Scott Coon's Blog: Scott Coon Sci Fi
October 17, 2025
October 25 at Studio City Public Library!
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast - October 25 at Studio City Public Library! ✍️
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
October 25 at Studio City Public Library! ✍️
Scott Coon SciFi Presents:
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
The organization may be gone, but the spirit lives on! Get ready to write a lot of words in November with this FREE panel for writers!
https://www.meetup.com/writers-of-she...
http://www.scottcoonscifi.com/Appeara...
A FREE Panel for Writers, Open to the Public! Just show up and have a seat. 😊
When:
Saturday, October 25th at 3 pm
Where:
Studio City Library
12511 Moorpark St,
Studio City, CA 91604
THE AUTHORS
Scott Coon
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Scott-C...
Scott Coon is a published novelist, an award-winning short story writer, and a former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst. His afterlife fiction, Godless Armageddon, was recently #1 on the hot new releases in atheist books on Amazon.
Rie Lee
https://riewrites.org
RIE LEE is a recovering true believer whose debut novel, Vessel, recently won a 2025 Literary Global Children's Book Award. She's a little too obsessed with cults and almost definitely on some kind of FBI watchlist for researching pipe bombs.
She is an alum of the MFA at EWU and is currently pursuing an MLIS focusing on the intersection of trust and information. Originally from Fresno, California, she now spends most of her free time at multiple libraries, indie bookstores, and coffee shops in the Los Angeles area, writing books or working on civic engagement initiatives.
Vance Mitchell Gloster
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXK5K2Q1
Vance Gloster is an award-winning writer who had a career as a computer scientist working on the Space Shuttle program and in AI before turning to writing full-time. His sci-fi cyberthriller Two Thirds of a God was published in March. He is also a musician, having appeared on several albums.
Anne Louise Bannon
https://annelouisebannon.com/
Author Anne Louise Bannon’s husband says that his wife kills people for a living. Bannon does mostly write mysteries, including the Old Los Angeles Series, the Freddie and Kathy series, and the Operation Quickline series. She has worked as a freelance journalist for magazines and newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times.
She and her husband, Michael Holland, created a wine education blog, and she co-wrote a book on poisons. Her latest novel is book five in the Old Los Angeles series, Death of the Drunkard. She and her husband live in Southern California with an assortment of critters. Visit her website at AnneLouiseBannon.com.
Janet Wertman
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Janet-W...
Janet Wertman’s critically acclaimed, character-driven historical novels reflect a passion for the Tudor era she had harbored since she was eight years old. Janet also runs a blog (www.janetwertman.com) and YouTube channel where she posts interesting takes on the Tudors and what it’s like to write about them.
Not Oct 4
Eli Donovan
https://www.instagram.com/elidonovanw...
Eli Donovan is an author who thinks dinosaurs are just neat and grew up reading too many Jane Goodall biographies. She’s the author of Time Traitors, first in a series of adventurous time travel adventures with dinosaurs, and The Fairy Tales of Lyond, a series of feminist fairy tale retellings. Eli lives in Southern California with a husband, kids, and too many dinosaur toys. You can find her online at www.elidonovan.wordpress.com, on Instagram @elidonovanwriter and on BlueSky at elidonovanwriter.bsky.social.
good
Erik Day
https://erikday.wordpress.com/conjure...
Erik Day has the bad habit of reverse-engineering reality until he finds out how to make the impossible, real. Then he writes about it. Erik is a crisis response specialist, former television production guy, and a writing coach with the Quill & Pint Writers' Workshop in Burbank, California. Now he's sharing the stories that power his imagination.
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
October 25 at Studio City Public Library! ✍️
Scott Coon SciFi Presents:
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
The organization may be gone, but the spirit lives on! Get ready to write a lot of words in November with this FREE panel for writers!
https://www.meetup.com/writers-of-she...
http://www.scottcoonscifi.com/Appeara...
A FREE Panel for Writers, Open to the Public! Just show up and have a seat. 😊
When:
Saturday, October 25th at 3 pm
Where:
Studio City Library
12511 Moorpark St,
Studio City, CA 91604
THE AUTHORS
Scott Coon
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Scott-C...
Scott Coon is a published novelist, an award-winning short story writer, and a former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst. His afterlife fiction, Godless Armageddon, was recently #1 on the hot new releases in atheist books on Amazon.
Rie Lee
https://riewrites.org
RIE LEE is a recovering true believer whose debut novel, Vessel, recently won a 2025 Literary Global Children's Book Award. She's a little too obsessed with cults and almost definitely on some kind of FBI watchlist for researching pipe bombs.
