Episodes
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Women and Words: Final (maybe) Women and Words Podcast
Use your powers for good. Andi and Jove wander through hockey, DJ'ing, "what if" and Star Wars in this, the most likely final episode of the Women and Words podcast. They're putting the podcast on extended hiatus...it may come back later or it may not! They feel like they had a good run with this...
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Women and Words: The episode that almost wasn't
Look! The internet finally let me upload the post!
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Women and Words: Adulting can be kind of dark
Andi and Jove discuss plans for the new year, the ethos of Gen X and cool things younger generations are doing; how blank journals can be intimidating; and learning not to judge yourself too harshly if you can't get some things done. Like writing. Also, now they both want the same kind of planner...
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Women and Words: Kathleen Knowles reads an excerpt from Somewhere Along the Way
Pick up a copy of Somewhere Along the Way by Kathleen Knowles!
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Women and Words: Hootenanny. It's a thing.
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Women and Words: The world needs to be disrupted in a Lizzo kind of way
Andi is now obsessed with The Great British Bake Off (I know!!!! WHAT TOOK HER SO LONG???), as is R.G. Emanuelle. Then she and Jove sent lots of love to Lizzo and noted that Linda Hamilton is still freaking awesome. Also, Jove has some great tips for helping those dealing with cancer. And please...
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Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books: RG Emanuelle talks about A Year in the Kitchen
A Year in the Kitchen with R.G. Emanuelle - a collection of recipes for $3.99 and the 100% of the profits go to the Oregon Food Bank.
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Women and Words: In the weeds only 56 percent of the time!
Andi and Jove might have wandered in the weeds more than 56 percent of the time today, but oh, well. They're super-stoked about R.G. Emanuelle's A Year in the Kitchen, which is 12 recipes R.G. developed the first year of Dirt Road Books (which she co-founded with Andi, Jove, Michelle Teichman and...
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Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books: Q&A with Gill McKnight
You know those questions you never thought about asking? Well Jove Belle, your host, asked Gill McKnight all those questions and more. Learn more about Gill at dirtroadbooks.com/gillmcknight.
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Women and Words: Kittens and other goodness
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Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books: Say hi to Penny Taylor!
Penny on Parade, the story of Penny Taylor's induction into the British Royal Army in the 70s, is available now from Dirt Road Books.
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Women and Words: Andi is withholding the title
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Women and Words: Dear queer listeners--that should be all of you bitches
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Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books: Introducing Louisa Kelley
Get to know our newest author, Louisa Kelley, during this brief Q&A wherein she tells us all the cool things there is to know about who she is and what makes her tick. You can learn more about her and her latest release, Fianna the Gold, online at Dirt Road Books.
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Women and Words: When at altitude, hydrate!
Andi and Jove almost sound like they know what they're talking about as they discuss youth, creativity, peer pressure, the language of queerdom, writing prompts, hope, and stress. But of course they spend some time wandering around in the weeds, too. Because reasons.
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Women and Words: Mother-fucking tomatoes and other improv scenarios
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Women and Words: Nobody was stoned in the making of this podcast (though you might think so)
Jove has a new job and it's awesome! She's working at a plasma center, and she'll tell you why donating plasma is so important! Andi then waxed all history nerd over Stevie Carroll's blog and Jove took Andi into the weeds where they rambled on about word games, blog tours, haiku, and Andi's...
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Women and Words: Andi usually comes up with a title
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Women and Words: Don't fuck with the river
Jove got the tech stuff figured out and she and Andi are fancy colleagues once again IN SEPTEMBER!!!! WHAT? It's SEPTEMBER? And they talk vacation, spirituality, misfit produce, and things that help them with stress management. Andi also offers some advice for those of you who plan on getting...
