FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: What motivates you after a big setback? How do you get the writing mojo flowing again? 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. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe
Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Amelia Faulkner: How Science Fiction used to be a risk-taking progressive genre, and now it’s become a relatively conservative one…. Hmmm… we could go a number of directions here. Has sci fi lost its tech mojo because we have become such a tech heavy society? You know, all those things that used to seem so whiz-bang that we now carry around on our wrists and in our pockets? Has sci fi become less daring in holding a mirror up to our society? Witness the sad puppies and their attempt to pull us back to … Read more
QSFer Ally Blue has a new paranormal mystery book out: Something evil is going down in Atlanta… Adrian Broussard and Greg Woodhall are attending OutlantaCon, Atlanta’s annual gay geek conference, and are looking forward to a weekend of cosplay and general nerdy fun. As they mingle with other conference goers, though, Adrian feels a strange, cold energy emanating from a man dressed as a satyr. Encounters with storybook creatures roaming the streets only increase the chilly tendrils teasing Adrian’s sixth sense—strong enough to cause disturbing visions of Greg’s existence being erased. When a girl at the conference goes missing, then … Read more
