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The World is Running Out of Potable Water

June 18, 2015 by scott

Fodder for post-apocalyptic or sci fi stories? The world’s largest underground aquifers – a source of fresh water for hundreds of millions of people — are being depleted at alarming rates, according to new NASA satellite data that provides the most detailed picture yet of vital water reserves hidden under the Earth’s surface. Twenty-one of the world’s 37 largest aquifers — in locations from India and China to the United States and France — have passed their sustainability tipping points, meaning more water was removed than replaced during the decade-long study period, researchers announced Tuesday. Thirteen aquifers declined at rates … Read more

Promotions Week: Keywords and Categories

June 19, 2015June 18, 2015 by scott

It’s time for another theme week at Queer Sci Fi. This time around, we’re talking promo. :) Here are our topics for the week: Promotions Week: Where to Get Started – making a schedule Promotions Week: What to include – Guest Post vs. Announcement vs. Cover Reveal Promotions Week: Keywords and Categories Promotions Week: Social Media and Reviews Promotions Week: Physical Promo Options Promotions Week: Contests and Giveaways Day Three: Keywords and Categories When you’re promoting a book, there are so many things to keep track of. But one of the most basic of these is which keywords to use … Read more

Have Dinner with RainbowCon’s Guests of Honor!

June 17, 2015June 17, 2015 by scott

One of the best things about going to conventions and gatherings in the LGBTQ genre is that you get to meet some bigger names, minor celebrities who are creating amazing art or fiction that gives visibility to LGBTQ themes and characters. Even small cons like RainbowCon have Guests of Honor, and this year, we have something extra special planned. Alex Woolfson & Adam DeKraker (the creator and illustrator of the amazing gay webcomic, The Young Protectors) want to thank all their online supporters, from their Kickstarter backers to the patrons over at their Patreon page. What better way than to … Read more

Promotions Week: Guest Post vs. Announcement vs. Cover Reveal

June 17, 2015 by scott

It’s time for another theme week at Queer Sci Fi. This time around, we’re talking promo. :) Here are our topics for the week: Promotions Week: Where to Get Started – making a schedule Promotions Week: What to include – Guest Post vs. Announcement vs. Cover Reveal Promotions Week: Keywords and categories Promotions Week: Online Promo – Social Media, Reviews and Guest Posts Promotions Week: Physical Promo Options Promotions Week: Contests and Giveaways Day Two: Guest Post vs. Announcement vs. Cover Reveal OK, so you’ve got your blog tour organizational thingy set up – your excel spreadsheet, your big notepad, … Read more

Learn Something – RainbowCon 2015

June 16, 2015 by scott

Educational content at GLBTQ conferences can sometimes be particularly slim. Sure, there are all those fun topics about fandom, and you’ll probably learn something by attending them, but if you’re looking for some content to really sink your teeth into? Most of the time you’ll be out of luck. But not at RainbowCon! Art Courtesy of Guests of Honor Adam DeKraker & Alex Woolfson RainbowCon is a four-day conference that focuses on GLBTQ topics and persons across various media. Our main goal with the conference is to bring people together who love and support the GLBTQ community through all the … Read more

Me Me Monday!

June 15, 2015 by scott

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

QSF Contest Winners – Second Runner Up

June 12, 2015 by scott

OK, time for our final winners in this year’s Flash Fiction contest – “Apart From You”, by Ophelia Gränd, and one more great cover, this one by Ethereal Ealain. Thanks again to everyone who participated this year – the response exceeded my wildest dreams. Enjoy! Apart From You Ophelia Gränd Don felt light, free. He hit the button on the radio and danced along with the pop tunes. In the middle of a pirouette, he opened the fridge door, but stopped short as he saw a bowl of minced meat. Not even meatloaf could ruin this fine day, it might … Read more

Angel’s Bits: Mainstream Publishers – Open Submissions

June 12, 2015June 12, 2015 by Angel Martinez

The question came up on the group the other day – what mainstream publishers are accepting unsolicited submissions? We were talking about efforts to increase the presence of queer characters in mainstream spec fic, you see, so it was an inevitable question. For the purposes of this group, we’ll only be discussing publishers that are looking for spec fic. Romance is another animal entirely, existing in a parallel dimension (this is not to imply in any way that the enormous romance industry is somehow less in any way – it’s just a different topic with a certain amount of crossover … Read more

QSF Contest Winners – First Runner Up

June 11, 2015 by scott

Here are our First Runner Ups for the contest – “Zero G Corn Pier”, by Astrid Amara, and a lovely cover by Bronwyn Heeley. Enjoy! Zero G Corn Pie Astrid Amara With a loud thump, the Cressida’s gravitation system finally died. It didn’t surprise anyone. Last week the air conditioning broke, and now all one hundred twenty researchers onboard walked the hallways in their underwear. And while this was a sexually attractive side effect of the ship’s impending doom, the subsequent failing of the automatic chef system was less sexy. The autochef now only produced corn pies, which was particularly … Read more