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Women and Words: That Pumpkin Spice Shit (PSS) is back
Andi and Jove note that last week they tried to put an episode up, but tech foiled them at every turn and they had the sadz because they liked that episode a lot. Dammit. This week they chat about whatever-the-hell, including kids back in school, Lee Lynch's ice cream penchant, things that help…
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Women and Words: Get your own tamale lady! (or, get your own tamale, lady)
Andi and Jove are kind of obsessed with tamales (can you blame them?), and they agree with Angela Grace that people need to unplug from their devices at least once a week. Meanwhile, E.J. Kindred has a debut novel out; fanart is awesome; EVERYBODY has trust issues; and ermahgerd what's up with…
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Women and Words: What is this "adulting" thing of which you speak?
Andi and Jove talk teens, books, "adulting," Georgia Beers' fanfic, Carsen Taite's chat with Georgie, Toni Morrison, sex toys (because Andi and Jove), and coatis. Srsly.
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Women and Words: Arbitrary dickheads, junk drawers, and vibrators
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Women and Words: That time Andi tried to out-sexy Jove by losing her voice a little.
Andi might be the voice to remember this time around, as she sounds like she did a few rounds with tequila and a bar dance at Coyote Ugly. Jove agreed. Then they talked about Pride, foster parenting, boots, some politics (ugh...but it wasn't too bad), and building community. Basically, your usual...
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Women and Words: That time Jove had a fight with a table saw and a wooden bowl...
Andi and Jove discuss Jove's latest injury, fangirl over Cheyenne Blue, enjoy drink recipes supplied by Angela Grace, and wonder how they missed Fiona Zedde's traipsing around Marrakesh before she got to France. Andi also totally got where Sam Ledel was coming from with regard to the Women's…
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Women and Words: Canada has no Internet! (unless you checked your phone plan)
Andi and Jove talk about Jove's vacation north of the border and why it might take longer than you want to write a book. Plus, Andi binged the third season of Stranger Things and R.G. is on the road for the 4th. And if you're dealing with mental health issues, please reach out for help. There's…
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Women and Words: That time the Gulf of Mexico tried to kill Jove
Andi's battling a cold and Jove's getting ready for vacation, but they still managed to talk a lot about hair, misogyny, Everest, writer's block, If These Walls Could Talk 2, periods, and mental health, thus demonstrating that these two love spending time in the weeds.
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Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books: Passive voice and why it sucks
Jove and Andi discuss the downfalls of passive voice in fiction, how to identify it, and, most important, how to avoid it.
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Women and Words: Sweating, Swearing, and Heavy Breathing
Jove and Andi talk about Jove and her air conditioner while Andi attempted to explain the zip line she designed back in the day (it totally didn't work). They also got a little deep discussing Pride and police and representation in media
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Women and Words: Tiling bathrooms, Vegas plans, and Pride
Jove is finally tiling her bathroom after a lot of research (and Andi wants pix). Also, Ann Etter recommends some cool books that feature characters faced with difficult circumstances and Pascal Scott has a new book out while Carsen Taite has launched a new fun and flirty series. And Anika Batson...
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Women and Words: Wandering in the Weeds
Andi and Jove realized it was a fifth week on the blog and KD Williamson was busy on edits, so they filled in a lot of space with various discussions and rants that may or may not have anything to do with anything else. They were excited, however, that author Kate Christie now has a boxed set of...
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Women and Words: Even Andi doesn't know who the hell she is, but whatever! Listen anyway!
Andi and Jove talk spring, weeds, appliances, Pride, Gen X, Gen Z, and other random cray that may or may not relate directly to the podcast. lol
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Women and Words: Judging books by their covers and sleuthing with Sapphics
Andi and Jove try not to talk politics but goddammit, they did a little bit. Sorry! But then they talked writing! Book covers, Sapphic sleuths, and audio stories.
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Women and Words: Air-conditioned pilots and zombie burlesque
ERMAGERD Andi and Jove managed to remember to record a podcast! Life is crazy busy, y'all! Anyway, Ann Etter is on the road (literally), Jove and her wife are planning a trip to Vegas next summer, and Fiona Zedde is jetting off to Spain (again). Author Sam Ledel could use some luv with her…
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Women and Words: Sorry we missed last week but HERE ARE SOME DEEP DISCUSSIONS! Maybe.
Andi has been on the road and is freaking strung out on exhaustion but talks politics anyway with Jove (dammit, Jove). But yay! Yvonne Heidt stopped by to chat about her latest obsessions and KD Williamson lets her geek flag fly and reminds us that REPRESENTATION FREAKING MATTERS. R.G. Emanuelle...
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Women and Words: Cooties, queer spaces, and ClexaCon
Y'all, Jove has MOAR COOTIES WTF. These cooties are particularly shitty because they stole most of her voice. Bastards. So Andi muddled through with various noises from Jove (you're all welcome), spouting about beta readers, cool literary festivals, links between acting and writing, subways, and...
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Women and Words: When Andi's away, Jove and Ashley will play.
Jove and Ashley did the podcast thang this week because Andi is running around at ClexaCon in Vegas. Enjoy.
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Women and Words: Who has time for drama and some unicorns might be scary
HELLO, dahlings! Jove and Andi are BACK after illin'-ness. We hope all is well in your part of the world. Jove wonders if it's possible that older main characters in books aren't as common as younger because being older, you just don't have time for drama, which generally drives a story. Andi...
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Women and Words: It's time to plant your potatoes, folks!
Andi and Jove had crazy weeks. Andi's on the road and Jove is just...Jove. So happy St. Patrick's Day! Also, gray hair can be awesome. So can hot springs. And if you're going to be a judge in a book contest, maybe you should act out scenes to see how the narrative flows. Or something.
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Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books: Interview with Sacchi Green
In this episode of Riding Shotgun with DRB, Jove sits down with award-winning editor and author Sacchi Green to discus her new release, Wild Rides and other Lesbian Erotic Adventures, available now from Dirt Road Books.
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Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books: Ready to launch (part 2)
In this episode of Riding Shotgun, Jove and Michelle discuss the virtues of a virtual book launch.
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Women and Words: Be responsible with your crossbows, people
Andi and Jove talk weaponry (because why not), audio books, understanding your own dysfunction (everybody join in!), and a few other things that may or may not make sense. You be the judge.
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Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books: We're a go for launch (part 1)
In this episode of Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, Michelle L. Teichman joins Jove Belle to discuss the joys of a traditional book launch.
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Women and Words: A call for submissions, age discrimination, and representation
Jove has added (at least temporarily) to her household while Andi admits she's really freaking tired after being on the road for a bit. Also, no matter what anybody says, age discrimination is a thing and workers are still getting screwed. They are also passionate about representation in media...
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Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books: Points of view in narrative
This week on Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, Jove and Michelle discuss points of view in narrative. Yes, it's a lot sexier than it sounds. You should totally give it a listen. http://www.dirtroadbooks.com
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Women and Words: Toddler bags, plus, penguins are pretty fluid
Andi struggles to keep Jove on track but then joins her in the weeds as they ponder reality TV, trigger warnings, Rachel Weisz (because seriously, who wouldn't), ants and other bugs, and writing from the not-so-happy places in your mind.
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Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books: What to think about when you're thinking about writing a book
On this episode of Riding Shotgun with DRB, Andi Marquette joins Jove Belle to discuss a few things to seriously consider before entering the world of publishing.
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Women and Words: Dentistry, Introverts, and Big Gay Movies
Andi and Jove discuss National Toothache Day (wtf), decide they would love to work with Jessie Chandler at a Home Depot, think writing postcards to elected officials is a really cool idea (just don't Andi it up) and agree with Fiona Zedde that the movie When Night Is Falling is kind of cheesy…
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A Litany of Privilege: what's coming across which border?
In this episode of A Litany of Privilege, Ashley and Jove talk about how the US border patrol guards (or not) the Canadian border.
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Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books: Acquisitions and other such torturous activities
In this episode of Riding Shotgun with Dirt Road Books, Michelle asks Jove what she looks for when acquiring a manuscript.