Publication Announcement: Friendly Fire (short story) out now in US

Friendly Fire is a 6K short story, set in the current war in Afghanistan. [...]

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Rec/Review Thursday: The GLBT Bookshelf (wiki)

This is an excellent endeavour, and stems directly from the #Amazonfail fiasco. Author Mel Keegan came up with the idea and has been putting a lot of work into making this happen, and happening it is: a wiki website for authors, reviewers and readers of GLBT Fiction (and beyond).
Incidentally, I first came across Mel Keegan’s [...]

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Movie Review Saturday: Terminator Salvation

This Joker Saturday I’m going for something which isn’t directly military, but certainly not far off, bearing in mind who John Connor operates with – and how. The visuals are stunning and apocalyptic military gear? What more could I want!
Terminator Salvation has received a lot of criticism and slagging off, but you know what? I [...]

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Thursday Rec/Review: Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville (fiction)

This post is a rare occurrence, trust me. Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t read fiction. Not anymore, since my postgrad degree in English Lit (and a few other choice subjects). Well, I don’t read fiction most of the time, but occasionally, I make an exception, and this happens when there is an [...]

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Publication Announcement: Friendly Fire short story

Due out in October 2009
Friendly Fire is a 6K short story, set in the current war in Afghanistan. British Sergeant Major Phil Mason, and American Gunnery Sergeant Jon Rivera partake in friendly fire, only to encounter enemy fire, which forces them to work together to survive, out there in the Afghan mountains.
In true Marquesate style, [...]

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Amazon Fail is no glitch

I wake up to the back-pedalling pathetic excuse by Amazon that the homophobic de-ranking of all books and textbooks with GLBT content (even scholarly books and children’s books) was “a glitch”.
A glitch?
This is the most ridiculous excuse I have heard in a long time and it’s on the same par as “I never got the [...]

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Definition: Amazon Rank

Amazon Rank
Let us Google bomb those hypocrites! Not only has Amazon been removing erotica from their general searches and their sales ranking? Oh no, they have removed classics, such as Brokeback Mountain, and factual work on anything with GLBT issues, and text books, and even academia/research!
The best strategy: Do Not Buy From Amazon! Not until [...]

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Amazon Censorship of M/M, F/F and Erotica

The Blogosphere and Twittershphere is abuzz with Amazon’s censorship of m/m, f/f and erotica (though curiously, not all m/f erotica seems to have been censored) through stripping the ranks off all those books. For example, if I go to the Amazon main page (UK or US) and type in Marquesate in the search box, it [...]

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Special Forces – Veterans: Chapter 68 has been edited

I’ve edited Chapter LXVIII: Till Death and it is now available on my website:
http://www.marquesate.org/special-forces-veterans68.html
Marq

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Special Forces – Veterans – Chapters 61-70 (all remaining)

Dear Readers,
Due to the current situation with Special Forces I feel I now have to put this chapter of my writing behind me to be able to carry on with my future.
I have no other choice than to take this final action. If you do wish
to know the reasons why, you will find explanations [...]

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Special Forces – Veterans – Chapter LVIII: Guard Duty

Chapter 58 has been published:
http://www.marquesate.org/special-forces-veterans58.html
Marq

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Special Forces – Veterans – Chapter LV: An Eye for an Eye

The – fairly – long awaited next chapter has been published, and I won’t comment at all, except that here it is:
Chapter LV: An Eye for an Eye

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Special Forces – Veterans – Chapter LIV: Point of No Return

This is the first chapter in the third and last cycle: Veterans. As promised, a week early, but trust me, the next one won’t be early …
Chapter LIV: Point of No Return
I shall not say anythig about this chapter at all … just read it.

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Special Forces – Mercenaries – Chapter LIII: Dead End

This chapter concludes the Mercenaries cycle, but it certainly does not conclude the current arch …
Mercenaries – Chapter LIII: Dead End
Mercenaries, as finished today, comes in at over half a million words, while Soldiers was over a quarter of a million words. Veterans will be just under a quarter of a million words.
Well, whatever happens [...]

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Special Forces – Mercenaries – Chapter LII: Smoke Without Fire

Happy Halloween!

Surprise! Surprise!
As a special treat for Halloween, here comes the next chapter a whole week early. Also, because this is the last breather that you will get *evil ghoulish laughter* enjoy the light entertainment while it lasts.
MWUUAAHHHAAAAAA!
Chapter LII: Smoke Without Fire
Marquesate

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