Interview with Alyssa Cole - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 49

Interview with Alyssa Cole

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 49

A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.

In this episode we talk about:

• Alyssa’s novella “That Could Be Enough” in Hamilton’s Battalion
• How Alyssa, Courtney Milan, and Rose Lerner brainstormed up the anthology
• How the musical Hamilton inspired the collection
• Writing marginalized identities in historical romance
• Researching historic New York City
• The surprising acceptance of some same-sex couples in 18th century America
• The distinction between “historical accuracy” and “historical average” in developing characters
• Alyssa’s favorite historical writers and how Ta-Nehisi Coates’ blog sent her inspiration in different directions
• Books mentioned
  • Hamilton’s Battalion by Courtney Milan, Rose Lerner, and Alyssa Cole
  • “Be Not Afraid” by Alyssa Cole in For Love & Liberty: Untold love stories of the American Revolution - the story of Andromeda’s grandparents
  • Root and Branch: African Americans in New York and East Jersey by Graham Russell Gao Hodges
  • Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rechel Hope Cleves
  • A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole - a secondary character in this book is a non-binary woman who is a sapeur, a “dandy”, and who will have a f/f romance in a forthcoming book (updated: Once Ghosted Twice Shy
  • Anne of the Wild Rose Inn by Jennifer Armstrong - an early inspiration for Alyssa’s historical interests

A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.)

Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
• Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
• RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
• Twitter: @LesbianMotif
• Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
• The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

Links to Heather Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com
• Email: Heather Rose Jones
• Twitter: @heatherosejones
• Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Links to Alyssa Cole Online

• Website: Alyssa Cole
• Twitter: @AlyssaColeLit
• Facebook: Alyssa Cole