Summer News!
Here's a few cool things to distract you from melting in the summer heat, including a narration, a bookstore event, and a virtual event!
I hope you are staying cool wherever you are. I know Europe's been having super his temperatures lately, and now they're coming to Boston with highs expected to be 100 Fahrenheit or higher this week! Eep! Here's a few cool things to distract you from melting in the summer heat, including a narration, a bookstore event, and a virtual event!
New Narration!
First, I am pleased to offer you my latest narration for Escape Pod. "You Have Arrived at Your Destination" by Jo Miles is a delightful story about self-driving cars and queer love. Perfect for pride month!
Here is a snippet of the super cute romance in this story:
The barista—who’s pretty cute, with pixie hair streaked with green and purple and a scattering of freckles over light brown skin—smiles at Emily. “Take your time.”
“Can’t. I’m running late.” Taking a chance, she asks, “What would you recommend if I’ve had a miserable week and need something absolutely unwholesome?”
The barista’s eyes twinkle. Smiling and eye contact? What weird dimension has she stumbled into?
“I make a maple mocha that’ll blow your mind.”
For the second time that morning, Emily decides, sure, why not.
Definitely check out the rest of this story (either in text of by listening to my audio performance) if you want more adorable queer love!
You may recognize Jo Miles from their contributions to Worlds of Possibility. If you want more of their excellent work, they've also got a novel out now called Tea and Treachery at the Infinite Pantry.
Come see me in person on July 8th at Copper Dog Books in Beverly, MA!
I'll be hosting a coversation between Cecilia Tan and Thomas Bulen about their excellent books published by Neon Hemlock. The event starts at 6pm, and you can RSVP here.
About The Mystery of the Bitten Peach by Cecilia Tan:
Meet Mei, a young Chinese American who has discovered she has the mystical ability to transport herself anywhere that is spiritually “China”—including Chinatowns around the world and different eras of Chinese history. As an adoptive child of the diaspora, Mei was raised in America with no knowledge of Chinese folklore or fairy tales, but when an antiques dealer friend needs help retrieving a mythic artifact—a jade carving of a peach that represented same-sex love in ancient China—she’s game to give it a try.
Her quest sends Mei not only into the past, but on a journey of self-discovery.
About Cyberscion by Thomas Bulen Jacobs:
In a far future New York City, Benjiro Ibn Benjiro Ayad Nakamura is about to ascend to leadership of the Nakamura Cybersinecure, a tech monopoly-government.
But his family's prized katana has been stolen.
So Benjiro recruits a team of thieves, led by the Nigerian refugee Amina and her girlfriend, Kiral, to recover the blade.
Creative Sprint on Zoom!
When: Wednesday July 1st at 7pm Eastern US Time
Where: On Zoom, message me for a link!
For anyone who can't make it next week, but who wants to hang out a little in a virtual space, I am happy to announce my first public creative sprint! I usually do these for just my paid subscribers, but this week, I'm opening it up to anyone for free! The creative sprint is a one hour zoom meeting where we talk for a few minutes, then have a 30-45 minute sprint time where we all mute our mics and work on something (writing, knitting, art, reading a book—anything goes!), and then we end with a small check in to celebrate our creative time. If you would like to attend, please reply to this message or send an email to me at julia at juliarios dot com! I'll get you a zoom link.
