FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: If you’ve had any close encounters with authors, tell us of one “author behaving beautifully” to you or to fans that you observed. Name and fame here. 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 Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Kari Trenten: I’d love to talk a little about anime, manga, yaoi, yuri, shounen ai, and shoujo ai. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! This is a legacy chat. Join the chat
FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFers Jenna Hale and Jana Denardo: What tropes do you love that you don’t see often? We often hear about things we don’t want to see any more. How about trying something more positive. What tropes would you like to see more of? This is a legacy chat. Join the chat
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: You know them, you love them! You pound the pre-order button, wish them a Happy Book Release Day on FB! You wake up and roll over to buy their books the moment they’re dropped and kid yourself that you’ll only read the first chapter then go to sleep and end up staying up all night wibbling over their creations~. You Love These Authors!!! How do you support your favorite authors? Writing is not a six-figure income and with the power of social media, you are able to follow your author’s … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Marie Brown: What makes a fictional world come alive for you, to feel like you are immersed right in the middle of it? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! This is a legacy chat. Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Benjamin van der Wel: These days many writers have web sites, FB pages, blogs, etc., and there isn’t much they’re not willing to talk about. On the other hand there are writers who are quite remote or that prefer not to be known. Does either situation affect whether you’d read one of their works or not? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! This is a legacy chat. Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: How important is the name of the character to your initial reaction to a character. How much of your ability to move through the story is modified by a character who’s name made you initially cringe. Or maybe for a character whose named so symbolically that you expect that symbolism and it never shows? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! This is a legacy chat. Join the chat
