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Coming Soonโ€ฆ A Sci-Fi Anthology!
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๐Ÿ’ซ Tomorrow (May 10th) is the last day for the Writer Igniter FLOW Summit. ๐Ÿ’ซ Go watch today's (May 9th) replays before you lose free access. Then, you have 24 hours to watch this last days sessions. Today focused on writers block, time management, There Is No Antimemetics Division is psychological horror at its most unsettling. What makes it terrifying isn’t just the monsters; it’s the idea that if stories like this were real, we wouldn’t know, and even if we learned the trut NEXT TBR Thoughts As I get further along with my WIP, I’ve been reading more sci fi to find great comps; books my own might sit beside on library shelves. I really enjoy ALL of G.J. Ogden’s sci fi books (I’ve read them all), and I PLEASE NOTE: Ratings may change They’re based on where I currently am in each book. For example, I liked Artemis by Andy Weir, but if I’d quit at chapter two, it would’ve been a 3/10. If I’d quit during an awkward character in โœจ๐Ÿ“š My Year in Sci Fi So Far From multiverse chaos to cosmic dread, biotech nightmares to hopeful space survival, these stories kept me turning pages long after I should’ve been asleep. The Blighted Stars – Megan E. O’Keefe (10/10) ๐ŸŒŸ From a smallโ€‘town kid staring at the night sky to a Space Force Program Manager working alongside NASA. This journey still feels unreal. If there’s one lesson I’ve learned, it’s this: Your starting point doesn’t define you โœจ๐Ÿ“š Writer Igniter FLOW Summit — May 7–10! ๐Ÿ“šโœจ Writers, this one is SO worth checking out! The Writer Igniter FLOW Summit is happening May 7–10, and it’s packed with incredible speakers, including several I’ve learned f โœจ Messy 1st Drafts: The first draft is where discovery happens, not perfection โœจ๐Ÿ“š Here are a few lessons that finally helped me make real progress on my draft of The Lotus Paradox (current title under consideration) ๐ŸŒŒ๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ If you’re a perfe โœจ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. I’ve worked with ๐๐€๐’๐€ and the ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž, building systems meant for tomorrow. ๐Ÿš€ But during the 2019 ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐šโ€ฏ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ frenzy, my mind was somewhere else, ๐Ÿ“š ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ‘ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ”ฅโฃ โฃ Over the past month, I’ve been deep in revision mode, polishing the first three chapters of my book for a competition โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ And wow… t