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Guest Post: Cheryl Headford, Author of Hostage

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Hostage

We’re thrilled today to have a guest post from Cheryl Headford, the author of the new book Hostage: Anger is one of those things that both tear down and build up. Righteous anger can be the spur we need to get off our arses and DO something, while simmering cold anger can poison us and make us do things we never thought we would stoop to. Both kinds of anger appear in Hostage. Rowan’s anger is his driving force. It has lodged itself deep in his heart and colours everything he thinks and does. In particular it dominates his relationship … Read more

Announcement: Dagger, by Steven dos Santos

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Dagger

QSFer Steven dos Santos has a new paranormal book out: When Ultimate Evil engulfs the entire world, only Dagger can pierce the Darkness—even if the Apocalypse falls on a school night! Dagger Beaumont is a High School senior who’s been recruited by D.U.S.T. – a covert governmental organization dedicated to battling supernatural terrorism all over the globe. However, Dagger’s unresolved conflict over his missing brother could be his undoing, as he races around the world battling the Dark Reich, a diabolical organization on a quest to possess an ancient artifact and unleash a mystical plague to enslave humanity. If that … Read more

YA in Speculative Fiction

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Gay YA

Today’s topic comes from QSFer Anastasia Vitsky: “Could we have a day devoted to YA?” I think it’s a great idea. While I haven’t written any yet myself, there’s a market for it. So here are my questions today – do you write or read LGBT YA sci fi, fantasy or paranormal books? If you’re an author in this genre, how have they been received? What sells and what doesn’t? Is it difficult navigating the line between what’s acceptable and what’s not in YA? And as a reader, what are some of the stand-out books you’ve read?