Instead of a single group feed of random posts, on Discord everyone comments or asks questions on topically relevant channels, letting you go straight to channels witch topics that interest you. That makes everything easier to find and follow than any other group social media I’ve used.
I’m Admin of a Writers & Authors, and Elise’s Books & SFF Appreciation Discords.
Writers & Authors
Open to:
All fiction writers/ genres/ publishing paths, internationally, especially queer, neurodiverse, BIPOC & Disabled writers. (TERFs, Nazis etc can take a long walk off a short pier.)
To discuss:
Writing (& world building)
Querying (& pitch parties)
Indie Authoring (& book marketing
For Feedback on: shorts, chapters, whole wips, pitches or book blurbs
Author-Specific Channels
To discuss writing, authoring & life in general as;
SFF Authors
Queer Authors
Neurodiverse Authors
Chronically Ill/ Disabled Authors
For Sharing
Resources: craft, querying, authoring & marketing.
Opportunities: eg. conferences, competitions, calls for submission, Itchio Book Bundles to sell your books in.
Elise’s Books & SFF Appreciation
Open to:
People who enjoy viewing/ reading Fantasy, SciFi, Spec Fic, Alternate History etc, especially diverse folks. (TERFs/ Nazis can take a long walk off a short pier.)
For Talking About Your SFF;
-Reading
-Viewing
-Fav SFF characters
-Worldbuilding you love
-Diverse rep in SFF
For Seeking
-Reading/ viewing recommendations
-SFF Beta Readers
-SFF ARC readers
With Elise’s Channels
-Ruarnon Trilogy
-Sythe Series
-Street Team
Could Also Include
-Channels for any specific book or screen series a few of us love. (Aussie Spec Fic Nowhere Boys already has its own channel).
Hello! Could I get an invite to #StrictlyWriting? I’m in the query trenches and would love a supportive community
Sure. I’ll email it to you.
Hi Can I please get an invite to strictlywriting?
Thank you
Sure. I’ll email it to you.
Hello! Wow, I am very impressed by and loving all your articles. Deep into the rabbit hole of your wisdom right now! Can you please add me to the group for chronically ill/disabled authors? And if bi authors are welcome on the LGBTQ+ queer group, I’d love to be there as well. Thank you so much! I found you on Blue Sky, but it wouldn’t let me comment there, so hopefully you see this. Lastly, what is this delightful font? 🙂
Hi. I think you commented just before I combined the three Discords I admin into a single Discord, which still has channels for chronically/ disabled and queer authors. Bi Authors are absolutely welcome. I’ll email you a link.
Alas, I keep having to turn off replies on Bsky because of a narcissistic youtuber who’s spambot account army harasses accounts to speak to him on Discord, relentlessly. But if you can’t reply to any of my posts in future, you can quote repost 😉 and I’ll be notified the same way.
If you’re still holding down the fort in the Writers & Authors discord, I’d love an invite! Also just discovered your blog, can’t wait to browse around
I’ll email you a Discord invite. There’s plenty to browse.