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FOR WRITERS: Querying Tips and Tricks

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: I’m off on my second Query Quest, hunting agents. If you’ve done this before, wanna share some query tips, tricks, and “never do’s”? 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: Celebrating Our Trans, Gender Fluid, Non-Binary and Genderqueer Authors

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: It’s the Transgender Day of Visibility, and while I think every day should be, I’d like to take the chance to ask our trans, NB, gender fluid and genderqueer authors to stand up and tell us who they are, what they write, and share links to their work. :) 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: Deepfakes

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Deepfakes are here – you can now make fairly realistic videos of other people saying what you want them to say. How will this change society going forward? Source article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/25/deepfake-video-apps/ 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 & WRITERS: Uplift

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Inspired by the “do octopuses dream” post today – David Brin popularized the idea of “uplift” – bringing sentience (or enhancing it) to non-human creatures, like dolphins or chimpanzees. Readers – what are your fave uplift stories? Writers, what have you written? 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 WRITERS: Twenty-Five Years from Now…

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Writers, finish this sentence. “In twenty-five years, the world will be a better place because…” 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: On the Tip of My Tongue

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 READERS AND WRITERS: St. Patrick’s Day

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Readers, what are your favorite queer St. Patrick’s Day tales, spec fic and otherwise? Writers, what have you written? 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 & WRITERS: Paranormal or Fantasy?

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Paula Wyant: Where do you draw the line between paranormal/urban fantasy/fantasy? 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 WRITERS: Linked Stories in Different Formats

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: I just released a short story that’s a follow-up to a novella, and both are precursors to novel-length trilogy books – entirely by accident. Do you ever release stories in the same universe in different lengths/formats? To what end? 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: So You Wanna Self Publish

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Kari Trenten: In getting self-published, what was your first step after you finished writing your story? And the next? 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