#WIPSnips April 12 - lantern
Hope never celebrated.
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SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! April’s theme for issue 33 is EARTH. The deadline for submissions to issue 33 is April 16th, and it will be published on Saturday, April 25th, 2026.
Authors, it’s time to finish the dirty work of ploughing through your manuscript! Five days remain to get your pieces of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat before submissions close on April 16th at scifansat.com/landing.html!
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#WIPSnips April 10 - process
Searching for gemstones.
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The first handshake of planetary leaders. The Epsilon Indi Factor; A Reluctant Alliance is the second in a trilogy series. Still looking for ARC readers!
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Airships are cool, sure. But the real worldbuilding win is the systems: records, surveillance, access, and who gets squeezed.
Tim Standish: https://rubipod.link/sterlingdirective
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#WIPSnips April 9 - stuff
Sparring practice.
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An illustration of a Stonehenge-like megalithic structure on the Moon, with the Earth hung in black space above the lunar surface it occupies.
“Temple to Gaia”
Art by me for April’s upcoming #SciFanSat issue and its theme of EARTH! Writers, 7 days remain until submissions are due on April 16th. Full details are on our landing page at scifansat.com/landing.html!
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Victorian state security built around data. Mechanical computers. Telegraph networks. A world that feels familiar in the wrong way.
Listen: https://rubipod.link/sterlingdirective
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#WIPSnips April 8 - need
Baby made something.
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The best hook in this episode: when information is searchable, identity becomes traceable.
Tim Standish on The Sterling Directive: https://rubipod.link/sterlingdirective
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#WIPSnips April 7 - shortcut
We'll need a method to keep us safe.
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SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! April’s theme for issue 33 is EARTH. The deadline for submissions to issue 33 is April 16th, and it will be published on Saturday, April 25th, 2026.
Writers! Dust-off your keyboards and plant yourselves in front of a manuscript! Nine days remain to get your pieces of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat before submissions close on April 16th at scifansat.com/landing.html!
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One of the best ways to respect your readers/audience is to respect your characters. I just had a classic writer moment today where I had to adjust plans because my characters demanded it. Turns out the characters are smarter than our outline. And that’s a good thing! #amwritingscifi #scifi
One of the best ways to respect your readers/audience is to respect your characters. I just had a classic writer moment today where I had to adjust plans because my characters demanded it. Turns out the characters are smarter than our outline. And that’s a good thing! #amwritingscifi #scifi
Alt-1896 London where Babbage’s engines work, telegraph networks become an early internet, and “tappers” hack the system.
Tim Standish on worldbuilding with constraints: https://rubipod.link/sterlingdirective
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A fantasy illustration of a simian elemental of rock and vegetation kindly sheltering a rabbit in their arms. They sit under a tree with a calm sky above them.
“Friend”
Art by me for April’s upcoming #SciFanSat issue and its theme of EARTH! Authors, 14 days remain until submissions are due on April 16th. Full details are on our landing page at scifansat.com/landing.html!
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#WIPSnips March 31 - step
Little marching steps.
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SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! April’s theme for issue 33 is EARTH. The deadline for submissions to issue 33 is April 16th, and it will be published on Saturday, April 25th, 2026.
Calling all writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy and More: Don’t let the world ground you down... you rock! Send a piece into April’s #SciFanSat issue with its theme of EARTH! Submissions are open until 04.16.2026 at scifansat.com/landing.html!
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Text that says: As they settled down for sleep, the baby dragon said, "Are there other dragons?" "I don't know, but I suspect there are. Maybe someday we'll go looking for them." — The Dragon Universe Hope (working title, work-in-progress)
As I write, magic moments occur, moments I had not planned, moments that change the story, moments that expand my journey. I love those moments.
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#WIPSnips March 29 - vibrate
See what I made for you.
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#WIPSnips March 28 - original
You know each other?
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Bookmarks for future alien species
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#WIPSnips March 26 - option
When danger threatens, run or hide.
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#WIPSnips March 25 - gentle
Her thoughts were muddled in morning mind fog.
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