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FOR READERS: All I Got for Christmas Are These Fantastic Books

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: What books did you get for Christmas? Which one(s) are you most excited to read? Bonus points for a pic of you and the book! 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: Erasing Bisexual Erasure

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Mass media has an unfortunate tendency to erase bi characters, or to go too far in the opposite direction to show they are bisexual by using promiscuity to illustrate bisexuality. So let’s do a bit of unerasure. What are your favorite books, movies and films that do bisexual characters well? 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: Where Do You Read?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Louise Auty: Where’s your favourite place to read and do you have any “reading routines” or is it a case of anywhere & anytime? 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: I Like it THIS Long

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Matt Doyle: When it comes to series, do you prefer book lengths to be consistent across the series, or do you think its fine for book lengths to fluctuate if it fits with the story being told each instalment? 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: Straights in the Mix

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Julia Flowers: How do you feel about seeing straight couples in a queer story, especially queer romance? No sex, just a man and woman being a couple? Are you totally fine with it, or does it break the mood? 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 Queer?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Paula Wyant: How much does a character’s sexuality have to feature explicitly in a story for it to fall into the LGBTQUIA category? Do they have to be a relationship? Does the relationship have to be the central focus to the story? What’s enough to make a story queer? 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