In which misapprehension leads to discord. Just in case anyone is curious about the incident I mentioned, what happened was: I got email from Andrew Wheeler asking if I wanted to review For Us The Living by Heinlein. I said yes, obviously, but having never heard of it I toddled over to the Heinlein fan newsgroup to mention I was getting a copy and to ask if anyone had heard of it. At no point...

The Skinny -- Original Slash and Femmeslash Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 42 Have questions about The Skinny? Check out the FAQ s! Note: I'm adding a new section today, called Users' recs. In it, I will put up links to originalslash/ originalfemme slash stories hosted on non-LJ, or LJ-type sites that y'all rec to me. I've only got one so far but please comment to this post or send a rec to origslash...

So apparently the Lamda Literary Foundation has decided to take into account whether the writers they are awarding are queer--if they're not, then the romance or whatever isn't eligible for an award. And some straight slashers are up in arms about it. " Please do not whine about discrimination and then discriminate in your own awards. " - c_smith_author Man, this makes me cranky...

So, you know my broken tooth from way back when? It's finally (almost) fixed! \o/ After we switched from the crap dentist who just wanted to yank it with no warning, my awesome new dentist sent me to an awesome endodontist who performed a root canal on the broken tooth and the one next to it in an hour, and it barely even hurt. (I'm still incredibly, incredibly numb so we'll see how sore I am in a...

erastes : Lambda's Explanation of the New Guidelines and my comments - Instead of whining about how the world is shrinking for gay books, what we should be doing is submitting our books - en masse - to the mainstream, to Mills and Boon, to every book publisher out there. Instead of hiding behind a lavender veil and agreeing with the hype that "there's no market for it" "no-one wants to...

As it pours in the wee small hours of the morning, I think that I'll post something about the Lambda Literary Awards and the sudden change that this year's board has made to the rules--according to the board, because of the "despair" of gay writers. Quite simply, an award that has, for twelve years, been given to anyone who writes about LGBTQ characters or themes--whether the author is straight, gay...

The condensed version: The Lambda Literary Awards have stated in their guidelines that they would only accept works by LGBT writers for their LGBT awards, thus keeping out straight Authors writing "gay fiction" from being considered. Many are furious by this decision. Others are more understanding. Dear Author blogged about this here:  http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/09/22/the-question-of-mm...

erastes sent me a link to this When everything is Twilight, even your bosoms on the one hand, I think the need to make Wuthering Heights and Romeo and Juliet look teen friendly is rather pathetic.  On the other hand, they're really easy, dramatic covers to do - if a little samey.  Without in any way realising that was what I was doing I did one myself for a first try at one cover.  (Fortunately...

We Babes weren’t going to bring this up, but because we review and cover more than just BL manga and global comics, we cover, and enjoy loads of m/m and gay romance fiction, so we decided to do so. This year the Lambda Literary Awards changed the wording of their policy to reflect what appears to be an exclusionary shift in who’s eligible: As such, it should be noted that the Lambda Literary...

I'm new here, thanks to erastes  , who has asked me to repost the first in a series I'm doing to help writers avoid mistakes that can make the difference between acceptance and rejection. I'm a writer, first published in December after transitioning from fanfiction to original fiction. I am editing two anthologies at the moment, and I realized it's given me a new perspective on writing and...