dreaming infinity

[merelybeing]

the way they look at each other…

[lessthanthreepress]

HAVE YOU PICKED UP YOUR COPY OF FROM THE INSIDE OUT BY TALYA ANDOR?

From the Inside Out by Talya Andor is a contemporary bisexual/gay romance from LT3 Press.

Shy, closeted college student and part-time barista Soren prefers to keep to himself, despite the urgings of family and friends to break out of his routines and live a little more. He likes things exactly as they are: school is going well, he has his study-buddy Sloane, long-distance best friend Liz, his online friend Tru, and a ridiculously hot boss to stare at longingly. It might not work for everyone, but it’s working for him. Comfortable routine is upended the day Tru suddenly suggests they meet, and Soren finds himself uncharacteristically agreeing to coffee. When his date proves to be the last person he expects, a simple date is only the start of all the complications Soren has always tried to avoid.

Pick it up at LT3, Amazon, Kobo, B&N, iTunes, Bookstrand, Smashwords, or request it at your local library!

[lessthanthreepress]

NOW AVAILABLE: FROM THE INSIDE OUT BY TALYA ANDOR

From the Inside Out by Talya Andor is now available in the LT3 Book Market and at all major retailers!

Shy, closeted college student and part-time barista Soren prefers to keep to himself, despite the urgings of family and friends to break out of his routines and live a little more. He likes things exactly as they are: school is going well, he has his study-buddy Sloane, long-distance best friend Liz, his online friend Tru, and a ridiculously hot boss to stare at longingly. It might not work for everyone, but it’s working for him. Comfortable routine is upended the day Tru suddenly suggests they meet, and Soren finds himself uncharacteristically agreeing to coffee. When his date proves to be the last person he expects, a simple date is only the start of all the complications Soren has always tried to avoid.

Pairings: Contemporary – Bisexual, Gay

Content: From the Inside Out contains some explicit content.

Word count: 165,000

Price: $6.99

[talya-andor]

This is a re-release and some things have been changed, updated, and a bit of new content added! Please check it out.

[cream-of-meme-soup]

[comicbookcosplayvixens]

Valkyrie by Maweezy

[papa-peach-deactivated20241019]

😍😍😍

[pillmanize]

I made a difference in the world!

[pennie-dreadful]

REBLOG TO SAVE YOUR QUEER HEART FROM BREAKING

[omgkalyppso]

I’ve seen a bunch of people in the notes concerned (like I was) of comparisons of members of the lgbt to dogs: but upon visiting their website I was reassured that they monitor a variety of content, including (but not limited to):

[curface]

THIS IS A GOOD SITE

[jenniferrpovey]

Yeah, this site is literally so people can check for content they don’t want to see…or in some cases content that would make them physically or mentally ill. (I have strobe issues myself…)

It’s highly useful for a lot of people.

[gingersnapwolves]

I had no idea they warned for strobe effects, that’s awesome! They give me headaches and nausea.

[jezunya]

Link for those unfamiliar: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/

They frequently add more categories, it seems – there have been more added just about every time I’ve visited the site. And they’re clearly open to suggestions, as the twitter exchange in the OP shows :D

ETA: it also looks like they’ve updated the thumbnails on the categories since the above screenshot was taken. So like, there isn’t a scary clown face on the one specifically for people hoping to avoid clowns, for example…

[trai-all]

Signal boost this for people who have triggers!

[seperis]

I did not know about this site and it is now bookmarked,

[iamromyra]

I did not know that I needed this in my life!!!

[gal-pal-mckinnon]

Inspired by this post

[incorrectmetgayla]

Oh, thank you for doing this, I was gonna but then I got totally swallowed up by football madness, lol.

[humangarbagedisposal]

Bonus:

[incorrectmetgayla]

This only keeps getting better.

[lessthanthreepress]

DON’T FORGET TO PREORDER FROM THE INSIDE OUT BY TALYA ANDOR

Grab From the Inside Out by Talya Andor for 15% off while you can! This title will be the special preorder price of $5.94 until 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 28, 2018.

