#wavecon

Deacon? More like Freakon. Tf is he smirking about?

BTW, guys incase you don't know, I love this surfdork/seahorse ship, but I don't really care if it becomes true in canon and at this point I think it's funniest and best as bromance

I have this fear that a dear piece of media to me will do this and pull the cash-grab move. And sometimes, when I see shitty media (esp AI conjured media), it inspires me to make better things (a low bar but y'know). Deacon's so real bro like I'd totally be his twin from temu

I should make a gallery called "lovesick dumbasses carrying each other" and fill it with stargoth scenes like this

In reality, this story would get a trilogy, a spin off, a cartoon version and an even crappier remastered version while some magnificent and amazingly crafted story that stars actually well written characters and an entertaining plot of the exact same genre gets cancelled by every streaming platform after a bunch of people online call it "too woke." OK rant over lemme end this on a good note

Have I mentioned how much I love these guys? Not as ships, but separately. Because I do. These dumbasses make my day four times better every time. I LOVE THESE IDIOTS

RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhHhhhhHhHHH

I petition Chaz/Wave ans Deacon for rulers of the world. Stargoth gets their own planet, and Prunella gets to take over Lady Lovalorn's. Maybe the keys get their own planets too. If the world was like that, I'd win the Patriot Games for sure /j

Darian and I are back from RT16! We had a great time, though the layout of the hotel was truly, truly awful -- to the point where someone actually sponsored two golf carts to take a few lucky people down the Hallway of Doom.

Hello nonnie!

There will indeed be other queer males at WaveCon–we’ve confirmed Mark Oshiro (of Mark Reads and Mark Watches) as a guest, along with the creators of Oglaf, and have invited a number of others as well that we’re hoping to hear a yes from soon.

On the author side, we’ve sent invites to a number of queer male authors, some of whom could not attend (a primary reason being we’re told the conference conflicts with Dreamspinner’s annual author conference, so many DSP authors who attend that con every year can’t come to WaveCon), some of whom we simply haven’t heard back from yet.

And of course when registration opens to the public, any author who wishes to attend may sign up as long as author slots are available (and even then they can still sign up, just not as an attending author).

Regarding how we chose who to invite, that came down to the reader poll we posted several weeks ago and advertised extensively in our newsletter and across all our social media. We asked poll-takers to list their top five choices for authors they’d like to see attend, and then we sent invites to every author who received over a certain number of requests.

Please note that WaveCon is NOT an m/m con. It is a queer lit con rather than specifically a gay romance con. This means we’ll be highlighting fiction of all genres and all shades of the rainbow, including comics and graphic novels (hence the Oglaf folks attending, which we are SO EXCITED about that they could probably hear us squeeing all the way over in Australia when they said yes). Most of the female-identifying authors currently signed up to attend are queer–lesbian, bisexual, genderqueer, trans, and/or ace/aro, and the conference will offer programming to celebrate every one of those identities.

WaveCon: Celebrating LGBTQ Fiction at Sea

Riptide Publishing is planning the first-ever LGBTQ fiction convention at sea: WaveCon, a celebration of all things queer fiction! On March 11, 2017, WaveCon will leave out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and sail to Mexico with approximately 500 LGBTQ readers, authors, editors, and agents discussing and sharing our love and enthusiasm for all genres of queer fiction.

We have tons of tropical fun and excitement planned, along with, of course, a full course of panels, workshops, book readings, author Q&As, meet and greets, parties, and so much more. Even better, for five full days, your room, every meal and snack (including room service!), entertainment, and conference programming are all included for about the same cost (and in many cases, less cost) than land-based book conferences.

But before we finalize guests and programming, we want to hear from YOU! What would make this event the most special and fun for you? What kind of accommodations would you prefer? What services would you like for us to provide? To that end, we kindly request that you take this ten-minute survey about WaveCon.

To thank you for your time, one lucky survey taker will be randomly selected to receive guaranteed early-bird registration AND an additional $100 off the low early-bird registration fee. If the survey reaches 2,000 unique participants, we'll add a FREE REGISTRATION (CRUISE INCLUDED, OF COURSE!) to the prize pool--an $850 value!