk about her novel Dragon Fire, Angel Light and her soon to be re-released novel Tales of the Driss, Krystal Dragons. We also talk about how she's overcoming her disabilities to be a writer and the method behind her madness!!
Ep163-Kevin Klehr-A Good Femme Fatale
May 11, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBKevin Klehr talks about his latest release, Social Media Central, the creation of the book trailer and the pitfalls of advertising the trailer on Facebook. We also discuss the ins and outs of social media and the lengths Kevin went through to cast and produce the trailer using live actors.
Ep162 - Charlotte Reagan - The Sacred Cow
May 04, 2018 05:30 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MBCharlotte Reagan joins us to talk about her sweet novel Just Juliet and her slightly more real novel Loving Lakyn. We also talk about Young Adult (YA) versus New Adult (NA), what's on our bookshelves, and Charlotte drops some awesome recommendations.
Ep161 - Kaelan Rhywiol - The Vale Between Worlds
April 27, 2018 05:30 - 53 minutes - 73 MBKaelan Rhywiol joins us to discuss xyr upcoming novel, Bloodbound, which features own voices demisexuality, non-binary, mixed-race rep, touch aversion, gray aromanticism, kink, and bi/pansexuality. We discuss the need for all types of representation in literature as well as get some information Kaelan's editor-mind would like to share with authors.
Ep160 - MD Neu - Cross Gender, Cross Culture, Cross Economics
April 20, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBM.D. Neu joins us to chat about his works, with a deep look into the immortal vampires from his novel The Calling, as well as how our books are discovered, and the reality that LGBTQA is cross culture, cross gender, cross economics!!
Ep159 - Lee James - I Don't Need to Draw You A Picture
April 13, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBLee James returns to talk with us about his new novel Threads, and about searching for a mainstream publisher after life among the boutique publishers, including children as characters, and world building when your work isn't romance driven.
Ep158-Sharita Lira-From My Own Crazy Brain
April 06, 2018 05:30 - 46 minutes - 63.5 MBSharita Lira, who writes as Michael Mandrake (and a couple others), joins us to discuss her latest books in the Immortals series AND the Protekt series. Additionally, she drops a bomb on Vance when she tells him she's one of the founders of the Queer in Color resource for authors and readers! https://www.queerincolor.com
Ep157-Jeff McKown-The Opposite of What I Intended
March 30, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBThis week Jeff McKown joins us to talk about writing his first novel, Solid Ground, the line between fiction and autobiography, and living the writing life!!
Ep156-Debbie McGowan-Connoisseur Sounds Much More Classy Than Fanatic
March 23, 2018 05:30 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MBDebbie McGowan joins us to talk about her experience as an author on the submission treadmill and how those experiences led to her founding Beaten Track Publishing to provide assisted independent publishing for authors!!
Ep155-FE Feeley Jr-A Fun Return to the Dark Side
March 16, 2018 05:30 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBF.E. Feeley Jr. returns to discuss "Closer" - his latest novel, his adventures in poetry, and the meaning of art.
Ep154 - J Scott Coatsworth - And Then This Happened
March 09, 2018 06:30 - 54 minutes - 75 MBJ. Scott Coatsworth returns to talk about his latest release Lander, breaking into self-publishing, and announce the Queer SciFi Flash Fiction Contest Theme!
Ep153 - Kevin Snow - The Price of Admission
March 02, 2018 06:30 - 1 hour - 117 MBKevin Snow joins us to talk about his latest work Fear and Loathing in Mouschwitz, his experiences with sexual harassment in the entertainment industry, and the meaning of gonzo journalism! ** WARNING: This episode contains frank discussions on sensitive topics that might make some listeners extremely uncomfortable. Please listen at your own discretion. And, as with every episode, the views of the guest do not necessarily represent the views of the podcast or its founders. **
Ep152 - Trevor Barton - Not All Of Them Spark
February 23, 2018 06:30 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBTrevor Barton joins us to talk about his Brobots series, futurology, and keeping the writing accessible! ** NOTE: Trevor Barton composed and performed all of the music used for this episode, and has graciously allowed us to use it for his interview! **
Ep151-Tom Baker-All The Positive Things In Your Life
February 16, 2018 06:30 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBTom Baker joins us to talk about his latest novel Green, life in the military before Don't Ask-Don't Tell, prose poetry, and to share his 2018 recommendations!
Ep150 - Hannah Carmack - I Guess What Changed Was Me
February 09, 2018 06:30 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBHannah Carmack joins us to talk about her first novel Seven-Sided Spy, poetry, the visibility of disabilities in fiction, her spotify playlist, and working with youth through STEM Reads!
Ep149 - Mel Gough - Serial Numbers Filed Off
February 02, 2018 06:30 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBMel Gough joins us to talk about her first novel A World Apart, her fan fiction roots, and then she shares some give-away goodies!
Ep148-Rebecca Langham-And That's By Design
January 26, 2018 06:30 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBRebecca Langham joins us to talk about her first novel Beneath the Surface, playing Broomball, genre-before-romance, being Australian, and then drop the dish on her next book!
Ep147 - Jeff Jacobson - Gruff & Scrindr
January 19, 2018 06:30 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBJeff Jacobson returns to talk about breaking his first novel into two books, The Boy Who Couldn't Fly Straight and The Boy Who Couldn't Fly Home, where his series is heading, and his first big fancy book launch!
Ep 146 - BA Brock - Admittedly Wide Rule
January 12, 2018 06:30 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBBen Brock joins us to talk about his first novel, King of the Storm, bisexuality, pansexuality, and being trans in the MM community!
Ep 145 - AE Ross - Hey I Can Do This
January 05, 2018 06:30 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBA.E. Ross joins us to talk about their first novel, Run in the Blood, coming to novel-writing from screen- and animation writing, and writing that represents non-binary identities, mental health, and chronic illness!
Ep 144 - Keely - Toby - Lots of Colors
December 29, 2017 06:30 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBThis week two teens, Keely on the West Coast and Toby in the Midwest, join us to talk about what they like in books and media, and what they'd like to see more of!
Ep 143 - Meredith King - You Cant Get Happier Than Happy
December 22, 2017 06:30 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBMeredith King joins us to talk about what Diverse Reader is and what they offer, as well as give some insight into successful vs. not-so-successful promotion!
Ep 142 - Robin Reardon - Are You Out of Your Mind It's All About Love
December 15, 2017 06:30 - 1 hour - 88 MBRobin Reardon joins us to talk about her motto, why she started writing LGBTQ, why she writes for teens specifically, and how she includes all manner of subjects into her work!
Ep 141 - Lindsay Pierce - Resiliency
December 08, 2017 06:30 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBLindsay Pierce joins us to talk about her breakout novel, Trans Liberty Riot Brigade, the dystopian themes we're seeing come to life, the nature of Y/A, and the importance of resiliency!
Ep 140 - Christian Baines - A Kiss Kill Love Fight Relationship
December 01, 2017 06:30 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBChristian Baines joins us to talk about his latest novel, Skin, writing the paranormal and the world-building behind it, dark heroes and LGBTQ antiheroes!
Ep139-Baz Collins Vance Bastian-Out of Print
November 24, 2017 06:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBThis holiday week (for the US listeners) is just Baz and Vance celebrating what's GOOD in queer storytelling across all mediums. We acknowledge there's still more work to do, but we're in it this week to talk about what's great about living in this era of evolving representation. A lot of our discussion is centered around GLAAD's recent report regarding this topic. While they cite only 7% representation, what is there, they say, is QUALITY work. Vance and Baz discuss the reasons we, as q...