Shy, closeted college student and part-time barista Soren prefers to keep to himself, despite the urgings of family and friends to break out of his routines and live a little more. He likes things exactly as they are: school is going well, he has his study-buddy Sloane, long-distance best friend Liz, his online friend Tru, and a ridiculously hot boss to stare at longingly. It might not work for everyone, but it’s working for him. Comfortable routine is upended the day Tru suddenly suggests they meet, and Soren finds himself uncharacteristically agreeing to coffee. When his date proves to be the last person he expects, a simple date is only the start of all the complications Soren has always tried to avoid.

Pairing: Contemporary – Bisexual, Gay

Word Count: 165,000 

Content: From the Inside Out contains some explicit content.

[lessthanthreepress]

LAST CHANCE TO PREORDER SIGNAL TO NOISE BY TALYA ANDOR

Signal to Noise by Talya Andor, Book 1 of the Psionic Frequency series, will only be the special preorder price of $5.94 until 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time tonight March 6, 2018!

It’s been three years since the Incursion; three long years since Bastian and his twin brother Theo became the sole survivors on the planet Noise. Their distress calls have gone unanswered, and they are running out of supplies. They have no one but each other. And when the long-awaited rescue finally arrives, it brings with it complications that make being alone and forgotten look easy.

Pairing: Sci-fi - Gay

Word Count: 65,000

Price: $6.99 5.94

Content: Signal to Noise contains some explicit content and features incest. This book was previously published by Less Than Three Press in October 2012.

[lessthanthreepress]

END OF LIFE: THE BESTIARY COLLECTION

LT3′s The Bestiary collection will go out of print at the end of September! Drop by the LT3 Book Market for your last chance to pick up stories about fantastical mythical creatures and their true loves. All Bestiary ebooks are 40% off until 9/30!

[siancrosslinisback-deactivated2]

Apparently now is the time for uncomfortable truths because I’ve just had it.

How many posts have I seen that talk about fanfiction ‘setting the bar higher’ or about how ‘unoriginal’ published fiction is? How many posts have I seen where someone’s saying “I wish someone would write about X thing that subverts some popular trope!’?

Trans Cinderella? I have a friend who’s written that. Books about people who are actually, for real, bi or ace? My publisher has whole categories for those. How about ABO? Or werewolf stories that aren’t about sex and dominance? Hell, I’ve written that. Enemies-to-lovers? Mecha-wearing cops? These people are some of the most creative and welcoming and kind people I’ve ever met. 

And nearly daily, I see fandom deride us like we’re somehow other. And look, I get it. In large part, I think a lot of the pushback is the inaccessibility of publishing in large houses, and the way that those large houses churn out the same tropes over and over again, while enforcing and maintaining the societal status quo. But hey, those are large presses. Those are The Big Four. There are so many smaller, younger, more inclusive presses running around now, not even to mention self-publishing.

If I read a book that I absolutely love and I immediately develop a writer-crush on that author, 9 times out of 10 I say to myself “I wanna be friends” and then we become friends. It’s great. Authors have no chill about each other, none at all, I love it.

So when I finally caved and came to tumblr and started getting involved in fandom, it was like a bucket of cold water to the face when I found out, over and over, that fanfic writers and readers wanted nothing to do with me and my original fiction. I mention that I’ve finally been writing again, someone asks what pairing, I say it’s orig fic and the immediate disinterest is nearly palpable. There’s the continuous parade of posts talking about how no one ever writes about this, you never see books about that, I wish there was a book like this, with this, not with that, and every time I see those posts I become an incredible combination of sad and indignant.

Because these books do exist, these authors and publishing houses do exist. These editors and artists, they exist. I know because I’ve worked with them, I’ve emailed and tweeted them, I’ve published with them. These posts and this attitude are willfully ignoring and erasing the industry that’s closest to your own works. Do you think mainstream publishing and The Big Four, do you think they’d accept ABO? Do you think they’d accept triads with an ace member? Do you think they’d accept trans love stories? Sweeping epic fantasy where the main character being gay isn’t the driving force behind the plot? Or sweet and fluffy contemporary romance? No, they wouldn’t, because on the whole mainstream publishing, when it deigns to include us, is pretty much only interested in killing us.

