FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: Any tropes/themes (speculative or otherwise I suppose) that you used to enjoy that now are turn-offs? OR that you used to stay away from but have grown on you? 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Wendy Rathbone: Do you re-read your own books after they’ve been published? And I don’t mean re-reading to make notes for a sequel, I mean re-reading months or even years later, just because. 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: Time travel, do you prefer to read/write about people jumping forward or backwards, or to our time? Or from the pov of the person traveling or from the person in the “current” time? 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: Do you listen to music while you write? What kind, or do you find that ONE SONG and listen to it on repeat? Do you make a playlist to go with your final story? 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Michael Williams: What’s the first spec fic book, film, or TV show where you saw yourself and your own experience represented? Or has it not happened yet? 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Riffing off of our article today, what is your favorite mythology, and what are some of your favorite queer spec fic books that use it as a backdrop? 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
Time to refill the topics bucket. Please comment with suggested queer spec fic topics – sci fi, fantasy, horror and paranormal from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum. Indicate if each is for writers, readers, or both, and then the topic. One topic per comment, please. :) FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Jim Comer: In what story did you first encounter the idea of same-sex marriage/marriage equality? For me it was Le Guin’s “Always Coming Home.” How did it affect you? 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
Welcome to “That Thing I Just Read” (TTIJR) day on Queer Sci Fi. PLEASE MAKE THIS ITS OWN POST, NOT A COMMENT ON THIS ONE. This is a Friday reader feature where you can: a) share the great queer spec fic (sci fi, fantasy, horror, or paranormal) book you just read, and why you loved it so… b) ask for queer spec fic book recommendations. Please follow these guidelines: Make it a stand-alone post, not a comment on this post Do not promo your own books Please do not share negative posts/reviews. This is about sharing books we loved. If … Read more
