Blog from Lubbock, Texas, Author Duane Simolke.
@dsimolke Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure #booktok #booktoker #LGBTQbooks #fictionbooks #shortstories #fictionadventure #adventure #fictionwriter #lgbtqwriter #lgbtqauthor💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 #reading #writing #sciencefiction #sciencefictionauthor #sciencefictionwriter #authorsoftiktok #writersoftiktok #bookrecs #bookrecs📚 ♬ original sound - Duane Simolke
BookTok: SciFi Adventure Awaits
BookTok: Degranon: The Maintainers
This comedy/drama about small-town life during the 1990s is back on NetGalley until 12/01/22. Please review it online.
@dsimolke Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure #booktok #booktoker #LGBTQbooks #fictionbooks #fictionadventure #adventure #fictionwriter #lgbtqwriter #lgbtqauthor💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 #reading #writing #sciencefiction #sciencefictionauthor #sciencefictionwriter #authorsoftiktok #writersoftiktok #bookrecs #bookrecs📚 ♬ How You Like That - BLACKPINK
We thought the aliens wouldn’t find us. We trusted the Maintainers. We were wrong. Music: #BlackPink: How You Like That? #SciFi #Halloween #Scary
“Hateful knee-jerk phrases can stick in your mind, like a worn-out song you never liked in the first place, but you should learn to see yourself as beautiful and wonderful.” 🏳️🌈 Video.
“Treat other people’s insecurities as their weakness, not as a reason to hate yourself or remain silent.” 🏳️🌈 Video.
“Try to inform others and get along with others, but never base self-acceptance on whether others accept you.” 🏳️🌈 Video.
@dsimolke Holding Me Together: Essays and Poems #booktok #booktoker #LGBTQbooks #fictionbooks #poems #poetry #fictionwriter #lgbtqwriter #lgbtqauthor💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 #reading #writing #authorsoftiktok #writersoftiktok #bookrecs #bookrecs📚 ♬ Sky Aesthetic - Tollan Kim
Sons of Taldra: Animated Cover 1.
Sons of Taldra: Animated Cover 2.
Sons of Taldra: Animated Cover 3.
Sons of Taldra: Futuristic Music BookTok.
Sons of Taldra: The Iroquois Scientist BookTok.
Sons of Taldra: Thought the aliens wouldn’t find us. BookTok.
Sons of Taldra: Stranger Things/Alternate World: BookTok.
Sons of Taldra: She Needed to Protect: BookTok.
Sons of Taldra: She wants more power: BookTok.
Sons of Taldra: Argen’s Room: BookTok.
Sons of Taldra: Emergency: BookTok.
We thought the aliens wouldn’t find us. We thought we could trust the Maintainers. We were wrong.
@dsimolke Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure #booktok #booktoker #LGBTQbooks #fictionbooks #shortstories #fictionadventure #adventure #fictionwriter #lgbtqwriter #lgbtqauthor💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 #reading #writing #sciencefiction #sciencefictionauthor #sciencefictionwriter #authorsoftiktok #writersoftiktok #bookrecs #bookrecs📚 ♬ Phonky Tribu - Funk Tribu
@dsimolke Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure #booktok #booktoker #LGBTQbooks #fictionbooks #shortstories #fictionauthor #fictionwriter #lgbtqwriter #lgbtqauthor💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 #reading #writing #sciencefiction #sciencefictionauthor #sciencefictionwriter #authorsoftiktok #writersoftiktok #bookrecs #bookrecs📚 ♬ Beat Automotivo Tan Tan Tan Viral - WZ Beat
The Iroquois scientist Taldra became Leader of our world a year before the alien shapeshifters attacked. Her twin gay sons will rally to her side. Music: Beat Automotivo Tan Tan Tan Vira, Viral Top 2 TikTok, by WZ Beat.
@dsimolke Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure #booktok #booktoker #LGBTQbooks #fictionbooks #shortstories #fictionauthor #fictionwriter #lgbtqwriter #lgbtqauthor💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 #reading #writing #sciencefiction #sciencefictionauthor #sciencefictionwriter #authorsoftiktok #writersoftiktok #bookrecs #bookrecs📚 ♬ In The End - Mellen Gi Remix - Tommee Profitt & Fleurie & Mellen Gi
In the End - Millen Gi Remix, Tommee Profitt.
Read about Sons of Taldra at Barnes & Noble.
