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FOR WRITERS: Talking to readers

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: For many writers, an email newsletter is one of the primary ways we communicate with our readers. What goes into yours? Give us some great ideas we all can use. Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR WRITERS: Sounds, Or Silence?

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: When you write, do you listen to music, watch TV, or work in silence? Why? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR WRITERS: What Is Your Brand?

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Branding is supposed to be really important for authors. But what is a brand? How do you create/define it? And what is yours? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR WRITERS: Depicting Dreams

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jeff Baker: How do writers handle depicting dreams in fiction? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR WRITERS: Story Templates

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Kat Silver: Do you use story template? If so, which one and why? If not, why not? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR WRITERS: What Genre Is This, Anyhow?

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Daelyn Morgana: How do you determine what genre and/or subgenre best fits your stories? And how do you then find the right comps for your tale when it comes to querying or prompting? Especially for events like Pitch Wars on Twitter. Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR WRITERS: Finding the Theme

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Kat Silver: Do your stories each have a theme? If so, do you come up with it at the start, or does it evolve as you write the work? Or both? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR WRITERS: Writer’s Block

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: Have you ever gotten reader’s block? Why? How did you get past it? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR WRITERS: National Encourage a Young Writer Day

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Yesterday was National Encourage A Young Writer Day, and yeah, we’re a day late. So are you a young writer? What do you wanna know? Are you more experienced (notice I did NOT say older)? What would you tell your younger writer self? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS: I Want to See Your Brain

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Jennifer Slusher: If you could spend the day walking around the inside of your favorite queer author’s head,  who would it be and why? 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf