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The Path to Publication: Writing the Queer Black Girls of Cinderella Is Dead

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The Path to Publication: Writing the Queer Black Girls of Cinderella Is Dead

By Vee|2020-08-13T20:48:08-05:00August 17th, 2020|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: Black, Fantasy, Intersectionality, New Releases, PoC, publishing, Queer Girls, querying|

by Kalynn Bayron I’ve always been a fan of genre fiction. From horror to fantasy to sci-fi. I love all things magical and atmospheric and bone chilling. I’m a writer because I was a reader, first. In those stories I found ghosts, mythical creatures, people with impossible powers, aliens, orcs, fairies, elves, kings and queens. What I didn’t see was Black people or queer people. Until I discovered Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, Audre Lorde, and Octavia Butler I didn’t see Black women centered and I didn’t see queer people being treated with care and concern, [...]

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Book Review: INKMISTRESS by Audrey Coulthurst

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:08-05:00March 13th, 2018|Categories: Book Club, Book Review|Tags: Bisexual, Fantasy, New Releases, Queer Girls|

Asra is a demigod with a dangerous gift: the ability to dictate the future by writing with her blood. To keep her power secret, she leads a quiet life as a healer on a remote mountain, content to help the people in her care and spend time with Ina, the mortal girl she loves. But Asra’s peaceful life is upended when bandits threaten Ina’s village and the king does nothing to help. Desperate to protect her people, Ina begs Asra for assistance in finding her manifest—the animal she’ll be able to change into as her [...]

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Interview: Vee sits down with David Levithan & Nina Lacour

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:35-05:00June 29th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Blogathon 2016, Book Club, Fun Things, New Releases, Teen Voices|Tags: Coming Out, gay, lesbian, Minor Queer Characters, New Releases, Poetry, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Realistic, Representation|

I had the INCREDIBLE opportunity to be able to sit down with David Levithan & Nina Lacour when they came to Addendum Books on the You Know Me Well book tour. This was literally one of the best experiences of my life and I am so thankful to the authors for taking the time to do this and to everyone else who had a hand in making this possible. We got to talk about the new narratives You Know Me Well brings to the table of LGBTQIA+ YA, how the collaboration on YKMW began, and what its existence [...]

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Interview: Eleanor Herman, author of the Blood of Gods and Royals series

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:35-05:00June 28th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Blogathon 2016, New Releases, Writers on Writing|Tags: asexual, Fantasy, Historical, New Releases, Queer Guys, Speculative|

Empire of Dust by Eleanor Herman In Macedon, war rises like smoke, forbidden romance blooms and ancient magic tempered with rage threatens to turn an empire to dust After winning his first battle, Prince Alexander fights to become the ruler his kingdom demands—but the line between leader and tyrant blurs with each new threat. Meanwhile, Hephaestion, cast aside by Alexander for killing the wrong man, must conceal the devastating secret of a divine prophecy from Katerina even as the two of them are thrust together on a dangerous mission to Egypt. The warrior, Jacob, determined to forget his [...]

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Interview: Caleb Roehrig author of Last Seen Leaving

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:36-05:00June 27th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Blogathon 2016, New Releases|Tags: Bisexual, Coming Out, gay, New Releases, Queer Guys, Realistic, Representation, Thriller|

One of the amazing authors I got to interview at BEA was Caleb Roehrig! Caleb and I were both slightly food-deprived and wholly overwhelmed by the massiveness that was BEA, so some of our questions and answers were a little off the wall (frex: after the interview, I learned some fun facts about the population living around Lake Superior). But we also discussed new narratives in LGBTQIA+ YA, how his debut book Last Seen Leaving fits into the mix, and our favorite LGBTQIA+ YA books. So I'm SUPER psyched to be able to share this interview! (Also apparently I cannot [...]

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What We Missed: January – May 2016

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:40:52-05:00May 28th, 2016|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: New Releases|

What We Missed in January January 1st – Raise the Stakes by Megan Atwood (T) January 5th – The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine (B) January 5th – This Song Is Not For You by Laura Nowlin (A) January 5th - This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp (L) January 14th - Colors by Russell J. Sanders (G) January 19th - We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson (G) January 19th – Burn (Four Sisters #2) by Elisa Sussman January 20th - The Raising (The Torch Keeper #3) by Steven Dos Santos (G) January 21th – Fake [...]

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What We Missed: July-December 2015

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:40:52-05:00May 25th, 2016|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: New Releases|

What We Missed in June June 7th - Breaking Into Cars by Emery C. Walters (G, T). June 23th - Summer Love Anthology by Various Authors (LGBTQ). June 25th - Blue Jeans and Sweatshirts (Book Four) by Jo Ramsey (L). July July 2nd - Carnival Chattanooga (Book Two) by Zoe Lynne (G). July 7th - You and Me and Him by Kris Dinnison (Gay secondary character). July 9th - Beneath the Scales by Aurora Peppermint (G). July 14th - Asher’s Out (The Asher Trilogy #3) by Elizabeth Wheeler (G). July 14th - About a Girl by Sarah McCarry (B,L,T). July 16th - Fox-Hat [...]

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May Book of the Month: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:55-05:00May 7th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Book Club|Tags: New Releases, Trans|

A big-hearted novel about being seen for who you really are. Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret. She’s determined not to get too close to anyone. But when she meets sweet, easygoing Grant, Amanda can’t help but start to let him in. As they spend more time together, she realizes just how much she is losing by guarding her heart. She finds herself yearning to share with Grant everything about herself–including her past. But Amanda’s terrified [...]

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Pat Schmatz Blog Tour: Book Birthday

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:28-05:00September 8th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: New Releases, Speculative, Trans|

We're thrilled to be hosting the last post of Pat Schmatz's book release blog tour. Pat's new book, Lizard Radio, is out in stores today! You should make sure and pick up a copy-- not only is it a phenomenal read, it is also our pick for GayYA's October Book Club. :D Check out all the stops on the blog tour, and enter the giveaway here! YA Books Central The Pirate Tree TeenReads The Children’s Book Review KidLit Frenzy The Book Rat Swoony Boys Podcast Gay YA Fifteen-year-old bender Kivali has had a rough time in a gender-rigid [...]

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New Releases: May 2015.

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:38-05:00May 29th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: Fantasy, LGBTQIA, New Releases, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Realistic|

May 1st (USA) Flesh and Bone (Luminis Books, 2015) Flesh and Bone by William Alton — (G,Q) Goodreads Summary: "A literary novel for young adults that deals with a despairing teen uncertain about his sexual preferences who turns to drugs, alcohol, and unreliable friends for solace. Told in a series of images and fragments, Flesh and Bone is a raw and real portrayal of a teen struggling to find love in his life. When Bill’s father leaves and he and his mother move far away to live with her parents, his whole world implodes. His grandparents [...]

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