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FOR READERS: Going Off Script

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Does it bother you when an author you like goes “off script” and writes something in an entirely different genre? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

FOR WRITERS: Thanks for That!

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: What’s the best piece of writing advice you ever got? 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. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

FOR WRITERS: What’s Your Beta/Edit Process?

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Once your manuscript is written and redrafted into decent shape, what are your beta/editing steps? 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. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

FOR AUTHORS: My Best Review

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Every author knows how one bad review can wipe out twenty good ones. So let’s flip the script – what was your best review, the one that made you happy to be a writer? 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. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

FOR READERS & WRITERS: New Year’s Eve

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Readers, share your fave LGBTQ+ New Year’s Eve books (spec fic or not). Writers, what have you written? Links please! 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. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

FOR WRITERS: Your Plans to Slay 2022

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: It’s December 2022. How did you slay next year as a writer? What will you have accomplished if all goes to plan? 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. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

FOR WRITERS: Smashing It With Smashwords

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Writers, do you use Smashwords? Why or why not? Share your thoughts and tips for getting the most out of this book vendor. 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. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

FOR WRITERS: The Creation Process

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer NAME: What’s your creation process, from first draft to ready-to-publish? Drafts? Edits? Alphas? Betas? … Omegas? LOL… 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. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

FOR READERS & WRITERS: That’s No Alien!

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer NAME: Does it bother you when the aliens are basically humans with antennas? What are your fave queer sci-fi tales with truly alien protagonists? Writers, what truly “alien” aliens 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. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

FOR WRITERS: Evolving My Religion

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Do your future sci-fi stories ever include new variants on existing religions? 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. Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe