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riptidepublishing: riptidepublishing:riptidepublishing:WaveCon: Celebrating LGBTQ Fiction at SeaRiptide Publishing is planning the first-ever LGBTQ fiction convention at sea: WaveCon, a celebration of all things queer fiction! On March 11, 2017, WaveCon will leave out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and sail to Mexico with approximately 500 LGBTQ readers, authors, editors, and agents discussing and sharing our love and enthusiasm for all genres of queer fiction. We have tons of tropical fun and excitement planned, along with, of course, a full course of panels, workshops, book readings, author Q&As, meet and greets, parties, and so much more. Even better, for five full days, your room, every meal and snack (including room service!), entertainment, and conference programming are all included for about the same cost (and in many cases, less cost) than land-based book conferences. But before we finalize guests and programming, we want to hear from YOU! What would make this event the most special and fun for you? What kind of accommodations would you prefer? What services would you like for us to provide? To that end, we kindly request that you take this ten-minute survey about WaveCon.To thank you for your time, one lucky survey taker will be randomly selected to receive guaranteed early-bird registration AND an additional $100 off the low early-bird registration fee. If the survey reaches 2,000 unique participants, we’ll add a FREE REGISTRATION (CRUISE INCLUDED, OF COURSE!) to the prize pool—an $850 value!Take the poll now! Very excited to be updating this with some of our first confirmed attending authors:Radclyffe (Author, and Publisher at Bold Strokes Books)Abigail Roux: abirouxJordan HawkTJ KluneLA Witt: gallagherwittAmy LaneLisa HenryJA RockMarie Sexton: @mariesextonHeidi Belleau: teacupnosaucerAnne Tenino: ZA Maxfield: zamaxfieldMegan Mulry: meganmulryRachel Haimowitz (Author, and Publisher, Riptide Publishing) rachelhaimowitzSarah Frantz Lyons (Editorial Director, Riptide Publishing): sadisticeditorAlex Whitehall (Author, and Production Manager at Riptide): creativewhimsyPlus many, many more to come—this is just the very first wave! But we’re thrilled to be able to announce such a diverse mix of queer authors so early. That said, we’re missing a very important shade of the rainbow here. We’ve already confirmed lesbian, gay, bisexual, genderqueer, and asexual authors (who by and large write about their shades of the rainbow), and even a bisexual polyamorous editor, but we have no trans authors signed up yet. (We are waiting eagerly to hear back from some, though.) Please take the poll and tell us your favorite trans authors so we can invite them along! Three new awesome queer ladies to add to our early attending author list!Julie CannonCarsen TaiteD. Jackson LeighSince so many folks just found out about WaveCon in the last day and we’re still very eager to hear who else you’d all love to see attend, we’re extending the poll for a few more days, to 9am EDT on March 28. -- source link
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