Author: Sable Aradia
I'm a Pagan and speculative fiction author, a professional blogger, and a musician. I'm proudly Canadian and proudly LGBTQ. My politics are decidedly left and if you ask for my opinion, expect an honest answer. I am owned by a cat. I used to work part time at a bookstore and I love to read, especially about faith, philosophy, science, and sci-fi and fantasy.
Space Elevator!
By Scott Snowden The push for a space elevator took a step forward this week when a team of researchers from Shizuoka University in Japan announced that they will launch an experiment to the International Space Station next week. In the experiment, which will be the first of its kind in space, two ultrasmall cubic satellites, or […]
Read More Space Elevator!Fall Patreon Drive & Giveaway!
I’m celebrating my book release and doing a fall Patreon membership drive, and I’m putting some pretty skookum prizes on the line! LINK TO ENTER HERE! Contest runs from September 15 to September 30, 2018. My Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/SableAradia HOW IT WORKS: Join my Patreon at any level! (See link above, in the video endscreen & video […]
Read More Fall Patreon Drive & Giveaway!On Writing Misterioso
By N.J. Schrock In my backyard, I have a tree whose fruit is colored bottles, and it serves a useful purpose. The bottles trap and kill evil spirits. During the night, evil spirits wander into the bottles, and they can’t find their way out—basically like a lobster trap for spirits. Then, when the morning sunlight […]
Read More On Writing MisteriosoBook Review: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
The Fountains Of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read for the SF Masterworks Reading Challenge and Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club here on Goodreads, the 12 in 12 Challenge, the LGBTQ Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge, and the Hard Core Sci-Fi Challenge. This book won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 1979/1980, and was nominated […]
Read More Book Review: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. ClarkeTerra! Tara! Terror! is Available for Pre-Order
You may have heard that my story “The Android Graveyard” was accepted to the Terra! Tara! Terror! anthology from Third Flatiron. So it’s now available for pre-order! You can get it here. There’s an amazing plethora of great authors in this collection, and we’re even featuring a special reprint from Robert Silverberg! I can’t wait! […]
Read More Terra! Tara! Terror! is Available for Pre-OrderFeature Friday Futures: Wyrd West
By Eric Klein Today we have a special treat, a holiday weekend extra interview with Diane Morrison here to tell us about her novel Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd West (part of the Wyrd West Chronicles). Can you describe your world or setting? The Wyrd West is a post-apocalyptic setting in which technology has become unreliable […]
Read More Feature Friday Futures: Wyrd WestMy Goodreads Book Review: Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd West
Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd West by Diane Morrison My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the long-promised print collection of the first six of the Wyrd West Chronicles, originally written as an ebook serial. Some minor changes to the text have been made in order to facilitate the flow of a […]
Read More My Goodreads Book Review: Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd WestCharacter and Identity
By Morgan Smith Writers are all different, and they have a lot of different ways of describing/manifesting how characters in their work come into being. Some of us are analytical: we use character sheets, balancing the strengths and weaknesses, outlining and pinpointing traits that we then use to (hopefully) further their plots. We “map” things. […]
Read More Character and IdentityCreateSpace Merges With KDP
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
The day we’ve all been waiting for (or, in some cases, dreading) is here! CreateSpace has officially announced that CreateSpace (CSP) and Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) will become one service. All titles it hosts will now move to Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). As I had guessed, CS will, in…
