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WLW & lesbian historical romance & historical fiction (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #6)

 

Today’s F/F Fiction Crossword Puzzle features a genre that is one of my favorites: WLW & lesbian historical romance & historical fiction. I mean, what’s not to love? Historical fiction allows us to live the past instead of reading dry facts. We get to be swept away to a far-off time and place–may it be the Old West, the Middle Ages, the World Wars, or Regency England. So I hope you’ll enjoy imaginary trips to the past while you attempt to solve this crossword puzzle.

 

Read up on the rules

If you are discovering the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge only now, read up on the rules and prizes, then come back here and try to solve the WLW & lesbian historical romance & historical fiction puzzle. You can also still send in the solutions for the previous puzzles.

You can either download the crossword grid by right-clicking on the picture below or download the PDF with the crossword grid and the clues. You don’t necessarily need a printer to play. You don’t need to send in the filled-out puzzle; all you need to do is email me the solution phrase.

 

So, here’s the WLW & lesbian historical romance & historical fiction crossword puzzle:

 

Here are the clues for the lesbian historical romance & historical fiction puzzle:

Backwards to Oregon by Jae: What does Amy name Luke’s horse?
Invisible, as Music by Caren J. Werlinger: What subject does Meryn teach?
A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian: What is the surname of Molly and Alice’s employer?
Survived by Her Longtime Companion by Chris Paynter: What is the first name of movie star Daphne DeMonet’s longtime companion?
Westward We Women by Diane Sisterwoman: What’s the name of Natalia’s best school friend?
Golddigger by Hilary McCollum: What’s the name of Frank Moriarty’s only friend in New York?
Prairie Hearts by JB Marsden: In which US state is Carrie pioneering?
A Lady’s Desire by Lily Maxton: What does Win’s perfume smell like?
Secrets Well Kept by Lynn Ames: Nora receives a letter offering her a job. What’s the last name of the person who sent her the letter?
Kickin’ Rocks by Marianne K. Martin: What is Jada’s first major worry/concern?
The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite: What animal is on the handle of Catherine’s teacup?
Carmilla and Laura by S D Simper: What forest does Laura live on the outskirts of?
Kicker’s Journey by Lois Cloarec Hart: Who named Kicker?
Charity by Paulette Callen: What is Gustie’s real first name?
Lies of Omission by Elena Graf: What’s the name of Margarethe von Stahle’s mentor?

 

Check back for hints

If you are struggling to solve the puzzle, check back this weekend. I’ll invite the authors to post hints in the comments section of this blog that will help you solve the puzzle. Some authors will also drop by my Facebook Reader Group to give you some hints.

 

Send me the solution to be entered into the drawing for the WLW & lesbian historical romance & historical fiction puzzle

Once you solved the historical romance & historical fiction crossword puzzle, send me the solution phrase, and you’ll be entered into the drawing for:

one ebook copy of The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite,
a signed paperback copy of  Invisible, as Music by Caren J. Werlinger,
a signed paperback copy of  A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian,
a signed paperback copy of   Secrets Well Kept by Lynn Ames.

To be entered into the drawing, send me the solution by March 20, 10 a.m. CET. I’ll draw the winners using a random numbers generator.

You’ll also be entered into the drawing for the grand prize at the end of the year, with a chance to win a book package, plus an autograph book full of autographs of popular WLW & lesbian fiction authors.

You’ll find my email address on my contact page.

 

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WLW & lesbian books from Bold Strokes Books (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #5)

 

After the Ylva Publishing puzzle last month, it’s time for another publishers edition. Today’s crossword puzzle is featuring the biggest publisher of WLW & lesbian books: Bold Strokes Books. Bold Strokes Books has published over 1,000 works by more than 200 authors, among them reader favorites such as Radclyffe (whose alter ego founded BSB), Melissa Brayden, Rachel Spangler, Kris Bryant, Meghan O’Brien, Ali Vali, Cari Hunter, Jenny Frame, and many, many more.

 

Read up on the rules

If you are discovering the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge only now, read up on the rules and prizes, then come back here and try to solve the Bold Strokes Books puzzle. You can also still send in the solutions for the previous puzzles.

You can either download the crossword grid by right-clicking on the picture below or download the PDF with the crossword grid and the clues. You don’t necessarily need a printer to play. You don’t need to send in the filled-out puzzle; all you need to do is email me the solution phrase.

 

So, here’s the Bold Strokes Books crossword puzzle:

Here are the clues for the Bold Strokes Books puzzle:

Temptation by Kris Bryant: What sport does Brook’s son play?
Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer: What is the name of the TV Show that stars Quinn Kincaid?
Love Like This by Melissa Brayden: What was the name of the boutique that Hadley Cooper worked at?
Her Best Friend’s Sister by Meghan O’Brien: At what age did Claire develop a crush on Alex?
Taking Sides by Kathleen Knowles: In which state is the book set?
A Wish Upon A Star by Jeannie Levig: Who names Leslie’s dog?
Above All, Honor by Radclyffe: Who is the detail of Commander Cameron Roberts’s new assignment?
Timeless by Rachel Spangler: What is the name of Stevie’s doctor?
The Shape of You by Georgia Beers: What’s the name of the gym where Rebecca works?
A Royal Romance by Jenny Frame: What Royal Navy ship did Princess Georgina serve on for 5 years?
The Inheritance by Ali Vali: What strange ingredient is in the 12-layer cake that Willow is looking forward to eating?
Pursuit of Happiness by Carsen Taite: What does Meredith think is her number one asset?
A Quiet Death by Cari Hunter: What kind of crime cases do the EDSOP detectives work?
Line of Duty by VK Powell: What color hair does Dylan have?
Not Since You by Fiona Riley: Lexi may not be the cleanest or most organized roommate, but she is the most ____.

