FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Mary Lanham: How do you define “speculative fiction”? Writers: This is a reader/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/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Readers, bring me your favorite queer speculative fiction winter holiday tales – Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, Christmas, Solstice, New Year’s… and why you love them. Links please! 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
QSFer A.R. Moler has a new MM Sci Fi/MPREG romance out (bi, gay): “Hope for the Future.” Can an arranged marriage between a prince and a Terran Alliance Marine change the future of a star system? Prince Phindarius Valea Janus Duranda is the fourth child of the king of a small star system known as The Brel Domain. He’s resigned to the kind of diplomatic marriage that princes must endure. His life is destined to be about service to the throne and to Brel. It doesn’t matter how he feels about it. Major Kellan Rhodes’ life is about the Marines. … Read more
FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Covid19 has cancelled in-person cons for the next 6-12 months. So what are some of your favorite virtual spec fic cons, and why? Writers: This is a reader/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/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: What’s your favorite spec fic series (queer or otherwise) that you read over and over again, and why? 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
We know you’re all likely feeling a strange sensation of fear/hope today, as your stomach clenches and your brain clutches at whatever good signs you can find in the US election. So to take your mind off of it for a bit, we bring you – Meme Meme Tuesday! Bring us your favorite writing and spec fic memes – funny, silly, poignant – whatever you’ve got. Let’s cheer the f@ck outta this place. :) Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Are you submitting on the spec fic magazine circuit (Amazon, Analog, Fiyah, etc)? Any success? Any tips for your fellow pilgrims? 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/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: Have you read anything (fiction or non-fiction) that shifted your perception and made you think differently about speculative fiction? 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
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFers Scott and Ryane: What are your favorite inclusive spec fic magazines and journals, and why? 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
FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Let’s talk about religion in queer spec fic (any religion): readers, do you enjoy it when there’s a religious thread in your queer spec fic? Writers, do you use it? Links? Writers: This is a reader/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/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf