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FOR AUTHORS: Combatting Insecurity & Imposter Syndrome

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Aidee Ladnier: Imposter syndrome is when you accomplish great things but still think that you don’t deserve the accolades – that someone will find out you’re not as great as they think you are or a fraud. It’s basically a mental insecurity issue. I was wondering if other writers (because a lot of writers suffer from this) had any coping mechanisms to deal with it. What are the best ways to combat insecurity and imposter syndrome? Join the chat

ENTERTAINMENT – Alien: Covenant to Feature Gay Couple

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The next Ridley Scott Alien film, Alien: Covenant, premieres on May 19, and the 20th Century Fox debuted a five-minute prologue to the film last night introducing the crew which includes James Franco, Billy Crudup, and Michael Fassbender. Also on board the Covenant, a colonization ship on its way to a remote planet to form a new human settlement, is the franchise’s first gay couple (played by Nathaniel Dean and Demián Bichir), and they’re shown here playfully arm-wrestling and sharing a quick kiss while cavorting with the crew. By Andy Towle – Full Story at Towleroad

Announcement: Beauty in the Beast, by Erik Schubach

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Beauty In The Beast

QSFer Erik Schubach has a new FF urban fairy tale out: Even the most beastly… may hold beauty inside. While Daria McQueen mourns. The legends of fairytales fight to contain the incursions of the new demon hybrid contagion that Styche the Trickster has unleashed upon the world. An enraged and seemingly unstoppable demon appears, and it seems just as powerful as Styche. It directs its boundless rage at anything that moves, friend or foe. They learn that the beast can only be controlled by a young woman who has a uncanny ability to soothe the savage beast. Amazon Excerpt I … Read more

ENTERTAINMENT: Glorious Midi Unicorn

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Glorious Midi Unicorn

We can’t stop watching this video. YouTube star Andrew Huang turned a photo of a unicorn into a MIDI notes musical composition. It is a weird 22-second adventure that’s also insanely entrancing. Huang shared the video on Twitter and it blew up ― clearly because people are just as fascinated by it as we are. By Jenna Amatulli – Full Story at The Huffington Post

Announcement: Where There’s Smoke audio, by Cari Z.

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QSFer Cari Z. has a new audio version of her superhero/villain MM book “Where There’s Smoke” out: Panopolis is a rough place to be an average Joe. I came here looking for adventure and excitement, but nobody cares about one more normal guy in a city filled with super-powered heroes. The closest I’ve come to glory is working in a bank that villains often rob. But then I maybe accidentally-on-purpose helped a villain escape the hero who was trying to save the day. Imagine my shock when, a week later, that villain asked me out for coffee. One date turned … Read more

Glee Actor Chris Colfer Shopping Sci Fi Drama

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Chris Colfer is taking it upon himself to craft his own TV comeback. The out actor and author has teamed with Sonar Entertainment to develop a pilot for the sci-fi drama Indigo that he would write, direct and star in. ‘Very excited for this! Fingers crossed,’ Colfer wrote on Instagram Friday (17 February). Indigo would be a far cry from Colfer’s Emmy-nominated role of gay high school student Kurt Hummel on Glee. Indigo explores the mysterious world of Indigo children — those who are misdiagnosed but wildly believed to possess extraordinary paranormal abilities — and the dark forces working to exploit their … Read more

Announcement: Catalyst, by Fletcher DeLancey

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QSFer Fletcher DeLancey has a new FF sci fi book book out: After disobeying orders and saving the planet of Alsea from invasion, Captain Ekatya Serrado returns home a hero and renegade, alongside Dr. Lhyn Rivers, now the foremost authority on a culture that fascinates and terrifies. They share a secret: they are tyrees, linked by an Alsean empathic bond that should be biologically impossible for two Gaians. The secret could cost Ekatya her career, but when both women are drawn into a high stakes political game, their tyree bond may be all that stands between them and the dangerous … Read more

FOR READERS: Dialects

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Angel Martinez: When reading dialogue and you come across regional dialects (or even made up dialects) – love it or hate it? 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