She is an alum of the MFA at EWU and is currently pursuing an MLIS focusing on the intersection of trust and information. Originally from Fresno, California, she now spends most of her free time at multiple libraries, indie bookstores, and coffee shops in the Los Angeles area, writing books or working on civic engagement initiatives.
Vance Mitchell Gloster
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXK5K2Q1
Vance Gloster is an award-winning writer who had a career as a computer scientist working on the Space Shuttle program and in AI before turning to writing full-time. His sci-fi cyberthriller Two Thirds of a God was published in March. He is also a musician, having appeared on several albums.
Anne Louise Bannon
https://annelouisebannon.com/
Author Anne Louise Bannon’s husband says that his wife kills people for a living. Bannon does mostly write mysteries, including the Old Los Angeles Series, the Freddie and Kathy series, and the Operation Quickline series. She has worked as a freelance journalist for magazines and newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times.
She and her husband, Michael Holland, created a wine education blog, and she co-wrote a book on poisons. Her latest novel is book five in the Old Los Angeles series, Death of the Drunkard. She and her husband live in Southern California with an assortment of critters. Visit her website at AnneLouiseBannon.com.
Janet Wertman
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Janet-W...
Janet Wertman’s critically acclaimed, character-driven historical novels reflect a passion for the Tudor era she had harbored since she was eight years old. Janet also runs a blog (www.janetwertman.com) and YouTube channel where she posts interesting takes on the Tudors and what it’s like to write about them.
Not Oct 4
Eli Donovan
https://www.instagram.com/elidonovanw...
Eli Donovan is an author who thinks dinosaurs are just neat and grew up reading too many Jane Goodall biographies. She’s the author of Time Traitors, first in a series of adventurous time travel adventures with dinosaurs, and The Fairy Tales of Lyond, a series of feminist fairy tale retellings. Eli lives in Southern California with a husband, kids, and too many dinosaur toys. You can find her online at www.elidonovan.wordpress.com, on Instagram @elidonovanwriter and on BlueSky at elidonovanwriter.bsky.social.
good
Erik Day
https://erikday.wordpress.com/conjure...
Erik Day has the bad habit of reverse-engineering reality until he finds out how to make the impossible, real. Then he writes about it. Erik is a crisis response specialist, former television production guy, and a writing coach with the Quill & Pint Writers' Workshop in Burbank, California. Now he's sharing the stories that power his imagination.
October 12, 2025
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast - October 25 at Studio City Public Library! ✍️
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
October 25 at Studio City Public Library! ✍️
Scott Coon SciFi Presents:
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
The organization may be gone, but the spirit lives on! Get ready to write a lot of words in November with this FREE panel for writers!
https://www.meetup.com/writers-of-she...
http://www.scottcoonscifi.com/Appeara...
A FREE Panel for Writers, Open to the Public! Just show up and have a seat. 😊
When:
Saturday, October 25th at 3 pm
Where:
Studio City Library
12511 Moorpark St,
Studio City, CA 91604
THE AUTHORS
Scott Coon
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Scott-C...
Scott Coon is a published novelist, an award-winning short story writer, and a former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst. His afterlife fiction, Godless Armageddon, was recently #1 on the hot new releases in atheist books on Amazon.
Rie Lee
https://riewrites.org
RIE LEE is a recovering true believer whose debut novel, Vessel, recently won a 2025 Literary Global Children's Book Award. She's a little too obsessed with cults and almost definitely on some kind of FBI watchlist for researching pipe bombs.
She is an alum of the MFA at EWU and is currently pursuing an MLIS focusing on the intersection of trust and information. Originally from Fresno, California, she now spends most of her free time at multiple libraries, indie bookstores, and coffee shops in the Los Angeles area, writing books or working on civic engagement initiatives.
Vance Mitchell Gloster
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXK5K2Q1
Vance Gloster is an award-winning writer who had a career as a computer scientist working on the Space Shuttle program and in AI before turning to writing full-time. His sci-fi cyberthriller Two Thirds of a God was published in March. He is also a musician, having appeared on several albums.
Anne Louise Bannon
https://annelouisebannon.com/
Author Anne Louise Bannon’s husband says that his wife kills people for a living. Bannon does mostly write mysteries, including the Old Los Angeles Series, the Freddie and Kathy series, and the Operation Quickline series. She has worked as a freelance journalist for magazines and newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times.
She and her husband, Michael Holland, created a wine education blog, and she co-wrote a book on poisons. Her latest novel is book five in the Old Los Angeles series, Death of the Drunkard. She and her husband live in Southern California with an assortment of critters. Visit her website at AnneLouiseBannon.com.
