FOR READERS: Mixing Flavors
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Angel Martinez: How do your genre patterns look? Are you a staunch one genre kind of person? Are you a genre collector/gourmand? … Read more
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FOR READERS: I Want More Of This.
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Louise Auty: What do you wish writers would produce more of? Are you missing a favorite trope that gets overlooked? Or to … Read more
FOR READERS: Give Me More of These
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer A. Catherine Noon: What kinds of stories do you want to see more of? Reading trends and tastes change, especially in times … Read more
FOR WRITERS: Switching Things Up
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Amy Leibowitz Mitchell: Have you always written within the same genre, or have you switched things up? If so, why? And if … Read more
FOR READERS: Changing Tastes
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer MK Mancos: Have your reading tastes changed over time – if so why? What did you like before, and what are you … Read more
FOR WRITERS: Genre Purity
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Hank Cannon: What is your reaction for calls for “genre” purity in genres that aren’t necessarily so straight forward? And for those … Read more
For Writers: Trending Genres
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Shiriluna Nott: As self-published authors, what niches have you found to be trending currently with readers within the LGBTQ sci-fi/fantasy genre? Are … Read more
For Readers: Branching Out
Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: “What inspires you to branch out?” Let’s expand on this a bit. I read pretty much ONLY sci fi and fantasy, so … Read more
Discussion: Steampunk and Fantasy
Today’s topic comes from QSFer Freddy MacKay: Steampunk AKA The Red Headed step child of SF and why a fantasy world with steam is not steampunk. AKA what caused it … Read more
Mixing Sci Fi and Fantasy
Some of my favorite sci fi authors often throw in a dash of Fantasy. Look at Anne McCaffrey’s Pern books, which included dragons (albeit genetically created ones). Or many of … Read more