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Ryan Southwick

@ryansouthwickauthor.com

Science fiction author, programmer, gamer, agile evangelist, nature lover. Author of the Lost Colonies series, Timeless Keeper Saga, Z-Tech Chronicles. SPSFC4 quarterfinalist (Enigma). ryansouthwickauthor.com

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Ryan Southwick@ryansouthwickauthor.com · 11mo ago

My warm fuzzies this morning. 💙📚🪐 "This book blew me away. It's a fantastic mix of tech, cyborgs, vampires, and a waitress that lands in the middle of a war for power. ... Fantasy, sci-fi, romantasy, urban fantasy—wow, what a powerful mix. This is by far my favorite read of 2025." #SciFi #sff

JL Henker's review of Angels in the Mist (The Z-Tech Chronicles #1)

5/5: This book blew me away. It's a fantastic mix of tech, cyborgs, vampires, and a waitress that lands in the middle of a war for power. The underlying love triangle between Anne (the waitress), a cy...

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Ann Leckie@annleckie.com · last yr.

Also related (or maybe the same): Suspense is not generated by the reader not knowing what happens next. It's generated by the reader CARING what happens next.

Ann Leckie@annleckie.com · last yr.

Related (or maybe the same) is that "I'm going to trick the reader haha" is not a good path to reader investment, but "I am going to delight the reader, haha!" is. They look the same on the surface but they're not. I always advise being generous to readers, not adversarial.

Aliette de Bodard@aliettedebodard.com · last yr.

The thing is, one can craft a mediocre thing that everyone will think is kind of ok. Or one can craft something good or great and then there will always be people who love it and people who hate it My rule of thumb is checking whether critiquer is my target audience before taking critique onboard

😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈@mishellbaker.bsky.social · last yr.

Somewhere in the past 16 years I've forgotten what I learned at Clarion: That it is literally impossible for any group of people (unless self-selected for agreement) to agree on whether a story is good.

MrsMika@mrsmica.bsky.social · last yr.

@ryansouthwickauthor.com One Man's Trash is a fun, clean romantic comedy. "Everything fits together so naturally, from the character dialogue, to the cleaner robots who love Croft, to Maria's relationship talk with a true AI" amzn.to/4mqUuF2

One Man's Trash (The Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy)

One Man's Trash (The Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy) - Kindle edition by Southwick, Ryan. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading One Man's Trash (The Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy).

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Story Valley Writers@storyvalley.bsky.social · last yr.

#Sciencefiction readers, share a SF you read recently and what you loved about it! Quote, reply, share, & like #storyvalley #storyvalleywriters #writerslift #writingcommunity #published #publishing #writesky #writersofinstagram