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Black Speculative Fiction Month, Day 23: Author Dennis R. Upkins joins us again! #BSFM and LGBTQ Month all in one!

So we've got another awesome treat from author Dennis Upkins! Seeing how Black Speculative Fiction Month and LGBTQ Month fall under the same month, we couldn't go the entire month without addressing both!

Denny was cool enough to join us twice for the month, to bring awareness to some awesome spec fic featuring strong intersectionality, which is what we're really big on here @ Twinja Book Reviews!

Take out your pencils people! We're about to add some more books to our Amazon wishlists!

Black Speculative Fiction Month, Day 20: Author Dennis R. Upkins stops by for #BSFM

This is our first time celebrating BSFM, but the awesome Dennis Upkins has always been a crowd favorite. 

It honestly wouldn't be BSFM without him, and hopefully we'll get a chance to touch another great monument for the month with him as it is also LGBTQ Month as well.

He kind of doesn't require an intro, but We'll give him one anyways =)

Our next author to discuss Black Speculative Fiction Month: Dennis R. Upkins!

Dennis R.Upkins returns!My Steps to Worldbuliding and Character Creation, Guest Post by Denny Upkins

Our Favorite King of Geeks has returned for a very thought provoking Guest Post. One of the things my sister really like about this author is that he makes you see a different perspective on topics you wouldn't normally worry yourself about based on privilege. Before my sister and I started making ourselves aware of the lack of diversity in media, we're a little ashamed to admit we knew little about the challenges that are faced in the LGBTQ community. With Dennis's help, it's opened our eyes to the injustices of what it means to be LGBTQ and a Person of Color. So to the King who needs no Introduction....... 

Guest Post: My Steps to Worldbuliding and Character Creation by Dennis Upkins:

One of the questions I'm constantly asked (which admittedly I never get tired of answering) is what  my process in terms of world building and developing complex characters.

My approach to world-building and character development ultimately corresponds to my overall approach to storytelling. As a writer, I personally belong to the school of character = story. What truth do we discover along the character's journey? More than that, whether it's fiction, articles or blog posts, I generally have three mandates which I dub E-Cubed: Enlighten, entertain and empower.

Needless to say that E-Cubed has led to other techniques which has only enhanced my storytelling abilities over the years.

Winner of our Blogoversary month is...

Well, we have two winners actually!

Romance Novels in Color hosted a giveaway for a $10.00 amazon.com giftcard. Felicia Reevers? Can we get a Felicia Reevers to stand up please?!?

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Afra is the winner of our rafflecopter giveaway. 

What a great few weeks of highlights!

The month isnt over yet though! We still have our Martial Artist highlight of "The Lopez Family" and Dennis R.Upkins joins us for a guest post as well!

Celebrating for making it to a whole year, join us in our Blogoversary! Giveaways, interviews, Guest Post and much more.....

It's been an amazing year and an even more amazing experience since we began blogging last March of 2013. We can't believe a whole year has passed since we started blogging about books. Since becoming book bloggers we've made lots of friends, tons of connects and read A LOT OF BOOKS! 

For our Blogoversary we were hosting a bunch of interviews from some amazing blogs doing their "thangs" in the blogging world. Many of them are diverse book blogs or passionate about marginalized groups in media!So get ready to follow some of these great blogs!

Here are a list of our confirmed guests, in no particular order. 

Calling all geeks! Your King Dennis Upkins has arrived @ Twinja Book Reviews!

By far, Twinja Book Reviews' longest interview ever! When it comes to the marginalization of any non "default" group, you can bet author "Dennis Upkins" has something to say about it. He refuses to be silenced, and between writing his new novel, standing up for injustice, and leaping from tall buildings in a single bound, Dennis has found time to sit down with the Twinjas!

This week on Twinja Book Reviews!

Have you been catching up?

Well @Twinja Book Reviews, we have another full week of authors chiming in on their take on diversity in the industry, as well as showing different sides to themselves outside of being "The Author!"

Many are sending off you readers with their books! Wouldn't you love to win Ellen Oh's or Toffany Trent's book bundle? We know we would!

This week on Twinja Book Reviews...

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah,Habari Gani and Eid Mubarak! Make sure to make your New Year great!

We may be a little late for Hanukkah and Eid al-Adha, but that doesn't mean the season for giving is over! For the month of December, we are hosting a series of interviews of authors, bloggers, agents, editors and many more who promote diversity in books. Some will be traditionally published, some self published, and we will also be hosting a giveaway of several ebooks, as well as an audiobook, a 5 dollar Amazon giftcard for the US site, and a bundle featuring Tiffany Trent's books "The Unnaturalists" and an ARC for it's sequel "The Tinker King!"

Our first guest will be Steampunk fiction author Balogun Ojetade! Not only does he star a strong historical figure like Harriet Tubman as his leading lady in his "Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman", he drops her off in a world he created, as well as battle an often invisible war in the Black Community: Colorism.

We are still in the aesthetics of our the giveaway options(waiting on a few who may donate, and how the entries will be determined), so we will put up the rafflecopter widget as soon as it's ready to start accepting entries. Until then, here is a list of what is to come!