Signal Boost #17: A Conversation about YA, Ageism, and Assholes

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On today’s Signal Boost, Shaun and Jen discuss a few things that had them either shaking their head “WTF?” or screaming “WTF?!,” including the rise and fall of a wanna-be NYT Bestselling YA novel, agism directed at a dear friend, and the conservative military SFF community’s response to the upcoming Space Marine Midwives Anthology. Warning, there is colorful language in this one.

Once they get their anger out, they share this week’s Mini-Boosts — a couple of fundraisers and a couple of fun things!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Signal Boost #17 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

• Lani Sarem & Handbook for Mortals
  • NYT Pulls Book From Best-Seller List Over Suspicious Sales
  • The Brief, Tumultuous Reign of An Erstwhile Best-Seller
  • Blues Traveler’s John Popper on the New York Times best-seller scam: ‘Justice was done’
  • Author Removed From New York Times Best-Seller List Fires Back at Critics
• Sarah Chorn the Awesome
  • Bookworm Blues
  • Sarah’s Twitter
• Space Marine Midwives Anthology Submission Guidelines

Mini-Boosts:

• Shaun’s Boosts:
  • Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Prime Meridian Fund Drive
  • An Excess Male

• Jen’s Boosts:
  • Strange Horizons Fund Drive
  • 17776 – A Football Story

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time.