570 On writing inclusive fiction with Kevin Patterson and Alana Phelan
Release Date: 09/08/2019
Polyamory Weekly
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Two topics this week! What does post-pandemic poly look like, and how do you keep your boyfriend from surprising you with new poly partners when you've asked him for advance notice?
info_outlineKevin Patterson and Alana Phelan, coauthors of For Hire: Operator and the soon-to-be-released For Hire: Audition, talk about why they write a queer poly superhero universe.
0:00 Introduction and host chat
Thanks to Anita Wagner for introducing me to the term “petamour”
1:30 Poly in the news
Vice has a great new article about poly families and poly parenting
3:05 Contact us
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3:35 Interview: Kevin Patterson and Alana Phelan on writing inclusive fiction
Kevin Patterson and Alana Phelan join us to talk about their next soon-to-be-released queer superhero book, For Hire: Audition. You may remember their last interview with us on episode 563 around For Hire: Operator or Kevin’s interview around his book, Love’s Not Color Blind.
- Harlequin is putting out a queer line of romance novels. Submit using Harlequin’s Romance Includes You mentorship (scroll down the page) runs until October 15, 2019.
- The Broken Earth Triology by N. K. Jenisin
- If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann
- Find Kevin A. Patterson on his website, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Find Alana Phelan on her website, Twitter, or Facebook.
- For Hire Audition’s IndieGoGo
- Gail Simone’s Twitter
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27:00 Thank you to our subscribers and contributors
Thanks to Pacemaker Jane for letting us use their song Good Suspicions as our intro and outro music and to you for listening and sharing.