#SSFtalk
I'm sci-fi. Urban time travel spec fic futurism sci-fi.
I'm all about integrated technology, quantum mechanics and entanglement, and of course time travel and parallel universes
#TPDox
I'm sci-fi. Urban time travel spec fic futurism sci-fi.
I'm all about integrated technology, quantum mechanics and entanglement, and of course time travel and parallel universes
#TPDox
#SFFtalk (the real) Question 1: Are you more sci-fi-, more fantasy, or somewhere in between?
My work definitely tends to blend genres, even including those traditionally "outside"SFF, but there's always at least a dash of weirdness to what I write. I love to read everything though!
My work definitely tends to blend genres, even including those traditionally "outside"SFF, but there's always at least a dash of weirdness to what I write. I love to read everything though!
November 8, 2024 at 11:28 PM
#SSFtalk Gonna return the favor and hype @kiraofthewind.bsky.social She writes some of the freshest, most original fantasy I’ve ever read. Her world building is outstanding, and her characters are fully realized, nuanced people.
November 22, 2024 at 12:19 AM
#SSFtalk Gonna return the favor and hype @kiraofthewind.bsky.social She writes some of the freshest, most original fantasy I’ve ever read. Her world building is outstanding, and her characters are fully realized, nuanced people.
#SSFtalk
Hi, I'm Michael. I'm working on a series of sword and sorcery short stories (hah, how's that for alliteration?)
They're a bit more difficult for me to write because they're my way of dealing with my PTSD.
Hi, I'm Michael. I'm working on a series of sword and sorcery short stories (hah, how's that for alliteration?)
They're a bit more difficult for me to write because they're my way of dealing with my PTSD.
#SFFtalk Question 1: Introduce yourself and your WIP!
Don't forget to quote-post, include the hashtag so others (and me!) can find you, and use alt text for any images so that everyone can particpate. (:
As for me, I'm an author of fantasy and horror, & an academic expert on monsters!
Don't forget to quote-post, include the hashtag so others (and me!) can find you, and use alt text for any images so that everyone can particpate. (:
As for me, I'm an author of fantasy and horror, & an academic expert on monsters!
November 8, 2024 at 11:38 PM
#SSFtalk
Hi, I'm Michael. I'm working on a series of sword and sorcery short stories (hah, how's that for alliteration?)
They're a bit more difficult for me to write because they're my way of dealing with my PTSD.
Hi, I'm Michael. I'm working on a series of sword and sorcery short stories (hah, how's that for alliteration?)
They're a bit more difficult for me to write because they're my way of dealing with my PTSD.
#SSFTalk
I'm Dante, I'm also a trans man, an author, and I used to be a streamer.
I'm at the end of the second draft of the first book of my WIP Trilogy which I'll just call WO. I'm not currently reading anything, but I have been playing Diablo 4/ Dragon Age: The Veilguard between my writing.
I'm Dante, I'm also a trans man, an author, and I used to be a streamer.
I'm at the end of the second draft of the first book of my WIP Trilogy which I'll just call WO. I'm not currently reading anything, but I have been playing Diablo 4/ Dragon Age: The Veilguard between my writing.
#SFFtalk is back!
I'm Steve, a trans man, academic, and author!
Kind of just hanging on atm, but really enjoying my current read, Even If We're Broken by A. M. Weald (contemporary romance, which is not SFF and not my usual genre, but is very very good and I recommend it).
I'm Steve, a trans man, academic, and author!
Kind of just hanging on atm, but really enjoying my current read, Even If We're Broken by A. M. Weald (contemporary romance, which is not SFF and not my usual genre, but is very very good and I recommend it).
November 22, 2024 at 4:43 PM
#SSFTalk
I'm Dante, I'm also a trans man, an author, and I used to be a streamer.
I'm at the end of the second draft of the first book of my WIP Trilogy which I'll just call WO. I'm not currently reading anything, but I have been playing Diablo 4/ Dragon Age: The Veilguard between my writing.
I'm Dante, I'm also a trans man, an author, and I used to be a streamer.
I'm at the end of the second draft of the first book of my WIP Trilogy which I'll just call WO. I'm not currently reading anything, but I have been playing Diablo 4/ Dragon Age: The Veilguard between my writing.
My latest series, NEXUS POINT, is available to read for free here:
www.webtoons.com/en/sf/nexus-...
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www.webtoons.com/en/sf/nexus-...
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Nexus Point - Ep. 1 - Pilot
Gemi Reynolds just landed her dream tech job -- how did it put her at the top of someone's hit list? Suddenly she’s pulled into a world of cybercrime, where secretive hackers race to stay ahead of rel...
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November 15, 2024 at 7:10 PM
My latest series, NEXUS POINT, is available to read for free here:
www.webtoons.com/en/sf/nexus-...
#SSFtalk
www.webtoons.com/en/sf/nexus-...
#SSFtalk
Hey #SSFTalk. This is an evil question! 😂
I love shape changers, especially wolf shape changers. So hard to pick a favorite though.
I love shape changers, especially wolf shape changers. So hard to pick a favorite though.
#SFFtalk Question 1: What's your favourite SFF creature?
Interpret as you like (vulcans are as valid as unicorns or werewolves)!
This question's evil, & I apologize. 🤣
I'm going to go a bit weird and say the Tailypo (an Appalachian monster) from a horror book I loved as a kid!
Interpret as you like (vulcans are as valid as unicorns or werewolves)!
This question's evil, & I apologize. 🤣
I'm going to go a bit weird and say the Tailypo (an Appalachian monster) from a horror book I loved as a kid!
November 14, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Hey #SSFTalk. This is an evil question! 😂
I love shape changers, especially wolf shape changers. So hard to pick a favorite though.
I love shape changers, especially wolf shape changers. So hard to pick a favorite though.
This is my favorite line of all. It's not from Secrets but from my next novel. Cracks me up every time
Background: the year is 1937, and Aaron is trying to bond with his teenage son lol
#SSFtalk
Background: the year is 1937, and Aaron is trying to bond with his teenage son lol
#SSFtalk
November 15, 2024 at 1:44 AM
This is my favorite line of all. It's not from Secrets but from my next novel. Cracks me up every time
Background: the year is 1937, and Aaron is trying to bond with his teenage son lol
#SSFtalk
Background: the year is 1937, and Aaron is trying to bond with his teenage son lol
#SSFtalk
I would hope it continues to be more diversed and grow more and more wild stories. Never stop being creative!!
I also hope that Romantasy doesn't over take the whole fantasy genre. I'm all for a good romantasy, but I would love to keep my plot driven stories around too
#SSFtalk
I also hope that Romantasy doesn't over take the whole fantasy genre. I'm all for a good romantasy, but I would love to keep my plot driven stories around too
#SSFtalk
#SFFtalk Question 3: How do you hope SFF changes and grows?
For me, I honestly just want it to continue to be bold & experimental (by which I don't mean everything has to be surreal, but that people keep trying new things, or new combinations of old things). I'd love to see it continue to diversify
For me, I honestly just want it to continue to be bold & experimental (by which I don't mean everything has to be surreal, but that people keep trying new things, or new combinations of old things). I'd love to see it continue to diversify
November 15, 2024 at 12:30 AM
I would hope it continues to be more diversed and grow more and more wild stories. Never stop being creative!!
I also hope that Romantasy doesn't over take the whole fantasy genre. I'm all for a good romantasy, but I would love to keep my plot driven stories around too
#SSFtalk
I also hope that Romantasy doesn't over take the whole fantasy genre. I'm all for a good romantasy, but I would love to keep my plot driven stories around too
#SSFtalk
I would say comming of age, found family, or like the misfits. Also, misunderstood/broken villains. Mostly anything with character development and overcoming themselves
#SSFtalk
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#SFFtalk Question 2: What themes do you tend to return to in SFF?
Could be as a reader/audience member and/or as an author! (:
For me, the status of the outsider and the state of being outside, or of being caught in between different identities, always seem to come up.
Could be as a reader/audience member and/or as an author! (:
For me, the status of the outsider and the state of being outside, or of being caught in between different identities, always seem to come up.
November 15, 2024 at 12:11 AM
I would say comming of age, found family, or like the misfits. Also, misunderstood/broken villains. Mostly anything with character development and overcoming themselves
#SSFtalk
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I always enjoy mermaids/sirens. When I was a kid, I would pretend I was one and swim like one. I blame H2O for that lol
My next WIP after Secrets, is about sirens. But they aren't your normal classic sirens. Mwahahah! Super excited for that 😁
#SSFtalk
My next WIP after Secrets, is about sirens. But they aren't your normal classic sirens. Mwahahah! Super excited for that 😁
#SSFtalk
#SFFtalk Question 1: What's your favourite SFF creature?
Interpret as you like (vulcans are as valid as unicorns or werewolves)!
This question's evil, & I apologize. 🤣
I'm going to go a bit weird and say the Tailypo (an Appalachian monster) from a horror book I loved as a kid!
Interpret as you like (vulcans are as valid as unicorns or werewolves)!
This question's evil, & I apologize. 🤣
I'm going to go a bit weird and say the Tailypo (an Appalachian monster) from a horror book I loved as a kid!
November 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM
I always enjoy mermaids/sirens. When I was a kid, I would pretend I was one and swim like one. I blame H2O for that lol
My next WIP after Secrets, is about sirens. But they aren't your normal classic sirens. Mwahahah! Super excited for that 😁
#SSFtalk
My next WIP after Secrets, is about sirens. But they aren't your normal classic sirens. Mwahahah! Super excited for that 😁
#SSFtalk
Hi! I'm Lauryn Hall! I'm a YA Epic fantasy writer
Secrets of Magic is part of a triology about mages fighting humans to gain their freedom back until they have to conquer a cult that is trying to raise their dark master from his prison to destroy the world
Book 1 out on Nov 20th!