Check back for hints

If you are struggling to solve the puzzle, check back this weekend. I’ll invite the authors to post hints in the comments section of this blog that will help you solve the puzzle. Some authors will also drop by my Facebook Reader Group to give you some hints.

 

Send me the solution to be entered into the drawing for the Bold Strokes Books puzzle

Once you solved the Bold Strokes Books crossword puzzle, send me the solution phrase, and you’ll be entered into the drawing for one ebook copy of Temptation by Kris Bryant and a signed paperback copy of Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer.

To be entered into the drawing, send me the solution by March 13, 10 a.m. CET. I’ll draw the winners using a random numbers generator.

You’ll also be entered into the drawing for the grand prize at the end of the year, with a chance to win a book package, plus an autograph book full of autographs of popular WLW & lesbian fiction authors.

You’ll find my email address on my contact page.

 

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WLW & lesbian slow-burn romance novels (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #4)

 

I hope you are having fun with the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge! For our fourth puzzle, I picked one of my favorite tropes: wlw and lesbian slow-burn romance novels.

Slow-burn romances are novels in which the romance develops gradually. Instead of falling in love or jumping into bed in chapter 1, the characters take the time to really get to know each other, forming a deeper connection, and that’s what I like about this kind of romance novels.

 

A big shout-out to my helpers!

Before I give you the clues, though, I’d like to thank all the people who supplied clues for some of the puzzles. A big shout-out to my wonderful helpers!

 

Read up on the rules

If you are discovering the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge only now, read up on the rules and prizes, then come back here and try to solve the slow-burn romance puzzle. You can also still send in the solutions for the previous puzzles.

You can either download the crossword grid by right-clicking on the picture below or download the PDF with the crossword grid and the clues. You don’t necessarily need a printer to play. You don’t need to send in the filled-out puzzle; all you need to do is email me the solution phrase.

 

So, here’s the WLW & lesbian slow-burn romance crossword puzzle:

Here are the clues for the slow-burn romance puzzle:

The Roommate Arrangement by Jae: What item do Steph and Rae play tug-of-war with?
And a Time to Dance by Chris Paynter: What state is the main locale of the book?
The Truth by Erica Lee: Carly has a blog called, “Some people make mistakes. I _____ them.”
Living by Lise Gold: What’s the name of Ella’s assistant?
Heist by MJ Duncan: Where did Parker and Sheridan first meet?
Charm City by Monica McCallan: In which city does the book take place?
Breaking Character by Lee Winter: In the indie movie Summer and Elizabeth are making together, how many “Little Pieces” are in the movie title?
Up on the Roof by A.L. Brooks: What is Lena’s occupation?
I Found My Heart in San Francisco by Susan X. Meagher: How many O’Flaherty first cousins does Ryan have?
Without a Front: The Producer’s Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey: What is the alien technology that has initiated a global debate?
Gulf Breeze by Gerri Hill: One reason Carly quit her job with the state was to get away from this.
Without Warning by KG MacGregor: How many minutes does Anna’s usual commute take?
Coming Home by Lois Cloarec Hart: What nickname does Terry give her beloved ancient Toyota?
A. Metro by RJ Nolan: Kim believes that the best way to start is with this kind of full patient status examination.
Contract for Love by Alison Grey: What’s the name of Sherry’s friend who watches her son when she’s at work?

 

Check back for hints

If you are struggling to solve the puzzle, check back this weekend. I’ll invite some of the authors to post hints in the comments section of this blog that will help you solve the puzzle. Some authors will also drop by my Facebook Reader Group to give you some hints.

 

Send me the solution to be entered into the drawing for the lesbian slow-burn romance puzzle

Once you solved the slow-burn romance crossword puzzle, send me the solution phrase, and you’ll be entered into the drawing for one ebook copy of I Found My Heart in San Francisco by Susan X. Meagher and a signed paperback copy of Living by Lise Gold.

To be entered into the drawing, send me the solution by March 6, 10 a.m. CET. I’ll draw the winners using a random numbers generator.

You’ll also be entered into the drawing for the grand prize at the end of the year, with a chance to win a book package, plus an autograph book full of autographs of popular WLW & lesbian fiction authors.

You’ll find my email address on my contact page.

 

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WLW & lesbian mysteries, crime fiction & thriller (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #3)

 

The F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge was off to a great start with the ice queen characters puzzle and the Ylva Publishing puzzle. Today’s puzzle is featuring WLW & lesbian mysteries, crime fiction, and thrillers.

If you are discovering the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge only now, read up on the rules and prizes, then come back here and try to solve the mysteries/crime/thriller puzzle.

You can either download the crossword grid by right-clicking on the picture below or download the PDF with the crossword grid and the clues. You don’t necessarily need a printer to play. You don’t need to send in the filled-out puzzle to play; all you need to do is email me the solution.

