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Saturday, April 4th, 2009
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8:10p |
The Skinny Newsletter: Vol 2, Issue 21 The Skinny -- Original Slash and Femmeslash NewsletterVol 2 Issue 21 Art and Photography:- rosestoo posts some of her comic Hard Drive Reality (m/m, scifi)
Beta Requests:- At bb_shousetsu, ladysisyphus has posted for beta-readers for April's Yuri special of Bang*Bang Shousetsu.
Communites and Calls for Submissions:- morgan_cian talks about the comment_fic lj community.
- Assignments for the thingsunwritten writing community have been sent out.
- circletpress announces their anthologies will be closing soon but it's not to late to submit.
- At erotic_authors, erastes announces editor Cecelia Tan is looking for three or four more stories for both a gay-themed vampire book and a lesbian-themed vampire book being put out by Ravenous Romance.
Discussion: - marquesate asks "When is your best writing time?"
- At historicromance, erastes talks about the presence or absence of historical figures in historical romances. While Guest Blogger Chris Smith talks about being a first time historical romance author. Additionally, louisrenault talks about having "Bloody Good Fun" while researching for a story.
- erastes posts links to blogs where she talks about doing research on the English Civil War and about the green fairy.
- storm_grant has a footnote question.
- mel_keegan talks about publishing gay fiction for the visually impaired.
- nbrooks asks, "Can a man without legs be a viable romance hero?"
Miscellaneous:- logophilos_blog announces Going Down and Bound to Fall are available at Lulu.
- verb_noire has posted a link to their flyer to print and hand out.
- tygati announces Azure Seas and Dragon Isles is now available in print.
- aggybird has posted a link to the Wereyorkie Masterlist.
- At sapphicscribes, tcdale asks if any "...lesbians/women-centric/femslash writers" on Twitter would be interested in networking there.
Multi-Chaptered Fiction:- mkeegan has posted the last parts of Legends (sections 65 thru 71) (m/m, fantasy).
- maldoror_gw has posted Ch. 5 of Out (m/m, supernatural).
- me_ya_ri has posted Ch. 25 of Debts to Recover (m/m, slavery, scifi).
- dadygrrrl has posted Ch.6 of Red Darkness (m/m, supernatural, mpreg).
- shirafuzzy has posted Ch. 24 of Jonathan's Puzzle (m/m-poly, slave fic).
- laurabryannan has posted Ch. 6 of Knockin' on Heaven's Door (m/m, yaoi).
- tinocka has posted Ch. 7 of Kitten (m/ms, violence, non-sexual child abuse).
- aggybird has posted Ch. 8 of sparrow through the heart (m/m).
- elkica has posted Ch. 18 of What If (m/m, contemp).
- tuawahine has posted Ch. 7 of My Slave I Bequeath to You (f/f, m/m, slavefic).
- flightly_dreams has posted Pt. 4, Ch. 6 of Spliced (m/m, scifi, slavery).
- mexta has posted Ch. 10 of Jack Accepts (m/m, slave, bdsm).
- morgan_cian has posted Ch. 26 of Texas III (m/m, angst, bdsm, h/c).
- jupiterrhode has posted Ch. 5 of Dead Boyfriend (m/m, supernatural).
- jolt_sinner has posted Ch. 4 of Skeletons (m/m, supernatural, underage drug use, violence).
Professional Fiction:Released by Torquere Press: - Out of the Blue by Glyn Soitino (m/m).
- Ride the Tiger: The Six of Swords by Misa Izanaki (m/m).
- Give it Time: The Seven of Wands by B.A. Tortuga (m/m).
- Tequila Angel by L.F. Blake (m/m).
- A Taste of Darkness by A. R. Moler (m/m).
--- Released by Changling Press: - Escaping Darkness by Amanda Steiger (m/m).
- Sweet Oblivion 2: Snare by Jordan Castillo Price (m/m).
--- Released by Loose-ID: - Intersteller Service & Discipline: Lost Star by Morgan Hawke (m/m).
- The White Knight by Josh Lanyon (m/m).
- Sursein Judgement by Jet Mykles (m/m).
- Passionate Ink by Angela Knight (how-to book on writing erotica).
--- Released by Dreamspinner Press: - Sutcliffe Cove by Ariel Tachna and Madeleine Urban (m/m).
- Spring Reassurance by Andrew Grey (m/m).
--- Other Publishers: - Aspen Mountain Press - Cooking with Ergot by Luisa Prieto (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.
- slashreaders posts reviews of slash books by slash readers.
- jessewave posts info about upcoming events on the Reviews By Jesse Wave blog.
- valarltd has posted a review of Glad Hands by Teddypig.
- marquesate has posted a review of Her Majesty's Men by Jesswave's Review.
- kirby_crow has posted Ch. 4a of Cocksucking Appointment (m/m).
- [Bad username: logosphilos_blog] posts some links to reviews for Bound to Fall.
Short/Stand Alone Stories:- chemcat has posted Cat (m/m, suicidal thoughts).
- At ah_gayfiction, squidmaster has posted an Untitled Fic (m/m, scifi). And, cros_eyes has posted Airing Cupboard (m/m).
- me_ya_ri has posted Old Dogs (m/m, near rape, slavefic).
- writemepretty has posted The Hero (m/m, historical).
- marquesate posts Life after Code of Honour: Hometruths (m/m).
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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