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1. Watch, Now! : Neil Gaiman in Conversation with Junot Díaz

By: Heidi MacDonald, on 11/13/2015
Blog: PW -The Beat (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Comics, DC, YouTube, Junot Díaz, The Sandman, Sandman Overture, Neil Gaiman, Add a tag

On November 9, 2016, Junot Díaz conversed with Neil Gaiman in celebration of the publication of The Sandman: Overture, at Congregation Beth Elohim. Gaiman discusses Overture as well as the entire history of Sandman for ninety minutes! There are a lot of amazing revelations. You don’t have to watch this… you can just listen while […]

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2. Latino anthology needs your support. Now.

By: Contributing Bloguistas:, on 10/17/2014
Blog: La Bloga (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: #WeNeedDiverseBooks, Latino/a Rising, Daniel Jose Older, latino speculative literature, Junot Díaz, chicano literature, Kathleen Alcalá, #DiversityInSFF, Add a tag

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On Thursday, bloguista Ernesto Hogan's posted Chicanonautica: Latino/a Rising about the prospective publication, Latino/a Rising, called "the first collection of U.S. Latino/a science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres."

Editor Matthew David Goodwin already accepted stories by Kathleen Alcalá, Ana Castillo, Junot Díaz, Ernesto Hogan, Daniel José Older and Sabrina Vourvoulias, among others. If I can cut a story of mine down, and it makes the cut, the anthology will include my cross-genre Chicano/Mexica/alien/Diné SF/F/folklore tale, whose title doesn't matter yet. But even if mine doesn't make the cut, the anthology deserves and needs more support, not only mine.

Latino/a Rising currently has 66 Backers who've pledged $2,553 of the $10,000needed to reach their goal. Only 14 days remain. Thus, this first-time Latino publication will happen only with more backers. With your support, whoever and whatever you are.

If you're a spec lit reader, fan, author or artist, you already have your own reasons for kicking in to ensure it reaches its goal and gets published.

If you've read the works of the authors listed above, you have your own reasons for seeing more of theirwork reach print.

Whatever you call yourself--latino, chicano, mexicano, Mexican-American, Hispanic, pocho, puertoriqueño, dominicano, or quién-sabe-qué-más --you should contribute to support your gentereach a readership that we have been historically shut off from.

If you want to see latinoheroes and heroines on the big screen, instead of the dominant Anglos or acceptable Asians, supporting latino lit can get such stories in front of the film industry. For instance, before it was a movie, Blade Runner was a short story. It happens to short story writers, just not often for latino writers. Yet. You can help change that.

heroeshttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2019038492/latino-a-rising

Even if you individually are not sure you like science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres, but want your kids, young relatives and all latino youth to have such stories available to them, you should support this. We, and especially the youth, need more diversity in literature. Like Junot Díaz explains, we especially need Inclusion, where the main characters are latinos, not just the minority guy who's going to be the first one killed by the monster.

This Kickstarter campaign has the usual incentives--copies of the E-book, the print edition, T-shirts, etc.--so if for no other reason, your contribution will add goodies to your stash of Xmas or birthday gifts.

Now, for all of you non-latino readers and writers, here's the last suggestion. If you basically agree that latino writers should have more access to publication, you can contribute to this anthology to make that a reality. Period.

I'd guess that whoever contributes, for whatever reason, the present line-up of authors and the explosive possibilities of spec lit will make your contribution worth more than you can imagine. Maybe even more than the authors did. I'm already imagining what a book-signing event of Latino/a Rising will look like with authors Kathleen Alcalá, Ana Castillo, Junot Díaz, Ernesto Hogan, Daniel José Older and Sabrina Vourvoulias up front. [Check it out--so many women?] And maybe me. If I can just make this damn long story shorter...

Please help spread the word by Sharing and forwarding on your networks. Gracias.

Es todo hoy, because I have a story I have to trim. Chingos.

RudyG, aka Rudy Ch. Garcia, possibly appearing in an upcoming anthology you made possible

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3. Diversity in spec lit. Sci-fi and PoC. Calls for diversity submissions.

By: Contributing Bloguistas:, on 7/4/2014
Blog: La Bloga (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: steampunk, strange horizons, Junot Díaz, Ursula K. Le Guin, writing opportunity, jim c. hines, latino sci-fi, #WeNeedDiverseBooks, Latino spec Lit dialogue, call for stories, K.T. Bradford, punk lit, Add a tag

Lots of opportunities, to hear what People of Color are saying about the need for diversity in speculative lit, and place to submit your spec stories. From editors looking for diversity in different forms. Gente, read on.

Alternate Visions: Musings on Diversity in SF

Vandana Singh

Vandana Singh, born in New Delhi, India (now living near Boston), writes:

"The best speculative fiction, like travel, does that to you – it takes you to strange places, from which vantage point you can no longer take your home for granted. It renders the familiar strange, and the strange becomes, for the duration of the story, the norm. The reversal of the gaze, the journey in the shoes of the Other, is one of the great promises of speculative fiction.

"This is only one reason why we need diversity in speculative fiction. And by diversity I don’t just mean white writers including other places and races in their fiction – that has its importance, but I don’t consider it here. What I am really interested in is the fiction of authorsfrom different countries, cultures, races, genders, sexual orientations, physical abilities and experiences. The former is – emphatically — not a substitute for the latter.

Thoughts as to why some of us might write SF, and why diversity in SF is absolutely necessary: such as for writers from post-colonial nations to imagine their own futures, their own alternatives, is a deeply revolutionary, freeing act. We need new paradigms, new ways of relating to the non-human universe, if we are to survive the climate crisis. The postcolonial, so called ‘third world’ nations, and indigenous communities within the ‘first world’ are being/will be most deeply affected by climate change, despite having done the least to cause the problem.

"Let’s keep calling out instances of narrow bigotry, of suppression of marginalized voices. Let’s keep talking, being honest, owning what we write, owning up when we mess up. Let’s keep using words from our mother tongues, our other tongues, so that those unused to it can get at least a glimpse of the world from our various perspectives."

Read her entire article Alternate Visions: Some Musings on Diversity in SF.

Diverse writers on reviewing the Other

Another worthwhile read is Inclusive Reviewing: A Discussion by Samuel R. Delany, et al. Strange Horizons, a magazine of and about speculative fiction and related nonfiction, published the transcript of a round-table discussion of issues raised by Nisi Shawl in her essay, Reviewing the Other.

Excerpt: "Speaking as the Other myself, I marvel at the possibilities created by the linguistic gap. Say you are a Mexican, a Venezuelan, or a Brazilian; which reviewer, trying to write in English, will write the truest, honest-to-God English text? There is no right, accurate answer to this (it would be an unspoken expectation), but maybe the Mexican would have more knowledge of English due to geographical proximity to the US, while the Venezuelan and the Brazilian wouldn't have this advantage. But the Mexican and Venezuelan are Spanish speakers, while the Brazilian is a member of the only people in Latin America who doesn't speak Spanish, only Portuguese. For all three of them the conundrum is the same: every time they start writing in English, they will almost necessarily—at least in the first draft—add totally different cultural baggage. This might seem obvious but nobody seems to think that might generate an entirely different review and that's where the Other really enters the stage."

Junot Díaz in L.A.

Via Facebook, Junot Díaz sent this:

"Junot Díaz reads from This Is How You Lose Her. Finally, a Los Angeles appearance! I'll be doing an event Friday, Sept. 19 - Skylight Books @ 7:30pm, 1818 North Vermont Ave., L.A. Voy a Los Angeles el 19 de Septiembre! Libreria Skylight. Nos vemos ahí, sí?"

My advice is that you go hear and talk with Junot--he's an experience. Erudite, smooth, some say cute. And gente may think he thinks much of himself, but then, there is much to his work and his dynamic presentations. Muy recomendado.

Jim C. Hines edits E-book on sci-fi diversity

"13 essays on the importance of representation in science fiction and fantasy, with an introduction by author Alex Dally MacFarlane. Proceeds from the sale of this collection go to the Carl Brandon Society to support Con or Bust.

Description from Hines: These essays do a marvelous job of answering the question, Why does representation [diversity] matter? and of looking at different types of representation in spec genres. I’m a big believer in the importance and power of story. The contributors to Invisible showed me new aspects of that power, things I hadn’t necessarily considered before. [Includes bonus material from Gabriel Cuellar and Ithiliana.' On sale for $2.99.

Learning to write about "us," the Other

Last week, K. T. Bradford posted: "I had the honor to teach at a week-long Writing the Other workshop and retreat. Writing about people and places outside of the cultural 'norm' or one's direct understanding is hard to do. It's called Writing the Other, and it's a skill that must be learned and often worked at diligently by people who want to be great writers." The workshop and writing retreat was held in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and included authors Mary Robinette Kowal, Nisi Shawl, Cynthia Ward and David Anthony Durham.

"They challenged 26 students to dive into dialect and dialogue, gender and sexuality, disability, writing the Other in history, and world-building. The workshop/retreat was an opportunity to hang out with the teachers, opportunities for one-on-one critiques -- plus the freedom and safety to ask questions and make mistakes. The leading question was: Why not just avoid writing characters who are a different race or gender or class or religion from you?"

Read her answer in I Taught People How To Write The Other At A Week-Long Retreat.

Also check her listing of articles called Writingtheother's Public Library.

Even famous Anglo authors' works get whitewashed

white guy from the film

Ursula K. Le Guin, Americanauthor of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasyand science fiction, wrote about her Earthsea series in her article, How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books. Here's some excerpts:

"The Sci Fi Channel aired its final installment of Legend of Earthsea, the miniseries based—loosely, as it turns out—on my Earthsea books. The books, A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan, which were published more than 30 years ago, are about two young people finding out what their power, their freedom, and their responsibilities are. I don't know what the film is about. It's full of scenes from the story, arranged differently, in an entirely different plot, so that they make no sense. My protagonist is Ged, a boy with red-brown skin. In the film, he's a petulant white kid.Readers wondering why I 'let them change the story' may find some answers here.

"Most of the characters in my fantasy and far-future science fiction books are not white. They're mixed; they're rainbow. In my first big science fiction novel, The Left Hand of Darkness, the only person from Earth is a black man, and everybody else in the book is Inuit (or Tibetan) brown. In the two fantasy novels the miniseries is 'based on,' everybody is brown or copper-red or black, except the Kargish people in the East and their descendants in the Archipelago, who are white, with fair or dark hair. The central character Tenar, a Karg, is a white brunette. Ged, an Archipelagan, is red-brown. His friend, Vetch, is black. In the miniseries, Tenar is played by Smallville's Kristin Kreuk, the only person in the miniseries who looks at all Asian. Ged and Vetch are white."

Read her entire expose.

Le Guin is an Americanauthor of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasyand science fiction.

Bryan Thomas Schmidt anthology of "non-Western writers"

Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Can People of Color who live in the U.S. be considered "non-Western?" Editor Schmidt will be dealing with that problem in his next anthology:

"People who are living or have lived in non-Western cultures, especially the ones they write about, will absolutely have a leg up, as authenticity is really important to me. I hope to publish more stories by non-Western writers than Western."

DESCRIPTION: "An anthology of the culture clash between aliens and people of Earth’s various cultures as they encounter each other on Earth or in the universe. Stories should not all be Western earthlings. I’d love to have as many stories, authors and cultures represented as possible. Of course I will take the best stories. People need to learn about cultures and perspectives and that has educational value. I want them to see the nuances and differences of peoples, worldviews and cultures but not necessarily in a threatening or overly controversial way.

"Seeking authenticity, I want a good balance in the cultures, stories, and locations recommended. Research any culture you choose. Do not write what you think they are. Do not write stereotypes. I am inviting a few Western writers whom I know have traveled and have strong cultural knowledge, sensitivity and passion for places they visited. I really do want something authentic. Not every Mexican is the same, for example, but please have it so your Mexicans are real enough my actual Mexican friends would tell me you got it right. (I do have friends around the world who will read for cultural authenticity before I make final selections, so I want authentic.) What are the odd little cultural quirks people exhibit which would strike outsiders as odd but insiders, as perfectly normal?"

Submissions Open: July 1, 2014 through September 15, 2014

Word Counts: 3000-7000 words; pay rate: $.06/word ("I would accept a really good story longer than 7k, but contact me, and it will be under much more scrutiny. 3-5k is my sweet spot, honestly. 5-7 is okay.")

Publication, Late Summer/Fall of 2015 (TBD)

Submit to: WorldEncounterssubs AT gmail.com

Submissions outside these dates and parameters may be rejected and possibly cannot be resubmitted. I reserve the right to close submissions at any time if the slush pile is too big and I have what I need. No money is promised or contracts offered until the Kickstarter funds. No simultaneous submissions.

[It's very advisable to read his entire submission guidelines.]

Bryan Thomas Schmidt is author/editor of adult and children’s speculative fiction. His short stories appeared in magazines, anthologies and online. He edited the anthologies Space Battles: Full Throttle Space Tales #6 for Flying Pen Press, Beyond The Sun for Fairwood Press, Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera For a New Age for Every Day, and Shattered Shields for Baen Books. His YA anthology Choiceswill be out from Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy in 2015.

Editor looking for diverse protagonists

C.C. Finlay will edit two more issues ofThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 2015. Finlay has published half a dozen books and dozens of stories, been translated into sixteen languages, and nominated for some awards.

March/April 2015 issue of F&SF - Reading period: Aug. 1-15, 2014

Sept./Oct. 2015 issue of F&SF - Reading period: Jan. 1-15, 2015

Stories can be submitted online at this link.

I E-mailed Finlay to ask if he'd considered tabulating PoC stats, like how many stories he received with non-Anglo protagonists or from authors who are black, latino, etc. He responded that he'd love to see that kind of data, but didn't know a way to estimate about authors without asking them to provide identifying information, which some might be reluctant to do.

La Bloga question: If Finlay is open to the possibility, what about other editors of magazines and anthologies? Why shouldn't latinos and other PoC request (demand?) this from those who decide which stories are getting published? How could PoC collectively launch such an initiative?

Finlay did respond that he would again be looking for diverse protagonists in stories and, depending on submissions and time, might try to keep track of that. He thanked me for the suggestion. You can go to his Nectar for Rejectomancers post for a breakdown of past submissions he received for the July/August issue he edited. Something it would be good for writers to see from all editors and publishers.

For latinos with a spec "Punk" story

From Susan MacGregor, an On Spec magazine editor, comes this first Call for Submissions for On Spec's new Punk Theme issue, on all things 'punk'.

Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Biopunk, and many other types of ‘punk’ derivatives have become popular sub-genres of speculative fiction. What classifies them as ‘punk’ are a number of literary devices that include:

1). Setting: specific technologies associated with particular ‘ages’, ‘societies’ and/or time frames (both the past or future), e,g., the Victorian Age often defines Steampunk (but not always). Nanotech experiments of the future may define Biopunk, (but not always).

2). Tone: a sense of novelty, or being on the cutting edge of that particular technology, within its time frame.

3). Style: language and/or a narrative style specific to that particular technology, reflective of the time, and/or writers of that time.

4). Characterization: wide open. Characters can reflect their time and the concerns of their place in that time, or be transplants from another time and/or genre.

