Weekly Author Spotlight (Paid - $10)
1 hour
$10.00
Queer Books Weekly is a weekly queer book promotional newsletter and blog. Once a week, we do an author spotlight! We highlight your biography and your backlist / Kickstarter / ongoing serial / new release / etc. Whatever you want us to showcase! $5 contribution to help with hosting costs and maintenance. Visit the blog and sign up to receive updates at https://queerbooksweekly.com or follow us on BlueSky at @queerbooksweekly.com
Details:
Have an epic series finale coming out, and you want to show off all the previous books in the series? Starting a new season for your serial and want to promote it with a sort of "clip episode" highlights reel on QBW? Launching a Kickstarter and want to hype it up? Putting out a special edition hardcover? Finally launching that audiobook version of your debut? Want to highlight some backlist books that need some love? Want to have a cover reveal here or announce pre-orders? Any major projects or big things that involve showing off multiple works / books /etc, can be shown off here.
- Books don't have to be books. They can be serials, novellas, short stories, interactive fiction, visual novels, poetry chapbooks, microfiction, etc. It does not have to be available on Amazon.
- For fiction books, the main character must be queer in some way. For non-fiction, queerness must be a major theme or component of the book (ex: a biography of a major historical figure that was known to be trans, a history book about non-binary identities in the late antiquities, a science book about hormone replacement therapy best practices)
- The works submitted must not condone or endorse racism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, acephobia, ableism, xenophobia, etc. The works can explore and examine those prejudices, but must not advocate for them.
- No fascists, no nazis.
Instructions:
- Select the date you wish to have your book promoted. We post author spotlights on Friday.
- Select a time slot, any time slot.
- Fill out the form!
- The form asks for 5 links. If you need more, email me at qbw@daxmurray.com
- Once you have paid, please email me with a shareable document that includes the text as you would like it in the post and links for any pictures you want in the post. I'll make any necessary edits so it looks good on our page and send you a confirmation the day before.
AI policy:
The use of large language models is prohibited for works includedon QBW. The use of other technologies that use the "AI" marketing label but do not create content for you is allowed, such as speech-to-text assistive technologies that have been around for decades but use AI as a marketing label; features in Photoshop or Affinity that algorithmically make changes to the photo such as filters, cloning, or color swapping, etc; grammar and spelling checker features which have been around for years before LLMs became publicly available, etc. We recognize that there are many technologies, apps, and programs that many have been using since well before Chatgpt and Midjourney that aren't in anyway similar to those but decided they needed to add "AI" to their name. We don't get it either but 🤷
Who's running this, and how do I know you're not someone collecting info for nefarious purposes?
This site is run by Dax Murray, a non-binary author who has been publishing independently since 2017. You can find out more about Dax on their website. If you have previously booked a slot on QueerBooksWeekly and want your listing removed, simply email Dax at qbw@daxmurray.com and they will remove it. The site is built on Write.as, a privacy-first blogging platform that does not collect information on users except for email addresses if they choose to be notified by email.
Why is this paid and why is there only one spot?
I want this section to be truly special, so I am limiting to one spotlight per week. These spotlights do take up a little bit more time than the weekly and monthly lists, and I still have to pay bills and eat. I am trying to keep it as affordable as possible, though while still being able to cover maintenance and hosting costs.
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