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So it appears the game has changed for fanfic writers.

Fellow authors, your thoughts?

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So recently I participated in The Next Big Thing blog hop, thanks to good friends Catherine Lundoff, author of Silver Moon and Satyros “Satyr” Phil Brucato, author and designer of Deliria: Faerie Tales for a New Millennium.

As others have explained, The Next Big Thing is a branching pyramid-of-prose for authors to discuss their latest release or WIP. Each author answers some preset questions (see below for my answers), and then tags five others to go next week.

Today I will be discussing my upcoming novella that it tentatively due out next year.

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All work and no play makes Denny a very....well.....me.

So we are T-3 days away from GMX (Geek Media Expo) which is promising to be a most awesome three day weekend con/party. I'm geeking out with excitement already.

But there's more.

On Saturday Nov. 10 I will be participating in the first annual Author Book Fair at the Brentwood TN Library. I'll be selling and autographing books, telling war stories and offering advice on being a published author.

So if you're in the Nashville area, I'd love to see you.

For more information: https://brentwood-tn.org/index.aspx?page=91

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Busy transcribing my novel and outlining my next short story. While doing so, I was inspired to pen an upcoming short story piece featuring two extraordinary heroines.

The premise: True Blood's Tara Thornton teams up with the Vampire Diaries' Bonnie Bennett.

Oh yeah. I'm geeking out just thinking about it.

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Cross-posted for feedback:

Ladies, I have questions. May I have a moment of your time please?

So for Clarion Write-a-thon, I've been knocking out a lot of writing projects. I just finished a book which I'm currently editing. I'm working on an outline for a publisher. I'm about to work on my next project which I've developed.

An action-packed SF/F story, it's a predominantly female merc crew with a queer black heroine as the central protagonist. In fact, I envision said heroine resembling the lovely and talented Ms. India Arie in the above pic. This is a diverse team that features other women of color, a protagonist of size, as well as a trans heroine. One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that even with most women-centric stories, women of color, particularly black women, are often thrown under the bus and that’s definitely something that never sat well with me. The story is loosely based on an old comic book script I previously wrote. Think a female Expendables meets Birds of Prey in a dystopian setting. 

So my question to the women is this. In an action packed book where the ladies take center stage, what would you like to see more of from writers and what would you like writers to avoid? I basically want to hear your thoughts so I can know what to bear in mind while writing the story.

Your comments will also serve as a great resource to other male writers who genuinely want to do it right. While many of us know to avoid the major tropes and fails, there may be some elements/dynamics that we haven’t considered.

Women of color and queer women, I especially want to hear from you.

Thank you for your time.


ETA: Thank you everyone for your wonderful feedback.