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FOR READERS: Do You Ever “Hate Read”?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: “I Can’t Quit You:” What do you do when you want to throw a book across the room? Do you continue to read it to see if it gets better? Do you just put it down? Or do you “hate read” it so you can talk about how much you hate it to your friends for small talk at coffee? 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 WRITERS: Chanelling Your Righteous Anger

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jerome Stueart: I’m angry. Furious over the Chechnya situation, but also angry over many injustices against people (LGBT, PoC, women, etc.) Is Anger a good place to work from? Does Revenge-Writing or Anger-Writing do anything positive—not in an essay but in FICTION? Is there a place for LGBT fiction writing that is violent and fictionally redresses wrongs that have been done to us? (I was raised as a Christian; I know the Jesus rules, but in this case I believe asserting even some fictional power would be helpful.) What say you, gang? … Read more