Janet Wertman
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Janet-W...
Janet Wertman’s critically acclaimed, character-driven historical novels reflect a passion for the Tudor era she had harbored since she was eight years old. Janet also runs a blog (www.janetwertman.com) and YouTube channel where she posts interesting takes on the Tudors and what it’s like to write about them.
Not Oct 4
Eli Donovan
https://www.instagram.com/elidonovanw...
Eli Donovan is an author who thinks dinosaurs are just neat and grew up reading too many Jane Goodall biographies. She’s the author of Time Traitors, first in a series of adventurous time travel adventures with dinosaurs, and The Fairy Tales of Lyond, a series of feminist fairy tale retellings. Eli lives in Southern California with a husband, kids, and too many dinosaur toys. You can find her online at www.elidonovan.wordpress.com, on Instagram @elidonovanwriter and on BlueSky at elidonovanwriter.bsky.social.
good
Erik Day
https://erikday.wordpress.com/conjure...
Erik Day has the bad habit of reverse-engineering reality until he finds out how to make the impossible, real. Then he writes about it. Erik is a crisis response specialist, former television production guy, and a writing coach with the Quill & Pint Writers' Workshop in Burbank, California. Now he's sharing the stories that power his imagination.
October 25 at Studio City Public Library! ✍️
Scott Coon SciFi Presents:
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
The organization may be gone, but the spirit lives on! Get ready to write a lot of words in November with this FREE panel for writers!
https://www.meetup.com/writers-of-she...
http://www.scottcoonscifi.com/Appeara...
A FREE Panel for Writers, Open to the Public! Just show up and have a seat. 😊
When:
Saturday, October 25th at 3 pm
Where:
Studio City Library
12511 Moorpark St,
Studio City, CA 91604
THE AUTHORS
Scott Coon
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Scott-C...
Scott Coon is a published novelist, an award-winning short story writer, and a former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst. His afterlife fiction, Godless Armageddon, was recently #1 on the hot new releases in atheist books on Amazon.
Rie Lee
https://riewrites.org
RIE LEE is a recovering true believer whose debut novel, Vessel, recently won a 2025 Literary Global Children's Book Award. She's a little too obsessed with cults and almost definitely on some kind of FBI watchlist for researching pipe bombs.
She is an alum of the MFA at EWU and is currently pursuing an MLIS focusing on the intersection of trust and information. Originally from Fresno, California, she now spends most of her free time at multiple libraries, indie bookstores, and coffee shops in the Los Angeles area, writing books or working on civic engagement initiatives.
Vance Mitchell Gloster
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXK5K2Q1
Vance Gloster is an award-winning writer who had a career as a computer scientist working on the Space Shuttle program and in AI before turning to writing full-time. His sci-fi cyberthriller Two Thirds of a God was published in March. He is also a musician, having appeared on several albums.
Anne Louise Bannon
https://annelouisebannon.com/
Author Anne Louise Bannon’s husband says that his wife kills people for a living. Bannon does mostly write mysteries, including the Old Los Angeles Series, the Freddie and Kathy series, and the Operation Quickline series. She has worked as a freelance journalist for magazines and newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times.
She and her husband, Michael Holland, created a wine education blog, and she co-wrote a book on poisons. Her latest novel is book five in the Old Los Angeles series, Death of the Drunkard. She and her husband live in Southern California with an assortment of critters. Visit her website at AnneLouiseBannon.com.
Janet Wertman
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Janet-W...
Janet Wertman’s critically acclaimed, character-driven historical novels reflect a passion for the Tudor era she had harbored since she was eight years old. Janet also runs a blog (www.janetwertman.com) and YouTube channel where she posts interesting takes on the Tudors and what it’s like to write about them.
Not Oct 4
Eli Donovan
https://www.instagram.com/elidonovanw...
Eli Donovan is an author who thinks dinosaurs are just neat and grew up reading too many Jane Goodall biographies. She’s the author of Time Traitors, first in a series of adventurous time travel adventures with dinosaurs, and The Fairy Tales of Lyond, a series of feminist fairy tale retellings. Eli lives in Southern California with a husband, kids, and too many dinosaur toys. You can find her online at www.elidonovan.wordpress.com, on Instagram @elidonovanwriter and on BlueSky at elidonovanwriter.bsky.social.
good
Erik Day
https://erikday.wordpress.com/conjure...
Erik Day has the bad habit of reverse-engineering reality until he finds out how to make the impossible, real. Then he writes about it. Erik is a crisis response specialist, former television production guy, and a writing coach with the Quill & Pint Writers' Workshop in Burbank, California. Now he's sharing the stories that power his imagination.
