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Jeff Baker – Boogieman In Lavender: Queering Old Stories

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Jeff Baker

Gaying The Story Up; or “Keep It Light, Keep It Bright, Keep It Gay.”   by Jeff Baker               I’ve done it. At least I’ve tried it. Taking a story I’ve written and making it appealing to an LGBT market by inserting a gay theme or character or making a character gay. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.             There was a riff on the superhero genre I wrote about ten years ago. Couldn’t sell it, and then I saw a market for an LGBT-themed anthology. So, I tweaked the story a little, made one of the characters in the … Read more

For Readers: Finishing the Book

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The End

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Alicia Nordwell: Finish this sentence: “When I finish a great book, I…” 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 Spec Fic Comics

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Young Protectors

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: “Comics, we should talk about them.” LOL… ok, so let’s talk. What are your favorite speculative fiction comic titles, 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

Rabid Reader Recommendations — R3 Wednesdays!

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WELCOME to Rabid Reader Recommendations, or R3 WEDNESDAYS! We host this discussion the first Wednesday of every month; it’s a great opportunity to recommend and discuss works you have enjoyed in the queer science fiction genre. These recommendations may end up on a file you can access on our website–stay tuned for details. For the second R3, the theme is: HORROR! (Any sort of horror–paranormal, magical realism, sci fi, fantasy–but it has to be queer speculative fiction.) HOW IT WORKS: This is a reader discussion. Don’t recommend your own works–get someone to do it for you! The works have to … Read more

For Readers: You’re Talking Too Much

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dialogue

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Alicia Nordwell: “Is there such a thing as too much dialogue?” What do you think? Do you like your stories dialogue heavy? Or are you happier when characters never say a word to each other? (You know that’s porn, right?) ;) 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: Defying Categories

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unconventional

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Brian Cherry: “Books that defy conventional categories.” Oooh, I love this one. What are some of your favorites that didn’t seem to fit neatly into a pre-defined marketing niche? And what did you love about them? 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: Queer Heroes

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Superhero - pixabay

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Brian Cherry: “I’d like to talk about queer pulp heroes or prose novels about queer super heroes.” What are some of your favorite queer super hero (or super villain) books, and why? What would you like to read more of? 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: Strange Sex

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sex

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: So this falls into the sex category. Have you ever read and act, and thought, “I don’t know what that is, let me google that.”? You get your answer and are surprised. How often does that happen to you? I came across docking for the first time a couple of years ago. 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