Here are the clues for the WLW & lesbian mysteries, crime fiction & thrillers crossword puzzle:

Huntress by A.E. Radley: Amy bans the police from her shop after they call her coffee what?
Maladaptation by Adan Ramie: How many dollars does Lee tip Sunny in the first chapter?
Collide-O-Scope by Andrea Bramhall: In which British Coastal County does Kate Brannon do her investigating?
Galileo by Ann McMan: What drink do Evan and Father Tim share the night they wait for the aurora borealis?
Steel City Confidential by Anne Hagan: What is the real first name of Ro’s murder suspect client?
Killer Instinct by Barbara Winkes: Killer Instinct is set during which holiday season?
No Good Reason by Cari Hunter: What does Sanne’s date put down next to the after-dinner mints?
A Matter of Blood by Catherine Maiorisi: What’s the name of Corelli’s captain?
Catch Me When I’m Falling by Cheryl A. Head: Who asks Charlie to investigate the murders of the homeless in Detroit?
Requiem for Immortals by Lee Winter: What is the surname of the composer whom Requiem uses to settle her mind before and after an assassination?
Strictly Need to Know by MB Austin: Who is Maji Rios assigned to protect from the mob?
Deadeye: A Luce Hansen Thriller by Meredith Doench: What is the name of Luce Hansen’s lover?
Phoenix by Mildred Gail Digby: What food does Pam suggest Ashe eat?
Stoner McTavish by Sarah Dreher: What’s the name of Stoner’s best friend?
Sandman by Tammy Bird: What color is the shoe found on the first of Sandman’s victims uncovered on the beach?

 

Check back for hints

If you are struggling to solve the mysteries/crime/thriller puzzle, check back this weekend. I’ll invite the authors to post hints in the comments section of this blog that will help you solve the puzzle. Some authors will also drop by my Facebook Reader Group to give you some hints.

 

Send me the solution to be entered into the drawing

Once you solved the crossword puzzle, send me the solution word, and you’ll be entered into the drawing for one ebook copy of Catch Me When I’m Falling by Cheryl A. Head and a signed paperback copy of Huntress by A.E. Radley.

To be entered into the drawing, send me the solution by February 16, 10 a.m. CET. I’ll draw the winners using a random numbers generator.

You’ll also be entered into the drawing for the grand prize at the end of the year, with a chance to win a book package, plus an autograph book full of autograph of popular WLW & lesbian fiction authors.

You’ll find my email address on my contact page.

 

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WLW & lesbian books from Ylva Publishing – (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #2)

 

If you have taken a look at the schedule for the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge, you know that I put together puzzles for several publishing houses that publish WLW & lesbian books. Every publisher whose authors submitted enough clues will get their own crossword puzzle—and indie authors will get a puzzle too.

Today, I’d like to start with my own publisher, so here’s the Ylva Publishing crossword puzzle.

If you are discovering the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge only now, read up on the rules and prizes, then come back here and try to solve the Ylva puzzle.

You can either download the crossword grid by right-clicking on the picture below or download the PDF with the crossword grid and the clues. You don’t necessarily need a printer to play. You don’t need to send in the filled-out puzzle to play; all you need to do is email me the solution phrase.

Here are the clues for the Ylva Publishing crossword puzzle:

The Roommate Arrangement by Jae: What’s the name of the comedy club where Rae works security?
L.A. Metro by RJ Nolan: What field of medicine does Dr. Kimberly Donovan specialize in?
Heart’s Surrender by Emma Weimann: What last name does Sam give the first time she meets Gillian?
Hot Line by Alison Grey: What is the name Christina uses when she works for the sex hotline?
Who’d Have Thought by G Benson: What pronoun does Hayden’s best friend Luce use?
Changing the Script by Lee Winter: What unusual color is the sand at the beach in California that Sam would love to visit?
The Club by A.L. Brooks: What’s the name of the woman Mandy was in love with for years?
A Lover’s Mercy by Fiona Zedde: What’s the name of Xóchitl’s sister?
Heartwood by Catherine Lane: In what mythical town does the book take place?
Code of Conduct by Cheyenne Blue: What’s the first name of the player who defeats Viva in her title defence at the US Open?
The Words Shimmer by Jenn Matthews: What is Mel’s profession?
Slammed by Lola Keeley: Which country does Elin represent when playing tennis?
Irregular Heartbeat by Chris Zett: What legendary creature is tattooed on Diana’s back?
The X Ingredient by Roslyn Sinclair: What kind of law does the idealistic Laurie Holcombe hope to go into?
Defensive Mindset by Wendy Temple: What team does Jessie play for?

 

Check back for hints

If you are struggling to solve the puzzle, check back this weekend. I’ll invite some of the authors to post hints in the comments section of this blog that will help you solve the puzzle. Some authors will also drop by my Facebook Reader Group to give you some hints.

 

Send me the solution to be entered into the drawing

Once you solved the Ylva Publishing crossword puzzle, send me the solution words, and you’ll be entered into the drawing for one ebook copy of Irregular Heartbeat by Chris Zett and a signed paperback copy of The X Ingredient by Roslyn Sinclair.

To be entered into the drawing, send me the solution by February 9, 10 a.m. CET. I’ll draw the winners using a random numbers generator.

You’ll also be entered into the drawing for the grand prize at the end of the year, with a chance to win a book package, plus an autograph book full of autographs of popular WLW & lesbian fiction authors.

You’ll find my email address on my contact page.

 

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WLW & lesbian books with ice queen characters – (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #1)

I’m very excited to share the first post of the long-awaited F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge with you. For our first crossword puzzle, I picked WLW & lesbian books with ice queen characters because that kind of heroine is quite popular with readers.

