Heather Rose Jones
@heatherrosejones.bsky.social
Author of queer historic fantasy, amateur historian, Hugo finalist. I blog and podcast as The Lesbian Historic Motif Project, with resources and discussion about sapphic historical fiction.
For more info, see my website alpennia.com
For more info, see my website alpennia.com
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Skinsinger: Tales of the Kaltaoven by Heather Rose Jones
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Skin-Singer: Tales of the Kaltaoven
A collection of semi-cozy shape-shifter stories, set in a low-tech secondary world, with a sapphic background romantic arc.
Originally appearing in the Sword and Sorceress anthology series they are completed with a brand new novelette.
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A collection of semi-cozy shape-shifter stories, set in a low-tech secondary world, with a sapphic background romantic arc.
Originally appearing in the Sword and Sorceress anthology series they are completed with a brand new novelette.
books2read.com/u/bMMqp8
The slide show episodes are vastly more work to produce, not only to source appropriate rights-free images (relatively easy for historic images) but the simple logistics of timing the narration to the slides. I don't do video editing often enough to be good at it.
Check it out:
youtu.be/2L3gbFtI6Rc
Check it out:
youtu.be/2L3gbFtI6Rc
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The slide show episodes are vastly more work to produce, not only to source appropriate rights-free images (relatively easy for historic images) but the simple logistics of timing the narration to the slides. I don't do video editing often enough to be good at it.
Check it out:
youtu.be/2L3gbFtI6Rc
Check it out:
youtu.be/2L3gbFtI6Rc
Perhaps understandably, the most-watched episode of the LHMP on YouTube is one of the two "slide show" episodes -- specifically the one on the history of lesbian pornography (626 views!). Oddly, the other slide show episode (Evolution of Butch as a Lesbian Signifier") is in 21st place with only 42.
Huh, the YouTube version of my podcast seems to be picking up attention. For the first several years I echoed the show on YouTube (this is just audio with a static display card) I'd maybe get one view, but usually zero. Now I'm seeing 10-50 views on the majority of episodes. Unexpected.
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Perhaps understandably, the most-watched episode of the LHMP on YouTube is one of the two "slide show" episodes -- specifically the one on the history of lesbian pornography (626 views!). Oddly, the other slide show episode (Evolution of Butch as a Lesbian Signifier") is in 21st place with only 42.
Huh, the YouTube version of my podcast seems to be picking up attention. For the first several years I echoed the show on YouTube (this is just audio with a static display card) I'd maybe get one view, but usually zero. Now I'm seeing 10-50 views on the majority of episodes. Unexpected.
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Huh, the YouTube version of my podcast seems to be picking up attention. For the first several years I echoed the show on YouTube (this is just audio with a static display card) I'd maybe get one view, but usually zero. Now I'm seeing 10-50 views on the majority of episodes. Unexpected.
My contribution to “current college student discourse”: Yesterday evening I had the delightful experience of doing a class visit for a community college English class who had been assigned one of my books. (The teacher is a friend of mine and regularly takes advantage of having author friends.) 1/n
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My contribution to “current college student discourse”: Yesterday evening I had the delightful experience of doing a class visit for a community college English class who had been assigned one of my books. (The teacher is a friend of mine and regularly takes advantage of having author friends.) 1/n
Trying to figure out whether it's a good thing or a bad thing that I need to defrost the chest freezer in the garage in winter as opposed to summer. Probably a bad thing since I end up getting rather damp in the process. (I'm in coastal California, so don't feel *too* sorry for me.)
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Trying to figure out whether it's a good thing or a bad thing that I need to defrost the chest freezer in the garage in winter as opposed to summer. Probably a bad thing since I end up getting rather damp in the process. (I'm in coastal California, so don't feel *too* sorry for me.)
At the current moment? I wouldn't be doing anything different because my retirement income functions as the equivalent of UBI. Before retirement? That's a harder question. While it would have been nice to shift to being a full-time author earlier, I really enjoyed my job and considered it valuable.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
At the current moment? I wouldn't be doing anything different because my retirement income functions as the equivalent of UBI. Before retirement? That's a harder question. While it would have been nice to shift to being a full-time author earlier, I really enjoyed my job and considered it valuable.
Reposted by Heather Rose Jones
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November 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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#Booksky #6 Fan of fairytale retellings? Looking for aromantic MCs? Check out Heather Rose Jones’s THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES! Heather @heatherrosejones.bsky.social has a great podcast on sapphic history and fiction and a great sapphic fantasy series, Alpennia! queenofswordspress.com/product/the-...
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#Booksky #6 Fan of fairytale retellings? Looking for aromantic MCs? Check out Heather Rose Jones’s THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES! Heather @heatherrosejones.bsky.social has a great podcast on sapphic history and fiction and a great sapphic fantasy series, Alpennia! queenofswordspress.com/product/the-...
New Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast fiction episode! "Ma'am, This is a Fruit Stand" by @mayadrocha.bsky.social
Our first venture into musical elements in a story.
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Our first venture into musical elements in a story.
www.alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 329 – Ma’am, This is a Fruit Stand by Maya Dworsky-Rocha | Alpennia
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 329 – Ma’am, This is a Fruit Stand by Maya Dworsky-Rocha - transcript (Originally aired 2025/11/29)
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November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
New Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast fiction episode! "Ma'am, This is a Fruit Stand" by @mayadrocha.bsky.social
Our first venture into musical elements in a story.
www.alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...
Our first venture into musical elements in a story.
www.alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...
Now that I'm getting into the meat of my excessively-geeky history and analysis of the Best Related Hugo category, I'm having a lot of fun explaining historical contexts, providing footnotes and citation links, and I'm actually beginning to get a sense of a thesis about "what makes a work related?"
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Now that I'm getting into the meat of my excessively-geeky history and analysis of the Best Related Hugo category, I'm having a lot of fun explaining historical contexts, providing footnotes and citation links, and I'm actually beginning to get a sense of a thesis about "what makes a work related?"
I'm going to modify this to "Introduce myself with five mammals I've seen in the wild during my daily bike rides" because otherwise I wouldn't know where to start.
- River otter
- Squirrel, Tree
- Squirrel, Ground
- Bobcat
- Coyote
- River otter
- Squirrel, Tree
- Squirrel, Ground
- Bobcat
- Coyote
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
- Seal
- Buzzard
- Pigeon
- Rabbit
- Butterfly
- Seal
- Buzzard
- Pigeon
- Rabbit
- Butterfly
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
-Cat
-Dog
-Pigeon
-Sheep
-Rat
-Cat
-Dog
-Pigeon
-Sheep
-Rat
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I'm going to modify this to "Introduce myself with five mammals I've seen in the wild during my daily bike rides" because otherwise I wouldn't know where to start.
- River otter
- Squirrel, Tree
- Squirrel, Ground
- Bobcat
- Coyote
- River otter
- Squirrel, Tree
- Squirrel, Ground
- Bobcat
- Coyote
Reposted by Heather Rose Jones
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November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I am not doing this meme because the sixth picture in my phone gallery is the final inspection checklist for the rebuild of my electrical subpanel. I don't believe in tempting fate to that extent.
You've just died. The sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
This cat is much too friendly to kill me.
This cat is much too friendly to kill me.
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I am not doing this meme because the sixth picture in my phone gallery is the final inspection checklist for the rebuild of my electrical subpanel. I don't believe in tempting fate to that extent.
Working on my geeky statistical analysis of fannish stuff and realized I want to reclassify one item from category A to category B, which means I need to review and revise all the places where that stat appears in tables and graphs.
And it'll probably happen again.
And it'll probably happen again.
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Working on my geeky statistical analysis of fannish stuff and realized I want to reclassify one item from category A to category B, which means I need to review and revise all the places where that stat appears in tables and graphs.
And it'll probably happen again.
And it'll probably happen again.
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog -- in which I kick off a month of articles covering the history of various Asian cultures.
www.alpennia.com/blog/heading...
www.alpennia.com/blog/heading...
Heading East For A While | Alpennia
On my last UCB library visit, I borrowed this book, expecting just to skim through it and find that it was limited to male-relevant content and being surpriset to be wrong, as I note below. So I lined...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog -- in which I kick off a month of articles covering the history of various Asian cultures.
www.alpennia.com/blog/heading...
www.alpennia.com/blog/heading...
Reposted by Heather Rose Jones
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ebook set! THE COMPLETE ASTREIANT created by Melissa Scott @blueterraplane and Lisa A. Barnett, cover from @inkspiraldesign.bsky.social, is up for preorder now! Releases 12/15 (and it’s eligible for the Best Series Hugo!). queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#Booksky We’re doing our first
ebook set! THE COMPLETE ASTREIANT created by Melissa Scott @blueterraplane and Lisa A. Barnett, cover from @inkspiraldesign.bsky.social, is up for preorder now! Releases 12/15 (and it’s eligible for the Best Series Hugo!). queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
ebook set! THE COMPLETE ASTREIANT created by Melissa Scott @blueterraplane and Lisa A. Barnett, cover from @inkspiraldesign.bsky.social, is up for preorder now! Releases 12/15 (and it’s eligible for the Best Series Hugo!). queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
Happiness is getting a message that your next library hold is available the morning after finishing the previous book.
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happiness is getting a message that your next library hold is available the morning after finishing the previous book.
I think my sourdough may be going bad. I'll pamper it for a week or two to see if I can get it on track. Otherwise I'll have to reboot from backup.
I tend to be very negligent of my culture and usually it does ok, but this wouldn't be the first time I needed to reboot.
I tend to be very negligent of my culture and usually it does ok, but this wouldn't be the first time I needed to reboot.
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I think my sourdough may be going bad. I'll pamper it for a week or two to see if I can get it on track. Otherwise I'll have to reboot from backup.
I tend to be very negligent of my culture and usually it does ok, but this wouldn't be the first time I needed to reboot.
I tend to be very negligent of my culture and usually it does ok, but this wouldn't be the first time I needed to reboot.
I would have gotten all my journal article notes written up but I made the mistake of turning on the audiobook of The Witch Roads "just for a few moments while I eat lunch." Four hours later... (I did write up about half the journal article notes.)
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I would have gotten all my journal article notes written up but I made the mistake of turning on the audiobook of The Witch Roads "just for a few moments while I eat lunch." Four hours later... (I did write up about half the journal article notes.)
Have I mentioned recently that one of my favorite computer games is "rolling around in data and making fun graphs"?
(I'm currently working on another Hugo Award-related data analysis project, though this time entirely positive and just for fun.)
(I'm currently working on another Hugo Award-related data analysis project, though this time entirely positive and just for fun.)
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Have I mentioned recently that one of my favorite computer games is "rolling around in data and making fun graphs"?
(I'm currently working on another Hugo Award-related data analysis project, though this time entirely positive and just for fun.)
(I'm currently working on another Hugo Award-related data analysis project, though this time entirely positive and just for fun.)
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog. Finishing up the previous tranche of journal articles with a couple pieces on Katherine Philips. I just sorted through the 100+ articles in my to-do folder, tagging them for thematic clusters. Coming soon!
www.alpennia.com/blog/have-we...
www.alpennia.com/blog/have-we...
Have We Had Enough Katherine Philips Yet? | Alpennia
There are some historic figures where I’m almost at the point of saying, “I know there are a lot more publications about this person and their work that I haven’t read yet, but I’m not sure they’ll ad...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
New Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog. Finishing up the previous tranche of journal articles with a couple pieces on Katherine Philips. I just sorted through the 100+ articles in my to-do folder, tagging them for thematic clusters. Coming soon!
www.alpennia.com/blog/have-we...
www.alpennia.com/blog/have-we...
I watched the first season of this and loved it -- though I'll add a content note for elder dementia and death.
Charles (Ted Danson) went undercover in a retirement community in the first season of the hit Netflix series. In Season 2, Charles enrolls in college, and brings along a fantastic new cast. n.pr/4rcAdp1
'A Man on the Inside' goes to college, and Ted Danson aces the test
Charles (Ted Danson) went undercover in a retirement community in the first season of the hit Netflix series. In Season 2, Charles enrolls in college, and brings along a fantastic new cast.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I watched the first season of this and loved it -- though I'll add a content note for elder dementia and death.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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This time I *will* fill out the program interest survey in a timely manner! (Although, as always, I never assume that I should be given programming and am grateful and humbled to be considered interesting enough to be selected to participate.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This time I *will* fill out the program interest survey in a timely manner! (Although, as always, I never assume that I should be given programming and am grateful and humbled to be considered interesting enough to be selected to participate.)
Currently transcribing early 18th century British court proceedings records for a blog. I keep feeling like the careful repetitions and variations are like a type of magical formula. If you leave something out or don't cover a possible angle, then the demons will get you!
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Currently transcribing early 18th century British court proceedings records for a blog. I keep feeling like the careful repetitions and variations are like a type of magical formula. If you leave something out or don't cover a possible angle, then the demons will get you!