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The Two Gay Geeks chat with author Jonathan LaPoma, who writes novels and screenplays. We have been in mutual orbit around Patricia Chica for some time now but have never had the opportunity to connect with Jonathan. We have now and he has a fascinating back story that has informed his books and his writing is intriguing. Have a listen and enjoy.   About Jonathan LaPoma Jonathan LaPoma is an award-winning, best-selling novelist, screenwriter, songwriter, and poet from Buffalo, NY. In 2005, he received a BA in history and a secondary education credential from the State University of New York at Geneseo, and he traveled extensively throughout the United States and Mexico after graduating. These experiences have become the inspiration for much of his writing, which often explores themes of alienation and misery as human constructions that can be overcome through self-understanding and the acceptance of suffering. Twitter: @JonLaPoma Website: JonLapoma.com About Jonathan's books LaPoma

The Two Gay Geeks chat with filmmakers, Sarah Jayne Portelli and Ivan Malekin of Nexus Production Group. They have a rather unique approach to making films that you may find fascinating, we certainly did. With each interview we learn something new and develop new relationships with those that we interview. Have a listen and enjoy.   About Sarah Jayne Portelli Sarah Jayne started her film and television career as a Production Designer in 2006. She has worked on numerous short films in various art department roles and with Australian industry heavyweights including Princess Pictures and The Boilermaker Pty Ltd. Sarah Jayne's feature film credits include the critically acclaimed Taj, the one and only Dace Decklan: Private Eye, Oddball starring Shane Jacobson, The Subjects by Instinct Entertainment, and Choir Girl by NPG and Golden Gate Productions. When not immersed in the world of film, Sarah enjoys critical and creative writing, her work appearing in Huffington Post, Feminartsy, and Daily Life Mag

The Two Gay Geeks chat with photographer, Jan Dee Gordon, about her new photography book, LGBTQ of Steel. We chat about how she got interested in photography and her other works followed by the impetus for LGBTQ of Steel. Along the way we have a few observations and some funny anecdotes that we all shared. This looks like a fascinating photography book. Have a listen and enjoy.   About Jan Dee Gordon Jan Dee Gordon’s study of photography began in Paris in French, continued in New York at the International Center for Photography and then in Los Angeles at UCLA. Her distinctive pictures have appeared in magazines, such as Vogue and Bazaar, and in several museums and galleries, such as Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, LA Photo and Wall Street Gallery. They have been selected by designers to decorate buildings, lobbies, hallways, apartments, and have been sold in stores throughout the United States. Instagram: @JanDeeGordon Twitter: @HumanityofSteel Facebook: Jan Dee Gordon Photography Available July 1

The Two Gay Geeks chat with author, Zachry Wheeler about his next installment in the Immortal Wake Series, Thursday Midnight. This is the follow-up to Transient which we have talked about with Zachry previously. We also chat about all the silly stuff we have shared over the years with his Max and the Multiverse series. I have dubbed him the heir apparent to Douglas Adams. Have a listen and enjoy.   About Zachry Wheeler From: http://www.zachrywheeler.com Each of my novels has a short “About the Author” section. Really short. Like, two lean sentences short, and one of them is a website. I have never been one to vomit my backstory onto unsuspecting readers. They are there to read a story, not hear me drone on about my idiosyncratic weirdness. Nevertheless, I do get asked about my writing history from time to time, which I am always happy to recap. Some people like to know these things, so I decided to document the tale for prosperity (read: keep my facts straight). Without further ado, here is my off

The Two Gay Geeks chat with filmmaker Edd Blott and Actor Patrick D. Green about their new film, Escaping Freedom. We talk about how Edd got into film and specifically, what the catalyst was for this film and we ask Patrick how he became involved and his experience as a producer as well as an actor in a film. This interview is part of our Pride Month Celebration.   About Edd Blott Born in Spokane, Washington, Edd Blott spent his entire childhood telling stories. His grandfather, a painter, was instrumental in crafting Edd's love for the arts. In high school, his artistic focus shifted to cinema when he was first exposed to Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion. A newly born cinephile at that moment, his film school was studying world cinema from all eras and experimenting with whatever camera he could get his hands on. His credits include writing and directing the award winning social issues feature film A Tale of Delight, which can now be viewed online for free under a Creative Commons License. When he's

