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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Do you like it when authors sub in imagined words for real world things to give their worlds a more exotic … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Do you like it when authors sub in imagined words for real world things to give their worlds a more exotic … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Kim Fielding: For books set in imaged places or times, how do you go about naming your characters? Do you have an … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: How do you choose your character names? Do they just come to you, or have some particular significance? Do … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader 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 … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jeff Baker: Writers, do you ever use your friend’s names in fiction? Why or why not? Have there ever been any real-world … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader 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 … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Carole Cummings: “I’m fascinated by this conversation and how everyone gets a different “feel” from a name. I get an entirely different … Read more
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 … Read more
Picking names for your sci fi characters for the near future isn’t too bad – just use some of the more modern recent names, throw in a curve ball or … Read more