Intro- Kara Jorgensen

[Kara]

Hi, everyone! My name is Kara Jorgensen, and I am an indie author who writes steampunk stories set in an alternate universe version of 1890s London (among other places). Even though the stories are set in the past, I like to include a bit about LGBT rights in them. My second book, which is coming out in 2015, The Winter Garden, follows a gay couple thrown into the path of a madman seeking fame, fortune, and the key to reviving the dead.

I have been reading science fiction for years, but recently, I have gotten into steampunk and light science fiction more than things involving space or the future. I'm not only a scifi geek who loves Doctor Who, Torchwood, Firefly, and Faceoff, I love literature. Outside of writing, I am a graduate student studying creative writing, and I have bachelors degrees in biology and English, so scifi is a logical marriage of those topics. In terms of gay scifi, I want a book with a storyline rather than thinly veiled erotica. I want diverse characters who are gay, but I want them to be more than just gay characters.

[Charming, Order theorist]

Hi Kara. Welcome.

Please be sure to add your gay scifi books (and other gay scifi you like) to our bookshelf, and add them to the appropriate sub-shelves as well. I was persuaded to add a steampunk shelf (as long as it is scifi steampunk), so perhaps it was just in time.

[Kara]

Thanks! I'm just not sure if I should add the first book to the shelf since it features only LGBT side characters unlike the second book, which isn't out yet.

[Charming, Order theorist]

Kara wrote: "Thanks! I'm just not sure if I should add the first book to the shelf since it features only LGBT side characters unlike the second book, which isn't out yet."

Yeah, it's a judgment call I guess.