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Saturday, May 16th, 2009
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The Skinny Newsletter: Vol 2, Issue 26 part 1 The Skinny -- Original Slash and Femmeslash Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 26 part 1
Note: I'm going out see the new Trek so today's issue will be in two parts. Here's the first part and the second will be later tonight. Enjoy!
Art and Photography:
- At yuri, meow_ko announces she does yuri (f/f) commisions.
Communities and Calls for Submissions:- At erotic_authors, erastes posts that Noble Romance Publishing is looking for submissions to their Lesbian anthology and that Pink Metal Books is looking for submissions to several of their lines.
Discussions:- At meta_writer, madeleineurban talks "About fan fic, trolls, original stories, and finding your way home", jans_intentions talks about going "Into the Woods", and diannefox talks about "Promotion".
- At metafandom, there is a link to twtd's dreamwidth journal where she's posted, "An open letter to femslash fandom".
- jgraeme2007 is looking for discussion topics for "The Writing M/M Romance" writer's conference he's attending.
Miscellaneous:
At logophilos_blog, logophilos announces registered users can now subscribe to blog posts. - There's an article about verb_noire at Three Crow Press.
- marquesates has posted a rec/review for From the Front: The Story of War by Michael S. Sweeney (seems to be a good reference for historical writers).
Multi-Chaptered Fiction:- cha has posted Ch. 1 of Making Dreams for Me (m/m, contemp).
- ocotillo_dawn has posted Ch. 3 of Esperanza (m/m, dystopian scifi).
- fran_fic has posted Ch. 5 of The Red Braid (m/m, teen, non-con, violence, torture).
- frogs_of_war has posted Ch. 1 of Prodigal's Dilemma (m/m, contemp).
- sansa1970 has posted Ch. 5 of Truth in Advertising (m/m, romance).
- jessica_freely has posted Ch. 4 of Ameranth & Ash (m/m, fantasy, h/c, noncon, violence).
- duskpeterson has posted Rebirth 2: Love and Betrayal (m/m, prisonfic, violence, historical au).
- shirafuzzy has posted Ch. 26 of Jonathan's Puzzle (m/m-poly, slave fic).
- tsaiko has posted Ch. 4 of Silver and Gold (m/m/f, fairy tale, fantasy).
- bean_montag has posted Ch. 25 of Fiend by the Bay (m/m, detective).
- mexta has posted the link to the completed Jack Accepts (m/m, slavefic, bdsm).
- At lt3_network, rykaine announce Parts 1d and 2a of The Beast is available.
Professional Fiction:Released by Changling Press: - Blood & Fire by Mychael Black (m/m)
- Heart Doctor by Drew Zachary (m/m)
- Hunter's Dawn: Laying the Ghost by Meg Leigh (m/m)
- Circle of Change by Laney Cairo (m/m)
--- Released by Loose-ID: - Physical Therapy by Z.A. Maxfield (m/m)
- Dreaming of You by Ethan Day (m/m)
--- Released by Torquere Press: - Into the Looking Glass by Seach Michaels (m/m)
--- Other Publishers: Released by Lyrical Press: - Like Coffee and Donuts by Elle Parker (m/m)
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.
- krisngoodbooks, emmyjag, and slashreaders posts reviews of m/m profictions stories.
- storm_grant has posted a review of GYM DANDY by Whipped Cream.
- erastes has posted a review of Transgression, False Colors, and Running Press from JustOut.com.
- cpllc has posted a link to new reviews for their authors.
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) | 8:10p |
The Skinny Newsletter: Vol 2, Issue 26 part 2 The Skinny -- Original Slash and Femmeslash Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 26 Part 2
And here's part 2! Enjoy!
Communities and Calls for Submissions:
- At bb_shousetsu, petronia has posted the participant list for Bang*Bang 19.
- At erotic_authors, emlynley posts that Ravenous Romance is seeking submissions for their GLBT Angels & Demons anthology and erastes posts about Loose-IDs various submission calls.
Discussions:- erastes announces she hosted a discussion at jessewave about the differences between hetro- and homo- sexual romances.
- At meta_writer, in the Fanfic:Profic series: clarelondon talks about "My revelation about hot boys and raw writing material", mallorypath talks about "short stories & their writers", alex_beecroft talks about "a cautionary tale", misslucyjane says "that's how you learn", sansa1970 talks about "What satisfies us", lee_rowan talks bout being "Legally Bound", and valarltd talks about "Filing off the serial numbers". Meanwhile, erastes posts a Mentoring Tip.
