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FOR READERS AND WRITERS: Religion in Queer Spec Fic

October 8, 2020 by scott

FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Let’s talk about religion in queer spec fic (any religion): readers, do you enjoy it when there’s a religious thread in your queer spec fic? Writers, do you use it? Links? Writers: This is a reader/writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR WRITERS: Attracting New Readers to Queer Sci Fi

July 17, 2018 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Amelia Faulkner: I’d love to discuss how to attract readers to queer genre fiction. As in, what does it take for a spec-fi reader to pick up queer spec-fi rather than Het-normative spec-fi? Is there any hope for mass-market appeal? Your thoughts? Join the chat

FOR READERS: Favorite (Clean) Quotes

May 31, 2017 by scott

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Kari Trenten: Post a quote from one of your favorite spec fic books – points for anything queer. Like ‘Dance on both sides of the coin” from Storm Constantine’s ‘Crown of Silence’ or the exchange between Lucifer and Kit Marlowe in ‘Ink and Steel” by Elizabeth Bear. “Get thee behind me, Satan.” “The thought had occurred to me.” Or Armand’s line to Louis in ‘Interview with the Vampire’, “I want you. I want you more than anything in the world.” Or mentioning the line in ‘The Hobbit’, “he got something a bit … Read more