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Graphic Novel Week Day Six: Adapting a Novel to Graphic Novel Format

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Pact Arcanum

The Interview With Arshad Ahsanuddin at 8 AM Pacific will take place at our Facebook Discussion Group. :) Arshad will talk with moderator WT Prater about his graphic novel Pact Arcanum, and the process of converting an existing novel to graphic format. Arshad has set up a Createspace discount code of 63YMAX3C, which gives you a 15% discount ($12.75 instead of $14.99). It’s a beautiful graphic novel – I got to see an advance copy at RC! https://www.createspace.com/5609895 Join the discussion!

Announcement: Taliaschild, by Anastasia Vitsky

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Taliaschild

QSF author Anastasia Vitsky has a new fairy tale book out: Six years after the mysterious talisman brought Queen Vina to Talia, it chooses a new owner in Sonna, a child of the streets. Unprotected by her amputee father and beaten by her mother for failing to bring home scraps for the family to eat, Sonna runs into the self-assured Kira, daughter and heir to Vina’s queendom. Weary of endless rules and duties involved in training to become the future queen, Kira leaps at the chance to escape with a new friend. She places the priceless talisman around Sonna’s neck, … Read more

Graphic Novel Week Day Five: Breaking into Graphic Novels

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Graphic Novel Week

Hey all, The long-awaited graphic novel week is here! Today’s topic – Breaking Into Graphic Novels: Two more days left in our graphic novel week. Today we’ll talk about the process of getting started with graphic novels. We invite anyone in the group who has done one (or more) to talk about how you break into this particular part of the LGBT fiction market – tools, tips, and more. Join the discussion. We have a great line up this week, including six topics and four special events: Saturday, August 29th: All Day: Breaking into Graphic Novels Sunday, August 30th: All … Read more

Announcement: Drama Queens With Love Scenes, by Kevin Klehr

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Drama Queens With Love Scenes

QSFer Kevin Klehr has a new paranormal book out: Close friends Allan and Warwick are dead. They’re not crazy about the idea so to help them deal with this dilemma are Samantha, a blond bombshell from the 1950s, and Guy, an insecure angel. Allan also has a secret. He has a romantic crush on his friend, Warwick, but shortly after confiding in his new angel pal, his love interest falls for the cock-sure playwright, Pedro. Not only does Allan have to win the heart of his companion, he also has to grapple with the faded memory of how he actually … Read more

Graphic Novel Week Day Four: Really Graphic Novels

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Stripped

Hey all, The long-awaited graphic novel week is here! Today’s topic – Really Graphic Novels: We’ve talked about Yaoi and Yuri and Superheroes so far in this Graphic Novel Week. But what about the comics we’ve had for decades – the erotic (and sometimes much more than erotic) graphic novels that explored LGBT sexuality decades before marriage equality? Are they still relevant? Do you read them, and if so, do you have a favorite? Bonus points for any of these that alsy cross over into speculative fiction. Join the discussion. We have a great line up this week, including six … Read more

Announcement: A Demon Inside, by Rick R. Reed

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A Demon Inside

DSP Publications’ Rick R. Reed has a reissued paranormal book out: Hunter Beaumont doesn’t understand his grandmother’s deathbed wish: “Destroy Beaumont House.” He’s never even heard of the place. But after his grandmother passes and his first love betrays him, the family house in the Wisconsin woods looks like a tempting refuge. Going against his grandmother’s wishes, Hunter flees to Beaumont House. But will the house be the sanctuary he had hoped for? Soon after moving in, Hunter realizes he may not be alone. And with whom—or what—he shares the house may plunge him into a nightmare from which he … Read more

Graphic Novel Week Day Three: Yuri

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Graphic Novel Week

Hey all, The long-awaited graphic novel week is here! Today’s topic – Yuri: Yuri is the yin to Yaoi’s yang… or is it the other way around? From Wikipedia: As of 2009, the term yuri is used in Japan to mean the depiction of attraction between women (whether sexual or romantic; explicit or implied) in manga, anime, and related entertainment media, as well as the genre of stories primarily dealing with this content. The wasei-eigo construction “Girls Love”, occasionally spelled “Girl’s Love” or “Girls’ Love”, or abbreviated as “GL”, is also used with this meaning. Yuri is generally a form … Read more

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

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Parliament of Twilight 2

QSFers Dani Hermit and Nevi Star have a new illustrated version of their Yaoi series 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 … Read more

Graphic Novel Week Day Two: Superheroes

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Graphic Novel Week

Hey all, The long-awaited graphic novel week is here! Today’s topic – Superheroes: Superheroes were long solely the province of (mostly white) heterosexuals. But that’s slowly beginning to change. Queer as Folk (the US version) famously featured Rage and JT. Saturday Night Live spoofed them with the Ambiguously Gay Duo. And we’ve had a number of other characters come out in the Marvel and DC universes. But now we’ve got some of our own, including The Young Protectors, a great LGBT series done by the fabulous Alex Woolfson and the great illustrator Adam DeKraker – we’ll have both of them … Read more

Cover Reveal: King of the Storm, by B. A. Brock

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King of the Storm

Today, we have something special which we don’t get to do very often – a cover reveal for QSF reviewer and amazing author B.A. Brock’s King of the Storm: Cover by Anne Cain. When DSP Publications asked me what my ideal cover would be, I informed the artists that Perseus is a storm demigod who lives by the ocean, and his nakedness is a theme, figuratively and literally. When Anne showed me her design, my first thoughts were, “Whoa. Hot.” It was better than I could have imagined. About the Book: No one can outrun destiny or the gods. In … Read more