@dsimolke Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure #booktok #booktoker #LGBTQbooks #fictionbooks #shortstories #fictionauthor #fictionwriter #lgbtqwriter #lgbtqauthor💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 #reading #writing #sciencefiction #sciencefictionauthor #adventure #adventurewriter #sciencefictionwriter #authorsoftiktok #writersoftiktok #bookrecs #bookrecs📚 ♬ Let Go - Ark Patrol
"She needed to protect Valchondria, and all of its citizens, even if it meant protecting them from themselves."
Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure.
@dsimolke Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure #booktok #booktoker #LGBTQbooks #fictionbooks #shortstories #fictionauthor #fictionwriter #lgbtqwriter #lgbtqauthor💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 #sciencefictionadventure #sciencefictionauthor #sciencefictionwriters #sciencefiction #reading #writing #bookrecs #bookrecs📚 ♬ Futuristic Music - Space Music Atmosphere
@dsimolke The Acorn Stories #booktok #booktoker #LGBTQbooks #fictionbooks #shortstories #fictionauthor #fictionwriter #lgbtqwriter #lgbtqauthor💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 #reading #writing #bookrecs #bookrecs📚 ♬ Love You So - The King Khan & BBQ Show
#IndieAuthors, #IndieComic creators, #Screenwriters, please share images, videos, interviews, etc., involving your original characters, or just characters you love. #BookBlog @feed_my_reads hosted this interview with Taldra, Leader of the human home world. https://t.co/gmrbi0KLbD pic.twitter.com/Mo28DznF3u
— BookTWT and SciFi Geek (@DuaneSimolke) September 19, 2022
One of my favorite #quotes from The Acorn Stories by Duane Simolke @DuaneSimolke.
— Jennie Griffin, Book Reviewer & Promoter (@TheRedHeadNotes) August 19, 2022
Read the 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 #BookReview here: https://t.co/5Q4ZEpBfeR#BookRecommendation #shortstories #fiction #Texas #BookTwitter #booktwt #theredheadnotes #indieauthor #WritingCommunity pic.twitter.com/IPDZvWrOg6
Blogger Jennie Griffin of The RedHead Notes Book Blog posted a review of The Acorn Stories, saying “Simolke shares life’s beautiful and humorous moments side by side with the devastating and painful ones, and the contrast is palpable.”
Love, love, love this #book!!! 😍
— Jennie Griffin, Book Reviewer & Promoter (@TheRedHeadNotes) August 5, 2022
The Acorn Stories by Duane Simolke @DuaneSimolke!
In just 16 #shortstories, Simolke depicts the ups and downs of life in a small Texas town. I felt ALL the emotions! 🙂😢😡🤣🥰#BookReview at https://t.co/5Q4ZEpBfeR#BookTwitter #booktwt pic.twitter.com/MIaKsYH72w
The full review appears at N. N. Light’s Book Heaven.
Alien shapeshifters have found the human world. Leader and her sons must stop the invasion. Maintainer Admiral Nil blames Leader for a series of tragedies and might pose an even greater threat than the changelings that want to feed on humanity.
One of Leader’s twin sons, Telius, simply wants to marry the man he loves. The other, Argen, struggles with the residual effects of a deadly drug addiction. The young men rally to Leader’s side as she faces humanity’s greatest threats.
“Refreshingly different, and at its beating heart is some much needed diversity that slots in effortlessly and with purpose.” –Sebastian J. Brook, Doctor Who Online
Schedule (All times are North America East Coast Time or EST) –
Monday 7/18
2 am – Regina Jeffers
4 am – Sharon Buchbinder (Bee)
6 am – Veronica Scott
8 am – Marilyn Baron
Tuesday 7/19
2 am – Sharon Buchbinder (Healed)
4 am – Allison Martine (dibs)
6 am – Virginia Barlow (Smores)
8 am – Tonya Penrose
Wednesday 7/20
2 am – Sharon Buchbinder (Imp)
4 am – Nancy Fraser
6 am – Penelope Marzec
8 am – N. Christine Samuelson
Thursday 7/21
2 am – Allison Martine (September)
4 am – Virginia Barlow (Witch)
6 am – Carol James (Captive)
8 am – Anne Krist/Jan Selbourne
Friday 7/22
2 am – Sharon Buchbinder (Charlotte)
4 am – Elizabeth John
6 am – Virginia Barlow (Wicked)
8 am – Jane Drager
Saturday 7/23
2 am – Laura Strickland
4 am – Duane Simolke
6 am – Carol James (Singing)
8 am – David Hochhalter
Giveaway details also appear at the event’s main page: N. N. Light’s Beach Reads Bookish Event.
Watch for author interviews and more throughout Pride Month 2022 at the #IndiePride 2022 Master Post.
A Touch of Death by Rebecca Crunden
General Sydra, one of the Maintainers in Sons of Taldra. I won this free commission from O. P. Holden’s Project Octavian group by signing up for their weekly mailing list. Other scifi writers who want to do the same should sign up right away.
From O. P. Holden: “We’re putting together an anthology of short stories with a team of talented artists, writers, and editors, and currently open to submissions. We’re also looking for potential beta-readers interested in grading and critiquing short stories before they’re released for publication.” Read more details at Manga Raiders.
Picture description: A Black woman in her late thirties, with a weapon over one hand. She wears the gray and black uniform of a Maintainer in Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure.
In Sons of Taldra, the Maintainers are the judges, juries, police, and military of the human home world. Some of them are violent, corrupt, or power-hungry, but Sydra only wants to help and protect people.
Please read the Sons of Taldra review at Doctor Who Online and please follow O. P. Holden on Twitter.
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— O. P. Holden (@Ope1ativ3) May 7, 2022
@duanesimolke In Taldra, a #FirstNation family protects the human home world. #BookTok #sciencefictiondoublefeature #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Native #NativeAmerican ♬ original sound - BookTok and SciFi Geek 🌈
Taldra: Two Science Fiction Adventures at Barnes & Noble (print and eBook).
Taldra: Two Science Fiction Adventures at Amazon (print and eBook).
Taldra: Two Science Fiction Adventures at Smashwords.
Feed My Reads Interview with Taldra.
Taldra Discussion in Two Gay Geeks Webcast.
Instagram Book Promotion: Taldra.
Instagram @caty.books: Taldra.
BookPromotions BookTok: Taldra.
BookTok: My Meet Taldra Video.
“Creative and unique.” —R.L. Wood. Read this SciFi Book Review.
“I hope to see more by this author.” —Emily. Read this SciFi Book Review.
“Edge-of-your-seat action, scenes that detail the turmoil and terror of an alien attack and an inside look at love and acceptance for humanity’s differences.” —Tome Tender. Read this SciFi Book Review.
“A highly-imaginative sci-fi adventure. Simolke’s alternate universe hits all the right notes between the fantastic and the believable. There is a dizzying and impressive array of ideas that permeate this novel. Taldra is a great sci-fi read, especially for those who enjoy history and religion mixed in with technology. This is one story where all three blend seamlessly into one.” Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★ Read this SciFi Book Review.
Set in an alternate reality, the Taldra novels focus on gays, people of color, and powerful women. Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure flings an Iroquois family into a battle across time and space.
Winner, StoneWall Society Pride in the Arts Award.
“A thought provoking and fun sci-fi read.” —Blogger Girls
In Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure, alien shapeshifters and dark secrets threaten humanity.
“The most intriguing aspect of the story is controlled by emotion as relatable characters grow and brave it all together, selflessly helping each other.” —Enas Reviews
Keywords: gay marriage, love is love, LGBT, queer, POC, People of Color, Native American, Iroquois, Navajo, African American, Black, Hispanic, Latino, Latina, Asian, Middle Eastern, religion, faith, atheism, cults, diversity, DiversityInSFF, strong females, powerful women, women, alternate reality, space epic, romance, free speech, individuality, scifi, SyFy.
Here's a Main Character interview with Taldra, from the #book Taldra by @DuaneSimolke - https://t.co/DMUC6WjaWP#book #books #author #authors #writer #writers #WritingCommunity #feedmyreadscommunity #BookTwitter #bookcommunity #bookstagram #bookblog pic.twitter.com/JFjsVXcwfB
— Feed My Reads (@feed_my_reads) April 4, 2022
This new trailer for Sons of Taldra: A Science Adventure evokes the book cover.
The landing page says, “Welcome to SelfPubList, a resource where you can list your self-published books for free! For those of you that offer services for authors, there’s plenty for you here too. Create a profile, list your services and contact details and engage with the writing community.”
Adam Matlow created the site. He’s also a beta reader and the author of the science fiction novels Fractured and Dark Sentinel.
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— SelfPublist (@PublistSelf) January 26, 2022
Please also visit my SelfPublist.Com profile. Thanks for stopping by DuaneSimolke.Com!
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Read the full interview, and read about more books, at Feed My Reads: Main Character Interview with Duane Simolke and The Acorn Stories.
Read about The Acorn Stories at FeedMyReads and watch there for interviews with my characters.
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