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FOR READERS & WRITERS: Last Time in This Series

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: Saw this on Twitter “Why is it that TV producers don’t expect us to remember what happened last week without “Previously on” reminders, and yet book publishers expect us to remember the details of a story for a whole year or more? “. So I got to thinking there are a lot of readers who don’t do de reads. Do you think that books in a series should have a recap page/s at the beginning that the reader can skip if wanted? And to the readers-would you read … Read more

FOR READERS: Hooks in Books

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Danielle Flory: What kind of hooks do you look for in Book One of any given series to keep you coming back for all the sequels? 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: When Is It Too Long?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Voss Foster: How many books is too many for you to pick up a series? If you come to a series when, say, book 26 is coming out, does that make you wary of starting such a large task, or do you relish the idea of falling in love with something so large? 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

Lesbian Batwoman Gets CW Pilot – Pink news

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Lesbian Batwoman

The CW network has ordered a pilot for Batwoman, which stars Ruby Rose as the first live-action lesbian superhero to lead a TV show. The network will order a full series if the pilot, which could premiere as early as autumn this year, goes down well, reported TVLine on January 3. This decision came after the Australian Orange is the New Black actress made a successful debut as Kate Kane in December’s CW “Elseworlds” crossover event. The Batwoman pilot will be overseen by The Flash and Arrow director David Nutter, who is also famous for his work on Game of … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Curse of the Old Woods, by Elizabeth Andre

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The Curse of the Old Woods

QSFer Elizabeth Andre has a new FF paranormal book out, book one in her new Paranormal Grievance Committee Chronicles series: The Curse of the Old Woods. Two rival lesbian paranormal investigators. A dangerous cursed entity. Long dark nights in the old woods. Maya Nicholas doesn’t need any help finding ghosts. They find her and talk to her all the time. Julie Sussman doesn’t need any help either. She solves plenty of cases, both normal and paranormal, without any special abilities. When they learn that both of them have been hired to find a teenager, lost decades ago in the haunted … Read more

FOR READERS: I Like it THIS Long

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Matt Doyle: When it comes to series, do you prefer book lengths to be consistent across the series, or do you think its fine for book lengths to fluctuate if it fits with the story being told each instalment? 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

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Leopold, by M.D. Grimm

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Leopold

QSFer M.D. Grimm has a new MM sci fi book out: How does a human survive in an alien dominated InterGalactic Community? By becoming an assassin, of course. At least, that’s what Leopold thought when he became an assassin for the elite. Pretending to be an alien known as Voidstriker, Leopold feeds his appetite for vengeance, killing aliens as well as taking their money. It’s a win-win to his mind. That is, until a bounty is placed upon his head. With his true identity now revealed to the IG Community, Leopold knows it’s only a matter of time before the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Divide, by A.M. Rycroft

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The Divide

QSFer A.M. Rycroft has a new FF/lesfic fantasy book out in her Corruption of Honor series: The Divide. The kingdom is falling. Shaun Grayson is a knight on the run with a mad creature inside her, fighting to find the princess who can save her and the realm. Shaun gave up on proving to the new king that she’s not a traitor to the realm as he claims. Lost without Sara and hellbent on finding her, she broke free from her prison and made a deal with the king’s enemy. The dark sorceress promised to help Shaun use the creature … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY – grydscaen: beginnings, by Natsuya Uesugi

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grydscaen: beginnings

Natsuya Uesugi has a new queer sci fi book out: Faid Callen is tired of life on the run in the Echelons trying to keep his psychic power in check. He founds the Packrats, a group of cyberterrorist hackers. A young powerful Psi Faction operative, Lino Dejarre, is sent on a mission to capture Faid. Wanting to keep Lino under control, the Psi Faction kidnaps his half-brother, Riuho, and they take him prisoner, experiment on him, train him, and subject him to mind control. When Lino is assigned to a high stakes diplomatic mission to reveal a traitor, he finds … Read more