Jeff opens the show reminding everyone that his new m/m hockey romance novella, Head in the Game, releases on Thursday, January 24. The guys discuss movies from this past summer that they've finally seen: Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Skyscraper and Bad Times at the El Royale. Jeff reviews Looking for Billy Haines by Suzanne Brockmann and Ed Gaffney. Gregory Ashe talks with Jeff about how he got his start writing as well as his ongoing series Hazard and Somerset and Hollow Folk. He also discusses how he balances writing and his day job as well as what's coming next from him--including a new trilogy. Complete shownotes for episode 172 are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.