Interview with Samantha Rajaram
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 179 with Heather Rose Jones
A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.
In this episode we talk about:
How the anti-miscegenation policy of the Dutch East India Company inspired the story
Starting with characters and finding their stories
The experience of finding your place in the world
The difficulty of researching sexuality in the 17th century
Samantha’s complex professional history and how it feeds into her writing
Growing up as the only Indian family in a Wyoming town
Samantha’s experience in Pitch Wars and finding/being a mentor
Differing expectations in different genre cultures
Books mentionedThe Company Daughters by Samantha Rajaram
A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts are added as 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 Samantha Rajaram Online
Website: SamanthaRajaram.com
Twitter: @Samantha_Reader
Facebook: Samantha Rajaram
Instagram: Samantha.R.Reader
