#QueerShortFilm Hypothetically

Looking for a cute queer short film with likable characters and without trauma or tragedy? Try Hypothetically by Nightingale & Ward on YouTube. It’s funny and well made. #GayFilm

Thanks for visiting my blog! Please read about my small-town fiction collection The Acorn Stories and my free eBook Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure.

5 cozy and comforting indie reads

The Return of Innocence is currently on an Indie Fiction reading list: 5 cozy and comforting indie reads. These lists, often refreshed, feature indie books under various tropes and topics. Please visit to see all 5 choices and find more indie authors.

Gay Miniseries Lost Boys and Fairies

Lost Boys and Fairies uses music, nostalgia, humor, and tears to explore found family for two gay men. This emotional BBC miniseries features stirring musical arrangements and a strong cast.

Resources for Indie Authors & Other Book Lovers

Most of these sites are free or include free options. You can also find this list by looking at the sidebar on the web-based version of my blog.

Keywords: Book promotion, writer resources, book boost, indie books, book reviews, reading lists, author chat.

BookBoost

The Lorekeeper's Guild

Pride Book Hub

Ray Ferch’s BookHylla book search

Rebecca Crunden’s List of Resources for Indie Authors

The Literary Tribune

First Bookshop (UK)

It’s A Wrap Cover Designs

DystopianNovels UK

QueerSciFi

Author/Blogger Michael Ampersant

Indie Fiction

Indie Book Directory

The BookList.Co

The Book Rex

Thanks for visiting my blog! Please read about my small-town fiction collection The Acorn Stories and my free eBook Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure.

BookBoost: Indie Author Books and Promotion

BookBoost started in 2014. Book promotions appear on the site and on social media. I like the services there, both paid and free, and also enjoy the writing-related blog posts and social media posts. The free promotion involves sharing a post on X or BlueSky. The site includes other features as well. If you’re on BookSky, please follow Roberta’s Indie Book Finds @freeboostmarketing.com.

The Lorekeeper's Guild

The Lorekeeper's Guild is a free site for #IndieAuthors and #BookLovers to post about books. It includes reviews, message boards, reading circles, etc.

"Where stories find their readers. A free guild for indie authors, readers, reviewers, and publishing professionals."

Pride Book Hub: “Where LGBTQ+ stories find their readers.”

Romance and romantasy author Carly Bryant (aka thriller and horror author Carly Black) turned a love for books and writing into a free resource for readers and writers of queer books. Pride Book Hub lets users find books by trope, sales, pairings, representations, heat, and other tags. They can also avoid some books they might not like by filtering out triggers.

The site is vibrant and easy to navigate. Users can add books they like or wrote and even suggest more features.

For examples of the book listings, look at these from Carly Bryant: Taming Jett, The Inner Circle, and Loving Loren. Please help spread the word about this author and this resource.

IndieFiction.Com: 5 indie books you can finish in an evening

5 indie books you can finish in an evening: Inherited Death, The Reunion, The Unpleasant Realms, The Passive Observer, and The Acorn Stories. From Indie Fiction, "free exposure for indie authors." #ReadingList #QuickReads #ShortReads #ShortFiction https://www.indiefiction.com/lists/indie-books-to-finish-in-an-evening

Fall Reading

A newlywed struggles with mental health and job insecurity but finds joy in her artwork and marriage. A teacher faces bigotry in the small town he loves. Swimming laps in a pool makes a young man reflect on his life. Faustian legend receives a satirical update.

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Duane Simolke Posts on X

"Duane Simolke writes the way late afternoon light moves across a porch, unhurried, attentive, catching the small things most of us walk right past."

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Happy July 4! Here's a special show at my alma mater, Texas Tech University.

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Tweetables: My F in Life - update from an excited author!

Tweetables: My F in Life - update from an excited author!: It's only been a few weeks since I published my book but what a wild ride it's been! I have to admit, the whole process of uploading...

"Read these stories in sequence and somewhere around the fourth one, a quiet click happens."

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"Read these stories in sequence and somewhere around the fourth one, a quiet click happens. The woman behind the café counter turns out to be the same person whose cats run her house two tales later. The boy whispering in a backyard tent shows up years on as a grown face on Main Street. Duane Simolke assembles his fictional town of Acorn, Texas one piece at a time until the separate parts lock into a single shape."

Tweetables: I've just published a novel 🥳🎉

Tweetables: I've just published a novel 🥳🎉: I know this blog is all about promoting authors, but I just had to let you know that my novel, 'My F in Life' has just been publishe...

Some towns

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“Some towns measure themselves in skyscrapers. Acorn, Texas measures itself in trees — every single one planted on purpose, by hand, by folks too stubborn to let the West Texas dust have the last word.”

Self Publishing 360 Helps Indie Authors Get Discovered

From the About page: "Self Publishing 360 was created with a simple mission: to help authors not only publish their books, but also give them a real chance to be discovered. For many writers, the journey becomes confusing after the manuscript is finished. Publishing platforms, formatting, marketing, promotions, and building visibility can quickly feel overwhelming, especially for self published authors doing everything on their own. This platform was built to simplify that process. Self Publishing 360 brings together practical tools, clear guidance, promotional opportunities, and author focused resources designed to make self publishing more accessible and less intimidating. The mission is to support authors beyond publishing by helping them grow, promote their work, reach readers, and build confidence in their writing journey."

I've promoted The Acorn Stories there for free and encourage other readers and writers to join.

Fun Escapist Fantasy

An accidental legend and her queer allies battle a magical warlord in the fun fantasy The Return of Innocence. The Barnes & Noble Nook edition will be free June 6-13, 2026.

Seeing Sean Gay Book Review

Seeing Sean by Patrick Doyle
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Patrick Doyle’s inventive and unpredictable novel Seeing Sean starts with a romance between two likeable gay men and expands their story to include time travel, dystopia, and many other science fiction elements. The mixture gels because Doyle keeps everything grounded around the relationship of Sean and Wyatt. They internalize the injustices, the dangers, and some bizarre imagery. As a fan of both gay stories and science fiction, I enjoyed this book and recommend it.

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Thanks for visiting my blog! Please also read about Taldra: Two Science Fiction Adventures. A brilliant scientist and her twin gay sons protect humanity. “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.” —Dianne at Tome Tender.

Find books by trope, genre, & more at the Indie Book Directory

“Indie Stuffed is a 2-day Stuff Your E-Reader style event. On June 20th & 21st, 2026 we will be hosting the free event.” Details.

Indie Book Directory is “A fully searchable directory for indie-published books. Authors can access free resources and add books. Readers can search by Title, Author, Genre, and Trope. We also have directories for Author Services and Indie Bookstores.”

Please add your books and search for my books!

Remember to get your Degranon Free SciFi Download.