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For Readers: Is FanFic Important for Kids?

fan fiction

Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Paula Wyant: Paula flagged this article for us: http://www.theestablishment.co/2016/05/16/the-importance-of-fan-fiction-for-queer-youth/ Which makes this point: Fanfic communities are often a safe place for young, queer writers to begin navigating their identity. “Sometimes, the online space is the only place they can be out,” says Kristina Busse, founding co-editor of Transformative Works and Cultures. “They are still negotiating what they want to be called—like what their pronouns are—and coming out as trans online allows them to explore that identity.” So what do you think? Are/were you a fan fic reader? If so, did it help you? Or … Read more

Announcement – grydscaen: insurrection, by Natsuya Uesugi

grydscaen: insurrection

QSFer Natsuya Uesugi has a new sci fi book out: Sati Ima is a mobile frame pilot from the Pacific Territories with a mouth on him that constantly gets him in trouble and a penchant for bucking authority. Thrust into a confrontation with his superior officer, he finds his way to the brig and gets his wings taken away for a short time. Having served his stint in detention, Sati is let out and given another chance. The enemy Atlantea Federation have their own ace pilot who flies the Streak mobile frame, a transforming war machine and this pilot will … Read more

For Writers: Gender Shift

Gender

Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Richard Wood: Speaking of FF and other non MM varieties of LGBT sex, why are almost all shifters male? Can a male shifter be female when shifted or choose which sex to be? Or how about shifters who shift between male and female human forms? Why are all shifters shifting between human and animal forms? How many men and women would like to experience sex from both male and female perspectives? Thinking here of Heinlein’s “I will Fear No Evil”. This topic deals with gender issues, which can be a touchy topic, so I … Read more

Finally, The Captain Kisses Bucky

Captain America and Bucky

Well, kinda… #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend, and most are hoping it’s going to be ‘best friend’ Bucky Barnes. But even if they don’t, fans can be happy by imagining what it would be like for Cap and Bucky to get together. So it was only natural that when actors Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan, who spent the weekend at Wizard World in Philadelphia, posed for staged photos with fans that something was going to happen. Two fans, dressed as Cap and Bucky, kissed in front of the actors that played them. And while Chris and Seb may be a little surprised, they’re certainly … Read more

Breathing Betrayal, by Bellora Quinn and Sadie Rose Bermingham

Breathing Betrayal

QSFers Bellora Quinn and Sadie Rose Bermingham has a new GENRE book out: Every breath brings them closer to love, and a killer. Jake Chivis is the descendant of Fire Elementals with a gift for psychometry, the ability to see memories from touching objects. After a bad breakup and trouble at work, Jake gave up his career as a detective in Detroit and moved to England to join a research program studying Elemental gifts at University College London. It seemed like the perfect way to escape his past and start over, and this time he’s vowed not to fall into … Read more

Game of Thrones to Get Lesbian Character

Game of Thrones season 6 just unveiled a female character who’s attracted to women – and many fans are thrilled. After the Greyjoys moved their Iron Fleet to Volantis to stock up on supplies, we saw the group indulging in an abundance of women and ale… including Yara Greyjoy. The kick-ass sister of Theon Greyjoy is pictured kissing a woman (and then some) before proclaiming: “Since it’s my last night ashore for a long while, I’m gonna go f**k the tits off this one.” By Bea Mitchell – Full Story at Pink News

Announcement: Shadow Flare, by Kim Gryphon

Shadow Flare

QSFer Kim Gryphon has a new sci fi book out: Estel must leave her homeworld behind as she embarks on a transgalactic trip to the Shadow World, where she seeks to unite with her shadow spirit. Joined by her childhood friend, the Wolf, and aided by the ghost of her Grandmother, she tunnels into the unknown. Quickly, she realizes that this new realm reeks of danger and mystery.. A terrible Machine operates with impunity on an interdimensional scale, snatching up the spirit energy of corporeal beings for its profit imperative in a nefarious commodification process. Afterward, all that remains of … Read more

Me Me Monday!

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

Announcement: The Tenth Muse, by Belinda McBride

The Tenth Muse

QSFer Belinda McBride has a new paranormal book out: In a wicked game, the God of Love falls to his own arrow, and a gentle scholar learns how dangerous knowledge can be. Aphrodite has had it. It was bad enough that her son Eros walked a fashion show in drag, but did he really have to show the entire world his wings? Desperate to rein in the impulsive young god, she recruits the scholarly muse Rees to lure him back to Olympus until the scandal dies down. After hundreds of years, Eros has finally located the reincarnation of his former … Read more