Sub-genres include, but are not limited to: Atompunk, Biopunk, Clockpunk, Cyberpunk, Decopunk, Dieselpunk, Dreampunk, Mythpunk, Nanopunk, Stonepunk, and others. For further definitions, this Wikipedia link on Cyberpunk Derivatives may prove helpful.

From Sept. 1 to Oct. 15th, 2014, we will seek the best of each "punk" sub-genre, top stories that represent their particular punk sub-genre. We are looking not only for the best, but what is new, what hasn’t been ‘punked’ before. Originality is the name of the game. If you have a piece that explores the themes and technology of a new era and/or society, we want to see it. We’rll consider everything 'punk', from the serious to the ridiculous. Surprise, delight, and amaze us!

Word maximum: 6,000 words. Accompany your submission with ‘PUNK THEME ISSUE’ in the subject line. Estimated publishing/issue date: Spring, 2015. We will post about this on On Spec’s new and updated website shortly; check it for full submission guidelines. Hold off on sending manuscripts until the submission window; anything before Sept. 1 will be deleted. Read all the guidelines.

A mother answers why latinos should write latino spec lit

In Antariksh Yatra's article, above, she said, "I came across an essay by Norman Spinrad in Asimov’s magazine, in which he discoursed knowingly about why there was no third world science fiction. Because, he said, third world cultures have no conception of the future. One could write a thesis on all the things wrong with this."

Partially in answer to Norm, La Bloga received this comment to Ernesto Hogan's post, Chicanonautica: Who’s Afraid of Diversity?:

"My son is 12; he loves sci-fi, but I have noticed it does pander to specific demographics. Thanks to all of you for bravely going where your sci-fi spirits take you. I will definitely be inspired to have my son read your works. Gracias por inspirar a una nueva generación de aficionados del sci-fi latino! :) LaSirena

Es todo, hoy,

RudyG, aka Chicano spec lit author Rudy Ch. Garcia

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4. Junot Díaz First Latino Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board

By: nilki, on 5/22/2010
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Today is a day to celebrate for Latino Literature in the United States. Latino voices in mainstream US publishing have largely been ignored for the past century. Things are slowly changing, as we see today by the election of Dominican author and Pulitzer Prize winner, Junot Díaz to Columbia University's Pulitzer Prize Board.

Díaz is the first author of Dominican heritage to win the Pulitzer Prize for his first novel, The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao.

According to Prize officials, Junot Díaz will be the first Latino to serve on the Pulitzer Prize Board.

Co-chairman David Kennedy describes Diaz's prose as a mixture of Dominican Spanish and American English, and says the board is looking forward to bringing that voice to the Board's deliberations as well. Kennedy adds:

"Someone who is sensitive to and immersed in parts of our culture that haven't received the appreciation … they probably deserve."

Felicitaciones, Junot! Pa'lante!

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5. Café Cultura

By: Manuel Ramos, on 4/11/2008
Blog: La Bloga (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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CAFÉ CULTURA
A flyer from Café Cultura, the long-standing and very popular series of spoken word performances. This event is set for April 11 at the Inner City Parish, 9th and Galapago, Denver. Café Cultura Open Mic happens the second Friday of every month. More info: [email protected]; 720-436-1830.

LATINO PULITZERS
Junot Díaz, a 39-year-old native of the Dominican Republic who moved to New Jersey as a boy, won the Pulitzer prize for fiction for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Riverhead, 2007)

The novel, which also won the National Book Critics Award, revolves about Oscar, an obese comics fan growing up in Paterson, N.J., and his dysfunctional Dominican family, going back to the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship.

Read more here ...

Prior to Díaz, the only U.S. Latino writer to ever receive the Pulitzer Prize in literature was Oscar Hijuelos, for The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, (Farrar, Straus, 1989).

Michael Ramirez won in the editorial cartooning category. Ramirez is a senior editor and the editorial cartoonist for Investor's Business Daily's editorial page, Issues & Insights. He has won several awards during his career, including a previous Pulitzer in 1994, the UCI Medal from the University of California, Irvine and the Sigma Delta Chi Awards in 1995 and 1997. He has been the editorial cartoonist of the Los Angeles Times, the Commercial Appeal and USA Today, and is nationally syndicated in over 450 newspapers around the world.

DÍA DE LOS NIÑOS
April 27, Noon – 4:00 pm
Free general admission to the Denver Art Museum, Denver Public Library, Colorado History Museum and Byers-Evans House Museum. Enjoy hands-on art activities, storytelling, and live dance and music performances throughout the day. Introduced in Mexico in 1924, Día de los Niños is now celebrated in more than 120 countries as a way to recognize the important role of children in the community and to promote a sense of understanding among young people of all nations.
720-913-0169

MANIFEST DESTINIES
Dr. Laura E. Gómez will sign and read at the Denver Book Mall, 32 Broadway (between 1st and Ellsworth Avenues) at 3:00 on Sunday, April 27, 2008. She will discuss Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race (NYU Press, 2007). The book traces origins of Mexican Americans as a racial group in the U.S. The title of her presentation is Shifting Meanings of Race and Law. The book focuses on the experience of “the first Mexican Americans” -- the 115,000 Mexicans who became American citizens by virtue of the peace treaty that ended the U.S. war with Mexico in 1848. This event is a presentation by Who Else! Books, one of the shops in the Denver Book Mall.

BEYOND CHICANISMO
Another flyer, this one from Beyond Chicanismo, announcing an event scheduled for April 15 at the Tivoli, on the Auraria Campus, Denver.

Later.

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6. LadyStar Fury of the Venom Legion New Color Webcomic Update! Page Three!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 2/28/2008
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“Okay, now I’m starting to wonder who he is.”

“What does exsamency mean?”

“‘Excellency,’ Cici. It’s a way of addressing nobility.”

“She’s a noble?”

“Page three is up. Fury of the Venom Legion updates every Thursday with a brand new color page.”

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7. Swifty River The LadyStar Chapter of the Week

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 2/26/2008
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“Hiiii everybody, it’s me Jessie! This week’s LadyStar Chapter of the Week is a real neat one. It’s from our first book, The Dreamspeaker, and it’s a chapter that’s called Swifty River. It’s about when Talitha found this real spooky forest where these little lights float around the trees and a pond. There’s this little bridge that’s real important later too. We hope you like our story! Be sure to visit us every week for a new best chapter! Ja!”

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8. Fury of the Venom Legion and Varcarel Jade Comic Previews!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 2/23/2008
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“Here is a preview of page three of Fury of the Venom Legion our all-new color LadyStar web comic. Fury of the Venom Legion updates every Thursday.”

“This is a preview of page 18 of The Varcarel Jade the free LadyStar web manga. The Varcarel Jade updates every Monday with a new page.”

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9. Ten Update Friday continues with the LadyStar Chapter of the Week!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 2/22/2008
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“Hi everyone! It’s me Jessie! We’re starting a new thing on our site because we like having new stuff. So we’re going to do something called the ‘Chapter of the Week’ from all our best stories. This week is Chapter 15 from The Palace in the Sky which is the second book in our series.”

“The chapter is called ‘The Solar System Reconstruction Committee.’ It’s about the time we helped Cici build a new model of the solar system ’cause some mean kids at her school broke the first one.”

“And the best part is you can read it for free just like all our books! We’re gonna have a new chapter every week, so be sure to check back soon for more stories!”

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10. Fury of the Venom Legion Color Update! Page Two!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 2/21/2008
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“I wonder who she is…”

“She looks really sad.”

“I’ll bet you anything that’s that Vicereine person from those chapters in Miss Shannon’s book. She’s like scary powerful.”

“I hope we don’t have to fight her.”

“Hey man, we’ll do what we have to. If she wants a fight, we’ll power up and take care of business.”

“Well, let’s at least find out what’s going on first. She might not be trying to destroy our treasures like that Cryptic was.”