Fandom needs to understand that there are queer spaces in publishing too, and we are not the enemy. It really sucks to try to fit in with the people you think will understand you best and have it made clear, time and time again, that you’re still too other for them.

[seananmcguire]

And it is because of these explicitly queer spaces in publishing that the big New York houses are beginning to adjust and allow for more diversity in all aspects.  We can make a difference, but we do it by reading and supporting what’s there, not denying it unless it comes from a pre-existing property.

[freddiemilano]

Less Than Three Press is one of the most inclusive publishers I have ever come across and I am incredible proud to be published by them. Seriously, these books exist. Just look for them and most importantly, purchase and support them so we can keep writing more.

[lymantriid]

there r literally no books that have a lesbian main character???? or even mlm ones that aren’t like ‘oh gosh I’m so gay it makes life hard’ like ok great I just want normal queer romance??? where are my trans people?? bi ppl??? any rep for them??? normalize queer 2k17

[maderr]

Lesbian as incidental

A Question of Counsel by Archer Kay Leah

Beauty and Cruelty by Meredith Katz

Like Stolen Pearls by Talya Andor

Slaying Dragons by Sasha L. Miller

Taliasman by Anastasia Vitsky

Sea Wife by Naomi Clark

Gay as Incidental

Dragon Slayer by Isabella Carter

Lord of the Forest by Kay Berrisford

Valespian Saga (series) by Lexi Ander

Sumeria’s Sons (series) by Lexi Ander

I.O.N. (series) by Lexi Ander

Supernatural Consultant (series) by Mell Eight

Dragon Hoard (series) by Mell Eight

Drinker Class X by Sasha L. Miller

For Promise yet Unbroken by Tygati (also gray ace as incidental)

Heroes & Villains by Harper Kingsley

Seventh by Rachel White

Saving Liam by Sasha L. Miller

Simon’s Cat by Lotus Oakes

Swords, Sorcery, and Sundry by Mina McLeod

Tantalus by Albert Nothlit

The Engineered Throne by Megan Derr

The Forbidden Zone by Victoria Zagar

The Gravemen by Melissa North

Mechanical Universe (series) by E.E. Ottoman

Chaos Station (series) by Jenna Burke and Kelly Jensen

Claimings (series) by Lyn Gala

Bisexual/Pansexual as incidental

Battle of Will by Sasha L. Miller

Glove of Satin, Glove of Bone by Rachel White

Tavamara (series) by Megan Derr

Princes of the Blood (series) by Megan Derr

Alexey Dyed in Red by A.M. Valenza (also ace as incidental)

Dragonspire by Talya Andor

Enchanted Soles (anthology) edited by Sasha L. Miller

Four by Archer Kay Leah

For the Clan by Archer Kay Leah

How Beautiful Thy Footsteps by Vanessa Cardui

Sand Raiders by T.S. Porter

The Cobbler’s Soleless Son by Meredith Katz (also GQ as incidental)

Tales of the High Court (series) by Megan Derr (and this also has trans as incidental, though a trans char doesn’t take center stage until book 3)

Tournament of Losers by Megan Derr

Where Loyalties Lie by Logan Taylor

Ravenhearth by Lotus Oakes

The Painted Crown by Megan Derr (also gray and demi as incidental)

Dance with the Devil (series) by Megan Derr

Trans/Genderfluid as incidental

Broken Forest by Megan Derr

Wriggle & Sparkle by Megan Derr

(I have scoured my lists for more books in this category, but I cannot seem to find them, all the other books I found have HEAs but the trans/GQ element is not incidental, but I HIGHLY DOUBT I am the only one who has done this, I just can’t find the friggin books, help would be appreciated)

A lot of these are me (though nowhere near all my books), but queer as incidental is my reason for breathing and 99.9% of what I write. They’re also almost entirely LT3 books, because I just don’t want to spend my vacation pulling lists and I went by memory. But Riptide Publishing, Dreamspinner Press, Samhain Publishing, Ninestar Press, Harmony Ink, Prizm Books, Carina, Pride Publishing, Loose ID (and others I’m forgetting) all have books with queer as incidental to offer.

