Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 31, 2024

I served on 2 panels at #Arisia2024 related to LGBTQIA+ sexuality & gender identity. This NYT article (gift link provided) would have fit right in: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/theater/gay-netflix-tv-movies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R00.5Rch.xXNslGEHenlc&bgrp=c&smid=url-share

"[…] anyone gay past 50 is immaterial, or perhaps presumed to be too late to help.
And yet, they help me. Regardless of their varying quality & intended audience, “Heartstopper” and the rest do reparative work for a generation that experienced gay coming-of-age as permanently traumatic. Belatedly, I too am their beneficiary."

The Queer Kids Are All Right. And Now They’re Making Me Better.

How watching gay coming-of-age stories has helped repair a heart still stuck in the past — and still scarred by a less welcoming world.

The New York Times
drawnonglassJan 19, 2024
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Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 18, 2024
Here's my wrap-up about #Arisia2024. https://stevendbrewer.com/arisia-2024-2/
Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 15, 2024
Steampunk isn't dead! My last panel at #Arisia2024.
Cecilia TanJan 15, 2024
I forgot to take photos at the party, as well, but at least someone in the audience did take a photo of the LGBTQIA literature panel with me, Ryka Aoki, JR Dawson, Sacchi Green, and Elijah Kinch Spector.... (now I have to find it...)
#Arisia2024 #arisia https://wandering.shop/@ceciliatan/111746853666667389
Cecilia Tan (@[email protected])

The #Arisia erotica reading went swimmingly, with charming, funny, and hot stories from both Sacchi Green (who read a gargoyle-themed story with a terrific punchline) and Nobilis Reed, who gave us a sample of Monster Whisperer #3, but I forgot to get a photo of us together :-P (Maybe at the tea party tomorrow!)

The Wandering Shop
Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 14, 2024
I'm down to my last two complete bundles of Revin's Heart at #Arisia2024. Once again, it's sold quite well! Hopefully, I'll have more copies for #Boskone2024. https://waterdragonpublishing.com/product-category/book-series/revins-heart/
Revin's Heart by Steven D. Brewer

Revin, a young man from a poor mining town, has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to become the student apprentice of a law professor. But then, everything goes wrong.

Water Dragon Publishing
Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 14, 2024
I am ready for my reading at #Arisia2024. I will be reading from *Better Angels:Tour de Force*. https://truckstop.waterdragonpublishing.com/product/better-angels-tour-de-force/
Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy : Better Angels: Tour de Force by Steven D. Brewer

The Better Angels. Entertainment. Music and Dancing. And Rescues!

Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy
Cecilia TanJan 14, 2024

I got late checkout from my hotel so I can spend another hour reading this book before I dive back into Arisia

#arisia2024

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And yes there’s a COVID surge on. That’s reality. It means some people won’t come at all, some who wanted to are ill and not here, while others who hate the mask policy are also not here. There’s not much the con can do about that. #arisia2024
Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 14, 2024
I had another successful day at #Arisia2024: I sold books in the dealer room and was a participant on a panel about invertebrates and entomology in SF/F. Now I'm relaxing for a few minutes in the hotel room before bed…