If you are unfamiliar with the term, an ice queen is a character who starts out as cold and prickly but usually thaws during the course of the book, often because they’re falling in love with the other main character.

If you missed yesterday’s post explaining the rules of the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge, read up on it here and then come back to solve the first puzzle.

So, without further ado, here’s the ice queen crossword puzzle.

You can either download the crossword grid by right-clicking on the picture below or download the PDF with the crossword grid and the clues.

 

Here are the clues for the ice queen crossword puzzle:

Going Up by A.E. Radley: What causes assistant Gemma’s productivity to take a nosedive?
Being Hers by Anna Stone: What’s Vanessa’s drink of choice?
Ice on Wheels by Aurora Rey: The New Orleans roller derby team is called the Big Easy ___.
The Shark: ShudderCon Las Vegas 5 by Cara Malone: Evelyn Green is known in Hollywood as a shark in a ___.
Sunsets and Shades by Erica Lee: What type of animal does Kinsley own?
Blend by Georgia Beers: What is the name of the wine bar?
Under a Falling Star by Jae: What nickname does Austen give Dee?
Lost Treasures by Jazzy Mitchell: At what event does Evelyn Allbright meet Victoria “Torry” Hansen for the first time?
Courting the Countess by Jenny Frame: What is Harry’s actual first name?
Blurred Lines by KD Williamson: What kind of pet does Nora own?
The Brutal Truth by Lee Winter: How does Elena Bartell’s signature line end? “We’re___”
Forbidden Melody by Magnolia Robbins: What is the name of the Chopin song that Juliet and Emma play during private lessons?
Someone Like You by Marian Snowe: What is Maggie’s sister’s name?
Tropical Storm by Melissa Good: What is Dar Robert’s first name short for?
Close to Home by Rachel Spangler: What’s the name of the town where the book is set?

 

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If you are struggling to solve the puzzle, check back this weekend. I’ll invite some of the authors to post hints in the comments section of this blog that will help you solve the puzzle. Some authors will also drop by my Facebook Reader Group to give you some hints.

 

Send me the solution to win a book

Once you solved the ice queen crossword puzzle, send me the solution word and you’ll get a free ebook! You don’t even need to be the first person to send me the solution since everyone wins a book for the first crossword puzzle they solve. You’ll find my email address on my contact page.

One person who sends in the correct solution word will also win a signed paperback copy of Blend by Georgia Beers, and one person will win an ebook copy of The Brutal Truth by Lee Winter. To be entered into the drawing, send me the solution word by February 2, 10 a.m. CET. I’ll draw the winners using a random numbers generator.

 

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The F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge

Welcome to the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge!

After the success of Lesbian Book Bingo in 2018, I wanted to put together another fun reading challenge for readers of f/f fiction in 2020, but this time, I wanted to do something new—and name it in a way that is more inclusive of all kinds of books about women-loving women (WLW). After a lot of brainstorming with some avid readers, I came up with the idea for an F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge.

 

What is the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge?

The F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge is a year-long event for readers of WLW and lesbian books. Each month, I’ll post three book-themed crossword puzzles on this blog. All of the crossword clues will be from books featuring female characters who identify as lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, trans, asexual, demisexual, queer, or questioning—so basically anything other than heterosexual.

 

The rules: How is F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge played?

If you have ever solved a crossword puzzle, you know how it’s done: For each clue, you fill in the white squares with letters, forming words or phrases either horizontally or vertically. If a word is hyphenated, e.g., good-looking, the hyphen goes into a square of its own. Answers can be composed of multiple words, e.g., flight attendant. In that case, the black squares indicate spaces between words. The gray squares give you the letters for the solution word or phrase, which you’ll always find below the crossword grid. Here’s a super easy example:

Clues:

What month comes after October?
What day comes before Tuesday?
Which state of the US lies south of North Dakota?

Here’s the solution:

For a more challenging example, check out this Jae crossword puzzle.
Once you solve a crossword puzzle, send me the solution word or phrase via email. In the easy-to-solve example above, the solution word would be “no.” You will find my email address on my contact page.
The most important rule: please never share any of the answers or solution words publicly! If you post the solution online, you’ll take away the fun for the other players.
You are allowed to collaborate with a buddy or even form a small team of up to four readers working together. Make sure you communicate via email, private messages, or offline so you’re not revealing answers to anyone outside of your team. If you are on Facebook, you might want to join my Reader Group to find a buddy or a team.
If you prefer to work on the crossword puzzles alone, that’s also an option, of course.
Pro tip #1: A lot of the answers will be hidden in the first few chapters of a book, which you can read online for free at the publishers websites or major online bookstores such as Amazon.
Pro tip #2: Check the comments section of each post every now and then. I’ll invite authors to share hints that will help you solve some of the more difficult clues.

 

What will be the categories for the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge?

I’ll post three crossword puzzles each month. If you’d like to know the categories of the crossword puzzles in advance, check out the schedule here.

 

What can you win and how?

You can win some great ebooks and signed paperbacks by participating in the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge. More than 500 books from over 40 publishers such as Bold Strokes Books, Bella Books, Ylva Publishing, Bywater Books, Desert Palm Press, Regal Crest, Dirt Road Books, as well as many indie authors are participating.

