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Announcement: Parliament of Twilight Episode 2, by Dani Hermit and Nevi Star

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Parliament of Twilight Episode 2

QSFers Dani Hermit and Nevi Star have a new paranormal book out: When faced with terror and assassination attempts, the men of the Parliament of Twilight must show what they are made of. Will Brodie be able to save himself from the very real horrors of a haunted house on the fake ghost hunting show? What about the wheelchair bound assassin known as Night Owl? What is he going to do with this new partner and a mission that could prove to be impossible? Can Julian find a way to feed his demanding nature that doesn’t involve Marius smuggling prostitutes … Read more

Why Does it Matter if a Character is Gay?

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It’s a fair question, I suppose. It’s a fair question for those who feel that their own sexuality is somehow unimportant or is some manner disconnected from their identity. It’s a fair question for those who feel that anyone’s sexuality is an aberration or distraction from their true being. I for one don’t feel that is the case, but in this age where the mere mention of a difference between us is held up as an example of someone’s political agenda, I understand how it could seem to be a part of that and how, in order to protest the … Read more

The Midweek Mingle: A Question of Barriers

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Just like last week, this isn’t going to be so much of me trying to give advice. This is something I hope we can talk about, and something I hope I can get people thinking about. I’ll return to your regularly scheduled programming after I get back from Sasquan (Wish me luck that I won’t die!). Now, I’m not exactly an old hat in the industry. I’ve been at it since 2010, and I’m embarrassingly young to be an SF/F writer (No exaggeration: it embarrasses me. I have to imagine most 23 year olds don’t just hope to suddenly be … Read more

Announcement: Allyn and Ransom, by Edward Kendrick

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Allyn and Ransom

QSFer Edward Kendrick has a new paranormal detective story out: Young adults are missing. Something socialite and red wolf shifter Allyn Warwick and his sister are unaware of until Allyn’s ex-lover, police detective Ransom Carlyle, interviews them because they were at one of the social gatherings when a young man disappeared. Will Allyn and Ransom–who is an alpha gray wolf shifter–be able to put aside past differences to solve the case, and can they do so without letting the world know they are both shifters? Or will trying to work together–if they survive their hunt to begin with–destroy their slowly … Read more

Discussion: Last Book You Read

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Books

Today’s topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: Name the last LGBT SciFi/Fantasy/Paranormal book you read (name and author) and give the tags you would assign it. You don’t have to say if you loved it or hated it (don’t want to make authors feel bad) but will be interesting to see what kind of books we’re all reading. Vamps? Dragons? Aliens? BDSM? For me, I’m in the middle of three: The Caphenon, by Fletcher Delancey – a sci fi story about the arrival of a group of strangers in a mysterious craft, so sci fi, LGBT, lesbian, outer space. Lore … Read more

Tune Tune Tuesday: Pining

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Yes, Tune Tune Tuesday is back! And Three hours early. Yeehaw! Today’s subject is pining. What songs put you in the pining mood or inspire you to write characters who pine? Since so many of us write ‘romance’ (**shudders dramatically**) this should not be a hard one. I was watching a great film this week-end called Undertow and I was reminded of one of my favorite ‘pining’ songs: Naturaleza Muerta by Mecano. As my husband pointed out, in the film it is the fisherman who pines for his love while in the song it is the love who pines for … Read more

Announcement: Carolina Daemonic, by Brian Barr

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Carolina Daemonic

QSFer Brian Barr has a new Alternative History/Paranormal book out now: Carolina Daemonic is a dystopian alternative timeline urban fantasy-horror with LGBT, steampunk, and occult elements. It’s 2020. The South won the Civil War and achieved manifest destiny in the United States. Great Britain, known as Victoria, and China, have maintained their empires. American slavery was abolished in the late 20th century instead of the late 19th century. Steam powered machinery and electricity make up the bulk of modern technology. In the shadows of the Confederacy, there is magic. Esoteric sciences arcane and archaic survive from forgotten times, and strange … Read more

Me Me Monday!

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Welcome to 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 at … Read more

Announcement: Unconventional in San Diego, Various Authors

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Unconventional in San Diego

QSFer Jambrea Jo Jones has a story in a new anthology that’s just out: Unconventional in San Diego is a series of unconventional gay romance shorts set in the sunny Southern California city: ‘Fate’s Bridge’ by Carol Lynne Is it possible for a soul to be reborn inside another? What would you do if you discovered someone harboring a soul you recognized as one from a deceased loved one? For vampire Roman Gschwind, the scenario becomes a reality when he meets Bodi Rain. Unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that Roman must share Bodi with another vampire if he has any … Read more

Discussion: Your Evil Red Eyes

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Today’s topic comes from QSFer Alicia Nordwell: The use of eye color being a distinctive element in paranormal fiction is really common. Do we naturally associate good/bad with different eye colors? Yellow glowing eyes peering out of the dark, or the use of amber to black eyes versus the red eyes of the vampires in the Twilight series, for example. It’s an interesting question. We’ve long used physical characteristics as shorthand for a character’s, well, character. Not so long ago, an off-handed comment that a character was gay or bi or trans denoted a villain. Blonde hair was good and … Read more