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Me Me Monday!

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Me Me Monday

Welcome to M3: 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 and our MeWe discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post so we can comment on yours specifically–Check out the other posts and congratulate and share them too! And congratulations!!!

IQARUS Con Coming May 8th!

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IQARUS

Hey, everyone! I’m Alix Q. Starr, but you can call me the IQARUS Kitten. My pronouns are they/them. I love to curl up and read all kinds of queer books—Contemporary, Fantasy, Historical, Horror & Thriller, Romance, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, I love it all. That’s why I’m purrfectly delighted to have been raised in the IQARUS family. Wait! That’s right, you don’t know what IQARUS is, do you? Well, IQARUS stands for International Queer Authors and Readers Uniting Stories. We’re new. We’re a not profit organisation whose goal is to bring together readers and authors, globally, through a rainbow of queer … Read more

SPACE: Our Neighborhood of the Milky Way is One of the Safer Places to Live

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Astronomers have searched the entire Milky Way to identify the safest places to live. It turns out, we’re in a pretty good spot. But if the past year has made you feel ready to relocate to another planet, you might want to look toward the center of the galaxy, according to the new research. The new findings were made by a group of Italian astronomers, who studied locations where powerful cosmic explosions may have killed off life. These explosions, such as supernovas and gamma-ray bursts, spew high-energy particles and radiation that can shred DNA and kill life. By this logic, … Read more

Me Me Monday!

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Me Me Monday!

Welcome to M3: 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 and our MeWe discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post so we can comment on yours specifically–Check out the other posts and congratulate and share them too! And congratulations!!!

Me Me Monday!

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Me Me Monday

Welcome to M3: 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 and our MeWe discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post so we can comment on yours specifically–Check out the other posts and congratulate and share them too! And congratulations!!!

FOR READERS & WRITERS: Ice Worlds

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Inspired by today’s science story about Ice 19 – readers, what are your favorite ice world stories in print, TV of film? Writers, what have you written? Writers: This is a reader/writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

QUEER AUTHORS: Wanna Attend a Virtual Writer’s Retreat – Free?

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This just came over the wires: Apply now for our Queer-Writer Fellowships! These fellowships provide support for LGBTQ+ writers and are part of our commitment to expand the American literary canon. Winners attend the MVICW Virtual Summer Writers’ Conference with over 30 live seminars in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, panel discussions, late-night open mics, and courses on publishing & editing! (Deadline is March 22nd) More Info: https://www.facebook.com/mvicw/posts/4105653172802977

Sources of Inspiration: Creative Coping with Criticism

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There are two ways I’ve found I can creatively respond to criticism, particularly painful criticism.  One is if I feel there’s any truth in the critic’s words, I think about it, see if it’s something I can fix. I keep an eye open for that something in my future works. I see if I can pounce on the flaw, rewrite it, transform it into something better, thus using the criticism to make my work better.  Two, I image the critic’s words, the shape their mouth makes while the angry words are coming out of it. I visualize how the words … Read more

Me Me Monday!

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Me Me Monday

Welcome to M3: 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 and our MeWe discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post so we can comment on yours specifically–Check out the other posts and congratulate and share them too! And congratulations!!!

FOR WRITERS: I could Do That Better

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Kari Trenten: Has your own dissatisfaction with a beloved spec fic book, series, movie or TV show ever sparked off an idea for your own writing? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf