One day I'm going to be a normal person, but today I spent an hour writing a really hot sex scene between two single-celled organisms who admire each other's commitment to the scientific method. #amwritingscifi
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IT'S OUT!!! Digitally, on Amazon, at least. More platforms and the paperback coming this month.
Blamed for a toxin poisoning the air, Joe is leaving the Bay Area with his 18-month-old daughter. He's trapped in Oakland. Most of the city wants him dead.
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www.amazon.comAmazon.com: The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds eBook : Dyen-Shapiro, Allan: Kindle StoreThe Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds - Kindle edition by Dyen-Shapiro, Allan. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds.
My latest story is out in the world! Medical science fiction (yes, the title is a play on an early Prozac slogan). But also about #immigrant struggles and family drama. Enjoy!
https://factorfourmag.com/mindseye-lets-you-love-again-by-allan-dyen-shapiro/
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Factor Four Magazine · MindsEye Lets You Love Again by Allan Dyen-ShapiroThe first time Radovan mainlines MindsEyeTM, the dream-memory transports him three decades back in time to an afternoon in 2010. Artist’s charcoal clasped between thumb and forefinger, he sketches …
#WritersCoffeeClub 4 May: How do you take notes? Share a screenshot or photo.
I tend to start the same and then it varies. I start with a simple little template I made for 3 act structure stories. I drop in what I think are the main beats.
Then I moved to a more detailed outline(ish) of the three acts.
Sometimes from there I’ll dig deeper and break the acts into beats. Sometimes I just dive in from here and see where the story takes me.
A short story sale! "MindsEye Lets You Love Again" just sold to Factor Four Magazine. A medical science fiction story that ropes in immigrant struggles and family drama, all in 996 words.
It will be a free click, so I will definitely circulate the link once it comes out.
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#TimeTravelAuthors 19: 'horror' snippet
I still didn’t understand why he was *that* upset. Once he explained, I was almost shaking with horror, too. And fury.
It turned out that there are groups here that practice male genital mutilation.
#WritersCoffeeClub 31: How’s your #writing progress so far this year? What are you working on?
Coming along. I had to split a book for length, so I have a decent rough draft already. Have to rejigger a few scenes and add some polish. The beginning would be trickier but luckily, there's a perfect opportunity for a recap... 
Main thing is, I'm committed to getting it out by the end of the year.
Scientific Laws Rule Constrain Potential Forms Of Extraterrestrial And Artificial Life—IFL Science
An argument for intelligent design?
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apple.newsScientific Laws Rule Constrain Potential Forms Of Extraterrestrial And Artificial Life — IFLScienceThere’s probably an underlying logic to all forms of life that allows us to know where and what to look for.
100th anniversary of birth of Rod Serling. My hero.
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My interview on the Author Switch podcast with Carma Spence. We talk about Christian sci-fi and author marketing (and Jeopardy and Frankenstein).
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The Author Switch · Marketing Lessons from the World of Faith-Based Science FictionDiscover how Christian science fiction blends faith and storytelling. boost your book's success with marketing tips from author Jason Karpf.
My "character-driven hard SF story" about a sociopath who goes to work for a company developing a method to implant thoughts will soon see publication.
"Power and Control Through Vocabulary" will run in Volume 27 of Stupefying Stories. I'm super-proud of it.
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Welp, I got less done on Wandering City in Novemeber than I was trying for, but I did still get some good work in on it.
I started out the month at 2,851 words, ending the month at 10,405, resulting in a net gain of 7,554. Aiming for 30k words (1k a day) was probably a bit ambitious, and given the terrifying results of the election at the beginning of the month, the fact that I got any writing done anyway was good in and of itself.
Now, I did get other writing done during the month, but I didn't track any of it because it was for Emperor or personal fluff for my OCs I write in that setting. I had hoped to keep myself focused on Wandering City, but my swiss cheese brain didn't cooperate with that at times. Writing on projects other than my goal is still better than not writing at all, so I will call it a win on that front.
I think I'll go ahead and put the same goal in for Dec of 1k a day, and see how far I can get this month too.
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Managed to get a little further with The Wandering City. Feel like Ronan and Wendell are kinda dancing around each other without quite realizing it? It feels very Now Kiss! meme, and I'm not sure how to help things along.
Maybe I just need to accept that this is a slow burn and the only way I'll have the actual scifi in this story is if I write something that's epic length.
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Aliens Are Breaking the Laws of Physics to Visit Us on Earth, New Theory Claims—Popular Mechanics
A warp field? Well, I could’ve told you that.
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apple.newsAliens Are Breaking the Laws of Physics to Visit Us on Earth, New Theory Claims — Popular MechanicsIf we take the mortal danger of the “Tic-Tac” UAP maneuvers literally, we need to believe that “these objects suggest a form of physics we have not yet discovered,” says one sci-fi writer.
Two new stories out today in B-Cubed Press Anthology Southern Truths. You want the inside on US South--terrific stories in this anthology. Mine are "In The Darkness Defending the Wall" and "Healthcare Bitch Is For Da People."https://www.amazon.com/Southern-Truths-Alternatives-Jim-Wright/dp/1949476375/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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Women Read Christian Sci-Fi.
If you’re a woman who likes science fiction with strong female characters and you love the Lord, read Christian sci-fi books by Jason William Karpf. Available at Amazon.
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Okay, got a little further with The Wandering City. Starting to find the shape of things between Ronan and Wendell. Hopefully this means I can progress to the city itself soon, instead of just setup in mundanesville.
I still need to decide if I'm going to firmly root this into a version of our world (vaguely 20 years ago), or if I want to diverge a bit or keep it vague. The setting outside the city probably doesn't matter as much. It should be familiar enough to the reader that I shouldn't need to fill in a lot of detail. I can save the world building for the wandering city itself, which I want to be noticeably alien. I want the reader to kind of share Ronan's skepticism of it being too good to be true, to want to know the catch. I'm not sure if there is a catch or not, but if there is, Ronan's going to need to figure out if he can live with it in the end.
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The Absolute Greatest Science Fiction Films From The 1960s – Did Your Favorite Make The List?
Missing Quatermass and the Pit (US title, Five Million Years to Earth). Other than that, good list.
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apple.newsThe Absolute Greatest Science Fiction Films From The 1960s – Did Your Favorite Make The List? — IdolatorIn the 1960s, film audiences became particularly interested in the weird and unknown, resulting in a spike in science-fiction films. Noticing the public’s interest, filmmakers began to make science-fiction films with the hope of creating the next big one.
Okay. So I got nearly 800 words in on Wandering City today. Set my goal for the month to try for 1k words a day, but I'm going to be gentle with myself, and any writing a day counts as a win. We'll see how far I can get in a month.
Reminder, I am deathkitten over on https://writingmonth.org, if you want to follow my progress. (I don't think it actually shows it yet, but they're still working on getting stuff up and running.) Just let me know your username here on Fedi so I know who's trying to friend me over there.
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#TimeTravelAuthors Nov 1: Introduce your story
"One survivor of our timeline. And it's the wrong guy."
SECONDARY explores something of a worst-case-scenario when it comes to time travel; there *is* no "safe amount" of changing the past. Especially changing *5,700 years* of past.
Buy: t.co/0xpU28EWiE
Sample chapters: t.co/pvZX0lxq2v