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FOR READERS: Group Authors
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: I’ve seen talk about authors who group together and write under one name. How do you feel about this? Of course, this can manifest in several ways – a ghost writer who helps someone tell their story. A famous writer, now deceased, whose world is carried on by other authors. Or a pair or team of writers who has their own special rhythm. 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: Classic or Modern Heroic Fantasy Novels?
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Richard Wood: In the category of classic heroic fantasy, which do you prefer, ancient or modern? LOTR would be ancient for example and Heinlein’s Glory Road would be modern fantasy for instance. An example of LGBT Fantasy would be Brandon Fox’s “Pledged to Magic” series as an alternate history fantasy series, quite erotic. And what are your favorite examples? 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: Fave Queer Speculative Fiction Tales
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: It’s Christmas Eve, so yeah, we’re gonna talk Christmas. Well, all the winter holidays, really. Do you have a fave holiday speculative fiction tale (sci fi, paranormal, horror, fantasy, etc)? What is it? Why do you love it so? 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: My Fingers Betray Me
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Kari Trenten: Do your fingers ever type the wrong word, even though you know better than to make such a typo? Is there one word you can never seem to type properly? Are you a ten finger typist? Or a hunt-and-pecker? Share you finger tales! Join the chat
FOR READERS: Can’t Get Enough of the Trope
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFers Jenna Hale and Jana Denardo: What tropes do you love that you don’t see often? We often hear about things we don’t want to see any more. How about trying something more positive. What tropes would you like to see more of (this could be for both readers and authors). Extra points for spec fic-specific tropes :) 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: Too Much Research?
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Janet Gershen-Siegel: One of the perks of being a writer is getting to go down rabbit holes exploring interesting and often arcane things. What does that street in Stoke-on-Trent really look like at ground level? What did members of the Wampanoag tribe eat for snacks? What happens when you pee in zero gravity? But research can also become a way for writers to do one of their other favorite things – procrastinate. Playing on the web can be much more fun than actually, you know, writing. So how much research is too … Read more