 

There are three ways to win:

You can win an ebook by solving the crossword puzzle of the week and sending me the solution word or phrase. The very first time you solve a crossword puzzle and send me the solution, you win an ebook. You don’t even need to be the first person to send me the solution. Anyone wins a book for the first crossword puzzle they solve. The deadline is December 31, 2020, 10 a.m. Central European Time.
For each crossword puzzle, I’ll also draw two winners. One person will win an ebook, and one will win a paperback. Send me each crossword puzzle you solve to be entered into the drawing. The deadline for these drawings is one month after the crossword puzzle is first posted.
For each crossword puzzle you solve, you’ll get one entry into the drawing for the grand prize at the end of the year. For example, if you send me the solution words for 20 crossword puzzles over the course of the year, you’ll have 20 entries. There’ll be 10 winners. Each one will win 10 signed paperbacks plus 10 ebooks. In addition, one reader will win this beautiful autograph book with autographs from some of the most popular authors in WLW & lesbian fiction. The drawing for the grand prize will be on December 31, 2020, 10 a.m. Central European Time.

Don’t miss any of the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge posts!

I’ll post the first official crossword puzzle tomorrow. To make sure you don’t miss any of them, I’d suggest subscribing to my blog so you’ll get each post sent to your in-box.

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Looking back at 2019 and writing goals for 2020

 

Like for many of us, the beginning of a new year is a time to look back at the past year for me—and a time to make plans and goals for the new year. Goal setting has helped me a lot as a full-time writer.

So, let’s see how I did on my goals for 2019:

 

Write and publish two English novels. 

I did achieve that goal.

Not the Marrying Kind , book 2 of the Fair Oaks series, was published in May.
The Roommate Arrangement , a romance novel about a feisty comedian and a brooding former cop, was published in October.

 

Translate and publish two German novels. 

That’s another checkmark on my list of goals.

I translated and published not only the German versions of Not the Marrying Kind and Hidden Truths, but also my short story collection Beyond the Trail in 2019. You can find all my German books on my German website.

 

Write two short stories. 

I did manage to write two short stories—one was a sexy mini sequel to Just Physical titled “Worth the Wait,” which is available in the erotica anthology Laid Bare.

The other is a short story titled “Partners.” It features Dee and Austen from Under a Falling Star and will be published in the new Ylva Publishing anthology, out in spring 2020.

 

On the High Line, New York City

Attend the GCLS conference in Pittsburgh in July and the book fair in Frankfurt in October. 

Check and check! I did attend the GLCS conference in Pittsburgh, and while I was in the US, I also visited New York City and saw some of the places I described in Just for Show.

I also attended the book fair in Frankfurt, and I had events in LGBT bookstores in Bern, Switzerland, and in Berlin.

 

Continue to give back to the community of LGBT readers and writers. 

I think I can consider that goal accomplished too. I mentored another new writer for the Writing Academy of the GCLS (Golden Crown Literary Society), and I hosted a series of author interviews to help fellow authors of lesbian fiction get the word about their books out.

 

Become a more healthy writer. 

Ummm… well… I had planned to work out three times a week. Some weeks, I did. Other weeks, I didn’t. To be honest, there were more weeks when I failed than weeks I succeeded. I guess I’ll have to think of a better motivation for myself in 2020!

 

Read more books for fun. 

That one was only a partial success too. Since most of my time is spent writing, editing, and promoting my books, I didn’t find a lot of time to read. My newly established Facebook Reader Group did inspire me to read more, though. Not only do they share great book recommendation, but I’m also hosting a couple of authors for a themed chat every month, so I did read five books for the Ace Characters Chat, for example.

 

Other accomplishments in 2019:

There were also some accomplishments and highlights in 2019 that I hadn’t actually planned:

As I just mentioned, I established my own Facebook Reader Group, and I’m having a lot of fun discussing WLW & lesbian fiction with the now 800 members of the group every day.
Eight of my novels were published as an audiobook: Backwards to Oregon and its sequel, Hidden Truths ; Conflict of Interest and its sequel, Next of Kin ; Falling Hard ; Not the Marrying Kind ; Heart Trouble , and Damage Control .
Two of my series were published as a box set: the Oregon series box set and the Hollywood series box set, which save readers 30% compared to buying each book individually.
Departure from the Script was translated into Italian and is available under the title Non eri nel copione .
My books won a total of eight awards in 2019: Just for Show won a GCLS Award for contemporary romance – long novels, an eLit Award (gold) in the LGBT Fiction category, a Rainbow Award in the best lesbian contemporary romance category, and an IPPY Award (silver) in the best romance ebook category. Paper Love won an eLit Award (silver) in the LGBT Fiction category and a Rainbow Award in the best lesbian contemporary romance category. Perfect Rhythm won a Rainbow Award in the best asexual book category, and Not the Marrying Kind won a Rainbow Award in the best lesbian book category.

So political situations worldwide aside, 2019 was a pretty good year for me.

 

My goals for 2020

Jeez, 2020. It’s really weird to type that. Anyway, here are the goals I set for myself for 2020:

 

Write and publish two English books. 

My first book for 2020 is supposed to be a novella titled Wrong Number, Right Woman, but knowing me, it might end up being a novel.

My second book for 2020 will probably be book 3 for the Portland Police Bureau series. But my muse might change its mind and decide to write a novel for Dr. Lucy Hamilton Sharpe from Shaken to the Core first, or a contemporary romance about a woman with a very unusual job…

 

Translate and publish two German novels. 