#SSFtalk
Secrets of Magic is part of a triology about mages fighting humans to gain their freedom back until they have to conquer a cult that is trying to raise their dark master from his prison to destroy the world
Book 1 out on Nov 20th!
#SSFtalk
It's 7:30 on the weird island I call home, & that means it's time for #SFFtalk!
I'm Steve Hugh Westenra, an academic who studies monsters, as well as the author of the epic fantasy, The Wings of Ashtaroth; the dark fantasy, So Sing the Barrows; & the queer horror comedy, The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle!
I'm Steve Hugh Westenra, an academic who studies monsters, as well as the author of the epic fantasy, The Wings of Ashtaroth; the dark fantasy, So Sing the Barrows; & the queer horror comedy, The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle!
November 14, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Hi! I'm Lauryn Hall! I'm a YA Epic fantasy writer
Secrets of Magic is part of a triology about mages fighting humans to gain their freedom back until they have to conquer a cult that is trying to raise their dark master from his prison to destroy the world
Book 1 out on Nov 20th!
#SSFtalk
Secrets of Magic is part of a triology about mages fighting humans to gain their freedom back until they have to conquer a cult that is trying to raise their dark master from his prison to destroy the world
Book 1 out on Nov 20th!
#SSFtalk
November 9, 2024 at 12:58 AM
I like the thrill and wonder of wild possibilities. Fairies, dragons, magic, another civilization in space/another universe/reality, lightsabers, and so on. I like the out of the box thinking. Some people can be very creative.
A way to escape this reality and go into another
#SSFtalk
A way to escape this reality and go into another
#SSFtalk
#SFFtalk Question 2: What attracts you to speculative fiction?
For me it's always been the possibility of it. It's a genre that very much says "yes, and" when at its best, eschewing easy categorization. It's really very expansive.
For me it's always been the possibility of it. It's a genre that very much says "yes, and" when at its best, eschewing easy categorization. It's really very expansive.
November 9, 2024 at 12:33 AM
I like the thrill and wonder of wild possibilities. Fairies, dragons, magic, another civilization in space/another universe/reality, lightsabers, and so on. I like the out of the box thinking. Some people can be very creative.
A way to escape this reality and go into another
#SSFtalk
A way to escape this reality and go into another
#SSFtalk
sorry i'm late #SSFtalk! i forgot about this and didn't turn off my social media blocker! 😂 anyway i'm ness (full name vanessa ricci-thode) and i write mostly queer fantasy, usually with dragons. my current WIP is a romantasy that's basically sapphic mandalorian + baby dragon and coming out in June!
#SFFtalk Question 1: Introduce yourself and your WIP!
Don't forget to quote-post, include the hashtag so others (and me!) can find you, and use alt text for any images so that everyone can particpate. (:
As for me, I'm an author of fantasy and horror, & an academic expert on monsters!
Don't forget to quote-post, include the hashtag so others (and me!) can find you, and use alt text for any images so that everyone can particpate. (:
As for me, I'm an author of fantasy and horror, & an academic expert on monsters!
November 9, 2024 at 2:46 AM
sorry i'm late #SSFtalk! i forgot about this and didn't turn off my social media blocker! 😂 anyway i'm ness (full name vanessa ricci-thode) and i write mostly queer fantasy, usually with dragons. my current WIP is a romantasy that's basically sapphic mandalorian + baby dragon and coming out in June!
#SSFtalk I'd like to see less second hand inspiration in genre fiction in general. I see A LOT of writers around me being informed by anime, videogames, music, and not primary sources our inspirations take directly from. And I say this as someone who has been irrevocably changed by the Souls games.
#SFFtalk Question 3: How do you hope SFF changes and grows?
For me, I honestly just want it to continue to be bold & experimental (by which I don't mean everything has to be surreal, but that people keep trying new things, or new combinations of old things). I'd love to see it continue to diversify
For me, I honestly just want it to continue to be bold & experimental (by which I don't mean everything has to be surreal, but that people keep trying new things, or new combinations of old things). I'd love to see it continue to diversify
November 15, 2024 at 12:21 AM
#SSFtalk I'd like to see less second hand inspiration in genre fiction in general. I see A LOT of writers around me being informed by anime, videogames, music, and not primary sources our inspirations take directly from. And I say this as someone who has been irrevocably changed by the Souls games.
#SSFtalk I'm Seán and I write Shadows & Sorcery, not really a WIP but an ongoing collection of weekly dark fantasy flash fiction tales. Think of them like standalone glimpses, chronicles, episodes, lore, or character portraits in other worlds.
November 15, 2024 at 12:03 AM
#SSFtalk I'm Seán and I write Shadows & Sorcery, not really a WIP but an ongoing collection of weekly dark fantasy flash fiction tales. Think of them like standalone glimpses, chronicles, episodes, lore, or character portraits in other worlds.