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FOR READERS: Alien POV’s

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Brian Cherry: What are some of your favorite queer characters with a truly alien point of view? I see a lot of gay vampires and werewolves that are just humans with extra issues, but what about the ones that aren’t just special humans? Please note, this is alien in the sense of vastly different, so in addition to actual aliens, it can also include all kinds of other sentient creatures. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. … Read more

FOR READERS: I Wanna Share

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: Do you ever find yourself in a situation in which you are utterly and completely in love with a GLBT+ Romance novel and have absolutely -no one- to share it with? We have the magic of the internet these days but with that magic also comes a strange meeting of worlds when it comes to the friends we’ve made by sharing a love of the same genre of books, and the ones that we’ve known since High School or even since Birth. How do you balance between them, or not … Read more

FOR READERS: Supporting Your Authors

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Deschene: You know them, you love them! You pound the pre-order button, wish them a Happy Book Release Day on FB! You wake up and roll over to buy their books the moment they’re dropped and kid yourself that you’ll only read the first chapter then go to sleep and end up staying up all night wibbling over their creations~. You Love These Authors!!! How do you support your favorite authors? Writing is not a six-figure income and with the power of social media, you are able to follow your author’s … Read more

FOR READERS: Endings

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Deschene: If a book is labeled a romance, do you expect a HEA/HFN? If you write a story and it is about 2 people falling in love and progresses to old age but one of the MCs dies, is that a romance novel or is it something else? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

FOR READERS: Queer Communities in Sci Fi

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FOR READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Brian Cherry: For readers (and writers) what books have explored an LGBT community in a sci fi or fantasy setting? This isn’t something I can recall seeing. Queers in sci fi/fantasy seem to be either fully integrated or persecuted loners. Just getting queer characters is sometimes enough but I’d love to see how we’d be as a community with gay elves, aliens or whatnot. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

FOR READERS: Waiiiiting.

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer ‘Nathan Smith: How (if at all) does the output of an author play into your readership? Like, an author who releases a book every couple of years or so vs authors who release something every other month – does that factor at all into your reading habits, or your expectations? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

FOR WRITERS: Local Book Clubs

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FOR WRITERS & READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Nathan Smith: “Ever had (or been) the author at a local book club? How did it go, what prep-work did you do? Any learning experiences to share?” I’d like to broaden this out just a little further to include local author-reader events. :) Join the chat

FOR READERS: What Book Changed You?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: What book has changed you the most? The one that you can point to and say without a doubt that you were not the same person you were before you started reading it. Which one altered your perspective of the world, of yourself, or even changed the path your life was heading down? Tell me about the power of stories! Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

FOR READERS: New Words

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Angel Martinez: For both – our world and our understanding of ourselves have both evolved rapidly over the last ten years. What new words did you learn recently to describe aspects of gender, attraction and sexuality? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat