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New Members

Welcome to our newest members Laura “Munchkin” Lewis, Joel Kreissman, and Baumarius!

(If you’ve been approved for membership recently but aren’t listed here or in the member directory, it’s because I haven’t heard back from you about what name you want to be listed under. Drop me a line at furwritersguild (at) gmail.com and let me know!)

Member News

Tristan Black Wolf’s The Laputan Factor is now available in print and ebook formats, Renee Carter Hall’s new enhanced ebook version of Huntress is available for pre-order in epub format, and Donald Jacob Uitvlugt has a poem in the anthology In the Trenches: The Psychological Impact of War and a space opera story over at Cast of Wonders.

Patrick “Bahumat” Rochefort continues with both From Winter’s Ashes and Laika Dosha, Fred Patten and Kyell Gold have contributed essays to the collection Furries Among Us, and Weasel has some videos to check out on YouTube — reading for the Gulf Coast Poets at Barnes & Noble and this interview as part of his upcoming documentary Poetry is Dead!

Lastly, in crowdfunding news, be sure to check out Kevin “Rikoshi” Frane’s Patreon for Stargazer, the upcoming sequel to Summerhill.

Congrats, everyone!

(Members: Want your news here? Start a thread in our Member News forum!)

Market News

Upcoming deadlines: The furry anthology Fragments of Life’s Heart closes on August 15. (Check out the editor’s recent post to that thread with updates on what they’re looking for.)

New markets:  ROAR #7 is now open for submissions, and so are Heat (with a deadline of August 31) and the furry poetry anthology Civilized Beasts. The new quarterly zine A Glimpse of Anthropomorphic Literature will open for submissions on September 15 and is looking for flash fiction, reviews, articles, and more.

Remember to keep an eye on our Calls for Submissions thread and our Publishing and Marketing forum for all the latest news and openings!

Guild News

Members, there are just two weeks left to get your votes in for the Cóyotl Awards!  Voting closes August 15. If you need to get some last-minute reading in, there are links to all the nominated works in this thread.

If you missed our chat with senior production editor Jennifer Tait, you can find the chat log here. Thanks again to Jen for joining us!

The FWG now has a Goodreads group, and we also now have a bookshelf featuring books by our members. Feel free to add any members’ books we’ve missed so far (see the instructions here on how to do that).

We’re always open for guest blog post submissions from members — good exposure and a great way to help out fellow writers. See our guidelines for details.

Need a beta reader? Check out our critique board (you’ll need to be registered with the forum in order to view it).

Want to hang out and talk shop with other furry writers? Come join us in the forum shoutbox for the Coffeehouse Chats, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern and Thursdays at 12 p.m. Eastern. More info on the Coffeehouse Chats is here.

As always, our forums are open to everyone, not just FWG members. Come register and join the conversation!

That’s all for this month! Send an email to furwritersguild (at) gmail.com with news, suggestions, and other feedback, or just comment here.

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This episode is a brief shift in gears, since it isn't all about furries. (Don't worry, we'll get back to business!) This double length episode (double for the end of the season!) we have Alex Kirry, a local radio host, in studio again as he chats with Roo and Tugs about Mormons and Utah Culture. What's with green jello? Are Mormons at the airport trying to convert people? Are...The Elders watching? What sorts of laws exist for Mormons? We ask his thoughts on this and many more strange oddities you can only find in Utah. We then turn to THE GAME, play some Space News, and play a special new classic ad from our "archive". If you've ever been legitimately curious about Utah, this is a good look into what is going on.


NOW LISTEN!

Show Notes

Note: If you sent in mail for the mailbag, we will be reading it next episode! Due to time constraints we could not open up the mailbag for this episode.

Special Thanks

Alex Kirry, our guest
Leo The Artist
Retro
Capt. Chibi

Music:

Opening theme: Fredrik Miller– Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. ©2011 Fur What It’s Worth. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Space News Music: Fredrik Miller – Orbit. USA: Bandcamp, 2013. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. ©2011 Fur What It’s Worth. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)

Next episode: The next episode is the Season 4 recap! We'll share your favorite moments of the season and ours before we get ready to launch Season 5! S4 Episode 19 – Utah. Life Ele….something? - This episode is a brief shift in gears, since it isn't all about furries. (Don't worry, we'll get back to business!) This double length episode (double for the end of the season!) we have Alex Kirry, a local ra

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submitted by Vetrina
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Hi there, Snivy here! A bit contradictory to the tag above, I've actually been a furry for about a year now and commenting on here for about a month or so, but I never properly introduced myself.

