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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

Will There Be Lesbian Romance in the New Ghostbusters Film?

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Four of the funniest people in the industry, full stop, star in the film: Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon. There appears to be some flirting with McKinnon’s edgy, short-haired, slightly off-kilter character, Jillian Holtzmann, and Wiig’s straight-laced scientist Erin Gilbert… Full story from Gay Star News

Announcement: Essent Quest, by JJ Lore

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Essent Quest

QSFer JJ Lore has a new sci fi book out: Playboy Tellan knows other races consider his people spoiled and arrogant, but he’s determined to put aside fine sheets and elegant meals in order to search for a mythical Domidian elixir for his ailing sister. He’s also smart enough to realize he’ll need help staying alive in the unsettled wastes of the Empty Quadrant. Enter Jorant, an intimidating Atavaq who’s been genetically modified to be the perfect soldier. On the run from his past, Jorant accepts the task of protecting Tellan as they venture to a planet populated by tentacled … Read more

For Readers: It’s About Time

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Go back in time and stomp on a butterfly, and you may set off a chain reaction down the timeline that changes everything. Or maybe you just kill one insignificant butterfly. Who knows? Time travel stories are fraught with danger and paradox loops – that’s what makes them so fun! So what’s your favorite time travel story of all time? And why? 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

For Writers: Page Sharing

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We had a great session yesterday with Naomi from Dreamspinner on social media for writers. If you missed it, you can find the transcript here: https://www.queerscifi.com/interviews/social-media-with-naomi-grant/ One of the things that came up was the effectiveness of using targeted FB ads. Essentially, by spending $5-$15 a month, you can boost visits to your FB page – even this small amount has a “halo” effect, bringing more traffic to your page in general, as FB rewards you for spending money in their ecosystem. Plus these ads can be targeted very specifically – for instance, you could choose to have them shown … Read more

Announcement: Slash Op, by J. Johanis

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QSFer J. Johanis has a new paranormal book out: The White House has ordered the execution of a highly sensitive covert operation in dragon-occupied territory. Though a Slash Op has a zero percent survival rate, the commanding general is forced to enlist his most prized officer for the task. Major Gideon is embarking on his first mission in the dragon district. Yet Gideon has hardly recovered from all that Drago made him endure. For the past three months, Gideon has been plagued with dreams of Drago terrorizing him, but his dreams have gradually turned into sexual fantasies. Despite coming to … Read more

For Readers: Overused Paranormal Plot Lines

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There is nothing new to write about under the sun. We have so many writers now, and so many people in general, that if it CAN be written about, it probably HAS been written about. Good writers know how to take tired old topics and reinvigorate them – with a fresh writing style, a new combination of old things, or just plain good writing in general. But some topics get old because so many people jump on the bandwagon. So my question for our readers today – what paranormal topics have lost their shine for you, and why? Writers: This … Read more

The Most Important Lesbian Writer You Never Heard Of

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Marijane Meaker isn’t a household name, but she should be. A literary pioneer many times over, she wrote the 1952 novel Spring Fire, one of the first lesbian “pulps,” giving thousands of Americans their first glimpse of a sexually compatible same-sex couple, even if the rules of the genre required that the relationship end badly. Her books about lesbian life in New York City, which appeared between 1955 and 1972, were indispensable guides to a hidden world. And beginning in the 1970s, she was one of the first authors to write for young adults, often telling stories of underdogs and … Read more

Announcement: Nick & Meichol & Corin, by Mychael Black

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QSFer Mychael Black has a new sci fi book out: When a piece of the Sanctuary 69 station crashed to Earth, Meichol finds himself on the outskirts of a destroyed desert city. Wounded, he prays he can find more suitable shelter before night falls. Before he can get far, though, he meets Nick. The human nurse helps Meichol back to a basement shelter with other survivors, and they strike up a friendship–and mutual attraction. But the struggle is far from over, especially when another meteor strike lands another Sanctuary denizen named Corin practically in their laps. The three men, from … Read more