Book 2 of Hidden Truths is already scheduled to be published in a couple of days, and I’m also hoping to translate The Roommate Arrangement and maybe one other of my novels in 2020.

 

Publish a new writers’ guide. 

I’m also planning to publish a new writers’ guide under my real name in 2020. This one will be on how to write a great beginning, and it’ll hopefully be out in March 2020.

 

Attend at least two book-related events in 2020

I’m planning to attend the GCLS conference for writers and readers of lesbian fiction in July. This time, it’ll be in Albuquerque, so I’m hoping to also visit Santa Fe.

In March, I’m planning on attending the book fair in Leipzig, which is more of a reader-focused fair compared to the more publisher-focused Frankfurt book fair.

 

Continue to give back to the community of LGBT readers and writers. 

Like every year, I’d like to find a way to give back to the community of LGBTQ readers and writers. I will probably mentor another writer for the GCLS.

I also have something fun planned for readers in 2020: The F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge is a year-long event for readers of WLW & lesbian fiction. Each month, I’ll post two themed crossword puzzles, and readers who send in the solution will have a chance to win ebooks. Check back tomorrow, when I’ll post the rules, or subscribe to this blog so you won’t miss any of the crosswords!

 

Become a more healthy writer. 

Since I earn my living sitting at my desk, I definitely need to work harder to stay healthy. My goal for 2020 is to work out three times a week and/or take long walks—maybe with an audiobook, to combine it with the next goal.

 

Read more books for fun. 

I’d really like to find more time to read for pleasure in 2020. I think I’m off to a good start because I’ll be going on a three-week vacation in January, where I’m hoping to get a good start on my to-be-read list.

 

 

How did you do with your goals for 2019? And what are your goals, plans, and hopes for 2020?

Please leave a comment and let us know.

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Solve the Jae crossword puzzle and win an ebook of your choice

 

Sharpen your pencils and your minds: It’s International Crossword Puzzle Day—a great opportunity to prepare for the upcoming F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge, which will start on January 1.

To help you prepare, I came up with a “Jae” crossword puzzle. Some of the clues are a bit challenging, but I’m confident that most of you will be able to solve it.

Pro tip: You’ll find the answers to most clues on various pages of my website, including the FAQs.

 

Win an ebook of your choice!

To make it even more interesting, I’ll turn the crossword puzzle into a contest:

The first three people to send me the solution word will get one of my books in ebook format, winner’s choice. Once you solve the puzzle, please send me the solution via email.

 

The clues

Here are the clues for the crossword puzzle:

In what city does Jae live?
How many novels in English has Jae published so far?
What was Jae’s previous day job?
What is Jae’s native language?
How old was Jae when she started writing?
What was the first book Jae published?
What is Jae’s birthday month?
Which publishing house does Jae publish with?
What’s the title of the first contemporary romance (not romantic suspense) Jae published?
Which of Jae’s novels has a character that is named after her twin sister?
Which supporting character from the shape-shifter series will get her own book in the future?
In which Jae novel does Christine from “The Midnight Couch” make an appearance?
With what publishing house did Jae publish her first book?
Which of Jae’s books won a GCLS Literary Award, an IPPY Award, an eLit Award, and a Rainbow Award?
What geeky items does Jae collect?
What’s the most difficult part of each book for Jae?
What genre would Jae like to try in the future?
What short story is available for free on Jae’s website?
What is Jae’s favorite ice cream flavor?
Which of Jae’s novels is also available in Italian?

 

The crossword puzzle

And here’s the crossword puzzle. If you’d like to print it out, you can download the PDF here.

For each clue, you fill in the white squares with letters, forming words or phrases either horizontally or vertically.  The black squares separate words from each other. The gray squares give you the letters for the solution word, which you’ll find below the crossword grid.

I hope you’ll have fun solving it!

 

Sign up to my blog so you won’t miss the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge

If you love reading WLW & lesbian fiction and want to participate in the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge, make sure you subscribe to my blog so you won’t miss any of the crossword puzzle posts in 2020! There’ll be tons of ebooks and signed paperbacks to win from hundreds of authors.

 

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Interview with Heather Rose Jones, author of lesbian historical fiction & fantasy novels

 

Today, I’m interviewing Heather Rose Jones, who writes lesbian historical fiction, fantasy, and historic fantasy. Her most well-known work is the award-winning Alpennia series, which takes place in an alternate regency setting. 

Heather is giving away an ebook copy of the latest part of that series, Floodtide, so don’t miss the giveaway at the end of this blog post. 

 

Welcome, Heather. Please tell us a little about Floodtide, your latest release?

Floodtide is something of a bildungsroman—a coming of age story—about a teenage servant in early 19th century Alpennia who develops from a good-hearted but disastrously hapless girl into a young woman confident of her choices and goals, with an unexpected talent for bringing people together in teamwork. But it’s also the story of a not-entirely-natural disaster and the different ways it affects the people of the city of Rotenek. After writing several books featuring well-connected and powerful protagonists, I wanted to explore an entirely different part of my fantasy landscape and see some of the same events from a new angle.

 

Floodtide is part of the Alpennia series. How are the books connected? Will readers be able to enjoy Floodtide if they haven’t read the rest of the series, or is it better to start with Daughter of Mystery, The Mystic Marriage, and Mother of Souls?