So here I am! I guess. I kinda wish I had like, fireworks or something to shoot off right now but this is the interwebs so I can't exactly do that. Just picture fireworks going off in your head, that'll probably do.

I do have a fursona, a 15 (same age as me) raccoon named Gage. Great thanks to /u/FuhrerVonZephyr for the art! Nothing too special about him, just a tail nearly as big as he is, which I hope can get shown off in a future commission.

I feel like this is getting a bit long winded, so I'm just going to end it by saying hello, and I hope we can have a lot of fun together!

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I've recently come to realize that I'm scared of and intimidated by men. Without making this a damned sob story, the gist of the situation is that my father and I aren't on good terms and all of my romantic relationships with men have been horrible. My fear has caused me to shun relationships (whether platonic or romantic) and even shun my own masculinity (for clarity, I'm biologically male but identify as genderfluid with VERY STRONG feminine and agender leanings).

I not only WANT, but NEED to get over this fear as soon as possible; I am going to Uni in about two weeks and I will be living in their residence halls, surrounded by thousands of men all the time. I bring this to you guys because I know that the furry community is comprised very heavily of males and I trust /r/furry pretty well based on the handful of interactions I've had with you. I do not know HOW you guys can help me, but I think that just getting more comfortable with you lot, maybe making some friends, will help at least a little bit. Thanks in advance, guys. <3

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Do you like minecraft, politics, building, and RP? If so, keep reading!

Hello! Some of you may have seen my previous posts about Salinas. Unfortunately, due to being unprepared and not getting our priorities straight, Salinas was repeatedly attacked to the point it has not survived.

With those who did this attack pearled, i believe we can restart. But to make sure we are ready, we will be having a 2-3 day planning session on our new subreddit TheRealmsFurries The subreddit is private, and by replying to this post that you are interested, i will add you to the list of submitters.

TheRealmsMC is a heavily RP and Lore based Mincraft server that includes a variety of mods made especially for the server that make it a unique experience, including...

• Make moving ships and planes with Movecraft
• Protect blocks and chests with citadel
• Record players actions with jukealert
• Gain mastery and special blocks using professions
• Worship one of the several gods of Spera with Religions
• Learn to cure illnesses with Diseases and Temperature
• Mail your friends with Real Mail
• Make alcohols with Brewery
• Capture Criminals with Prison Pearl
• Grow exclusive crops with Realistic Biomes

Along with a custom map, this creates an experience different from most other minecraft servers.

The server is also very accepting to furries, with Salinas having been the 2nd largest nation with 26 furs. Woodstock, an existing nation is headed by two furries, and would be willing to trade and ally with us.

However, i must caution you of two things.

• The server recently had a large number of players quit, and many are calling for a reset. This offers us a cleaner slate to start on, but could also mean any work we accomplish would have to be restarted should it reset.
• There have been two pvp players recently that have joined with bad rp to raid while being within the rules. To counter this, i will be making everyone that joins a set of the best armor in game so they can help fight should we be raided by anyone in the future.

With dedicated players, our nation could rise to the top in politics, lore, rp, and might, and bring life back to the server.

If you are at all interested, please reply and i will add you to the discussion subreddit where you will be able to help decide every detail of our nation, and begin creation of something wonderful

TL;DR Looking for Political Minecraft Furs to make a great nation on a server

Thanks and Lots of Hugs

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I've been on vacation for the past month and on the way back on a really long flight from Auckland to LA there was a dude who was also a fur. We chatted for a bit and showed me some of his drawings of his sona. I thought it was cool but when I would try to sleep he literally would wake me up by shaking me just so he can show me a meme on his phone. Then my headphones broke... then 2 babies could not stop crying....... then on the flight from LA to NYC... thE SAME FRIGGIN GUY SAT NEXT TO ME AND DIDN'T LET ME SLEEP.

Anyone else had any terrible flight experiences??

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