New Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast episode: Poetry about Love between Women in the 19th Century. Concluding our poetry series, with poems about love, sex, longing, loss, and admiration for fellow poets.

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It's 'On the Shelf' time for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast! Fewer new sapphic historicals than usual in April (or I was less successful at finding them). Have you discovered or been enticed to read something by hearing about it on the show?

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The first story in the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast's 2024 fiction series is out! Daniel Stride's 'Daughters of Derbyshire', set in a 17th c plague outbreak, has resonances for our own times.

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Current Amazon fantasy stories assume a strong association with sapphic relationships, but was that the case for classical and medieval depictions of Amazons? The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast examines the question.

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New Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast is out! 'On the Shelf' features updates on the LHMP, new and recent sapphic historical releases, and this month an interview with Lucy Holland! (Lucy Holland)

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New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog: the erotic tension of Mistress and Maid in 19th century fiction.

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The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast 2024 fiction series line up is now posted:
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The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast's 'Our F/Favorite Tropes' series mostly looks at differences in how tropes play out for f/f vs m/f couples. But this time we look at a trope unique to f/f historic romance: the Bluestocking & the Amazon.

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The French translation of Daughter of Mystery will be coming out next month! So exciting! (I've had short fiction translated, but this is my first translated novel.) If you're hooked in to French SFF circles, please share.

L'Héritière des Mystères

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I've sent out the acceptance and rejection emails for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast's 2024 fiction series. Once contracts have been returned, I'll announce the line-up. Some very hard choices this time.

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It's the February 'On the Shelf' episode of the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast, complete with new release information for sapphic historicals and me nattering on about something or other.

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And...submissions are closed for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast's 2024 fiction series! Next up: reading and making hard choices.

If you submitted a story and have NOT received an acknowledgement email, contact me through social media immediately (email may have issues).

Last call for story submissions for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast! Anything received before I log in tomorrow morning makes the cutoff. The last-minute flurry has been gratifying, but really, you don't have to wait for the last minute!

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Tomorrow's a work-on-site day for me, so I won't be able to do much last-minute rah-rah for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast's 2024 fiction submissions. But tomorrow is the last day to submit. If it isn't in my in-box when I wake up Feb 1 it's too late.

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Coming down to the wire! Submissions for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast's 2024 fiction series close after tomorrow. The final flurry is coming in.

If you have submitted a story and not gotten a confirmation email, please reach out.

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Three more days until submissions close for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast's 2024 fiction series. Last chance for us to buy your sapphic short story for audio publication!

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It's getting time for the last-minute flurry of submissions for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast's 2024 fiction series! Make those last edits, check everything twice, and send it in. Submissions close at the end of January.

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Been a little distracted lately by crunching Hugo nomination numbers, but let's not forget that submissions for the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast 2024 fiction series close in less than a week!

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This week, the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast tackles the history of lesbians and ... ah ... ahem ... um ... sex toys.

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