October 1, 2025
The Queer of the Spirit: How Coming Out Plays into Religious Journeys
The Queer of the Spirit: How Coming Out Plays into Religious Journeys
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 1 pm
Underdog Bookstore
312 South Myrtle Avenue
Monrovia, CA 91016
http://www.underdogbookstore.org/
Local authors Rie Lee and Scott Coon discuss the intersection of queerness and spirituality. The authors will discuss the myths their religious environments taught them about queerness, how they realized they were queer, and how their spiritual journeys intertwined with their queer journeys, ultimately arriving at a place of peace. Celebrate National Coming Out Day with this unique discussion.
Scott Coon’s latest novel, GODLESS ARMAGEDDON, features a gay soldier in a never before imagined afterlife and touches on sexual tolerance, not just for people of different orientations but also of the spectrum of proclivity. Coon’s spiritual journey has led him to atheism, and – disappointed by how the afterlife has been posited in other works of fiction – created an afterlife world that gives space for aliens, religion, reincarnation, and ghosts.
http://www.ScottCoonSciFi.com/
Rie Lee’s novel, VESSEL, is a reflection of the author’s personal coming-out/deconstruction journey and reflects strongly on modern themes of a conservative culture trying to reinforce cishet gender roles and reproductive choices made by a select few for the masses. Queer readers in heteronormative religions and anyone in a high-control environment especially may find affirmation through this book.
https://riewrites.org/vessel
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 1 pm
Underdog Bookstore
312 South Myrtle Avenue
Monrovia, CA 91016
http://www.underdogbookstore.org/
Local authors Rie Lee and Scott Coon discuss the intersection of queerness and spirituality. The authors will discuss the myths their religious environments taught them about queerness, how they realized they were queer, and how their spiritual journeys intertwined with their queer journeys, ultimately arriving at a place of peace. Celebrate National Coming Out Day with this unique discussion.
Scott Coon’s latest novel, GODLESS ARMAGEDDON, features a gay soldier in a never before imagined afterlife and touches on sexual tolerance, not just for people of different orientations but also of the spectrum of proclivity. Coon’s spiritual journey has led him to atheism, and – disappointed by how the afterlife has been posited in other works of fiction – created an afterlife world that gives space for aliens, religion, reincarnation, and ghosts.
http://www.ScottCoonSciFi.com/
Rie Lee’s novel, VESSEL, is a reflection of the author’s personal coming-out/deconstruction journey and reflects strongly on modern themes of a conservative culture trying to reinforce cishet gender roles and reproductive choices made by a select few for the masses. Queer readers in heteronormative religions and anyone in a high-control environment especially may find affirmation through this book.
https://riewrites.org/vessel
September 29, 2025
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
Scott Coon SciFi Presents: How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
The org may be gone, but the spirit lives on! Get ready to write a lot of words in November with this FREE panel for writers!
Studio City Library
Oct 25, 3pm
https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/...
The org may be gone, but the spirit lives on! Get ready to write a lot of words in November with this FREE panel for writers!
Studio City Library
Oct 25, 3pm
https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/...
September 5, 2025
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast - October 25 at Studio City Public Library! ✍️
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
October 25 at Studio City Public Library! ✍️
https://www.meetup.com/writers-of-she...
http://www.scottcoonscifi.com/Appeara...
Scott Coon SciFi Presents:
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
The organization may be gone, but the spirit lives on! Get ready to write a lot of words in November with this FREE panel for writers!
A FREE Panel for Writers, Open to the Public! Just show up and have a seat. 😊
When:
Saturday, October 25th at 3 pm
Where:
Studio City Library
12511 Moorpark St,
Studio City, CA 91604
Panel Authors:
Scott Coon (Moderator)
Erik Days
Eli Donovan
Rie Lee
Vance Mitchell Gloster
Janet Wertman
Anne Louise Bannon
October 25 at Studio City Public Library! ✍️
https://www.meetup.com/writers-of-she...
http://www.scottcoonscifi.com/Appeara...
Scott Coon SciFi Presents:
How To Write a Lot of Words and Fast
The organization may be gone, but the spirit lives on! Get ready to write a lot of words in November with this FREE panel for writers!
A FREE Panel for Writers, Open to the Public! Just show up and have a seat. 😊
When:
Saturday, October 25th at 3 pm
Where:
Studio City Library
12511 Moorpark St,
Studio City, CA 91604
Panel Authors:
Scott Coon (Moderator)
Erik Days
Eli Donovan
Rie Lee
Vance Mitchell Gloster
Janet Wertman
Anne Louise Bannon
August 21, 2025
Godless Armageddon – Meet the Characters
Godless Armageddon – Meet the Characters
Meet the two principal characters from my acclaimed novel, Godless Armageddon.
https://youtube.com/shorts/7K6lG8yUZy4
Meet the two principal characters from my acclaimed novel, Godless Armageddon.
https://youtube.com/shorts/7K6lG8yUZy4
August 14, 2025
S. L. Cook - The Little Creative Interview on Scott Coon Sci Fi
S. L. Cook - The Little Creative Interview on Scott Coon Sci Fi
The Little Creative Interview with
S. L. Cook
S.L. Cook is an Emmy-award winning news and sports producer who enjoys discovering compelling stories. He has traveled extensively throughout his life to find them. His new thriller novel, A Snow Leopard Named Midas, is available now!
Read the interview at www.ScottCoonSciFi.com NOW!
Scott Coon Sci Fi: Read the Unexpected
http://www.scottcoonscifi.com/LCI.html
The Little Creative Interview with
S. L. Cook
S.L. Cook is an Emmy-award winning news and sports producer who enjoys discovering compelling stories. He has traveled extensively throughout his life to find them. His new thriller novel, A Snow Leopard Named Midas, is available now!
Read the interview at www.ScottCoonSciFi.com NOW!
Scott Coon Sci Fi: Read the Unexpected
http://www.scottcoonscifi.com/LCI.html
August 1, 2025
Now in these Bookstores!
GODLESS ARMAGEDDON
Now in these Bookstores!
Vroman's Bookstore
https://www.vromansbookstore.com/
695 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101-2116
Section: Local Author, Science Fiction
!! SOLD OUT !!
…but you can still order it!
Book Star Barnes and Nobel
12136 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604
https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/sto...
Section: Philosophy
Flintridge Books
https://www.flintridgebooks.com/
858 Foothill Blvd,
La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
Section: Local Author
https://mailchi.mp/78308f41f4eb/godle...
Now in these Bookstores!
Vroman's Bookstore
https://www.vromansbookstore.com/
695 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101-2116
Section: Local Author, Science Fiction
!! SOLD OUT !!
…but you can still order it!
Book Star Barnes and Nobel
12136 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604
https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/sto...
Section: Philosophy
Flintridge Books
https://www.flintridgebooks.com/
858 Foothill Blvd,
La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
Section: Local Author
https://mailchi.mp/78308f41f4eb/godle...
July 31, 2025
Scott Coon Sci-Fi—August 2025—Contests, Events, and MORE!
Scott Coon Sci-Fi—August 2025—Contests, Events, and MORE!
IN THIS ISSUE
Creating Compelling Characters 1-hour Panel on YouTube
CRAFT First Chapters Contest 2025
WD: Science Fiction and Fantasy VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
…and more!
https://mailchi.mp/84a7da113b96/scott...
IN THIS ISSUE
Creating Compelling Characters 1-hour Panel on YouTube
CRAFT First Chapters Contest 2025
WD: Science Fiction and Fantasy VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
…and more!
https://mailchi.mp/84a7da113b96/scott...
July 25, 2025
Scott Coon SciFi Presents: Creating Compelling Characters
!! NOW ON YouTube !!
Scott Coon SciFi Presents:
Creating Compelling Characters
A One-hour Author Panel for ALL Writers
A good narrative needs a compelling main character to drive it forward. And that character needs other characters to drive them forward. Even Tom Hanks’ character in Castaway had Wilson. Learn from published authors how to craft compelling characters of your own.
WATCH NOW ON YouTube!
https://youtu.be/BU_XsLuhqFo
MODERATOR
Bryan Mahoney
THE PANEL
Scott Coon
Anne Louise Bannon
Janet Wertman
Marcy Dewey Mahoney
Vance Mitchell Gloster
Gerry Gainford
Rie Lee
Scott Coon SciFi Presents:
Creating Compelling Characters
A One-hour Author Panel for ALL Writers
A good narrative needs a compelling main character to drive it forward. And that character needs other characters to drive them forward. Even Tom Hanks’ character in Castaway had Wilson. Learn from published authors how to craft compelling characters of your own.
WATCH NOW ON YouTube!
https://youtu.be/BU_XsLuhqFo
MODERATOR
Bryan Mahoney
THE PANEL
Scott Coon
Anne Louise Bannon
Janet Wertman
Marcy Dewey Mahoney
Vance Mitchell Gloster
Gerry Gainford
Rie Lee
Scott Coon Sci Fi
Scott Coon has been published in various magazines and has won accolades for his short stories. He served for six years in the U.S. Army as an Intelligence Analyst, including a tour in Kuwait where he
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