Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 51b/179 – Interview with Samantha Rajaram

Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 179 (previously 51b) - Interview with Samantha Rajaram

(Originally aired 2020/10/10 - listen here)

Transcript Pending.

Show Notes

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 mentioned
  • The Company Daughters by Samantha Rajaram

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