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Years are arbitrary lines, but they help.
First new short fiction from PA Cornell on Frivolous! Also a round up on Writing Excuses podcast, vaccinated bees, and our take on using rituals in worldbuilding.…
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440 Broad Street, Apartment 4C
By the time the emergency broadcast confirms the alien invasion, I imagine government officials worldwide have long been in their bunkers. Likewise, preppers—who’d seen this day coming—get the last laugh as they hunker down with their supplies and weapons.…
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Rituals in Speculative Fiction
Rituals in speculative fiction are effective ways to create believable worlds. When done well, they provide depth for both the reader and fodder for characters in support of the plot or theme.…
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Deadly VR, More Radch Space, & Questions about emotions
Ars Technica article on a gaming VR that can kill the gamer; more stories in Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch universe; Tochi Onyebuchi's post on emotional evolution throughout history…
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Path to villainy, writer tools for the driven, a rich story by Lavie Tidhar
Path to villainhood; writer tools; the military using science fiction; and new book by Neom by Lavie Tidhar.…
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We're back! Check out a show, samurais, and a thought on AI and Machine Learning
Fellow Frivolous!
You've all been incredibly patient. It's been several week since we posted anything and…
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Winners, Horseshoe Crabs, & Spacefaring details
Morning Fellow Frivolous!
One thing to note before the topics of the day. I had a wonderful conversation with the…
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Past futures; living with megastructures; and nostalgia
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and the Paratwa Saga by Christopher Hinz; Orbital indie movie by Hashem Al-Ghaili; and a shout out to TimeMachiner.io…
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Help with writing; short fiction by Aun-Juli; and Ignition
Helping writers with mental models and crafting their first page; The Grief Portal by Aun-Juli Riddle; and Nuclear Fusion.…
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Art of translating, nuclear energy, and galaxy pictures
2 things to start:
1: Our second podcast episode is live. It's a wonderful conversation with Kelly Robson…
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Letter stories, epics of a different kind, & four sexes
Morning fellow Frivolous!
I recently came across a couple articles around "epistolary fiction," which is a high-flying way…
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PODCAST! & JWST Space Images, Reading Broadly, and Midnight Diner
Our first podcast lands on Friday July 15 - my conversation with Shingai Njeri Kagunda; James Webb Space Telescope images; reading more broadly, a cozy show in Midnight Diner on Netflix.…