The Two Gay Geeks had a chat with Walt Wright who has written Brimstone's Knight, a book about dragons among other things. It is the first book in a trilogy that he is writing. We chat about how he got into writing, what precipitated this story and book, as well as his other projects he has going. This interview is part of our Pride Month Celebration.   About Walt Wright W. Wright, the author of Brimstone’s Knight, resides in a small rural community located within the foothills of North Carolina. Surrounded by solitude and vineyards, he focuses his time on writing, as well as painting; he is also an award-winning artist. As a pre-teen, he became an avid reader. After taking a creative writing class during his senior year in high school, he began to write short stories for his friends and family. The idea for Brimstone’s Knight came about from his experience with organized religion, his unquenchable thirst for knowledge regarding the Knights Templar, the love of mythical dragons, and, like most people, h

The Two Gay Geeks had a chat with J. Scott Coatsworth of QueerSciFi.com, he is also an author and website guru for a number of LGBTQ+ websites. We chatted about how he got into writing and what projects he is working on currently. This interview is part of our Pride Month Celebration.   About J. Scott Coatsworth Scott lives with his husband Mark in a yellow bungalow in Sacramento. He was indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine. He devoured her library, but as he grew up, he wondered where all the people like him were. He decided that if there weren’t gay characters in his favorite genres, he would remake them to his own ends. A Rainbow Award winning author, he runs Queer Sci Fi, QueeRomance Ink, and Other Worlds Ink with Mark, sites that celebrate fiction reflecting queer reality. About Queer Scifi Website: https://queerscifi.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/qsfdiscussions/ Twitter: @QueerSciFi In our second segment we chat about some of t

The Two Gay Geeks had the pleasure to chat with MJ Lyons, author of Murder at the Worlds Fair. Murder at the Worlds Fair is his debut novel and we chat about how he got into writing and also about his "day" job managing the Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto. We also take a few side quests into opera, Golden Girls, and other stuff. This was such a fun interview.   About MJ Lyons MJ LYONS is a writer, game maker and bookstore professional. He manages the bookstore side of Glad Day Bookshop, the world’s oldest surviving LGBTQ bookstore and lives in Toronto, Canada with his goblin of a cat. Murder at the World’s Fair is his debut novel. About Murder at the Worlds Fair   The year is 1893 and airships cloud the skies over the bustling metropolis of Toronto, the Dominion of Canada’s crown jewel. The city is set to host the “New World Exhibition” thanks in no small part to the work of two fantastical inventors. On the day of the grand opening, young Norwood Quigley, scion of a world-famous airship magnate, st

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Dylan Bronte and Brooklyn Wilde about the new short film Tongue Tied, directed by Brooklyn and starring Dylan. They give us a little insight into their careers and this film and how it came into being. It sounds fascinating and we look forward to seeing it when it is finished and ready to be released.     Just a few people we saw in the exhibitor hall         In our second segment we have our wrap up of Phoenix Fan Fusion 2019. The many people we saw and chatted with new friends and old friends. It is always nice to network and meet new people. We also highlight recent articles posted to the tggeeks.com in the past week. As always we have our birthdays and we have the ever popular feedback segment. We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Brandon Rhea, Social Media Manager for Square Egg Entertainment, the parent company of Phoenix Fan Fusion. Brandon filled us in on the specifics of their new signature event, "Queen Lantern Corps, Dragstravaganza". We also learned about his career and how he came to work for Square Egg and what is in store for Fan Fusion. It was an exciting conversation about a new fandom for folks to celebrate, not to mention inclusivity in fandoms as a whole.   About Phoenix Fan Fusion Phoenix Fan Fusion is a multigenre entertainment and comic book convention held annually in Phoenix, Arizona. It was founded as the Phoenix Cactus Comicon in June 2002, and originally consisted of a one-day six-hour event held in Ahwatukee, Arizona. PHXFF plays host to comic related panels, programming events, art contests, and autograph signings for all ages. It is a four-day event (Thursday-Sunday) held during the summer at the Phoenix Convention Center in downtown Phoenix. On Thursday evening pr

