Sewers of Paris: Enemies to Lovers (Ep 419 - Christopher Rice/Gay romance novels)

Matt Baume

I'll check it out!

SA 'Baz' Collins

@dan maloney/matt - not to toot our own horn, but you might want to check out the podcast I run with my co-host (now in our 8th year of weekly eps) where we primarily focus on queer content creators and their passions of why they create what they do for the LGBT+ community - it's called wrotepodcast (WRitten On The Edge) and can be found in both audio formats AND now on YT (we've only just started on YT) but our list of queer content creators spanning across ALL media and genres is quite vast and gives our viewers/listeners plenty of options. wrotepodcast.com/ or / @wrotepodcast on YT is where to find us. I offer this not to push our podcast solely for ourselves but we're ALL about giving voice to queer content creators and their works for OUR community to discover and hopefully patronize their works. We recently hosted Christopher Rice (via video, no less) on his latest release so you get to see him in all of his writerly glory. Give us a spin.

Matt Baume

Oh wow the only podcast you listen to! That's honestly an honor, very proud to hear that. :) And I'm in the same boat that you were, in that I'm not too familiar with the whole MM lit genre but I have a feeling I'll enjoy it when I finally dive in.

Matt Baume

Gotcha -- thank you for the feedback! That's really helpful. I'm going to experiment with formats & stuff so it's helpful to hear that folks are flexible!

Matt Baume

This is useful to hear, thank you! (Also wow a 3-hour podcast, I'd lose my voice for a WEEK)

Dan Maloney

This is the only podcast I listen to, and since it is not a video where I an limited in my movements for the duration, I don't really care about length so long as it is more than a very few minutes. I had no idea there were so many MM romances available these days until recently. I loved the film "Love, Simon" especially because it was such a mainstream film (and made a lot of money). I like the more gay type films too, but I think it is important to also make films that might interest (even attract) allies in the rest of the population by coming from a less gay-centric view. I was moved to read the book on which it was based and that book pointed me to other writers of YA gay fiction. I was astounded at the number of books available and at how explicit some were. Eventually I began reading the MM romance written for adults. I have read hundreds of these. I return to any author that I find to be a skilled writer (good enough grasp of language to make me forget I am only reading their story) and reasonably plausible events and decisions. An example of a writer I enjoy is Rachel Reid who writes romances set in the pro hockey world. (For some reason, hockey has more gay romance novels that any other sport.) I find myself trying, when I read, to decide if books by women differ from those by men. I have not found there to be a great difference; I don’t think I have come across any novel where I could say with certainty of which gender that author is based solely on the writing.

I also appreciate the content at whatever length it is provided the quality is there. I love longer form content (15+ minutes) but understand some content doesn't have the same quality if it gets all drawn out. I have many 1 to 2 hour podcasts that I adore just as much as the few 7 minute podcasts that I listen to.

Louisadora

Re length of podcasts, I don't think it matters. If the conversation is interesting then it takes as long (or short) as it takes. I've listened to a 3-hour podcast before and have recently followed a daily one that has episodes of anything from 9 to 20 minutes. I heard a discussion recently about 'The Last of Us' and they made a point about the variable episode length being a product of the story, without padding to meet an arbitrary time limit. Of course they also talked about the creators not being afraid to edit 😃