FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Olivia Wylie: What hobbies and interests have you given characters? Do you find it easy or difficult to figure out what your characters do off camera? 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
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: For our writers out there, what tools do you use to stay organized on your writing and promotion? Writing apps, list apps, resource sites, etc? Share! 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
FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Ryane Chatman: What are some of your favorite writing and literary social media accounts? Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc? And why? 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
We’re starting a new thing on Saturdays on the QSF Facebook group – #ownvoices. Each week, we’ll feature a different group of writers who don’t get the attention they should. Today, we’re featuring trans non-conforming, gender fluid and non-binary authors who write similar characters. #ownvoices If you’re an enby, gender fluid or non-conforming spec fic author, tell us about yourself, your experiences author, and the books you write (especially those with similar characters – with links, please). If you’re not, you can still participate – share your favorite enby, gender fluid or non-conforming spec fic author authors and their works … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: What goes into a good blurb? Are there different types of blurbs? What kind should be used for promotion? What kind should be used for submissions? 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
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jeff Baker: Writers, do you ever use your friend’s names in fiction? Why or why not? Have there ever been any real-world repercussions? 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
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: If you work with “traditional” publishers (ie: not strictly self-published), who are your favorites, and why? Note: please do not use this chat to talk about publishers you dislike. 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
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Let’s talk Heaven and Hell – in all of its religious (Christian and non-Christian) incarnations. Have you written about one or the other, or both? Did you run into any challenges doing so? 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
Following Oscar By Jeff Baker “In the old days, men had the rack. Now they have the Press.” —Oscar Wilde. It is possible, in the United States, to have crossed paths with the legendary Oscar Wilde without knowing it. Wilde did a lecture tour of the U.S. in 1882 that was supposed to last a few months. He wound up staying about a year, and crossed the States, touring the East and West coasts, traveling through the South and even visiting Canada. For years, however, the specifics of Wilde’s itinerary were a matter of debate, but now a … Read more
