first time
FOR READERS: The First Time
FOR READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: It’s finally arrived… the First Time between two characters! That magical dance of arrrrouuusal coming to fruition! What do you look for in that first time? Do you want a fantasy, or a realistic retelling of anyone’s first time with a new partner? It’s a delicate balance I have found, to write something that is bliss filled without defying too many laws of reality. Should anyone allow themselves to be bound by those laws when writing a work of fiction? OR Is it more fun when you take those ‘laws’ … Read more
For Readers: Your First Time
There’s so much LGBTIQ fiction in the world now, but I remember a time when such books, especially in speculative fiction, were few and far between. One of my first such reads was The Dancers of Arun, by Elizabeth K. Lynn. At 15 or 16, it contained a sex scene that made me cream my pants. It was amazing to see a gay character portrayed in a fantasy novel at the time. So my questions today: How did you first find LGBTIQ speculative fiction? And what was the first book you read in one of those genres? Writers: This is … Read more