Scott Coon's Blog: Scott Coon Sci Fi - Posts Tagged "entertainment"

PLANET BUILDING

In this video, I talk about planet building…not world building, planets.

Earth is not normal, and mono-climates are not interesting. Sci-Fi and fantasy writers can do better. Before you create another world, let me help you think beyond Earth.

After the video, you can read my Planet Building article at Damien Larkin Books:

https://www.damienlarkinbooks.com/mar...

See the video here!
https://youtu.be/jaH9fMZfta8

Links to FIVE Writing Contests,
Writers' Digest Conference News,
New Writing Resources,
AND MORE!

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COMING SOON:

Trademark a Tragedy as read by popular comic Alex Caine

Until then…
They said it was shuttle-fever, but he was sure the others planned to kill him. When they answer a distress call in deep space…

HAPPY PILLS AND CANDY BARS

From HUNGUR Magazine, Issue #6
Hear it in this animated video!

https://youtu.be/m2J4xOtDUMk

Trademark: a Tragedy
as read by popular stand up comic Alex Caine

Published in Nth Degree Magazine, 2010
It's the tragedy that's actually a comedy.
WARNING: May Contain Lawyer Jokes…okay, it's all lawyer jokes.

Hear it in this animated video!

https://youtu.be/ZaANAh5gIx8

Check out My Book Place
LOST HELIX is a featured book!

Stuck on an asteroid mining facility, DJ dreams of writing music, not something you can do for a living out there. When his dad goes missing, DJ finds a file containing evidence of a secret war of industrial sabotage, a file encrypted by his dad using DJ’s song LOST HELIX. Caught in a crossfire of lies, DJ must find his father and the mother he never knew.

https://mybookplace.net/featured-post...

Coming in the September Scott Coon SciFi Newsletter

Learn about these CONTESTS:
…SCREENCRAFT -Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition
…SCREENCRAFT - TV PILOT Screenwriting Competition
…2020 Book Pipeline: Unpublished Competition
…Writer's Digest Personal Essay Awards
…NEW LETTERS: $1,000 Editor's Choice Award
…THE ROSWELL AWARD
…DEADLINE: 2/1/2021
…THE TOMORROW PRIZE For Los Angeles County High School Students
…The Fractured Lit Micro Fiction Prize
And MORE!

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The Loneliest Advertisement Bot
By award winning short story writer Scott Coon

The lonely ad bot went into the wilds of the internet again, determined to be make a true friend today, and then help its true friend live a happier life through the deliciousness of Yum-E-Yum Gum.

This story was featured in Bewildering Stories’ Issue 800 and in Bewildering Stories’ First Quarterly Review of 2019.

After the video, read it and all my published short stories here!
http://www.scottcoonscifi.com/Publish...

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Prospectus: A Literary Offering
MFA or Not: A Science Fiction Writer's Perspective

“No publisher ever asked me for my educational history, only my bylines,” Scott Coon writes provocatively in his opinion piece on the MFA controversy this week.

http://www.prospectusliterary.com/blo...

Read my Little Creative Interview with Sherry Ellis

Sherry Ellis is an award-winning author and professional musician who plays and teaches the violin, viola, and piano. When she is not writing or engaged in musical activities, she can be found doing household chores, hiking, or exploring the world. Ellis lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Sherry Ellis’ Bubba and Squirt’s Big Dig to China won the Reader’s Favorites Silver Medal. Bubba and Squirt’s Mayan Adventure is available now.

Interview available here:

http://www.scottcoonscifi.com/LCI.html