Hello friends. I am reaching out to you because I have decided that February will be the last month for the Write out Loud Syndicate. Significant changes in my personal life will not allow me to dedicate the time or resources necessary to keep the syndicate running. I am thankful to all of you for helping support our community and proud of the work we have done giving new authors support and encouragement. I will reach out to Inkshares to ask how I can close the syndicate and make sure you don’t continue to get charge after we pick a book this month. Please feel free to submit any recommendations. Thank you.

@Sara Polk thank you very much for being part of the Syndicate and for supporting the community. Best of luck to you and your husband. We hope you can back soon. 

I want to propose A Prophecy for Two I know that it already hit Quill but I find it very intriguing and I would like to read it :-) I’m open to other recommendations.

Hello friends. Don’t forget to submit nomination for this month’s pick. Have a great week!

Hello Syndicate members. We have two nominations this month Catching Stars from Cayla Keenan and Murder at the Veterans Club from Chris Huang. Both very deserving books. Both authors members of our community and both books exploring LGBT issues from a very different point of view.

One of the villains is a gay woman, several of the background characters are LGBT. The point, though, for me, isn’t to have token gay characters, but instead to have them be an existing part of the universe with no crisis of sexuality to speak of. I feel that particular trope is overdone, especially in YA fiction, and I didn’t want it in my novel. 

Chris was kind enough to share part of his manuscript with me and I was very surprised and intrigued by his take on LGBT romance. As you may know Chris’s novel is a mystery that takes place in the 1920’s he has two gay characters a hero and one I suspect is not all that good (he didn’t share the ending with me) both sharing feelings for the same guy. The way in which he takes on this, taking into consideration that is a very homophobic time in which these characters live, is very impressive.

Please share your opinion here. Both campaigns have more than 50 days left so we can do one this month and one next.

ok, that’s great. thank you.

thanks @J. Graham-Jones  can you tell us a little more about why this book/author is a good pick for the syndicate? thanks.

Hi @Sara Polk I do not recall getting a refund, but I checked and your book is not on my bookshelf anymore. You can definitely count on my support. I will pre-order a copy. Good luck!

Hello friends,

hello, I will select this month’s pick in the next day or so. Here is what I’m thinking. Weaponized is currently leading the horror contest and chances are he will be in the top 3 no matter what, so he doesn’t need our help. If something happens and he doesn’t end up top 3 we can reconsider. I’m thinking in choosing A Beast Requires this month and The Last Faoii next. Let me know what you think. thanks!

Hi @J. Graham-Jones thank you for your recommendations.I truly appreciate the nomination of Bad Medicine, but as the lead of the Syndicate I don’t think I should be considered. The other two nominations sound great, I want to add to them our runner up from last month A Beast Requires from Jay Lockwood. Please, everybody, feel free to chime in. Thank you!

You are welcome @Sara Sara and I’m looking forward to reading your novel.

I have selected our pick for this month. Let’s congratulate @Sara thanks everybody who reach out with nominations and feedback.

@J. Graham-Jones  we can nominate books from LGBTQI authors and allies independent of them having LGBTQI characters. If there are characters it is important that they break stereotypes.  The book doesn’t need to have both.

@J. Graham-Jones  we can nominate books from LGBTQI authors and allies independent of them having LGBTQI characters. If there are characters it is important that they break stereotypes.  The book doesn’t need to have both.

Hello friends. It is time to choose a new author to support. I have received two nominations  @Sara ’s The Delicate Art of Soul Ripping and   A Beast Requires from @Jay Lockwood  I know I have said I prefer not to support books currently in contests, but with so many contests going on at this moment that is almost impossible. 

Hi @J. Graham-Jones  welcome and thank you for joining the Syndicate! You have joined right on time for nominations so please feel free to recommend books you would like to be supported by the syndicate. I have already received a couple of nominations for this month, but it is always good to have candidates for the coming months. 

hello friends! it is the beginning of the month and your chance to submit nominees is open. Please feel free to post directly here or send me private messages like some of you have done in the past. I hoping to hear from you.

Welcome Sara! we are happy to have you here. And yes, you need a budget here because it is really easy to get excited about books and just spend more than you should.

Dear Members of the Write Out Loud Syndicate, I have to pick a book in the next 5 days. Two very deserving books have been proposed to me: 

Three new members this month! That is great. We are slowly growing. Welcome aboard Matt! I’m glad to have you as part of the syndicate. Donating all proceeds of your book to Equality Florida is a very noble thing to do. I was also shaken by the events that took place at Pulse, and I applaud you for taking initiative and doing something about it. I Am Waltz will definitely be considered as a  potential pick for next months. Thanks for joining us.

Hi @D.L. King  welcome to Write Out Loud, sorry it took me a while to welcome you to the group. I was away and I’m just catching up on e-mail.  Please, at any moment feel free to recommend books, bring our attention to projects, or ask for support from the group. Thank you for joining. 

absolutely you can highlight your own @Emily Senft  we are here to support each other’s projects

Hi @Emily Senft  welcome to the syndicate! We are happy to have you here. Please feel free to recommend potential picks for the Syndicate or point us toward projects you find interesting.

Hello friends! the selection has been made and I hope everybody feels as good as I feel about it. I struggled at the beginning of this months with nominations and then I ended up with four. Ask and you shall receive, I guess. I have a question to throw at the group, I’ve been ask to support a book/author who already funded. I don’t think that there is a rule against that, but it is definitely not the norm for syndicates. Thoughts?

Hi RH

Hello friends. The day to support another book is approaching. Please feel free to nominate books written by lgbtqi authors or books that highlight well rounded lgbtqi characters. Thanks! 

Hi guys. Made our first pick. I hope you agree and enjoy this book when you get it. Please send me suggestions for next month and let’s continue working to grow our group. Our mission is important and needed in the Inkshares community. Cheers!

Hi guys! we are still a small group (we will grow don’t worry) so I think picking our first book is still manageable. Please let me know if there are any books you have in mind already and then we can choose. I want to propose They are The Last from Elayna Mae Darcy, who not only is a great writer and a fellow whovian (sorry, personal bias:-) ) but also was key in helping put this Syndicate together. Still I would love to hear your thoughts.

Thank you so much for joining William, I appreciate your support for this syndicate. And I’m glad my tips were useful to you. Don’t doubt to contact me when you need someone to bounce ideas. I’m always happy to help.