FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: I’ve seen talk about authors who group together and write under one name. How do you feel about this? Of course, this can manifest in several ways – a ghost writer who helps someone tell their story. A famous writer, now deceased, whose world is carried on by other authors. Or a pair or team of writers who has their own special rhythm. 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 J. Scott Coatsworth: It’s Christmas Eve, so yeah, we’re gonna talk Christmas. Well, all the winter holidays, really. Do you have a fave holiday speculative fiction tale (sci fi, paranormal, horror, fantasy, etc)? What is it? Why do you love it so? 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 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 could be for both readers and authors). Extra points for spec fic-specific tropes :) 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 Tam Ames: Seasonal stories – do you only read Christmas stories in December or do you not care much when you read them? 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 Denise Dechene: I’ve noticed a trend of blurbs being long. After reading them you feel like why read the book the plot is already known. Is there an algorithm or blue print for writing blurbs? Do you think too many blurbs are giving away their story? 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: Do you enjoy having pairings with roles such as top/bottom, seme/uke, butch/femme? Or do you prefer something more ambiguous and equal? Does this preference apply to cover imagery as well as how the characters develop within the story itself? 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 WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: I’ve read a lot of good books over the years. There are some authors who don’t write anymore due to illness, death, retirement, etc. Is there someone in particular who you wished was still writing? A series never finished? Is there an archive of authors who have passed or retired? Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Angel Martinez: Gourmet or gourmand? Do you read very specific things and refuse to venture far afield, or are you an “if it’s a story, I’ll try it” kind of reader? 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 today’s topic, and my last post for 2017, I thought we could discuss some of our favourite LGBT writers from history. I know a huge number of my favourite writers from the past were LGBT. Many are the obvious, famous names such as Tennessee Williams, Oscar Wilde, Rimbaud, and Verlaine. Not to mention Marlowe and Shakespeare, if you go along with the suppositions about the two of them.
