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How Long Would Your City Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?

March 13, 2015 by scott

In The Walking Dead, Rick and his cohort of fellow survivors make their way north from the zombie infested south in search of a safe haven where they might be able to restart their lives in peace. As of the current season of the show, just over a year’s time has passed since the initial breakout and as best as we can tell the dead vastly outnumber the living across the entire country. If you’re a fan of the TWD (or general zombie preparedness), then you’ve no doubt wondered just how long you’d survive the zombie apocalypse. What would you … Read more

RainbowCon is Coming in July – Have You Registered Yet?

March 13, 2015 by scott

RainbowCon is coming to Tampa on 7/16, and they’ve posted their schedule. Here it 0s – are you going? We’ll be having our first annual QSF get together from 4-5 PM Thursday. :) THURSDAY, 7/16 10:00am – 6:00pm: Registration 1:00pm (Section I) Alpha, Omega, Beta – This trope has enjoyed a re-emergence in the past few years, but just what is it? Our panel members will discuss this hierarchical structure in GLBTQ fiction, from power play to knotting to dubcon and mpreg. (Section II) Heroes and Heroines with Disabilities – Do the heroes and heroines of fiction need to always … Read more

Is Testosterone the Wonder Drug of the Future?

March 12, 2015 by scott

A growing number of “age management” clinics across the country are beginning to seriously market testosterone therapy treatments as a means of combatting the natural side effects of growing older. More often than naught, we associate the transformative aspects of supplemental testosterone injections with transmen in the process of transitioning. But as Dr. Paul Campion explains in a lengthy profile in Fusion, the community of proponents for testosterone as a rejuvenating agent is growing larger. “Testosterone is ridiculously powerful,” Campion says. “I can tell you from experience, the feeling of well-being, of focus, and of masculine energy are massively increased. … Read more

Will Wearable Tech Take Off?

March 10, 2015 by scott

The Android smart watch’s time may not yet have come: Despite heavy promotion of Android Wear, Google’s hardware partners, including LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility and Samsung Electronics, only shipped 720,000 of the devices last year. With the arrival of products such as Motorola’s hotly anticipated Moto 360, the smartwatch market was expected to take off. But the data from market research company Canalys shows that consumers are still far from convinced that they need buy one. “Android Wear will need to improve significantly in the future, and we believe it will do so,” said Daniel Matte, analyst at Canalys. Full … Read more

NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Orbits A Dwarf Planet

March 9, 2015 by scott

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft made history at 4:39 a.m. PST Friday morning when it reached Ceres and became the first man-made object to orbit a dwarf planet. According to NASA, the objective of the Dawn mission is to “study the asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres, celestial bodies believed to have accreted early in the history of the solar system. The mission will characterize the early solar system and the processes that dominated its formation.” Dawn was launched from Cape Canaveral in September 2007, with an ultimate destination of the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter. Dawn’s first target … Read more

Me Me Monday!

March 9, 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

Are We Alone?

March 5, 2015 by scott

It’s estimated that there are 200 billion habitable planets in the our galaxy. This PBS explainer looks at the arguments for and against the notion that we are not alone in the universe. Full Story at Towleroad.com

Me Me Monday!

March 2, 2015 by scott

Self Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing

March 1, 2015 by scott

Today’s topic was suggested by Hank T. Cannon. So you’ve got a manuscript. You’ve put the finishing touches on it – maybe you’ve done a couple edits, or maybe it’s your magnum opus and you have been writing it and rewriting it for a decade. Either way, you are finally ready for the general public to see your work. What do you do next? There are a few routes available to you to get to the finish line. The traditional one is to either find an agent, or submit the work yourself to publishers, and to hope that one of … Read more

Me Me Monday!

February 23, 2015 by scott