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FOR READERS: Erasing Bisexual Erasure

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Mass media has an unfortunate tendency to erase bi characters, or to go too far in the opposite direction to show they are bisexual by using promiscuity to illustrate bisexuality. So let’s do a bit of unerasure. What are your favorite books, movies and films that do bisexual characters well? 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: Countries of the Future

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Let’s fast-forward 100 years – do we still have mostly the same countries? Who’s allied with who? And which country is the dominant player, or is there one? Go! 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

FOR READERS: Where Do You Read?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Louise Auty: Where’s your favourite place to read and do you have any “reading routines” or is it a case of anywhere & anytime? 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: I Like it THIS Long

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Matt Doyle: When it comes to series, do you prefer book lengths to be consistent across the series, or do you think its fine for book lengths to fluctuate if it fits with the story being told each instalment? 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: Alien Languages

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Christine Wright: Do you address alien languages in your books? Do you write them and have a character / device translate, left it untranslated or just have everyone basically speak English or another basic human language? Or…? Join the chat

FOR READERS: Non Binary Bliss

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: What books do you like where some or all of the characters are outside gender binaries? 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: Imposter Syndrome

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Aidee Ladnier: Let’s talk about ways to combat insecurity and imposter syndrome – when you accomplish great things but still think that you don’t deserve the accolades. That someone will find out you’re not as great as they think you are, in other words a fraud. It’s basically a mental insecurity issue. I was wondering if other writers (because a lot of writers suffer from this) had any coping mechanisms to deal with it. Join the chat