Author Archives: Margaret McGaffey Fisk
And So NaNo 2023 Begins
It’s that time of year again. The siren call of the National Novel Writing Month (NaNo) pulls me away from all other tasks to my favorite part of being an author…telling a story. My last few years have been scattered, … Continue reading
Things That Make Me Smile No. 251: A Journey of Self-Discovery in a Short Film
It’s been a while since I posted something, but I just watched this little movie and wanted to share. The stop-motion animation, using wax figures, is talented from a technical standpoint, and the glimpses of his world set the scene … Continue reading
Escaping the Dashia (The Paraxous Star Cluster, Book 1) by Rebecca Inch-Partridge
The scarcity of comments as I review my notes is a good indication of how caught up in the story I was. This is a teenage adventure full of unrequited love, trauma and disaster, unexpected allies, and most importantly, the … Continue reading
Dropnauts (Liminal Sky Redemption Book 1) by J. Scott Coatsworth
It may seem odd for a hopepunk novel to begin with an Earth rendered lifeless thanks to a combination of war, politics, and climate change. But that’s exactly the point of Dropnauts. The main characters come from lunar colonies that … Continue reading
BayCon 2023: A Night at the Space Opera Is This Weekend!
BayCon 2023: A Night at the Space Opera begins this Saturday and runs until Tuesday evening (July 1st-4th). This is what I consider my “home” convention, despite having moved to Reno, Nevada, over ten years before. I no longer remember … Continue reading