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Strictly Sapphic is a podcast hosted by Macon Leigh and Liz Grey exploring sapphic art and the artists creating it. Weekly episodes include interviews with sapphic artists, in-depth discussions of craft and creativity, and lively discussions of the importance of sapphic art, representation, and art's important role in shaping culture. Welcome to the Podfort, y'all! It's very gay in here.
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Episode Twelve: We get INSPIRED by Lauren Eve
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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 …
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Episode Eleven: We get EDUCATED by Carrie Byrd
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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 w…
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Episode Ten: We Explore the SAPPHIC GAZE with Halie Torris
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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 a…
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Episode Nine: We FEEL OUR FEELINGS with Morgan Lee Miller
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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, exp…
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Episode Eight: We go to SCHOOL with Milena McKay
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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…
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Episode Seven: We NERD OUT with Addison Clarke
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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, u…
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Episode Six: We get ON THE SAME PAGE as Haley Cass
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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…
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Episode Five: We LOSE CONTROL with (okay over) JJ Arias
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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 Co…
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Episode Four: We Go DEEP into The Flight Risk
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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…
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Episode Three: We get LIT with Frankie Frye
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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 wou…
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Episode Two: We have a CRUSH on Ana Reichardt
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Today is a glorious day in the Podfort as the brilliant Ana Reichardt joins us for our first sapphic artist interview. Ana is an award-winning new adult romance author who is dipping her toes into the adult romance pool with her latest novel Crush releasing widely tomorrow (August 15, 2023). In this wide-ranging conversation, we dive deep into how …
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Welcome to Strictly Sapphic, a podcast hosted by Macon Leigh and Liz Grey, exploring sapphic art and the artists creating it. Our bi-weekly episodes include interviews with sapphic artists, in-depth discussions of craft and creativity, and lively discussions of the importance of sapphic art, representation, and art's important role in shaping cultu…
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