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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Baja Clavius, by Madeira Desouza

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Madeira Desouza has a new gay erotic sci fi tale out: Baja Clavius. This controversial science fiction adventure depicts gay male time travel agents with very bad behaviors. They are violent and immoral men. A few hundred years from now, these time travel agents work within a top-secret agency located beneath the crater Clavius on the moon. Their time-travel missions take them to Earth in the past where they ruthlessly manipulate man who are targeted for their roles in the outcomes of historical events such as the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. Amazon eBook | Amazon Paperback Giveaway Madeira is … Read more

FOR READERS AND WRITERS: Where’s the Line?

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Tory Phoenix: What is the difference between romance, erotic romance, erotica, and simple porn? Not to suggest that there is anything wrong with porn, it has its place. Sometimes you just need some simple smut. But the demarcation between these seems to be a rather subjective and ghostly grey line. I am working on something I have called: Story driven SciFi Erotica. The sex is there when it drives the plot, F2B (Fade to Black) when it doesn’t. It could all be made F2B without breaking the story, and the … Read more

Rowling confirms Dumbledore and Grindelwald had ‘Sexual Relationship’

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Harry Potter author JK Rowling has confirmed that fan favourite character Albus Dumbledore had a “sexual relationship” with dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. The author made the revelation after recent prequel film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald teased a long-rumoured gay romance between the pair. Speaking in a bonus feature on the on the film’s Blu-ray release, Rowling confirmed “there is a sexual dimension to this relationship.” “It was passionate, and it was a love relationship. But as happens in any relationship, gay or straight or whatever label we want to put on it, one never knows really what the other person is feeling. You can’t … Read more

FOR READERS: Mature Content in YA

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Amy Leibowitz Mitchell: What level of mature content (i.e., coarse language, violence, sex) would you expect or prefer in YA books? 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

FOR WRITERS: How Does a Vampire Get Wood?

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Theo Fenraven: How is it male vamps can get erections when they are short of blood? Editor adds: How can any vampire of any gender get things “moving” without it? 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

FOR READERS: I Wanna Have Sex!

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: I know a HEA or at least HFN is needed for a book to be romance. My question is do you require the couple to have any type of sex to read and enjoy your romance? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

FOR WRITERS/READERS: Their First Time

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FOR WRITERS & READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: It’s finally arrived… …The First Time between two characters! That magical dance of arrrrouuusal coming to fruition! For readers: What do you look for in that first time? Do you want a fantasy, or a realistic retelling of anyone’s first time with a new partner? For writers: It’s a delicate balance, to write something that is bliss filled without defying too many laws of reality. How do you write first times? Editor’s note: let’s add an extra spec fic element – anyone write or ready any great first … Read more

FOR READERS & WRITERS: Sex in Genre Fiction

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Hank T Cannon: What’s the role of sex in genre fiction? I wasn’t introduced to sexy books in romance, but in decidedly non-romantic sci fi and contemporary fiction (hello Harold H. Robbins) where it was depicted as a description of power, personality, or outgrowth of culture, and kind of treated like sport. Only later as my reading expanded did sex as a conduit for romance, or as an ignition for romance enter the picture. Is sex just for the fun of it gratuitous in genre fiction, or does it serve … Read more

FOR READERS: Describing the Bits

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: This one is a perennial favorite: What are some of the worst names that you have read that describe genitals? Male, female and otherwise? Extra points for spec-fic related terms. :) This is a legacy chat. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

TECH & SEX: Porn AI Predicts Naughty Search Terms

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People’s future porn habits have been revealed – at least according to YouPorn’s artificial intelligence system. By the end of 2018, your favourite porn search terms will apparently include “girl time flanty,” “pussy firking” and “anal dangcuble”. In fact, “girl time flanty” will be the third-most popular search, according to YouPorn. We’re not sure what flanty means – or firking and dangcuble, for that matter. The site explained that its “data science and machine learning teams trained a recurrent neural network to look at our search trends,” and provide predictions for the end of the year. It seems society will … Read more