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FOR READERS: “You Have to Read This.”

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Olivia Wylie: What was the first queer spec fic book that delighted you so much you immediately wanted to tell someone about it? 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

CALL: Less Than Three Press wants polyamory romances

Less Than Three Press wants non-erotic romances between three or more people for Happiness in Numbers, an upcoming anthology about LGBTQIA+ polyamorous relationships. They prefer stories where the central conflict does not revolve around the polyamorous aspect of the relationship. Any subgenre …

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FOR READERS: Hidden Gems

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: What’s one queer speculative fiction book (sci fi, fantasy, paranormal, horror) that you absolutely LOVED but that never seemed to get its proper due? One you wished everyone else would read? And why? Let’s give some love to hardworking writers who need a little sunshine. 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: Attracting New Readers to Queer Speculative Fiction

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Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Amelia Faulkner: I’d love to discuss how to attract readers to queer genre fiction. As in, what does it take for a spec-fi reader to pick up Queer spec-fi rather than Het-normative spec-fi? Is there any hope for mass-market appeal? That kind of thing. 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