A grab-bag of exciting things!
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catherineldfFirst announcements, so many announcements:
1. New title coming in April from Queen of Swords Press featuring a badass pirate who also happens to be bi. This is a fun book!
MURDER ON THE TITANIA AND OTHER STEAM-POWERED ADVENTURES by Alex Acks! Cover art by KaNaXa Designs.
Captain Marta Ramos, the most notorious pirate in the Duchy of Denver, has her hands full, what between fascinating murder mysteries, the delectable and devious Delilah Nimowitz, Colonel Geoffrey Douglas (the Duke of Denver’s new head of security) and her usual activities: piracy, banditry and burglary. Not to mention the horrors of high society tea parties. In contrast, Simms, her second in command, longs only for a quiet life, filled with tasty sausages and fewer explosions. Or does he? Join Captain Ramos, Simms and their crew as they negotiate the perils of air, land and drawing room in a series of fast-paced adventures in a North America that never was.
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2. Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for the Queen of Swords newsletter and be entered for our first birthday giveaway! From the QoSPress Facebook wall -
Sign up for the Queen of Swords Press Newsletter by 1/16/18 and, because it's our 1st birthday, Precious, there are prizes!
1st - A Queen of Swords Press mug, a Reading at the Cafe soy candle from Frostbeard Studios (cool local business!) and an ebook of your choice.
2nd - A Queen of Swords Press mousepad and pen and an ebook of your choice
3rd - an ebook of your choice
We don't sell your name, we just send you a newsletter with awesome book and author info in it.
https://queenofswordspress.com/
3. I've got a new post up at Queer Sci Fi - "LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy 2000-2010." This will be the last of the survey posts for a while; next up will be more detailed posts on specific time periods, changes in LGBTQ+ fiction, interviews, profiles of queer and/or influential authors and titles, etc.. I'm now tying them to my Patreon (patrons see them first! As well as additional material!) with the ultimate plan to pull them together into a book on the history of queer spec fic.
4. Guess who started the new year with a bang? Literally, in this case. I was heading across a lot of frozen parking lot to meet a friend to see Proud Mary when I slipped and fell and banged my head pretty hard (on frozen ground, not concrete, fortunately), resulting in a mild concussion. I'm still recovering but am definitely on the mend. Lots of people stopped to check on me and my friend kept me well-hydrated and resting so it could have been much, much worse. Be careful out there, folks! I'm hoping to be well enough to go do my shift cooking for Open Arms of MN tomorrow afternoon, but we'll have to see how it goes. I did manage to go to lunch with some cool folks, like Ann Leckie this weekend so I'm not missing out on everything. Still prepping for my writing retreat weekend this week so wish me luck on that.
1. New title coming in April from Queen of Swords Press featuring a badass pirate who also happens to be bi. This is a fun book!
MURDER ON THE TITANIA AND OTHER STEAM-POWERED ADVENTURES by Alex Acks! Cover art by KaNaXa Designs.
Captain Marta Ramos, the most notorious pirate in the Duchy of Denver, has her hands full, what between fascinating murder mysteries, the delectable and devious Delilah Nimowitz, Colonel Geoffrey Douglas (the Duke of Denver’s new head of security) and her usual activities: piracy, banditry and burglary. Not to mention the horrors of high society tea parties. In contrast, Simms, her second in command, longs only for a quiet life, filled with tasty sausages and fewer explosions. Or does he? Join Captain Ramos, Simms and their crew as they negotiate the perils of air, land and drawing room in a series of fast-paced adventures in a North America that never was.
2. Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for the Queen of Swords newsletter and be entered for our first birthday giveaway! From the QoSPress Facebook wall -
Sign up for the Queen of Swords Press Newsletter by 1/16/18 and, because it's our 1st birthday, Precious, there are prizes!
1st - A Queen of Swords Press mug, a Reading at the Cafe soy candle from Frostbeard Studios (cool local business!) and an ebook of your choice.
2nd - A Queen of Swords Press mousepad and pen and an ebook of your choice
3rd - an ebook of your choice
We don't sell your name, we just send you a newsletter with awesome book and author info in it.
https://queenofswordspress.com/
3. I've got a new post up at Queer Sci Fi - "LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy 2000-2010." This will be the last of the survey posts for a while; next up will be more detailed posts on specific time periods, changes in LGBTQ+ fiction, interviews, profiles of queer and/or influential authors and titles, etc.. I'm now tying them to my Patreon (patrons see them first! As well as additional material!) with the ultimate plan to pull them together into a book on the history of queer spec fic.
4. Guess who started the new year with a bang? Literally, in this case. I was heading across a lot of frozen parking lot to meet a friend to see Proud Mary when I slipped and fell and banged my head pretty hard (on frozen ground, not concrete, fortunately), resulting in a mild concussion. I'm still recovering but am definitely on the mend. Lots of people stopped to check on me and my friend kept me well-hydrated and resting so it could have been much, much worse. Be careful out there, folks! I'm hoping to be well enough to go do my shift cooking for Open Arms of MN tomorrow afternoon, but we'll have to see how it goes. I did manage to go to lunch with some cool folks, like Ann Leckie this weekend so I'm not missing out on everything. Still prepping for my writing retreat weekend this week so wish me luck on that.
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