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Real Life and the Blog. This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Real Life and the Blog. Happy Father’s Day! It’s short today. As it sometimes happens real life interferes with the blog. Between vet visits and Father’s Day, dog instructions, medications and plans, well, sigh, where did the time go? I’ve been busy bathing dogs and celebrating with my father. I hope everyone has had a… Continue reading Real Life and the Blog. This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Gay Superheroes and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Gay Superheroes Last week I started off the discussion of LGBT Superheroes because of the new film Black Panther and the colossal response that’s its engendered, due in no small part to representation. Of course it helps that its an outstanding movie too. But people of color are seeing themselves represented in a major motion… Continue reading Gay Superheroes and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Its Time for STRW Flash Fiction Announcements and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Its Time for STRW Flash Fiction Announcements First of all, thank you to all who sent in entries to our first ever STRW Flash Fiction Writing Month. We appreciate your participation and all entries will be showcased here. Putting your thoughts and emotions into words and a story can be one of the more daunting… Continue reading Its Time for STRW Flash Fiction Announcements and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

November is Ending and So Is STRW FF Writing Month ~ This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

November is Ending and So Is STRW FF Writing Month There are still four days for people to get their entries in. Four days…to write anywhere from 300 to 1000 words. What to write about? Anything and everything. Any trope, any genre. From science fiction to contemporary, from romance to horror. Draw from your feelings… Continue reading November is Ending and So Is STRW FF Writing Month ~ This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

STRW Flash Fiction Contest and This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

STRW Flash Fiction Contest As the deadline for the end of our flash fiction contest approaches, there’s still plenty of time to get your entries in. Flash fiction or micro fiction is just, that a tiny story. It can be in any genre, any trope, and for this contest and always for this… Continue reading STRW Flash Fiction Contest and This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Here’s Reading You – Readers and Authors (Part II). This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Here’s Reading You – Readers and Authors (Part II) Last week, we started our look at eBooks. How has the eBook changed reading, writing, and perhaps even publishing for you? Perhaps some people may share a view from the beginning, when eBooks started to flourish and others when the eBooks were already an established… Continue reading Here’s Reading You – Readers and Authors (Part II). This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Here’s Reading You! Readers on eBooks! This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Here’s Reading You! Part I Readers on eBooks! Today we are starting to look at ebooks from a number of perspectives ~ that of the reader, the author, and the publisher! Remember when the eBook was a startling new format? And the eReader? Oh my! Some people railed against them both! Calling them the… Continue reading Here’s Reading You! Readers on eBooks! This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Of Reading and Writing Books ~ A World of Choices! This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Of Reading and Writing Books ~ A World of Choices! Last month, our topic was focused on the audiobook as all market trends are pointing to that as the new hot book market. What? Not ebooks? I can remember when (yes, not that long ago) when the ebook was being held up as both the… Continue reading Of Reading and Writing Books ~ A World of Choices! This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Enjoy A Coffee Sip and Book Break with Choices by Stevie Woods (excerpt and giveaway)

Title: Choices Author: Stevie Woods Publisher: Torquere Press Release Date: September 31, 2016 Heat Level: 5 – Erotica Pairing: Male/Male Length: 15,600 Words Genre: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Erotic-Romance, Gay Romance Add to Goodreads Synopsis Best friends since kindergarten, Ben and James are separated after college graduation by their different choices. Ben stays in their small… Continue reading Enjoy A Coffee Sip and Book Break with Choices by Stevie Woods (excerpt and giveaway)

Check out the Last Splash of Summer with Beach Rental Anthology (excerpt and giveaway)

Title: Beach Rental, M/M Anthology Author: M.T. Aspen, Asta Idonea, Dale Cameron Lowry, Lynn Townsend, Jamie Lowe, & Rob Rosen Publisher: Torquere Press Release Date: September 24, 2016 Heat Level: 3 – Some Sex Pairing: Male/Male Length: 32,000 Words Genre: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Erotic-Romance Add to Goodreads Synopsis In Drinks Over Sunset by M.T. Aspen,… Continue reading Check out the Last Splash of Summer with Beach Rental Anthology (excerpt and giveaway)