I designed Floodtide to be an “independent on-ramp” to the series. You should be able to enjoy it without reading any of the other books, although existing fans will have fun spotting familiar characters as they pass by in the background. I wanted a way to bring in new readers in the middle of things without having them feel lost and confused. Of course, I still throw a lot of world-building at the reader and expect them to keep up, but that’s just my preferred style! You get that effect even if you start with Daughter of Mystery. I certainly hope that readers who come into the series through Floodtide will love it enough to go back and read the older books.

 

The Alpennia series combines a historically inspired setting with fantastical elements. For example, Roz from Floodtide performs house-charms, yet considers herself not to have any mystical talents. Can you explain how the magical system of your world, and how the people populating that world view magic?

The basic premise of the fantasy elements in the world of Alpennia is that forces and effects that we might consider superstition or pseudo-science produce actual effects in the world. Sometimes. For some people. If they invoke them the right way. So there isn’t a single, simple “magical system”, rather it’s a jumble of different historic traditions like praying to patron saints for particular results, and doing alchemy to transform matter, and fortune telling or healing charms. Some people can produce reliable effects—or at least claim they can—but other people treat magical practices as the equivalent of crossing your fingers for good luck or blowing out candles and making a wish. It’s just something you do and you don’t think of it as “magic.”

 

I imagine you probably like doing research for your books as much as I do. What was one of the most surprising or fascinating things you learned in the process of doing research for Floodtide or the other books of the Alpennia series?

I always love digging up something unexpected when I’m doing background research. Most of my research is deep-background rather than for a specific plot element. I go in planning to get a better understanding of a topic and then turn up fascinating details that might work their way into the plot. For example, the little charity houses built between the buttresses of St. Nikule’s church were inspired by seeing exactly that detail when I was visiting a friend in Deventer, Netherlands. With most medieval churches, they would have been cleared out long ago, so we don’t envision that kind of mixed use of architecture. It wasn’t a topic I was doing research on specifically. There was no particular reason to include it, but it added a lived-in touch. I’ve gathered a whole library of books on the history of magic in Europe, both folk magic and the more “learned” magic that goes into the formal mysteries. So any time I describe a mystical practice, it’s probably based on something that people actually did and believed would work.

 

Does writing fiction energize you or exhaust you?

Writing energizes me—if it didn’t I wouldn’t do it. There’s always a point in writing a book where I want the world to go away and let me just write until it’s done. I don’t get to do that very often, though. When I was finishing the first draft of Mother of Souls, I took a stay-at-home vacation for a couple weeks and wrote a chapter a day until it was complete. Maybe I can write that way all the time after I retire.

Even though writing itself doesn’t exhaust me, I fall into the trap of committing myself to a lot of scheduled activities around my blog and podcast and then feeling like I don’t have time for writing fiction. I love all my projects, but the different structures and timelines pull at me in different ways.

 

What is it that makes the difference between a great fantasy novel and a mediocre one for you?

The answer is different if we’re talking about theory or practice. When I’m reading a fantasy novel, the make-or-break aspect—the difference between plugging away until I finish reading, or staying up late until it’s done—is mostly beautiful writing. And by that, I don’t mean things like spelling and punctuation and basic grammar. Does the prose sing? Do I constantly notice the writing or does it slip into my eyeballs as smoothly as fine brandy goes down the throat? Ideas are dime-a-dozen. World-building can be a matter of engineering. But making the words dance and skim across the page like an Olympic skater is something that takes work, practice, observation, attention to feedback, and a certain amount of just plain talent.

But if we’re talking about theory—if we’re assuming the ability to write well—then the difference between a great fantasy novel and a mediocre one is doing something original. Is the book simply re-mixing favorite tropes and characters, or does it ask questions in a different way? Does it take you somewhere you didn’t know existed? Not geographically, but experientially? Does it feel like a third-hand retelling of a story or do you feel like you’re living it? Do you come out of the book thinking, “Huh, that’s not what I expected and I’m so glad it wasn’t!”

A third aspect of the greatest books I’ve enjoyed is the memorable characters. Characters who feel utterly real. Societies that have complexity and nuance. Stories where you feel like you’ve met folks you want to be friends with the rest of your life. Or maybe not—not all characters have to be likeable—but you know them as well as you know your best friends.

 

You have written a series of amazing essays for your Lesbian Historic Motif Project, and you’re also presenting a weekly podcast where you discuss books and interview authors of historical fiction featuring WLW characters. Can you tell us more about the Lesbian Historic Motif Project?

The Project originally was a way to motivate myself to read all the historic research on gender and sexuality that I’d been accumulating over the decades. I’d pick up books or copy articles that looked interesting and useful for my writing, but if I didn’t need them for an immediate project, they sat there gathering dust. I always work best if I have a structure and a schedule, so I decided to start the LHMP blog and post a summary of a research publication every week (sometimes more frequently). Working that way has been very useful for my own writing because layering together all of the different topics and different opinions has helped me shape an overall understanding of both the reality and the complexity of past experiences of queerness. The fiction I can write now is much more interesting than it would be if I’d only researched narrow topics for particular books.

But the second purpose for the blog was to share access to all this research. I know from my time in historic re-enactment that for most people, the greatest bar to doing research is knowing what information exists and where to find it. Most people don’t know their way around a university research library, or the myriad of journals where some of the most interesting tidbits get published. So one major purpose of my blog is to say, “Here’s a book or an article that is talking about this thing. And if you want to know more about this thing, I recommend that you go read it for yourself, now that you know it exists.”