- At historicromance, Ava March talks about the hardest part of writing a historical m/m romance.
- At mlrpressauthors, Pat Brown talks about "First Fallacy of Writing".
- cupidsbow talks about "Cliches and id: a map to fictional seduction".
- At writing_sex, noukran has questions about D/s and denying orgasms.
- aggybird has a discussion "On writing habits".
Miscellaneous:- mel_keegan posts a link to his Smashwords interview.
Speaking of Smashwords, circletpress announces they have started a new selling partnership with them. Multi-Chaptered Fiction:- doreiku has posted Ch. 1 of an Untitled fic (m/m, angst, incest, rape).
- cepaea has posted Ch. 1 of Foxglove (m/m).
- loucanet_ray has posted Ch. 2 of The Troublemaker (m/m, teen, contemp).
- aidan_scott has posted Ch. 1 of Castles of Sand (m/m).
- marika_kailaya has posted Ch. 39 of Burning the Sound (m/m, supernatural).
- jupiterrhode has posted Ch. 11 of Dead Boyfriend (m/m, supernatural).
- endhaunt has posted Ch. 9 of An Amusing Arrangement (m/m, urban fantasy, romance).
- in_themeantime has posted Ch. 4 of Erebus 9 (f/f) and Ch. 6 of Locked Up.
- thetowerxvi has post Ch. 3 of Reaching out to the Stars (m/m, slavefic).
- elkica has posted Ch. 2 of Better late than never (m/m).
- _ree has posted Ch. 9 of Emerson (m/m).
- morgan_cian has posted Texas III: The Epilogue (m/m, slavefic).
- lt3_network announces Ch. 5 of Bound is available (m/m, fantasy).
- cf33 has posted Ch. 11 of dolls and seesaws (m/m, slavefic).
- bloaty has posted the Prologue of Mischief (m/m).
- kaz_kataztrophe has posted Ch. 1 of Finding the Rhythm (m/m, contemp).
- tomk_lover483 has posted Ch. 1 of The Confessions of Eli Mitchellson (m/m).
Professional Fiction:Released by Dreamspinner Press: - Drive Me Home by Chrissy Munder (m/m)
- Saving Trevor by Steve Sampson (m/m)
- Conflict in Blood by Ariel Tachna (m/m)
- Kink for Love by Mallory Path (m/m)
--- Released by Loose-ID: - The Janitor by Jan Irving (m/m)
- Her Boyfriend's Boyfriend by Cheryl Dragon (m/m/f)
--- Released by MLR: - Danube Divide by Jardonn Smith (m/m)
- Deadly Dreams by Victor J. Banis (m/m)
--- Released by Torquere Press: - Twists and Turns by Stevie Woods (m/m)
- Chameleon by Aaron Michaels (m/m)
- Ethereal by Tory Temple (m/m)
- From Away by Drew Zachary (m/m)
- Into the Looking Glass: The Three of Wands by Sean Michaels
- Messiah 1: The Three of Cups by Reno MacLeod
- Slapshot by Dianne Fox
- The Feather Duster by Drew Zachary
--- Other Publishers: 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".
- </a></b></a>elisa_rolle reviews many and various gltb stories and novels at her website.
- </a></b></a>the_slash_pile has originalslash stories, art, and more.
- </a></b></a>krisngoodbooks, </a></b></a>emmyjag, and </a></b></a>slashreaders posts reviews of m/m profictions stories.
- At erotic_authors, valkovalin thanks readers for recommending m/m and f/f fics about older couples for review as Obsidan Bookshelf and requests more.
- erastes posts a link to a review of Transgressions by All About Romance and from Ferrett Brain as wall as a review of Standish from Joyfully Reviewed.
- jgraeme2007 posts a link to Teddy Pig's review of "Man, Oh Man: Writing M/M Fiction for Kinks & Ca$h".
- mel_keegan posts a review of The Swordsman by Rainbow Reviews.
Short and/or Stand Alone Stories: - like_i_love_you has posted Between the Words and Worlds (m/m, contemp).
- me_ya_ri has posted Faded Flower (m/m, slavefic).
- sansa1970 has posted Sight of Stars (m/m, contemp).
- At simpleslash, gwyneth_valora posts Two Stories (m/m).
- maculategiraffe has posted The Return of Bran's Grandfather (m/m, slavefic).tigermalt has posted Why Me (m/m, contemp).
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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