FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Olivia Wylie: What do you do when you can’t find the word you want – “it’s on the tip of my tongue”? Does it stop your writing in its tracks? 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 WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Be honest. Do you have a length problem? Do all your short stories wanna be novels? Are all your novels bursting at the seams with extra words? How do you rein your words? Or do you? 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
Dictionary.com recently added a slew of new LGBTQ-related terms to its lexicon. While the website worked with GLAAD to make English more queer-inclusive, the newly-added words may be unfamiliar to some readers. So to help, we’ve defined a dozen of the new terms and provided examples to help keep your tongue queer and up-to-date – and we threw in a bonus word just for fun. ambisextrous (adjective) – A slang term that can alternately mean bisexual, the state of being attracted to two or more genders; unisex, being used by or suitable for any gender; or having characteristics shared by … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Have you ever run across a word that inspired a story? Tell us about it! What’s the word? Link to the story, if available? 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 Denise Dechene: Is there a word/words that make you cringe when you read it/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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: This one is a perennial favorite: What are some of the worst names that you have read that describe genitals? Male, female and otherwise? Extra points for spec-fic related terms. :) This is a legacy chat. 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 Ryane Chatman: “Genitalia descriptions, readers what do you find appealing and or off putting? (This was part of a reader chat I had elsewhere. Lots of vocal on this one. I was surprised.)” I’ll broaden this just a little – what are the specific words used to describe sex that bug the sh@t out of you? 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
Thought we’d have some fun today. As writers we generally LOVE words. And each of us has certain words we are fond of, no matter how many editors try to nix them from our writing. We were talking the other day about some of these words – specifically giveth, taketh, and thrice – and we thought it would be fun to have a chat about words that are no longer in general use that we still have a fondness for. This also applies to words like burnt (instead of burned) – although, curiously, we still say spent (not spended) and … Read more