One of the things I’ve found in interviewing authors of f/f historical fiction is that few of them research the history of sexuality as part of their process. I hear a lot of “I just used my own experience” or “people are people, aren’t they?” With that approach, you end up writing what is, in essence, a time-travel story like Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, where you have a character with modern sensibilities and reactions interacting with a historic setting (even if that’s not what you think you’re writing). This problem isn’t limited to the history of centuries ago. If a 30-year-old today wrote a novel about lesbians in the 1970s and didn’t do any research about how people understood and experienced their own sexuality back then, they’d write characters that were unrecognizable to those of us who actually lived queer lives back then. The difference with older settings is that there’s no one around to say, “But that’s not what it was like at all!”

That brings us to the third purpose for the LHMP, which is a bit selfish. Just like contemporary authors, contemporary readers often have a distorted understanding of the past when it comes to gender identity and sexuality. I know people who assume that acceptance of same-sex love has always progressed from less to more tolerant, so if you look at attitudes in the early 20th century, you can assume that any era before that was massively less tolerant. But that’s just not true. Both understandings and expressions of queer sexuality have undergone cycles in the past. The ways that people experienced same-sex desire could be vastly different from how we experience it today. A writer can find herself caught between wanting to write historic characters who are true to their times and wanting her audience to find her stories believable. I want to take a third path and educate my potential audience so that they’ll find the entire variety of “true” historic queer lives believable.

The podcast developed yet another purpose on top of that. It felt to me that the audience for f/f historical fiction was so scattered. There isn’t a single place to go to find out what’s being published or to talk about the field, although there have been several blogs and websites that attempted to do so in the past. If I wanted more people to be writing the sorts of books I wanted to read, I thought maybe I could contribute to creating a community for f/f historicals. I don’t know that I’ll ever succeed at doing that. It isn’t something that a single person can create, and I don’t really have the charisma to bring people together that way. But I do the things I can do.

 

If you had the ability to travel across time, what historic time and place would you most like to travel back to?

I’ve read too many time-travel stories to answer that without a lot of qualification! What class am I? Will I have social connections? Will I be fluent in the appropriate language? Have I been vaccinated for the common diseases? And, of course, the most important question for a researcher: what sort of recording equipment can I take with me to bring back records?

I have no interest in actually living in the past. (Except maybe…could I go back and re-live the Obama presidency?) If I could do a research trip, as a linguist it would be fun to go back and do field recordings of the transition from Brythonic to Early Welsh so I could check out some of the theories in my PhD dissertation. For the rest…I’m happy creating my own re-envisioning of the past where I can filter out some of the down side.

 

What are your three all-time favorite historical novels featuring WLW characters?

I’ll make this easier by sticking to solidly historical books (no fantasy elements). Hmm, still really hard, especially because I’d make different lists for “literary” novels or for genre novels. OK, let’s make two lists one for each. On the “literary” side, it would be Goddess by Kelly Gardiner (about real-life 17th century bisexual swordswoman and opera singer Julie d’Aubigny), Life Mask by Emma Donoghue (another fictional biography, this time about 18th century sculptor Anne Damer), and it may seem odd to classify this one as literary, but The Ghost and the Machine by Benny Lawrence. Now for the genre-fiction list, it’s going to be Spring Flowering by Farah Mendlesohn, The Covert Captain by Jeannelle M. Ferreira, and I’m very tempted to add a very recent read, The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite (even though I feel I should let books sit for a while before deciding they’re on an all-time favorite list).

 

When’s your next book coming out, and what are you working on right now?

Because of my day-job work schedule, I can’t really predict how long it will take me to write a book and bring it to publication. For my third novel, I set myself a schedule and deadline when I first started writing it, and sticking to that schedule nearly broke me. So although I’m already writing Mistress of Shadows, I won’t be able to predict when it will come out until I’m pretty close to having a first draft. I have a very detailed outline so half the work is done there. But at the very earliest it won’t be out until 2021. I’d write faster if I weren’t doing the blog and podcast, but since those are essential components of my publicity plan at this point, there would be a tradeoff.

I have a novella out on submission that might possibly be published earlier, but it’s on submission to the sorts of places where it might sit in a slush pile for two years before being read, so there’s no predicting. I always have a handful of short fiction in process, though I generally only finish those when I have a solid deadline for some particular publication.

 

Where can your readers find out more about you and your books?

Check out my website at Alpennia.com for my blog, information on my books, and links to all my social media. The blog isn’t just the Lesbian Historic Motif Project—I also blog about my writing and think-pieces about books and ideas in general. I also have a monthly newsletter for fans that gives insider information about my world-building and the development of the Alpennia series, as well as updates on what events I’m attending, and sometimes special offers and announcements.

I tend to be fairly active on twitter (@heatherosejones). I have a facebook author page, but it’s mostly automatic links to my blog posts, and my personal facebook account tends to be restricted to people I’ve met in person. I hang out on several book-related facebook groups, but haven’t found any that are a good match for the sort of thing I write. So if you want to chat with me about books, Twitter is your best bet.

Book giveaway

Heather is graciously giving away an e-book copy of her newest release, Floodtide.

Anyone can enter. To be entered into the drawing, leave a comment on this blog post.

Entries close on Friday, December 27, 2019, 10 a.m. CET, when I’ll draw the winners using a random numbers generator. I’ll notify winners via email. Your email address won’t be used for any other purpose.

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