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Month: May 2016

Announcement: A Wizard in Waikiki, by A.J. Llewellyn

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A Wizard in Waikiki

QSFer A.J. Llewellyn has a new fantasy book out: Summoned from the past, Konu rises naked from the sea to reclaim his power for the freedom to live—and love. If the forces of evil don’t get to him first! On a hot day in Waikiki, beachgoers are stunned when a tall, handsome man rises from the ocean. Striding naked to a small, ringed enclosure containing four huge stones most tourists never even notice, he becomes visibly upset. These are Wizard Stones, positioned between the beach and the foot traffic on Kalakaua Avenue. Konu, the naked man, is agitated by a … Read more

Me Me Monday!

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Welcome to M3: ME ME MONDAY at our FB discussion group – your chance to pop in and tell us about your latest success. Have a new book or short story coming out? Let us know. Just sell something? Let us know so we can cheer you on. HOW IT WORKS: I’ll pin this topic to the top of our FB discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post, so I can also share it over to our FB page (as opposed to this discussion group). –If you want, send me your book announcement info … Read more

News: Mercury Transits the Sun – Live

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Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system, has begun a transit that only happens about 13 times every 100 years. The transit is currently underway and you can watch it LIVE below. The last transit happened in 2006, the next will happen in 2019, and there won’t be another one until 2032. Since it’s not wise to look at the Sun unless you’ve got a solar filter, you’re best to head to a planetarium or find a viewing event. See the Feed

Announcement: Whither Thou Goest, by Tinnean

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Whither Thou Goest

QSFer Tinnean has a new historical fantasy book out: Johnny Smith meets Church Chetwood during the dark days of the Great Depression. He knows Mr. Chetwood can’t be his forever. Why would the handsome and charming director want to stay with a young man who has nothing but his body and skills in bed to offer? His Mr. Chetwood can have any women—or man—he wants, but Johnny is going to keep him as long as he can. When they have to leave suddenly on the SS August Moon to evade the process servers trying to find Church, Johnny is glad … Read more

For Writers: How to Reach Women Who Read FF Fiction

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Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Michael Barnette: When I ran a publishing house and was trying to increase the available f/f and advertised the hell out of the need, we received no submissions. I did hear from a fair number of lesbians on a forum that most of them didn’t read fiction. The topic just died due to lack of interest. Maybe things have changed a bit and there are more readers now? We know there’s a market out there for FF fiction. But how do you reach it as an author? Does it have its own idiosyncrasies, likes, … Read more

Review: Captain America: Civil War

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Poor Captain America. You know how it is. You’re frozen in a block of ice and when you wake up several decades later the world has gotten so complicated! Everyone you loved is dead except your 96 year old girlfriend with Alzheimers (Agent Peggy Carter) and your brainwashed homicidal boyfriend (Bucky aka The Winter Soldier) who is totally ghosting you. New friends are plentiful but also trouble. Either they have two faces (Black Widow/Agent 13) or they’re constantly vanishing for personal reasons (Thor/Hulk/Hawkeye) so you totally can’t rely on them. Or maybe they aren’t your friends at all. Take Iron … Read more

Announcement: His Guilty Secret, by LV Lloyd

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His Guilty Secret

QSFer LV Lloyd has a new sci fi book out: Heir to a wealthy Aurigan shipping family, Captain Adam S Hayes has his life carefully mapped out. Career, marriage, family. Everything is going according to plan … until he meets Lieutenant Daniel King. Trapped underground together after an explosion, Hayes seizes the opportunity to try something he’s only dreamed of, but finds he is totally unprepared for the consequences. Book three in the Aurigan Space Saga series. Although the book can be read as a stand-alone story, it shares some of the characters from Rough Play. Book 3 of the … Read more

For Readers: Sex in YA

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Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: What are your thoughts about sex in YA books (dealing with teens 15 and older) should there be sex on page or do you think it should be fade to black? This is always a tricky one. Let’s approach this with our usual (trademarked) QSF calm and collective reasoning. :) Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

Announcement: Zenith (audio), by Arshad Ahsanuddin

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Zenith Audiobook

QSFer Arshad Ahsanuddin has one of his sci fi books out in audio: What if you could change history? What if someone else already had? Grounded after a rescue attempt in Earth orbit goes bad, Commander Martin Atkins of the Confederation Navy is approached by the Interscission Project, a consortium of civilian corporations on the verge of perfecting the technology to travel to another star. Despite his misgivings, the chance to get back in the pilot’s seat is too much to pass up, and he convinces his best friend and crewmate, Charles Davenport, to leave the military temporarily and join … Read more