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Saturday, March 21st, 2009
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The Skinny Newsletter: Vol 2, Issue 19 The Skinny -- Original Slash and Femmeslash NewsletterVol 2 Issue 19 Art and Photography:- namelesswalker has posted a picture she drew for her yaoi pairing, X3 (nsfw) and a picture titled, Shadows & Seraphim.
- At yaoi, livvydarling has posted info about signed prints and bookmarks she is selling.
- At originalyaoi, aviatorlisa posts a link to her picture, Lynn in a Maid Outfit (cross-dressing).
Communites and Calls for Submissions:- At erotic_authors, erastes has posted a list of calls of submission for various press companies and that Logical-Lust has a call of submission for glbt and straight S/M fiction for their Best S/M 3 anthology. At meta_writer she posts a list of articles with advice for writers.
- At bb_shousetsu, petronia puts out submission guidelines for Art Challenge II & the regular SSBB issue after that.
- At circletpress, ceciliantan puts out calls of submissions for Circlet Press' Kneel to Me anthology and for their Like a God's Kiss anthology.
Discussion: - davien has a poststorm_grant is looking for discussions about animal-ness POV.
- At orig_slavefic, supergreak is looking for help in writing an original slavefic.
- At meta_writer, davien talks about about building character and critiquing a work, while c_smith_author talks about professionalism in writing.
- storm_grant wants to know, "what crazed things have you done to get realism and good description in your writing?".
- At torquere_social, hbkurtzwilde talks a bit about how she comes up w/the names of things in her fiction and kitzheng wants to know which beefcakes are your favorites. Meanwhile, gs_wiley wants to talk about PDAs.
- At the writers_loft, awriter12 wants to know how other writers organize the notes they jot down for their fiction and unchristened wants to know how writers get their juices flowing so they can write. Additionally, jinkang wants to know if reading a book set in your home town makes the reading more or less real for you and if other writers have had grammer issues and how they overcame them.
Miscellaneous:- verb_noire has been created "To celebrate the works of talented, underrepresented authors and deliver them to a readership that demands more." for writers of POC men, women, and lgbt characters.
- At torquere_social, kiernankelly links to a video she made promoting her book, Two-Spirit.
- The edited version of Ch. 68 of Special Forces - Veterans by marquesate and vashtan is now available.
- erastes posts a list of the finalist for the Lambda Liteary Awards.
- At mannazone, ms_manna posts a link to a podcast version of her fic, Virtual.
- valarltd is offering a free copy of her and Naomi Brooks' Tuition Fees in honor of Read an Ebook Week.
Multi-Chaptered Fiction:- ryui has posted Ch. 3 of Dichotomy: Majesty (m/m, romance, suspense, action).
- kayakun has posted Ch. 1 of Comfort (m/m, yaoi, contemp).
- becbet has posted Ch. 1 of Maps (m/m, scifi, violence).
- shirafuzzy has posted Ch. 20 of Jonathan's Puzzle (m/m-poly, slave fic).
- freece has posted Ch. 11 of Captive Prince (m/m, slavefic, non-con).
- juliandahling has posted Ch. 2 of you, me, and henry rollins (m/m, contemp).
- hopefulwriter27 has posted Ch. 1b of Definition of a Hero (m/m, scifi)
- bean_montag has posted Ch. 5 of Between Night and Day (m/m, supernatural) and Ch. 16 of Fiend by the Bay (m/m, detective).
- laurabryannan has posted Ch. 5 of Knockin' on Heaven's Door (m/m, yaoi).
- mexta has realeased Ch. 8 of Jack Accepts (m/m, slave, bdsm).
- jessara40k has posted Ch. 11 of Hilary (m/m, slavery).
- elkica has posted Ch. 17 of What If (m/m, contemp).
- namelesswalker has posted Ch. 4 of Just a Touch of Ice (m/m, yaoi, romance, angst).
- aggybird has posted Ch. 3 of how sam met the ghoul of his dream (m/m, supernatural).
- mkeegan has posted Ch. 41 of Legends (m/m, fantasy).
- jupiterrhode has posted Ch. 2 of Dead Boyfriend (m/m, supernatural).
- ocotillo_dawn has posted Ch. 14 of The Violet and the Tom (m/m, D/s, slavery).
- kikue_mugen has posted Ch. 6 of Spring Binding (m/m, historical).
- flighty_dreams has posted Ch. 5c, pt 4 of Spliced (m/m, scifi, slavery).
