FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Tracy Timmons-Gray: Fanfic has a lot of tropes (coffeeshop AU, soul mates, etc.) Do you have a fave? Bonus points for spec fic 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
Carina Press wants 10,000- to 25,000-word erotic novellas for its “Dirty Bits” collection, which are steamy romances designed to be read in an hour or two. Each story should focus on a popular romance trope. All pairings, genders, and orientations will be considered. Subgenres such as sci-fi romance, fantasy romance, paranormal romance, and historical romance are welcome along with the contemporary romance.
Read the full post on Dale Cameron Lowry’s blog for writers.
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 WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Isaac Walker-Tye: Tropes and stereotypes are both good and bad, depending who you ask. Do you try to prefer to avoid them, or subvert stereotypes and tropes when putting together characters, or do you feel some stereotypes and tropes aren’t bad and exist for a reason? If so, what ones? Join the chat
Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Angel Martinez: We’ve talked a lot about the tropes you love (and when I say trope I mean story component/ archetype, not cliche.) What tropes are guaranteed to make you walk away from a book, 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
Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: What sci fi, fantasy, paranormal or horror tropes do you LOVE? Extra points for LGBTIQA speculative fiction ones. 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
