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New Release / Giveaway: Virtual Insanity – Kevin Klehr

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New Release / Giveaway: Virtual Insanity - Kevin Klehr

QSFer Kevin Klehr has a new MM cyberpunk book out, TAYLeR book two: Virtual Insanity. When Tayler is sent to Beta City to help its citizens disconnect from the all-knowing Social Media Central, he becomes the target of a deadly game. Augmented reality players wearing head to toe gaming suits believe he is the Enemy Alien, and they shoot to kill. So Tayler is forced to hide in a secret bunker, trapped, with no way to escape this urban nightmare. And as his friends hatch a plan to get him back home, they find the person toying with Tayler’s life … Read more

FOR READERS & Writers: Across the Great Divide

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Writers used to toil away in solitude, cut off from everyone but family and editor. Now we have social media (flawed as it is). Readers/writers, how has the ability to connect with each other changed reading and writing? 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 READERS: I Found You on Facebook

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Andrew Kelley: How much does an author’s social media presence and interaction with readers encourage you to read their books? Are there any authors whose books you have read only after reading their social media posts? 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS AND WRITERS: Favorite Writing/Literary Feeds?

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: What are some of your favorite writing and literary social media accounts? Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc? And why? Writers: This is a 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

FOR READERS: Does It Matter If They’re Not on Social Media?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Benjamin van der Wel: These days many writers have web sites, FB pages, blogs, etc., and there isn’t much they’re not willing to talk about. On the other hand there are writers who are quite remote or that prefer not to be known. Does either situation affect whether you’d read one of their works or not? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! This is a legacy chat. Join the chat

FOR READERS: I Found You on Facebook

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Andrew Kelly: How much does an author’s social media presence and interaction with readers encourage you to read their books? Are there any authors whose books you have read only after reading their social media posts? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! This is a legacy chat. Join the chat

FOR WRITERS: Effective vs. Ineffective Social Media Marketing

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Ruff Bear: Some people post daily in book promotion and reader groups. Others only post to promote when something is happening (new book, cover reveal, sale, etc.). Many groups allow unlimited or one-a-day posting, while QSF and a few others have a day of the week set aside for promotions. Is posting to FB groups worthwhile? How do you get noticed when so many others are doing the same thing? How do posts to groups measure up compared to posts to your personal or author’s pages? To other social media channels (Twitter, … Read more