- marika_kailaya has posted Ch. 33 of Burning the Sound (m/m).
- sansa1970 has posted Ch. 4 of Truth in Advertising (m/m, romance).
Professional Fiction:Released by various publishers: - mkeegan announces the release of his works at Amazon.com.
-- Released by Torquere Press: - Here and Now by Anah Crow (m/m)
- Homesteads and Horseradish by Kiernan Kelly (m/m)
- Toy Box: Vibrators by Various (m/m)
- Taste Test: Office Relations by Various (m/m)
- Bad, Bad Boys by Aaron Michaels (m/m)
- Not Sir by Syd McGinley (m/m)
- Guapo by B.A. Tortuga (m/m)
- Phoeberia by HB Kurtzwilde (m/m)
- The One that Got Away by TC Blue (m/m)
- The Morning After by Cassandra Gold and Beth Wylde (m/m)
- A Heat Seeking Missle by EM Linely (m/m)
- StarCrossed 3: Objects in the Mirror by Jaye Valentine (m/m)
- Oil Change by Anah Crowe and Dianne Fox (m/m)
- Bedside Manners w/stories by Lee Benoit, Jane Davitt, and Sean Michael (m/m).
--- Released by Samhain Publishing: - Object of His Desire by Ava March (m/m)
- Polar Reaction by Claire Thompson (m/m)
Released by Changling Press: - Weary Memories by Elizabeth Jewel (m/m)
--- Released by Loose-ID: - Ghost of a Chance by T.A. Chase (m/m)
- Drawn Together by Z. A. Maxfield (m/m)
--- Released by Dreamspinner Press: - An Inconvenient Hankering by Sienna Bishop (m/m)
- A Note in the Margin by Isabelle Rowan (m/m)
- Taking Care of Business by Jenna Hilarry Sinclair (m/m)
- Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy (m/m)
--- Released by MLR Press: - Eight Arms to Hold You by Ally Blue (m/m)
- Hard Fall by James Buchanan (m/m)
Recs and Reviews:- Speakitsname has multi reviews and links and resources for Gay Historical Fiction.
- Uniquely Pleasurable is a site that has "Links and reviews for homoerotic and lesbian fiction, art and other media".
- elisa_rolle reviews many and various gltb stories and novels at her website.
- the_slash_pile has originalslash stories, art, and more.
- krazysidhe has posted a review of Storm Constantine's Weaththu.
- erastes posts a link to a reader's review of Transgression, a reader's review of I DO, and a link to reviews of Trangression and False Colors by Brandon Burt..
- At torquere_social, diannefox posts a link to a review of Renovations: In a Family Way from Fallen Angel Reviews.
- valarltd has posted a link a review of Glad Hands by Literary Nyphms.
- marquesate has posted a link to a review of Her Majesty's Men from Obsidian Bookshelf.
- storm_grant has posted a link to a review of Gym Dandy by Reviews by Jesse Wave.
Short/Stand Alone Stories:- see_jaysfic - One Last Once More (m/m, contemp)
- rusty_tiffany - Sitting Alone (f/f, contemp)
- cartographique - waystation (m/m)
- crossroadblues - Untitled (m/m, supernatural)
- madasbunnies - Out (coming out, angst)
- morgan_cian - Get Him a Boy (m/m, slavefic, angst)
- hopelessosaka - Infant of an Aborted and The Mad Hatter is Dead (m/m, dark, gore, supernatural)
- marika_kailaya - But It Was Almost Happiness (m/m)
- elkica - Betrayal (m/m, historical au) and Needfulness Addiction (m/m, yaoi)
- tygati - To Punish a Thief (m/m/m, supernatural)
- tsaiko - Feral Wolf (m/m, supernatural) and Feral Wolf, four drabbles (m/m, supernatural)
- morgan_cian - Owned (m/m, drug use, underage, D/s)
Note: Information on submissions to the newsletter can be found here. Additionally, please feel free to pass on info about comms, recs, or other original/femmeslash fics, arts, etc. in the comments to this post or send me an email at gweneniriol@livejournal.com. Thanks! Newsletter Key: M/M: male slash F/F: female slash NSFW: not safe for work MPREG: male pregnancy BDSM: bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism non-con: non-consensual sex dub-con: dubious consent multi: multiple partners poly: polyamory contemp: contemporary scifi: science fiction teen: teenage character(s) |
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