FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Sherene Khaw: Unusual names, especially character names with odd spellings and pronunciations – how many consonants and/or apostrophes are too … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Warren Rochelle: How much of your own life—settings, events, people, pets—do you borrow and use? Writers: This is a writer chat – … 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 WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jim Comer: Pick a favorite classic SF/F novel, preferably one well-known and with problems. Then tell us what you’d do to ‘fix’ … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Olivia Helling: Sometimes stories don’t work out. So how big is your story graveyard? How do you decide when to relegate a … Read more
A few random notes this month. Every writer has inspirations. If they’re lucky, they get to meet them, and the meeting isn’t a letdown. Mary Higgins Clark died a few … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: How long are your chapters? How many scenes? And one POV per chapter or…? Why? Writers: This is a … Read more
FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: The blurb makes me want to read the book, but sometimes the blurb tells too much. Anyone else … Read more
We’re starting a new thing on Saturdays on the QSF Facebook group – #ownvoices. Each week, we’ll feature a different group of writers who don’t get the attention they should. … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Amy Leibowitz Mitchell: Do you know ahead of time if you’re writing a series, or do you realize it partway through/after the … Read more