KPimpinella
@kpimpinella.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Sci-fi Author. Member of the Canadian Authors' Association. Co-Founder of Space Authors. Snowboarder. Space Enthusiast. Animal Lover and owner of 2 dogs. Learn more at www.kpimpinella.com or www.storyblueprints.com/space-authors
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I know what it's like to have an entire universe in my head and have an editor tell me I need to find the planet. I know they're right. I also know what it feels like to stand inside that universe, trying to figure out which planet they mean. www.storyblueprints.com #bookcoach #amwriting #editing
Cambodia 2003, with Global Medics and HALO Trust. I'm working on a journalist's memoir who worked in Vietnam in 1969, and it brought back memories. So young back then.
Join me and @prowritingaid for Novel November. Live workshops with bestselling authors and industry experts. I'll be hosting From Story Idea to Story Blueprint on Nov 4. To sign up for free: prowritingaid.com/novel-november #NovelNovember
Novel November by ProWritingAid™: The Free Writing Challenge
Join 100k writers taking on Novel November. Write 50,000 words in 30 days, track your progress, and finish your novel. Register free.
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Join my free session 'From Story Idea to Story Blueprint' with @prowritingaid for Novel November. Novel November is a free 30-day challenge to help you write your first draft, alongside tens of thousands of writers worldwide, beginning October 1. prowritingaid.com/novel-november #NovelNovember
What happens when AI learns from humanity? Not what we tell it. But what we show it. “Then why betray everything we fought for?” “Because you did.” PARADIGM SHIFT The final book in the Time Ranger series. #MilitarySciFi #SciFi #ArtificialIntelligence
You can create an incredible universe and still not have a story. Planets. Technology. Politics. Cultures. History. But what happens? Your world gives your story somewhere to happen. It isn't the story. #SciFi #SciFiWriters
I had my first pumpkin spice latte of the season today. It's September. It's allowed. #pumpkinspice #starbucks #autumnlife
I've spent years on both sides of the editorial relationship. Therefore, I can approach editing and book coaching from an author's perspective. www.storyblueprints.com #writing #bookcoaching #sciencefiction #sciencefictionwriting #genrewriting
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Story Blueprints offers personalized book coaching for fiction writers seeking structure, clarity, accountability, and manuscript development support.
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Better stories aren't built by just collecting more writing tips. Learn. Write. Get feedback. Improve. Repeat. That's what we're building at Space Authors: a craft-focused community specifically for science-fiction writers. storyblueprints.com/space_authors #SciFiWriters #WritingCommunity
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There’s so much fakery online now that I’m afraid I’ll miss a great opportunity because I’ll assume it’s fake.
Breaking storytelling conventions can be creative. But first you need to understand why they exist. “I did it differently on purpose” and “I don't understand why this isn't working” aren't the same thing. Creativity doesn't replace craft, or a broken story. #SciFiWriters #WritingCommunity
You built the planets. The technology. The politics. The cultures. Thousands of years of history. Great. But what's the story? Your world isn't your story. #WritingCommunity
No, babe, I NEED the $200 Le Creuset Star Trek shuttlecraft casserole dish for my banana bread.
Sunk cost fallacy is a real thing and it takes courage to realise the story you’ve been #writing just doesn’t work, and to go back to the beginning.
Self-pub authors are constantly hit with 'hire me to market your book' offers. But it's not always about that. Sorry, but sometimes it's the story or the storytelling hindering sales. Marketing can get your book seen, but it can't make someone want to buy or like it. #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors
Finished. There were times I was laughing, saying "oh my god" to some of the moments and times when my head would spin at the government bureaucracy that was laid on some of the characters in the story. Time to take a few hours break before I start the next book. #Booksky
If you're voting in the British Fantasy Awards, I'd like to gently remind you that my retrospective, career-spanning short fiction collection, Who Will You Save? from @titanbooks.bsky.social is on the shortlist in the Best Collection category, and it could use some love.
Explore the latest Sci Friday: a curated selection of science fiction and speculative fiction authors on Substack, plus sci-fi stories, podcasts, writing communities, and groups worth discovering. lcdouglass.substack.com/p/sci-friday...
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You’re the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen. Please don’t go.
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writerbeware.blog/2014/09/05/g... When it comes to the author-editor relationship, workability encompasses many things, including agreement on writing and editing styles, availability to meet your editing needs, and personal compatibility. #writers #writetip @victoriastrauss.com #booksky
Guest Blog Post: Author-Editor Compatibility: The Crucial Element for a Successful Editing Experience - Writer Beware
Independent editors. What do they do? When do you need them? How do you find them–and, most crucial, how do you determine whether they’re qualified to be doing what they’re doing? These very important...
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I’m getting scam emails from radio hosts now. And one from Thomas Harris… lol
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author@inventingreality.bsky.social · 2mo agoMarketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers: Bim Book Promotion <bbim1372@gmail.com> Paulina Bim <leochalort@gmail.com> #bookmarketingscam #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #amediting #fiction #authors #shortstory #booksky
Who invites Kelly Chambers to dinner just so she can feed your fish? IYKYK #masseffect #masseffect2 #gaming #scifi
Huge fan of Murderbot, but I was a Martha Wells fan long before that when she wrote tie-ins for one of my fave franchises. #scifi #stargate #murderbot #scifibooks
I'm looking for book cover artists who don't use AI and can deliver realistic covers. Please let me know. I need a new book cover, and I'm also building Mission Support at Space Authors, which lists indie author services we don't provide. #scifi #writingscif #bookcovers
Just a normal female military sci-fi author having a normal reaction to Martha Wells liking my post. AAAAAAAA! As a woman writing in the sci-fi genre, and seeing women like Martha Wells killing it inspires us all. Her noticing my tiny corner of the sci-fi universe? Yeah. I'm going to enjoy this one.
I also want to live 1000 years in the future. And since i can't live that long, writing about it lets me pretend I am.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2mo agoI've mentioned before that it's easier to write a story 1,000 years in the future than one that's set 25 years in the future. The latter has to responsibly extrapolate from current events/trends/data, and 25 years from now, some nerd will want to point out how I got it wrong.
