FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Nathan Smith: Share your tips and thoughts on how to to write a concise but useful book review. 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 & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: It’s All Hallows Eve, so we’re inviting readers and writers to share your favorite Halloween tales. 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 Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Brandon Lesane: What types/titles of Horror best balance your need to be horrified with your need for [believable] resolutions? 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 & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Olivia Wylie: Readers and Writers: what do you think about comic relief characters? What makes them fly, and what makes them fail? 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 & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: What makes a sex scene hot in sci fi romance? What are some of your LGBTQ faves? Writers, tell us about your queer spec fic romance sex! 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 Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Katelyn Kivel: Readers, what makes a good character name? What character name makes you cringe? Do you love nicknames or hate alliteration? Do you see a character’s name and make judgments about the character? The writer? 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 Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Kelly Haworth: Readers, do you like pets in your stories? Got a favorite fluffer or cuddly kitteh that made the plot of a book that much more entertaining? 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 & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Lex Chase: Mentally ill MCs are next to impossible to come by. Especially ones that are heroes and their mental illness is not the only thing that defines them. Showtime’s Homeland gave us Claire Danes’s character who is defined as “bipolar and struggles with her demons.” This is not helpful. The military action film Mile 22 gave us Mark Wahlberg’s character who has ADHD and a few other issues and yet he is still a capable hero. We want diversity and see ourselves in stories and media. So why don’t … Read more
