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FOR WRITERS: Linked Stories in Different Formats

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: I just released a short story that’s a follow-up to a novella, and both are precursors to novel-length trilogy books – entirely by accident. Do you ever release stories in the same universe in different lengths/formats? To what end? 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: It’s So Long

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Be honest. Do you have a length problem? Do all your short stories wanna be novels? Are all your novels bursting at the seams with extra words? How do you rein your words? Or do you? 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: I Like ‘Em THIS Long

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Which do you prefer to write – shorts, novels, or novellas – and why? 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

Oscar Isaac Describes His 8″ Lightsaber – In a Play

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Oscar Isaac left the entire internet dehydrated as he played an aggressively horny top in a benefit play reading. The actor, who played the sexually ambiguous Poe Dameron in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, left fans shocked, hot and bothered with a one simple question. “Eight inches of dick ain’t enough for you, huh?” Before we all get carried away, it’s our duty to inform you that Isaac wasn’t offering up his own Star Destroyer. Rather, he was in character for a benefit play reading of Alan Browne’s Beirut, described by host MCC Theater as “raunchy, real, and poetic”. Indeed. Full Story at Pink News

FOR WRITERS: Book Size Queens

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Trevor Barton: Who’s a size queen? Does anyone stop at a thousand pages and think, no, this book is too big? Or are door stops more enticing because the heavier they are, the more effective? Do you think the author has to have struck creative gold to write so much for one story? Or is it more, ‘man, they should seriously have found a better editor or publisher or spent more time at their desk making friends with the mouse and delete button’? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are … Read more

When the Days Really Were Shorter

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When dinosaurs still left fresh footprints on the mud, our planet twirled around faster than it does today. Chronicled in the rings of an ancient timekeeper is a story of days half an hour shorter and years a week longer than they are today, according to a new study. That ancient timekeeper is an extinct rudist clam, one of a group of mollusks that once dominated the role that corals fill today in building reefs. The clam belonged to the species Torreites sanchezi and lived 70 million years ago in a shallow tropical seabed, which is now dry land in … Read more

FOR WRITERS: It’s Not the Length That Matters

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: How long are your chapters? How many scenes? And one POV per chapter or…? Why? 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/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS: How Long is Too Long? How Short is Too Short?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: I don’t read a book based on how long or short it is. That being said I know a lot of people do. Do you like short books, long books or don’t care? 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/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS: When Is It Too Long?

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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

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