Readers
FOR READERS: Slice of Life Sci Fi
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer John Allenson: What about queer science fiction that is not about dashing heroics but just describes a mundane life in a fantastical future? What are your faves? 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: Comedy in Paranormal
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Angel Martinez: How many vamps does it take to screw in a light bulb – or what non-serious paranormal moments have you enjoyed? 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: When Is It Too Long?
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Voss Foster: How many books is too many for you to pick up a series? If you come to a series when, say, book 26 is coming out, does that make you wary of starting such a large task, or do you relish the idea of falling in love with something so large? 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
QSF Flash 6 Theme Announcement
Hey all… It was Mark’s turn to come up with the theme this year, and he came up with something that had a real relevance and resonance with today – “Migration”: Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions. Movement from one part of something to another. We live in an age of migrations – from one kind of society to another, from one country to another, from one platform to another. It’s a rich vein to mine, and we look … Read more
FOR READERS: Metaphors for Queer?
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Andrew Kelley: Some speculative fiction movies and books that weren’t specifically LGBT and didn’t even make direct mention of any LGBT issues strongly resonated with and really moved me. Are there movies / books that others felt this way about too? 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: Connecting Series
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Louise Auty: Do you prefer a series to focus on one couple or do you like it to mix things up with interconnected stories and different pairings? 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: In the Mood
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: While reading do you have to be in a specific mood? Do you gravitate to a certain trope if your happy, sad, mad etc? 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: Hot Trends in Queer Spec Fic
FOR READERS/WRITERS As a reader, what trends are you seeing/liking in queer spec fic? As a writer, what cutting edge things are you working on? Where is queer spec fic going in 2019? Writers: This is a reader and 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