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FOR READERS & WRITERS: Last Time in This Series

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: Saw this on Twitter “Why is it that TV producers don’t expect us to remember what happened last week without “Previously on” reminders, and yet book publishers expect us to remember the details of a story for a whole year or more? “. So I got to thinking there are a lot of readers who don’t do de reads. Do you think that books in a series should have a recap page/s at the beginning that the reader can skip if wanted? And to the readers-would you read … Read more

FOR READERS: Reading Diversity

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: As a reader what do you do to increase your reading diversity? Author wise and character wise? 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

OWN VOICES: Transgender, Non-Binary And Gender Fluid Authors

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Welcome to #ownvoices on the QSF Facebook group. Each week, we’ll feature a different group of writers who don’t get the attention they should. Today, we’re featuring trans, enby, and gender-fluid authors. If you’re a trans, enby, or gender-fluid spec fic author, tell us about yourself, your experiences as a trans, enby, or gender-fluid author, and the spec ficbooks you write with trans, enby, or gender-fluid characters (with links, please). If you’re not trans, enby, or gender-fluid, you can still participate – share your favorite trans, enby, or gender-fluid spec fic authors. Note: Today’s #ownvoices is about authors who are trans, … Read more

FOR READERS & WRITERS: Checking the Facts

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Terry Poole: How important are fact checking/realism to a story? Writers: how do you fact check your work? Readers: does it bother you when a story gets the facts wrong? 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: (De)Toxic

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Olivia Wylie: There’s been a lot of talk about toxic masculinity. What books would you give a young (especially queer) guy to show him what healthy masculinity looks like? What would you like young boys to see in stories? 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 AND WRITERS: Where’s the Line?

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Tory Phoenix: What is the difference between romance, erotic romance, erotica, and simple porn? Not to suggest that there is anything wrong with porn, it has its place. Sometimes you just need some simple smut. But the demarcation between these seems to be a rather subjective and ghostly grey line. I am working on something I have called: Story driven SciFi Erotica. The sex is there when it drives the plot, F2B (Fade to Black) when it doesn’t. It could all be made F2B without breaking the story, and the … Read more

FOR READERS AND WRITERS: Elves

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FOR WRITERS & READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Ben Brock: I think we should talk about elves, because that’s Jim Comer’s favorite topic in the ENTIRE world. I feel as if we’d be doing him a huge disservice if we didn’t really explore elves and discuss their twinky bodies, pointy ears, and snotty attitudes.  It’d also be great if Jim would post those pics of him cosplaying Legolas. Writers: This is a writer & reader chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of … Read more

FOR READERS: Take Me To Church

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Religion is an integral part of our current world, so there’s a good chance it will be a part of future worlds too. What are some of your favorite uses of religion in spec fic worlds, and why? Or do you prefer religion-free worlds? Our readers discuss. 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