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Rasha Mohamed and Ayman Samman about their short film, Jumper, that will be making its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival on May 19th at the American Pavilion. They were selected to be a part of the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase. We chat about who they are and their journey to making this short film with a powerful message. We want to thank our friend, Patricia Chica for putting us in touch with this dynamic filmmaking duo. They are going places.         About Jumper Jumper follows a distressed crisis negotiator (Ayman Samman) who attempts to rescue - off the ledge - a young man (Mico Saad) who questions his sexual identity. Although the film tells the struggles of Middle Eastern LGBTQ individuals, its message of acceptance transcends cultural boundaries, and makes it undeniably universal. Jumper is helmed by Egyptian-American actor-director Ayman Samman. In this powerful yet intimate 11-min film, the subjects of sexual identity and suicide are trapped in

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Michael G. Williams, author of the newly released A Fall in Autumn as well as several other novels. We chat about how he came to be a writer and this book in particular. We also chat about some of his other interests and his community. You can find his book in multiple places, we have an Amazon link later below.   About Michael G. Williams Michael G. Williams is a native of the Appalachian Mountains and award-winning novelist. He describes his writing as wry horror, strange science fiction, and suburban fantasy: stories told from the perspectives of vampires, unconventional investigators, magicians, and hackers who live in the places so many of us also call home and who retain their sense of humor. More than anything he enjoys telling stories of people who, through terrible trials, find the friends and comrades who form their true families. Michael is also an avid athlete, activist, gamer, and brother in St. Anthony Hall and Mu Beta Psi. He lives in Durham, NC, with

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Ross Ozarka, filmmaker, all the way from New Zealand. Ross has a very unique way of making films that he will share in the interview. Have a listen to this fascinating story. BTW- even though he is in New Zealand you wouldn't know it.   About Ross Ozarka Ross Ozarka is a maker of films using popsicle stick animation. He has created all of the artwork himself for this unique way of making a film Twitter: @PHUG_Media About the Film "Oops, I Murdered the Person the Person I Like Likes" is about Horatio, a servant who loves Princess Bellimperia. The feeling's not mutual: she's involved with a soldier, Andrea, and on top of that, her father has betrothed her to Don Lorenzo, leader of the Spanish Army. So she's got enough on her plate. When Bellimperia sends Horatio to the front lines to deliver a letter, he learns his crush has a secret plan: to have Andrea kill Lorenzo! Horatio warns Lorenzo of this treachery. As a reward, Lorenzo offers to make Horatio a noble...

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with returning guest, Hannibal Tabu, Writer, Comicbook Writer, and DJ. You could say he is a renaissance man or just a jack of all trades. We talk about what he has in the pipeline and what has happened since the last time we chatted with him. It is always a pleasure to chat with Hannibal.   About Hannibal Tabu Hannibal Tabu is an award-winning writer, futurist, brother, DJ, father, journalist, designer, pundit, husband, poet, vocalist, son, karaoke host, jerk, and digital project manager based in Los Angeles, California. HannibalTabu.com Twitter: @HannibalTabu In our second segment we chat about the Season Finale of Star Trek: Discovery (no spoilers), the Shazam movie, and revisit our experience with Don Coscarelli for Phantasm at 40. We also highlight recent articles posted to the tggeeks.com in the past week. As always we have our birthdays and we have the ever popular feedback segment. We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, w

