we have adapted to change
• Too old for tumblr.
• Nerd of all trades, master of none.
• Co-editor of Shousetsu Bang*Bang, a webzine of original gay sexy stories.
• My Shousetsu Bang*Bang stories can be found here.
• I am beeblebabe on Livejournal and whitneyarner on Twitter.
• I like watching people do smooches. An important thing you should know about me is that I own the URL manpelt.com.
• Blog is occasionally NSFW (depending on where you work,) but I tag for that.
Signups are now open for the June 24 issue; the text deadline for the issue is Tuesday, June 18, and the art deadline is Saturday, Saturday, June 22. Please comment here if you plan to submit a story or artwork for this issue.
As always, you don’t have to sign up to participate, and you’re not creating an unbreakable contract by signing up, but throwing your name into the hat is always a good way to get that creative impulse going! Signups for the beta reader pool will be in an upcoming post.
The theme for this issue is HEROES AND VILLAINS: Calling all caped crusaders and men of steel! Your city needs you now more than ever.
(via ladysisyphus)
Silly experiment thing~ :P
I was going to post a happy picture when this tumblr got 300 followers, but I turned my back for five seconds and when I looked again, we were already over that! So hello and welcome, new folks!
Authors and artists alike can join the fun by signing up for our theme-free December issue — as always, signups are neither binding nor mandatory, but it’s always nice to see who else is planning on showing up to the party, and it’s the best way for writers and illustrators to meet. No theme and no upper word bound means the sky’s the limit!
The past few weeks have been super-crazy, but our Sword and Sorcery issue stands fast, ready for your reading pleasure! Relax, enjoy, and don’t forget to tell the creators how much you appreciate their hard work.
Coming up in 2013 (or maybe even before): a bunch of exciting themes, more digital options, and … a giveaway? You never know!
Signups are now open for the December 17 issue; the text deadline for the issue is Tuesday, December 11, and the art deadline is Saturday, December 15. Please comment here if you plan to submit a story or artwork for this issue. Artists should specify whether you’re submitting a standalone piece, offering to illustrate a story, or doing both. Artists offering to illustrate should provide either links to or thumbnails of past works as examples of style; writers wishing to collaborate with artists (or artists wishing to collaborate with writers) should respond directly to comments. As always, you don’t have to sign up to participate, and you’re not creating an unbreakable contract by signing up, but throwing your name into the hat is always a good way to get that creative impulse going!
December, as tradition would have it, is the time of the THEME-FREE ISSUE: Choose your own adventure!
Special note on the December word count: Since it worked so well last year, we’re going for another big bang! The minimum word count remains the same as it’s ever been — 1500 words — but the upper bound is gone! Read on here for more details on this and other contribution information….
Announcing the arrival of Shousetsu Bang*Bang issue 39: Sword and Sorcery!
In the year that was the journal’s eighth, as reckoned by mortal time, the dwarf-smiths emerged from the fires of their forge, soot-blackened by their toil. The leaders — a bonded, bearded pair — stepped forth and placed the silver box on the high altar of Mithlémil. “Here!” they bellowed, their voices ringing over an assembly that seemed to stretch the length and breadth of the world itself; “The book is here!”
The trembling throng gasped to hear such a proclamation, for long had they awaited such a day. Master artisans of all stripes had come forth to put their time and sweat into the book’s creation; those skilled with the pen had burned tallows long into the night while scratching out their tales of manly love and devotion; those whose talents were given to the ink and brush had slaved many an hour capturing the male form in all its splendor; those who had been blessed with a critical eye sought to mend and correct all oversights. All their craft had distilled to this wonder. They too stood breathlessly by, waiting for signs from the crowd that their hours of effort had not been in vain.
“It is time,” said the editors, stepping forward.
And thus, with all mouths hushed and eyes upon it, the box was opened and the issue brought forth.Okay, I’ve obviously been a little disconnected for the past couple days on account of Sandy, but one of the things I did manage to do — about ten hours before our power cut out, in fact — was to get this issue live.
And it’s a good, strong, long issue. We’ve got a lot of returning luminaries, those authors who I know can kick out a great story every time, no exceptions. However, this time, six of the fifteen stories in the issue come from first-time contributors — and that makes me so happy I could cry a little. While I love my regulars, I’m always delighted by new and different voices. The art, too, is glorious this time, as this stunning cover will attest.
I say this often, but apparently people miss it, so it bears repeating: the issue is in order. It doesn’t have to be read that way, but I spend a lot of time curating it just so. I even use a spreadsheet! The reason I spend so much time on the order is to make sure that similar-themed and -structured stories keep their distance from one another, the tone of the collection doesn’t stagnate, and the whole issue both starts and finishes strong. So if you’re debating where to start reading the issue, my editorial advice would be: start at the beginning!
Yes! I have, indeed, been a bit distracted this week (although my power has remained on), but if YOU need a bit of distraction, this issue is a good one, and I am also just thrilled to pieces about the new contributors!
Announcing the arrival of Shousetsu Bang*Bang issue 39: Sword and Sorcery!
In the year that was the journal’s eighth, as reckoned by mortal time, the dwarf-smiths emerged from the fires of their forge, soot-blackened by their toil. The leaders — a bonded, beareded pair — stepped forth and placed the silver box on the high altar of Mithlémil. “Here!” they bellowed, their voices ringing over an assembly that seemed to stretch the length and breadth of the world itself; “The book is here!”
The trembling throng gasped to hear such a proclamation, for long had they awaited such a day. Master artisans of all stripes had come forth to put their time and sweat into the book’s creation; those skilled with the pen had burned tallows long into the night while scratching out their tales of manly love and devotion; those whose talents were given to the ink and brush had slaved many an hour capturing the male form in all its splendor; those who had been blessed with a critical eye sought to mend and correct all oversights. All their craft had distilled to this wonder. They too stood breathlessly by, waiting for signs from the crowd that their hours of effort had not been in vain.
“It is time,” said the editors, stepping forward.
And thus, with all mouths hushed and eyes upon it, the box was opened and the issue brought forth.
It’s time for the September 24 issue, which is a special issue dedicated to showing off the works of the visual artists in the community. Illustrations, sketches, doodles, sequential images, comics, manga — they’ll be the order of the day!
Artists are of course welcome to both write and draw their own contributions. However, as far as collaborations go, this issue is a bit of a Sadie Hawkins dance: this time, authors may volunteer to generate ideas, hack out dialogue, write/polish final scripts, and/or whatever else might be necessary in the story-creating process. If you’re a writer interested in a collaboration, leave a comment detailing what things you’d be interested in doing, from spot-checking someone else’s written work to cutting an entire script from whole cloth. If you’re an artist looking for someone to whip up the text for you, look no further!
The theme will be A Little Night Music! For more guidelines and information, check out the much more detailed signup post!
It’s time to get the signup rolling for the artist issue! Yes indeed it is! Sure, it won’t go live until September, but we (non-drawing-inclined) editors have been told that for artists, more time is better than less. Signups are as always totally nonbinding, but saying you’re planning on doing something is often the first good, concrete step toward actually doing it.
This is open to people who want to create sequential art/comics/manga and people who want to do standalone textless images and people who can’t draw a bit but want to offer their wordsmithing skills to those who can.
And even if you can’t/don’t want to participate, signal boost would be much appreciated!
Moving ever forward into the future, we plan on doing downloadable digital versions of the issues from here on out, to be released either at the same time as or shortly after the issue is posted to bb_shousetsu. However, due to issues of permission and rights management, we can’t offer any of the past issues for download.
However, we would like to give contributors a chance to show off past contributions, and therefore what we want to compile (as mentioned earlier) is a sort of ‘greatest hits’ edition — an anthology of previous submissions, chosen by their creators, to be put together into a downloadable, distributable digital version. We’re welcoming anyone who has contributed before, to any issue, to pick the best example of your work to be included in a collection that will be released in May. More details can be found here!If you want to be a part of this, email us at shousetsubangbang at gmail and tell us who you are and what piece you’d like included. This will make it easier for us to keep track of volunteers — and will mean that the issue itself is a surprise when it’s released! To eliminate confusion, make sure that the subject line is something like ‘COMPILATION’ or ‘GREATEST HITS’ or something else recognizable. Feel free to comment here with any questions, but don’t sign up here, as then we can’t guarantee that your work will get included.
Signal boost on this is appreciated as always, since we know there are many contributors who have wandered away to other projects and social media, and we want to make sure that everyone who might want to be a part of this has heard about it.
(via ladysisyphus)
