I saw the first twitter update, didn’t pay much attention.

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Saw the 2nd, and thought hmm… who is Naomi Clark…. but didn’t click the link.

By the 3rd or 4th, I caught a reference about werewolves and thought kewl, haven’t read a lesbian werewolf story yet.  So clicked the link.  Poked around her website some.  Went away.

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Then saw the twitter update AGAIN.  And thought, I should go see if I like her writing.  So poked around some more… Saw it was the 2nd in a series.  So figure I need to get the 1st right?  Well, I stuck DARK HUNT on my amazon wishlist anyway.

Then saw the blog tour mentioned AGAIN, with a ‘free’ coupon for the 1st book.  So jumped on that for sure.

And finally, whilst pulling together the links for this post, I found her free story that introduces the main characters in her werewolf series.  Again, must read!

Anyway, all this to show how much repeat marketing it takes to get me to click a link and finally decide to make a purchase

ps – just noticed she’s from the UK.  I wonder if she writes with an accent?  (tee hee)

pps – Naomi – If you stumble on this post – do your other books have lesbian/queer content or just this series?!?  Inquiring minds want to know…

How about if I talk about lesbian fiction, or lesbian science fiction?  hmm.

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What about specific authors, like Jane Fletcher, or Nicola Griffith?  hmm…

Okay went away for a bit and now it has recommended links that if I click, will automagically give all the hotlinks you see above.

And a can add quick images  like this one:

And I can click on a selection of supposedly related articles:

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Anyway, not bad.  Worth playing with more…

http://www.toccon.com/toc2011/public/content/video

Good stuff.

• Novel-layering-where you alternate between plotlines by switching, one chapter at a time, for example, between developing plot One and in the next chapter, develop plot Two.  This continues as each plotline moves closer to the other until they collide as a major change point in your novel.
• Scene layering – where you alternate the ‘tone’ of each scene to mix up the novel. For example, a funny scene, then serious,  then action-packed etc.
• detail-level layering – where you add the small details to each scene that draws the picture, but also, and most importantly, highlights something important. Don’t talk about the MC’s raven hair unless there’s some significance to it (e.g. that it proves she is the daughter of King, and not the lowly peasant she grew up as).

Read the original article… it’s much better.

Then, on to the multiverse!  I’ve always gotten a kick out of thinking of parallel universes and what possibilities there are for stories.  I had story pop out of a very detailed dream wherein a cop had to chase down a murderer through multiple parallel universes, wherein said killer was bumping off the same person in every universe. Sooo much fodder there for a really fun story (or novella)…must write that some day.

Anyway, Lynn Vhiel talks about the multiverse after hearing an interview with Brian Greene on his new book that talks about the real-world possibility of parallel universes. I’d seen him interviewed on the Colbert Report and thought it was an interesting book. (I’ve since downloaded the sample chapters for Kindle and it seems very readable for a scientific book).

…makes me wonder if AlternateMe has already written that parallel universe story (and did she do a better job than I will?  hmph).

So what do you think your alternate selves are up to?

Go..enter…and hopefully win yourself a nice pressie!

• Emma Donahue
• April Sinclair
• Jeannette Winterson

and a scattering of books like The Fires of Bride and Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel books, and Larissa Lai’s “Salt Fish Girl”.

…and a whole thread on SF/F lesbian-themed books with too many recommendations to retype here!

By far the best source of freebies for me is the SF Signal blog. They seem to find a free SF ebook about once a month, so that’s enough to keep me going so far. It’s also enough to make me realize i’ll actually pay for an ebook sooner or later. I’m enjoying the experience, and I know Bedazzled Ink has some great lesbian (SF and other) ebooks at good prices. (Yep, I’m still hung up on the notion that ebooks should cost less than their print counterparts…)

So, have you tried ebooks yet?  Love ‘em? Hate ‘em? See no point? Won’t buy until you can sell back as used or lend them out?

alone, battle-hardened, caustic, drugged, exceptional, fighter, gun-toting, healthy, independent, jaded, knowing, lesbian, marine, nineteen, odor-sensitive, persistent, queer, ready, soldier, Terran, unmodified, valuable, wounded, eXperiment, young,  zoned.

Hmm. that was fun.. Might need to try that on another character.  Anyone else wanna give it a go w/ their characters?

Most of the lesbian fiction I read falls in the easy read chapter (except for Sarah Waters and Laurie J Marks of course).  And the MZB Darkover books are fairly easy reads, but then there’s C. J. Cherryh, who’s seldom easy but always worth that extra effort. And I recently discovered Karen Traviss’ Wess’Har series, whichhas some nice meat to it.

Part of my dilema is that I don’t own the next book (chronologically) in the MZB series and it’s on my xmas wishlist.  So I hafta shift gears and either jump ahead, or start reading someone else from now till the holidays.

So… got any recommendations in either lesbian fiction or SF books?