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Bobby Bala, the writer / Director of the short film, "The Shipment" as well as his career in film and why he made this particular film. As part of this interview we also have Bobby's daughter, Ishana joining us for the chat. The Shipment has been selected as one of the sci fi entires at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival.   About Bobby Bala Bobby Bala is an emerging director with a strong background in Visual FX and 3-D animation. As a father of two daughters, he was inspired to create a relatable human story about family and sacrifice. About The Shipment Unable to afford repairs to his old broken ship, a struggling interplanetary transporter and his daughter are stranded on a wretched spaceport as his morality is put to the test. In our second segment we have a wrap up of Phoenix Film festival 2019, the films we saw and some of the activities we were able to be a part of. We also highlight recent articles posted to the tggeeks.com in the past week. As alw

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat about the busy weekend with Phoenix Film Festival 2019. We talk about the opening event and film as well as the films we screened on Friday. There were quite a few very good films we have seen so far at the festival. Stay tuned for more coverage of Phoenix Film Festival 2019.   Phoenix Film Festival is Arizona's largest film festival. Every year they host nearly 300 films, hold filmmaking seminars, parties and amazing events for over 27,000 attendees during 11 days at the Harkins Scottsdale 101. PFF has been named one of The 25 Coolest Film Festivals and a Top 50 Worth the Entry Fee by MovieMaker Magazine and has been called the most filmmaker-friendly festival out there. So what are you waiting for? Find Your New Favorite Movie!   Arizona Opera elevates the transformative power of storytelling through music—cultivating community and strengthening a state and people as adventurous and diverse as the place they call home. In our second segment we chat about the Ariz

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with themselves about several people we had the opportunity to visit over the weekend. We visited with Patricia Chica, Director of Morning After, as well as Maurice Haeems, Director for the movie Chimera, and then we had dinner at The Smokehouse in Burbank with DaVette See and her mother. We missed Rob, DaVette's husband, as he had another commitment. We had a great time and got a few photos with each of these folks. We apologize to our other friends in the LA area as we just didn't have time to do much more, but we will be back soon for another visit. We also chatted about where we are going and how our numbers have taken off thanks to all of our contributors.     In our second segment we chat about the article we ran on Alan Smithee. We also chat about Tommy Cannon and his Dr. Zombie cartoon and that the books have arrived. So, if you were part of the Kickstarter be on the lookout for your copy. In our third segment, we highlight recent articles posted to the tggeeks.co

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Director Emma Tammi, whose directorial debut film, The Wind will have a special screening at The Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles and be released in theaters and on VOD April 5th. Have a listen and look for the film when it comes to your area.   About Emma Tammi Emma Tammi is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, whose most recent documentary films include Election Day (EPIX / Blumhouse) and Fair Chase (iTunes/Amazon). THE WIND marks her directorial debut of a narrative feature. Tammi is the Co-Founder of Mind Hive Films, and has produced content for clients such as Anonymous Content, Apple, Universal Music, Vogue, and MTV. Born and raised in New York City, and the daughter of two actors, she grew up in the theatre world. Tammi has worked under a handful of great directors, including Robert Altman, Mel Brooks and Susan Stroman. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University. About The Wind An unseen evil haunts the homestead in this chilling, folkloric tale of madness, pa

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with returning guests, Clint Borzoni and John De Los Santos, the Composer and Librettist of the Arizona Opera Commissioned work The Copper Queen. They share a bit about how the opera came to be and share some exciting news about the world premiere. We look forward to speaking with Clint and John more as the premiere approaches.   About Clint Clint Borzoni is the current Composer-in-Residence for Musica Marin, a nonprofit organization that presents, supports and inspires classical music throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. He is an award winning composer whose “highly original yet lyrical music…[and] natural gift for melody and harmonic structure” (The Huffington Post) has resulted in international performances and premieres. He has collaborated with librettist John de los Santos on the opera When Adonis Calls. The lyrical opera (fashioned entirely from the poetry of Gavin Geoffrey Dillard), was selected for inclusion by Fort Worth Opera’s Frontiers and Opera America’s N