[talya-andor]

I just gotta say the bisexual in Dragonspire was so incidental a reviewer called me out because they thought the MC was gay, not bi. Go me?

[lessthanthreepress]

CELEBRATE THE SPECTRUM: SAVE 25% ON BISEXUAL AND PANSEXUAL TITLES

From October 14 through October 21, pick up any book that has at least one bisexual or pansexual main character in it for 25% off in the LT3 Book Market! LT3 has more than 40 books that fit that description, ranging from contemporary to fantasy, and short stories to novels. Click here to see what grabs your eye!

(Sale excludes box sets and collection bundles. Sale can be combined with other offers, including preorder discounts.)

[lessthanthreepress]

NEW BOX SETS: APPETITE AND ARCTIC LOVE

LT3 is now offering select series as Box Sets! These box sets are a single ebook that contain all the books in a series or universe. Each box set gives you a minimum of three books in one at a substantial discount from buying them individually. You can pick them up at LT3 or at all major retailers!

You can now get:

Appetite, with A Cut Above the Rest, The Competitive Edge, and Surfeit for the Senses by Talya andor. Pick up this box set for three novels of bisexual m/m contemporary romance!

Arctic Love, with Polar Nights, Northern Lights, Midnight Sun, and White Nights by T.T. Kove. Pick up this box set for four stories of contemporary gay romance!

More Box Sets are in the works, so keep an eye out for some great package deals coming soon!

[lessthanthreepress]

EDITOR’S PICKS: FIVE BOOKS FOR 15% OFF!

LT3 Editor in Chief Samantha M. Derr has compiled a selection of Editor’s Picks! Check out her blog post for details (and details on how to save 15% on the above titles!)

[lessthanthreepress]

FLASH SALE! SAVE 50% ON THE FALL GUIDE BY TALYA ANDOR

Each day in April, LT3 is giving you one (or more!) books for 50% off! Today, get The Fall Guide by Talya Andor for 50% off!

Eric is a popular beauty blogger, and hopes to use the momentum of that to start his own business selling makeup for men—but his first attempt to launch makes it painfully clear he has a lot to learn and a long way to go.

Unexpected help comes in the form of Devon: Gorgeous, successful, and far too smooth. He is everything Eric would like to be, all the things Eric is starting to fear he’ll never achieve, and the success that Eric is striving for in both his professional and personal life is jeopardized by Devon’s inability to understand that business and pleasure shouldn’t mix, because they can have disastrous results for both.

[lessthanthreepress]

Less Than Three Press is turning SIX!

Less Than Three Press turns six years old this April! We’re celebrating six years of publishing sweet LGBTQ romance with three fun events:

Sale! All of our titles are on sale during the month of April. Save 20% off all ebooks, 25% off all paperbacks, and save an additional 20% on already discounted preorder prices!

Bonus flash sales! Every day during April, LT3 will be marking down one or more books to 50% off! These flash sales will run for one day only, from midnight Mountain Time (GMT -7) to 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time. We’ll be featuring standalone books, series, and more! (Now might be a good time to follow us on twitter, facebook, or tumblr to keep track of when new books are available for flash sale. You can also check out which book is on sale each day by visiting the blog here.)

Raffle! We’re bringing back our ever-popular raffle, with SIX prizes! For every book you buy in the LT3 Book Market during the month of April, you’ll be entered into a raffle to win one the following fantastic prizes, including:

GRAND PRIZE: One of two Kindle Fire HD 7 (8GB model)

FIRST PLACE PRIZE: One of two “Grab Boxes,” a medium USPS flat rate box STUFFED FULL with a randomly selected assortment of paperbacks.

SECOND PLACE PRIZE: One of two A $25 LT3 Gift Certificates.

For full details, visit LT3′s blog post!

Bonus giveaway!

Stop by editor-in-chief Samantha M. Derr’s blog for a chance to win one of ten free audiobooks!