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REVIEW: Seed – Michael Edelson

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Seed

Genre: Sci-Fi Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Fifty people go to sleep in their own beds and wake up in a compound in the middle of the jungle. Men and women from all walks of life with only one thing in common—none of them know where they are or how they got there. Alex is a paratrooper. Yael is a mathematician. Max is a law professor. They can’t leave— a lethal barrier surrounds the facility, but no one knows if it’s there to keep them in, or to keep something out.  The compound is comfortable and … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: Standing at the Gates

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Standing at the Gates

Traditional Publishing is infamous for its “gatekeepers.” They are the first line of defense against the ravening, unwashed hordes of authors trying to get their books published by Big Publishing. When I was growing up, you had two options – traditional publishing (the gold standard), and self-publishing, which usually meant a vanity press – a printing company you would pay to print your book and ship you a pallet’s worth of copies which you’d then try to sell to readers and bookstores, often out of the trunk of your car. This is where much of the stigma came from for … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: V.J. Mikles

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V.J. Mikles

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today, V.J. Mikles (she/xie) is an astronomer turned systems engineer. Xie is active in community theater as an actor, choreographer, costumer, and stage manager. Xie also has a few youtube channels with short films and music videos, usually centering around asexuality or other queer content. Xie’s agender, aromantic, and asexual, and currently experimenting with pronouns. Xie lives in Maryland with xir three cats and works on weather satellites for NOAA. Thanks so much, V.J., … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: For the Love of Words

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Scott Millennium Falcon

I was a chatty, cheerful kid who loved words – speaking them, reading them, and even writing them. When I was in first grade, I joined the GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) Program. It was something that happened only because of a bit of childhood fraud on my part. On my way home from school in kindergarten, the teacher had given me a note to take home to my parents. I was not much of a reader yet, but I scanned the words, pretending to understand it, and the teacher noticed. A few weeks later, I was being tested for … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT: A Sacrament of Sin – Matthew Angelo

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A Sacrament of Sin - Matthew Angelo

Matthew Angelo has a new queer paranormal/urban fantasy out, The Midnight Agency book 1: A Sacramento of Sin. Working as a paranormal private investigator has its trials. I’m busy, which is excellent, but there are more people, alive and otherwise, after me than ever before. The Other Side has stepped up their game. The Fallen are trying to strong-arm me into joining their ranks; they feel I’m the perfect person to aid in their eventual rise to world power, and they don’t give a damn what I have to say about it. Then there’s the Catholic Church. Apparently, they’ve painted a … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Serpent’s Teardrop Audiobook – Mary Rundle

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Serpent's Teardrop Audiobook - Mary Rundle

Mary Rundle has a new MM paranormal audio out, Blaclwood Pack book 7: Serpent’s Teardrop. And there’s a giveaway. The Blackwood Pack saga continues… This is part of an on-going series by Amazon Bestselling Author, Mary Rundle, and catching up on previous titles is advised. Readers of the past books will enjoy meeting old friends once more as the pack does what it does best ̶ caring for one another and helping shifters everywhere. Brian, a.k.a. “The Loch Ness Monster” has searched for his Fated Mate in vain for more than 600 years until he scents Reif in the frigid waters … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT/GIVEAWAY: Damian Serbu

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Damian Serbu

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Giveaway Damian is giving away an eBook copy of his book The Vampire’s Angel with this post – comment below for a chance to win! Today, Damian Serbu lives in the Chicago area with his husband and two dogs, Akasha and Chewbacca. The dogs control his life, tell him what to write, and threaten to eat him in the middle of the night if he disobeys. He has published The Vampire’s Angel, The Vampire’s Quest, … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: To Bring Him Home and Other Tales – Warren Rochelle

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To Bring Him Home and Other Tales - Warren Rochelle

Warren Rochelle has a new queer SFF anthology out: To Bring Him Home and Other Tales. And there’s a giveaway! We all need a place to call home, a place where we belong, and are safe, and loved. For the lovers in these stories, finding home is easier said than done. Quests must be taken; dragons must be slain. Rocket launchers need to be dodged. Sometimes one might have to outrun the Wild Hunt, and sometimes they have to reimagine and recreate home. But these lovers do find homes, homes in each other’s hearts. Publisher | Amazon | Barnes & … Read more

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REVIEW: Dropnauts

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Dropnauts - J. Scott Coatsworth

Just got a five-star review for Dropnauts on Amazon: Dropnauts is both a dystopian and a utopian novel, and a novel about what it means to be human, and how, when things are at their worst, sometimes we are our best. We can redeem ourselves, repair out mistakes. As author Lee Hunt says, the novel is “Fast, optimistic and entertaining. Coatsworth’s Dropnauts shows that forgiveness may the best fuel for redemption” (back cover). This is a novel of hope. According to the review in Publisher’s Weekly, “Redemption, perseverance, and identity … Readers will enjoy the diverse cast and high-tech adventure” … Read more

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REVIEW: 2176: The Birth of the Belt Republic – Ted Butler

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2176: The Birth of the Belt Republic - Ted Butler

Genre: Sci-Fi, YA Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book His Principal tricked into a swimming pool of dessert? Corporate blacklisting? Riots? Jail breaks? Rocks against machine guns? Rescues? Gas attacks? Space battles? After corporate blacklisting, Gil’s perfect life went into the trash, but it sure got interesting. The greedy corporation has all the big guns and all the little ones too. The Belters have rocks. Hopeless? Honor student Gil helped set up the swimming pool prank with 300 kilos of dessert. That prank went badly wrong. Gil has to grow up fast. He joins a secret society, … Read more