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J.L. Forrest

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in Morrison, Colorado, The United States

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http://www.jlforrest.com

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Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction

Influences

Kim Stanley Robinson, Neil Gaiman, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Gibson, ...more

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J.L. Forrest migrates in regular patterns between the Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountains, and Italia.

He is an award-winning science-fiction and fantasy writer who doesn't believe in genres, who believes every excellent story told well has equal value.

You can reach him here at Goodreads, at http://www.jlforrest.com, on Twitter @WordForrest, through the SFWA, or on Amazon at http://amazon.com/author/jlforrest.

Forrest has been published by Crossed Genres, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, the Robot Cowgirl Press, Third Flatiron, and others. He is an Active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and a writing fiend. ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

J.L. Forrest I've never had writer's block. I know that's a trite answer, and of no help to those who do, so I'll try to give a better one:

Picasso said, "Inspirati…moreI've never had writer's block. I know that's a trite answer, and of no help to those who do, so I'll try to give a better one:

Picasso said, "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." For me, writing is a practice, not something I do only when I feel inspired. On some days, the words flowing through the pen aren't the best, but I write them anyway. Always, I find one of two things happens with those words:

Within an hour or so, the words feel better, smoother, and more inspired. The mere motion of the pen, the creation of words, leads to better words.

Or later, when I'm rewriting, it turns out those words weren't so unimportant or uninspired after all. They shine in the polish.

Writing is writing. Just keep at it.(less)

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J.L. Forrest Living in and exploring my own personal worlds, scratching into parts of my psyche which most people in the workaday world never get to see in themsel…moreLiving in and exploring my own personal worlds, scratching into parts of my psyche which most people in the workaday world never get to see in themselves. That, by far, is the best part of writing.

Close behind it, few things give me more joy than when someone reads my work and resonates with it. When my words speak to someone else, entertain them or show them something in their own psyche worth meeting, I'm deeply pleased.

Thirdly, comfy pants. Sometimes, I get to hang out all day in comfy pants and call it work.(less)

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Average rating: 4.09 · 167 ratings · 50 reviews · 17 distinct works

	When the World Ends: A Novella of Old Gods, New Gods, and a Darkly Future (Songs at the End of the World Book 1) 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Delicate Ministrations 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gods of the New Moons (Songs at the End of the World Book 2) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minuscule Truths: Short Fictions 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alien Abduction: Collected Short Fiction 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Essay: Science Fiction and the Personal-Political

Science Fiction and the Personal-Political

This essay begins with the following premise:

Everything is political in the sense that any action we take or decision we make or conclusion we reach rests on assumptions, norms, and values not everyone would affirm. That is, everything we do is rooted in a contestable point of origin; and since the realm of the contestable is the realm of politics, ever