570 On writing inclusive fiction with Kevin Patterson and Alana Phelan

Kevin 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

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