The utterly lovely oracle of a human Lauren Eve is with us in the Podfort today, and we are deeply in love. Lauren is the first poet we’ve had grace the Podfort, and we jump right into structuring a poetry collection so it has a narrative, putting your heart on the page, and her process of introspection and journaling leading to her poems. We then dig into being a word geek, writing work that inspires others to create art, and how confidence as an artist and person leads to braver and more in...

The brilliant and wonderful and deeply kind Carrie Byrd is with us in the Podfort today and wow do we have a big ole lesbian crush on her. This is an exceptionally special conversation that you’ll want to revisit over and over again. Centering on Loser of the Year, Carrie’s debut novel, which drops in the Summer 2024, Carrie talks to us all about writing fire queens, having a goal of liberation rather than merely representation in her writing, and how her ethnoreligious identity influences he...

We did it y’all! We finally have a non-writer in the Podfort and it’s none other than the reigning queen of sapphic fine art Halie Torris. It was such an honor to get to talk to Halie about painting from the sapphic gaze, multimodal storytelling, art as a distillation of queer joy, and simply forgetting men exist. We also dive deep into queerness and religious trauma, beard drawings, the importance of sapphic artists taking up space, how the artists’ job is to stand in wonder at the world, an...

Today in the Podfort we are joined by Bold Stroke Books romance writer, all-around awesome human, and resident sad girl writer (in the best way) Morgan Lee Miller. In this wonderful and wide-ranging conversation, we talk about Morgan’s truly adorable writing roots before digging into the art of writing both adult and young adult romance novels, exploring darker themes within the context of romance, and the importance of mental health representation in art. We have an incredible conversation a...

In something out of a dream, the brilliant Milena McKay joins us in the Podfort today. In this wide-ranging conversation, McKay's discusses her fanfiction roots, her greatest influences, and we get really nerdy about the craft of writing romance novels. We deep dive her novels, talk about telling a story from the Ice Queen's point of view, the gift of sensitivity readers, and so much more. This was a dream guest and a dream of a conversation, and we really think you are going to love it! GET ...

Addison Clarke joins us in the podfort to talk about writing a book a month, creating an interconnected series without planning deeply, writing mental health issues/neurodivergence from personal experience, creating a sapphic utopia, and writing the parents we wished we had. We dig into creating cozy, readable stories, fancasting your characters, using the pop culture you love in your stories, and laughing about negative reviews with friends. We finish up talking about engaging with fans and ...

Nobody freak out (Macon is fully freaking out) but sapphic romance wunderkind and genuinely terrific person Haley Cass is in the Podfort today and it’s so much Better than Expected. We discover how In the Long Run being a child with dyslexia helped Haley fall in love with stories, explore how her fanfiction roots helped her become the writer she is today, and discuss Haley’s weirdly healthy approach to using comments and reviews to make her a better writer. After that we talk about the unexpe...

We are beyond honored to have sapphic romance powerhouse and all-around incredible human JJ Arias join us in the Podfort today. We dive deep into the importance of conflict in romance, why good banter and sex come from the same place, and the brilliant way JJ conceptualizes her heroines. We then talk about her upcoming (THIS WEEK) release Losing Control (please get this book, it’s dumb how good it is) and the importance of aspirational sapphic art that is queer as fuck, getting representation...

Today Liz puts Macon in the hotseat as they discuss the release of her debut novel The Flight Risk. They talk about knowing you are a writer, the process of writing The Flight Risk, Liz asks Macon to explain herself (if you know, you know), and listeners finally get to learn Macon’s big three - which she apologies for, but only a little. NOTE: This conversation has MAJOR spoilers for The Flight Risk, so if you haven’t yet read to novel please read it and return. You have been warned.You can b...

It’s an auspicious day here in the Podfort as we are joined by the incredible and deeply wise Frankie Fyre for a truly special conversation we can’t stop thinking about. Using Frankie’s first full-length novel, The Honeymoon Mix-Up, as a jumping-off point, we dive deep into craft, talking about hearing your characters, being a planster, writing wounds and the healing journey/character growth, and writing sex that serves the plot. We also discuss the importance of writing diversely well and th...