Bitten By Romance’s Tour of the Universe features science fiction romance authors introducing readers to some of their favorite sexy, epic, futuristic settings. Stop by today to meet Aurora Springer and see what she’s serving up.
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 21See the button above? Follow it to connect with Shelley Munro at Bitten By Romance’s fabulous Tour of the Universe. Shelley joins a bunch of other crazy people showing off their science fiction romance settings. (Because sometimes contemporary just doesn’t do it, and you can actually have too much of fantasy dragons, elves, vampires, etc.…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 20Greta van der Rol holds court today over on Bitten By Romance’s Tour of the Universe. Stop by to see her solid science fiction development of her alien race, the Ptorix. (Read. Comment. There might be prizes in it for you.)
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 19Welcome back! If you follow the button above, you’ll land at the Bitten By Romance site and the third week of our Tour of the (science fiction romance) Universe. Veronica Scott is today’s guest. Stop by to read more about the deceptive beauty of a jungle planet…and enter a giveaway for a $25 Amazon gift…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 18Shona Husk gives us the guest post this Saturday at Bitten By Romance’s Tour of the Universe. Follow the button above to stop by, read, comment, and learn. You might win prizes later. You’ll certainly come away with new ideas about science fiction romance. As before, we are skipping Sunday. We’ll be back on…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 17Over on the Bitten By Romance site today, we are featuring A.R. DeClerk for the next stop in our celebration of science fiction romance, its unusual settings, and rich backstories. If you’re bored by contemporary romance, cardboard billionaires, and predictable places, try a little science fiction sizzle! Oh, and we will be drawing prizes from…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 16Come see the wonders of science fiction romance (and its cool settings) at Bitten By Romance today. Hit the fancy button above, to join Jenna Bennett for her take on what makes out-of-this-world romance tick.
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 15S.E. Smith takes over the Bitten By Romance site today, for a new entry in our science fiction romance Tour of the Universe! Day 14 means we’re getting near the midpoint of the tour. That also means you still have plenty of chances to visit the site, comment on previous entries, read new ones, and…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 14Pauline Baird Jones introduces us to future New Orleans, over at Bitten By Romance, on our latest stop in the science fiction romance Tour of the Universe.
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 12If it’s Saturday, that means Jody Wallace has taken over Bitten By Romance! Stop by to see what she’s contributing to the Tour of the Universe. Read. Comment. We won’t bite (much). Housekeeping note: as we did last week, we’ll take a break on Sunday. But entry #12 will be up bright and early Monday…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 11All September my fellow authors and bloggers are celebrating science fiction romance. Lisa Lace is today’s featured guest, over on Bitten by Romance. Follow the button, stop by and leave a comment! You could win a copy of my debut M/M erotic romance space opera, Moro’s Price. It has these two idiots in it. Or…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 7Welcome, everyone. Today on Bitten By Romance, catch Evelyn Lederman’s look at the main city in her Troyk universe.
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 4Come on over to Bitten By Romance, for a tasty bite of Carol Van Natta’s ‘Galactic Concordance’ science fiction romance. She shares a major setting today: the city of Spires, on the planet known as Concordance Prime. Visitors who comment will be entered into a chance to win one of 2 ebooks in her series.…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 2Bitten By Romance’s new fall blog tour begins today, September 1st, 2015 with a post from Eve Langlais, who lists her perfect science-fiction heroes. The button above will take you to the main BBR website, with the Tour schedule including live links. (Second warning: this link will take you to an 18 and over blog!…
Read More Tour of the Universe! (Adult content warning)A nod and sad goodbye to horror film director Wes Craven and scientist Oliver Sacks. We knew they were both failing, but it is hard to see them go. Both of them broke new ground in their fields, fearlessly and with grace, unafraid to include some very human touches in their work.
Read More Farewell, Wes and OliverOkay, so I have this silly fantasy of attending an actual large convention sometime next year, and maybe wandering around in some steampunkish hall costumes. I’ve been on the lookout for weapons props I can repurpose. I recently found two candidates at my local Goodwill thrift store, both for under $1 each. This toy dueling…
Read More A pistol of a project…and why it’s not the reason you probably think. If you are a science fiction and fantasy (SFF) reader and you don’t know who Alice B. Sheldon was, shame on you. Double shame if you don’t know her more famous pen name: James Tiptree, Jr. James Tiptree, Jr. wrote in a time when many female…
Read More Why I won’t be applying for a Tiptree Fellowship…To continue the fiber art theme, I’m discussing ‘constructed fabrics’, of which quilting and applique are subsets. In my version, I work finished layers on top of a support layer of fabric or felted interfacing. I use the end result as either accent pieces (book cover above), or whole backgrounds (award ribbons below.) They are…
Read More Constructed fabricsOne of my Australian beta readers sent me links to several articles about Maureen Cooper, a quilt artist caught up in anti-mining protests in the state of Queensland.* On the surface, Cooper’s quilt is a lovely, well-planned, and inoffensive piece of fiber art, created to raise funds for a small nature preserve. That certain people…
Read More Is the needle mightier than the earthmover?During the month of September, I’ll be part of this shindig: http://www.bittenbyromance.com/2015/08/tour-of-universe-2015-schedule.html There will be excerpts, behind-the-scenes backstories, prizes…and maybe…just maybe, a special announcement. I’ll also be giving away a digital copy of my debut M/M romance novel Moro’s Price, as well as this glass and fiber necklace: Bear with me while we finalize exactly…
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