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Readers

FOR READERS: When The Reviews Are Wrong

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: Have you ever read a book that has great reviews, especially reviews that get you to buy it, and you find that book to be not very good? Or the reverse – a book whose reviews were bad but which turned out to be really good? Please do not share links or titles for this one. 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

FOR READERS: Favorite Flavor of Sci Fi?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: What flavor of sci fi rocks your world? Hard sci fi? Speculative? Dystopian? Sci-Fi-Fantasy Fusion? MM Romance with a Sci Fi angle? And why? 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

READERS & WRITERS: Breaking the Fourth Wall

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: In the theater and film, there’s a thing called “breaking the fourth wall – basically steping through the invisible barrier between the performance and the audience to engage them directly. You’ve seen this in Deadpool, when he talks to the crowd in the theater. Authors: have you ever used this device in your fiction? Readers: where have you read it, and did you like it? Join the chat here: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long … Read more

FOR READERS: Finding New Authors

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Danielle Flory: How do you hear about or find new authors that you then fall in love with? 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

FOR READERS/WRITERS: What Happens To Our Books When We Die?

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: We live in an increasingly digital world. Books have always been a bit ephemeral, but they are even more so now. So writers, what will happen to your works when you are no longer here? And readers, what about all of your eBooks? 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.

FOR READERS: The Secrets of Covers

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Have you ever had that a-ha moment when reading a book, when the cover image suddenly makes sense? “Oh, it’s from that scene!” or “Ah, that’s what those squiggles are”. 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

#OWNVOICES: People of Color

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Every week, we’re featuring a different group of writers who don’t get the attention they should. Today, we’re featuring authors who are people of color and who write similar characters. #ownvoices If you’re an author of color, tell us about yourself, your experiences author, and the spec fic books you write (especially those with similar characters – with links, please). If you’re not, you can still participate – share your favorite PoC authors and their works that include those characters. Note: This is NOT a chat to list any work that includes a character who is a PoC. All linked … Read more