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FOR AUTHORS: Back-Up Strategies

July 26, 2018 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Fletcher DeLancey: How do you back up your writing? Have you ever had a catastrophic failure, and if so, how did you recover? This is a legacy chat. Join the chat

FOR WRITERS: Planning a New Novel

July 24, 2018 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Elizabeth Noble: How do you plan a novel? Do you have any superstitions about writing/planning or naming a novel? What writing tools do you use? Are you a long-hand writer or do you prefer to type? Join the chat

FOR WRITERS: Flashbacks in Books

July 21, 2018 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: Flashbacks in books. Discuss. (As in memories, not PTSD type flashbacks). This is a legacy chat. Join the chat

FOR READERS: Meet the Author

July 18, 2018 by scott

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Elizabeth Noble: Do you make an effort to ‘meet’ authors and interact with them on social media? Do you like to attend cons where authors will be roaming around in person? 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: Describing the Perps

July 8, 2018 by scott

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Tinnean: How important to the reader is a physical description of the characters, i.e. hair/eye color? How much detail do you want/need to visualize them and the story? 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: Creating Multidimensional Homophobic Characters

July 7, 2018 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Janet Gershen-Siegel: Let’s talk about creating believable homophobic characters, the kinds that aren’t just one-note villains. How do you do it? And is it hard to make these kinds of characters sympathetic? Join the chat

FOR WRITERS: Does Your Mother Know?

July 5, 2018 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: Do your families know what you write, and have they read any of your books? This is a legacy chat. Join the chat

FOR READERS: Political Speculative Fiction

July 4, 2018 by scott

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: On this Fourth of July in the US, it seemed like a ripe time for this topic. Do you like to read books with a political angle? This can be other planetary or inter-pack or species. Does the backstabbing and double-dealing of Washington or Alderon get you excited, or make you want to blow up a planet? Any great stories with strong political themes that you’ve loved? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Fighting Writer’s Block

July 3, 2018 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Anna Butler: Writer’s block. Is it real? How does it manifest with you? What do you do to get yourself out of the no-writing funk*? *British English meaning a state of fear or panic. In this case, fear that you’ll never write a decent word again. Join the chat

FOR READERS: DNF

July 1, 2018 by scott

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: What makes you DNF (did not finish) a book? Please, do not name titles or author names. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! This is a legacy chat. Join the chat