FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Angel Martinez: To celebrate Asexual Awareness Week, we thought we’d do a couple discussion topics. First off for readers, what are your favorite ace characters in 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
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jaime Camille: How do you personally balance your creative writing life when you have multiple stories you want to do? Do you prioritize just one until it’s done, or do you juggle 2, 10, 100? And if so, how? I’ve been struggling with that one right now. Join the chat
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Deschene: When did you start writing and how many of your early stories are stored away on composition books or typed up waiting to see the light of day? Do you ever go back and read them, if so have you published any of them, if not why not? Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: What are your favorite completely ridiculous reads and why? I have some reads that are just so implausible and ridiculous, but I love them anyway. Random new characters, events props, anything that makes you raise an eyebrow or even laugh. 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 Kari Trenten: “Rejection – Now What?” I’ll elaborate a little. You see a great call for submissions. Or you hear about a publisher you really want to work with. You spend weeks, or months, crafting the perfect story, put it in a metaphorical envelope and mail it off. Then two months later, you get a rejection email. What do you do with it next? Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer K.S. Madden: After reading a lot of the recent responses, I’d love to see you do a question post sometime about the surge in interest in seeing more asexual characters. I was at Readercon in Boston a few months ago and there was a panel there as well stating the need for more asexual protagonists in mainstream scifi/fantasy. I’m curious what people want to see. Asexual characters in romantic relationships? Or asexual characters just having adventures and being free of relationships? Or is this partly a desire to see more friendship fic, … Read more
There is nothing new to write about under the sun. We have so many writers now, and so many people in general, that if it CAN be written about, it probably HAS been written about. Good writers know how to take tired old topics and reinvigorate them – with a fresh writing style, a new combination of old things, or just plain good writing in general. But some topics get old because so many people jump on the bandwagon. So my question for our readers today – what paranormal topics have lost their shine for you, and why? Writers: This … Read more
Hey all… we’ve got something really cool today – a teaser for the 3MMuskateers Podcast (now changing to WROTE to be more inclusive) for Halloween. The folks at WROTE have pulled together seven short stories for Halloween, and are giving them the full spooky treatment: The 3 M/Musketeers podcast has realized it’s time to be more LGBTQ inclusive. Their new brand, WROTE Podcast – “Written on the Edge” – celebrates queer storytelling in all genres and across all mediums! To celebrate this move forward, your hosts have teamed up with several podcast alumni authors to put together a Halloween Storytime … Read more
Today’s topic comes from QSFer Victroria Stagg Elliott: I will confess this question is derived from the essay I had to write for my AP English exam in high school. What about using objects to drive a queer science fiction/paranormal story? What objects are overused? What objects might be kind of fun? My AP English essay focused on how Desdemona’s hankerchief drove a lot of the story of Othello. We could come up with some interesting plot bunnies. Oooh, this one is near and dear to my little writer heart. I write a fair amount of magical realism stories, and … Read more