“Fury of the Venom Legion updates every Thursday with a brand new color page.”

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11. Teko’s Found the Magical Treasure of the Week!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 2/20/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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“Hi everyone! Shannon here. You probably already noticed I opened a New Gift Shop, and Hayashi really went all out with a really cool new design. I’d be really happy if you would all come visit us because this is the best Gift Shop we’ve ever had, and we’re starting a new thing on our site today.”

“Teko likes to explore, so he’s going to fly through our shop to find a new item each week that will be ‘Teko’s Magical Treasure.’ We’ll announce it here along with a link.”

“This way we can announce our best Gift Shop gifts with our best designs.”

“And you know we’ve got the best designs!”

“This week’s Magical Treasure is the Warrior of the Night Tote Bag with our brand new Starlight Huntress design.”

Teko’s Magical Treasure of the Week

“Yay for Teko-chan! Don’t forget, minna! Shannon-sama donates some of what the Gift Shop makes to benefit the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls which is a super-neat camp every year that’s all about music! Have fun! Ja ne!”

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12. Introducing an All-New Color LadyStar Web Comic! LadyStar: The Fury of the Venom Legion

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 2/14/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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“Huge news!”

“She isn’t kidding, ladies. You have to come see this.”

“We were looking for Shannon-sama. She was here a second ago.”

“We’ll find Miss Shannon later. You have to see this, like now.”

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13. We’re here for the Sports and Crafts Fair! Ten Update Friday continues with Varcarel Jade Page Sixteen!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 2/8/2008
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“It’s a new Varcarel Jade comic page!”

“I love those borders with the calm colors.”

“It’s Page Sixteen!”

“Nice!”

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14. The Obsidian Starlight Ring

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/26/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Even in a lonely place
There shall be no fear
For a protector walks with you

Turn, and nothing is seen,
even in the moonlight

But she is there.

Even from the distant darkness
there is strength in her words

A Friend

“Su– sugoi…”

“That’s the ring. That’s the ring we found in the jewelry box in Jessica’s attic.”

“It’s made of sapphires.”

“Miss Shannon picked it up. I wonder if we’ll be finding that ring again soon?”

“My ring?”

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15. Number a Hundred! Varcarel Jade Update! Page Fifteen!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/26/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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“Z-bot to Hana. Detecting a Varcarel Jade Web Comic Update. Transmitting coordinates.”

“Outstanding, Z-bot. Page fifteen verified. I love a good hockey game. Acey out.”

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16. Wow! They go fast! Varcarel Jade Web Comic Update Page Fourteen!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/23/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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“Time for another web comic update!”

“Yay! It’s Varcarel Jade Page Fourteen!”

“Roller hockey game! That was the one at the Sports and Crafts fair.”

“Yep. Good game too. Hayashi even cheered.”

“Oh my goodness…”

“We got lots more updates, minna! Visit again soon! Ja!”

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17. Chocolate Buttons?

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/23/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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“Ne, ne, Shannon-sama”

“Hmm?”

“heheheheheeeeeee…”

*sigh*

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18. Battle formations

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/23/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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strong girls find enchanted treasures new best friends and myths legends and fables in a land of dragons princesses and cute animals

“That’s one of those monsters from my dream at the Lithic Pavilion.”

“I think something weird is going on again.”

“Is it the Halloween monsters?”

“Nope, don’t think so, but we better be ready anyway.”

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19. Let’s go to Sugar Maple Park! Varcarel Jade Update Page 13 in Color!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/18/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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“Shannon-sama!”

“I know! I know! We have a new Varcarel Jade comic page up, and it’s in color!”

“Slick.”

“I knew we’d have the best update today. Have fun minna! Ja!”

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20. Ranko’s Playing Hockey Today! Varcarel Jade Web Comic Update Page Twelve!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/15/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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“Another page, huh?”

“Yep! It’s Varcarel Jade Page Twelve!”

“And don’t forget to jump back and check page four for a nice introduction to our official charity. Rock Camp is win.”

“We’re going to have articles to go with all of our comic pages soon. Don’t miss the next page. I hear it’s going to be super cool! Have fun everyone!”

“Ja!”

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21. Lots and Lots of New Buttons! Look at all of our Web Comic Pages!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/13/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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“Did you know that our comic site has extra sites where there’s lots of stuff and even sample pages? There’s even a site called The Web Comic List where we gots two pages!”

“Yeah, the first page is for the book side, which is this site, and then there’s another page for our web comic.”

“And they both have number buttons! Looky!”

“Hey, we used to have that one over on the left side next to the vote button didn’t we?”

“Yeah! That’s the button for our book site, and it says which rank we are from aaaaaaall the comics on the whole Web Comic List site.”

“Wait a second, there’s almost 11,000 comics on that site.”

“Guess we’re in there slugging then, because we’re almost in the top 1500!”

“Yay for us! Then we gots a whole different button for the comic site, even though it looks the same.”

“Coming along, isn’t it? We’re getting there, sports fans!”

“Our friends can go and vote for us too. Add our sites to your favorites list and help us get higher in the rankings. We have two pages on the Webcomic list, The Magical and Mysterious World of LadyStar and LadyStar: The Varcarel Jade.”

“Slick.”

“We also got a page on a site called ‘Comicspace’ where we listed both sites again. It’s LadyStar on Comicspace and people on that site can add us to their friend list. We already got 13 friends!”

“More coming up too. I hear we’ve got a new listing coming up on a big site, and we still have our Buzzcomix Vote Button.”

“We got 35 votes!”

“Yeah! And the more votes we get the higher in that list we go too. We’re going to be the best web comic because of all our friends that visit us. Be sure to vote for us if you can! Ja ne minna-san!”

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22. Varcarel Jade Update! Page Eleven!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/12/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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“Check out Goofy with all the introductions to our books!”

“She’s the new spokesgirl.”

“Yay! We gots a comic update! Varcarel Jade Page Eleven is new!”

“There’s always something new on our site.”

“Sure is. Have a great weekend everyone!”

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23. LadyStar The Varcarel Jade is a Free Manga and Web Comic!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/12/2008
Blog: LadyStar (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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LadyStar is the story of a group of girls who each have a powerful weapon they wear disguised as a priceless jeweled treasure. With their magical weapons, Jessica Hoshi and her friends can transform into the Ajan Warriors, champion defenders of the enchanted realm of Aventar!

“Hi! I’m Jessica Hoshi! If you like stories about action and adventure and discovering magical treasures and fighting evil monsters, you’ll like our new web comic the best! It’s the story of when we fought some yucky monsters called liches! Me and my friends have lots of exciting adventures together! You can read LadyStar: The Varcarel Jade for free! Right in your browser! The comic is updated twice a week with new pages! So tell all your friends and come visit us as much as you want! There’s always something fun happening at the Magical and Mysterious World of LadyStar!”

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24. LadyStar The Palace in the Sky is a Free Online Book!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/7/2008
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“Hi! I’m Jessica Hoshi! If you like stories about action and adventure and discovering magical treasures and fighting evil monsters, you’ll like our books a lot! Me and my friends have lots of fun adventures together! You can read LadyStar: The Palace in the Sky for free! The whole book! Right in your browser! So tell all your friends and come visit us as much as you want! There’s always something fun happening on our site!”

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25. LadyStar The Dreamspeaker is a Free Online Book!

By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar, on 1/5/2008
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“Hi! I’m Jessica Hoshi! If you like stories about action and adventure and discovering magical treasures and fighting evil monsters, you’ll like our books a lot! Me and my friends have lots of fun adventures together! You can read LadyStar: The Dreamspeaker for free! The whole book! Right in your browser! So tell all your friends and come visit us as much as you want! There’s always something fun happening on our site!”

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