New alternate covers for The Acorn Stories.
Big Texas Laughs
Big Texas Tears
Big Texas Scandals
Small Texas Town
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Friday, April 01, 2016
One of my favorite creations is Taldra (Lorfeltez), a First Nation woman who guides her world.
Unfortunately, Maintainer law forbade her from telling anyone about her colorsight. Supposedly, the Maintainers feared giving so-called “special rights” to colorsighted people, thus making them cultural elitists. Lorfeltez wanted no special rights, but she knew that she was different, and she only wanted to explore those differences. She wanted to tell other people about the colors that her eyes allowed her to see. She hated concealing her true self in such a way, or in any way. No law could stop her from being different, so the Maintainers used a law to make her hide that difference. The Maintainers forced her to lie, in order to protect the common good. How could their way be right if it involved lying and deception? Why couldn’t she let others benefit from her abilities, or at least let others know that those abilities existed? She hated the hypocrisy of the Maintainers. They warned against deceit, but passed laws that promoted deceit. They talked about protecting Valchondria from violence, while they used violence to keep people in order, to “maintain” them. Who was Valchondria except its people, the very people that the Maintainers claimed to protect? And what were they protecting anyone from by denying her the ability to acknowledge her colorsight? It was a gift, and she wanted to tell others about that gift. She loved colors! Even the hideous green swirls in dethua wood looked beautiful to Lorfeltez, who longed for the pleasure of exercising her gift.Excerpt from Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure.Her fellow human beings granted her that pleasure simply by virtue of their appearance. Never mind the gray headbands, hair clips, and body suits that most of the people at the amphitheater wore. Other than a stripe of green on some headbands or belts, and other than an occasional hint of red or blue, Lorfeltez rarely found any color on clothing.
Instead, she could see people’s skin of red (like her own), brown, or black—all in varying shades. She could see their eyes of green, blue, gray, or brown, and their lips of pink, brown, or red. Everyone had black hair, but those of red, light brown, or mixed race often had a gloss to their long, flowing hair that distinguished it from the hair of most black or dark brown people, which tended to grow outward or sometimes just upward. And the male children of all races loved their hair short, and Lorfeltez could almost see their skin color through it. Together, the many people who crammed into Valcine Plaza that day reflected the diverse beauty of Valchondria’s population.
Sons of Taldra Chapter 1 Draft.
#Degranon #SonsOfTaldra #Diversifi #DiversityInSciFi
Monday, March 14, 2016
Code 8 SciFi Movie: Teaser Trailer
Starring: Robbie Amell, Sung Kang, Aaron Abrams, Chad Donella, Alfred Rubin Thompson
Director: Jeff Chan
Writer: Chris Pare
Producers: Jeff Chan, Chris Pare, Stephen Amell, Robbie Amell, Geoff Mclean, Tommy Dingwall.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Gay Movie: RainBRO Official Indiegogo Campaign Trailer (2016) HD
"When a high school bully is accidentally sent to a gay reform summer camp, he must find a way to escape before his bad boy reputation is ruined forever. On his hilarious, yet heartfelt journey, he meets a diverse host of characters that ultimately challenge the way he sees the world, and himself."
Saturday, February 06, 2016
More Sherwood Anderson Links
Sitting Bee: Mother – Sherwood Anderson
Study.Com: Hands by Sherwood Anderson: Summary & Analysis
Shmoop: Death in the Woods by Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Anderson on a Human Being's Well of Thinking
Notes in the Margin: Review: “Winesburg, Ohio” by Sherwood Anderson
Winesburg Ohio by Sherwood Anderson Review by Kimberly Campbell Moore
Sherwood Anderson on being alive by mjanecolette
philipsmith.eu: New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
#WeWantDiverseNovels
Still tweaking #QueerSciFi Sons Of Taldra. 2016 is the year I finally finish it!
#LGBTSciFi #GaySciFi
Gay Science Fiction
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Gay Writing
Writing helped me explore gay issues. Now I love writing about characters who just happen to be gay.
Friday, October 02, 2015
Two Talented Men Dance to Singing in the Rain, Putting on the Ritz
FESTIVAL CIRQUE DE DEMAIN
FESTIVAL CIRQUE DE DEMAIN (Cirque Phenix, Paříž, Francie)Ukrajinské duo Shcherbak a Popov se poprvé pořádně zviditelnili na Ukrajina má talent v roce 2010. Pak to již šlo ráz na ráz. Následovaly světové cirkusové festivaly v Monte Carlo a předvedli se samozřejmě jak jinak v Cirque de Demain v Paříži. O angažmá nyní nemají nouzi a dokud se nějak nezraní, budou dál vydělávat několik tisíc za scénu. V době krize vynikající kšeft!
Posted by Marek Cibulka on Sunday, November 17, 2013
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