FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: Do you look forward to movie versions of your favorite print works? What adaptions have worked for you? Which ones did not? 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
WELCOME to Rabid Reader Recommendations, or R3 WEDNESDAYS! We host this discussion the first Wednesday of every month; it’s a great opportunity to recommend and discuss works you have enjoyed in queer speculative fiction. For June R3, the theme is: High Fantasy! (High Fantasy is set in an alternate world with different physics than the real world, usually including magical elements. They tend to be epochs, heroic in nature. Lord of the Rings is an example.) HOW IT WORKS: The works have to be QUILTBAG Speculative Fiction. They have to be related to the theme. This is a reader discussion. … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Hank Cannon: Writers: Do you consider “pre-adapting” your work for eventual translation into another medium? Do you make voice and point of view choices that can make something easier to film, as opposed to requiring a lot of reworking? Is this something worthy to take into consideration, or is it just a pipe dream not to be entertained? Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: How important is the name of the character to your initial reaction to a character? How much of your ability to move through the story is modified by a character who’s name made you initially cringe? Or maybe for a character whose named so symbolically that you expect that symbolism and it never shows? 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 Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Isaac Walker-Tye: Tropes and stereotypes are both good and bad, depending who you ask. Do you try to prefer to avoid them, or subvert stereotypes and tropes when putting together characters, or do you feel some stereotypes and tropes aren’t bad and exist for a reason? If so, what ones? Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Jeff Baker: Have you ever actually thrown a book across a room because of something you read? (I have—and you’ll never guess 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
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: For Writers: Let’s talk about Myths. How do you create the myths in your novels? World building is an arduous task, but the stories that exist in that world are just as important to the culture, religion (should there be one), and society. My personal favorite Myth Helper is Joseph Campbell, His books have given me many ‘Aha!’ moments when it comes to building a story that inspires and changes the protagonist. What are your sources/inspirations that you reach for when you’re putting the myth(s) together? Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: What was your first LGBT+ story (be it book, TV, Fanfiction, ect ect..) that got you hooked on the genre? 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
