Overall Jalapeño Score: 9/10 (4.5/5) Plot summary What would happen if you were an 18-year old teenage girl living in a loving, but truly dysfunctional family? What if your father adventurously invested all the family assets, including your college fund, and, obviously blew all of it? What if you still want to go to a […]
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Bragging Time! Another Beta Reader’s Report! #Scifi
Viola van de Sandt’s favorite novels are those from the nineteenth and early-twentieth century. Some of her most cherished literature pieces are: The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton; If nobody speaks of remarkable things, by Jon McGregor; Close to the Knives, by David Wojnarowicz; Bleak House and David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens; the Inspector […]
The Runaway Sun. #ShortStory #Scifi / Children’s. #Blogbattle
Hi everyone! I am back to the #Blogbattle, with a short story that I’ve written about 3 years ago, because Inspiration is a witch, folks, and however I tried, I did not come up with anything original. So here it is: Genre: sci fi, prompt word: tea. Hope you like it! The rules to the #blogbattle competition […]
Indie Audio Book for the Youtube Channel?
NEWS: I have new blog artwork and several new social media accounts! Namely, I recently signed up for an Instagram and Youtube. Instagram already has some photos and will have many-many more, because I just had two professional photo sessions and you will be able to see a lot more of me from now on. […]
Three Incredible Life Stories on Youtube – Inspiration for Writers
Hi there! I am following several you tubers, whose life stories I am interested in. Often writers look for inspiration, and I realized that these public figures are an incredible source of storylines. Here’s my selection of the most raw and memorable videos I’ve come across. I’m HIV+ (48hrs After Finding Out). I am new […]
Meet a New Contributing Writer: Julia Satu
Folks, please stop by Julia’s web site and say hi. Julia Satu is a writer and avid reader, and she is going to write a review for the 2016 Jalapeño Fiction Award on the debut novel “Echo: Approaching Shatter” by Kent Wayne. By the way, Kent and I were talking about an interview in the […]
My New Discovery: Indie Author Opher Goodwin
Sir Opher is an author of 49 books, a good chunk of which are science fiction. We need to know more about people like him. That is why I am posting a link to the 3-part interview with the author: Part 2 Part 3 (can’t find the part 1, but I will update later).
Hugo Award vs Jalapeno Fiction Award: A Call For Guest Posts
Thousands of science fiction fanciers anticipate August 20, 2016 more than Christmas and Birthday altogether. This is the date when the Hugo Awards will be selected from the shortlisted candidates. From over 4000 submissions this year, only 85 survived the initial voting (that’s five per each of the 17 categories). We all know Hugo Awards. […]
Which SciFi Character Would Be A Perfect U.S. President, Supported By All Parties? USAF Col. Samantha Carter, #Stargate #SG1
Folks, this started as a joke on Facebook two days ago. I posted a picture of a Sci Fi character from a TV series Stargate SG 1 in a group of sci fi lovers. It gathered an impressive number of ‘likes’ by that group’s standards. The picture also generated spin-offs: The most interesting part is […]
“Ebony River’s Diary” Year 2585 Entry 1
I’m working on the concept art of Ebony River. Cartoons are not as easy as I thought. [Go to all entries] 2585: ENTRY1 Where shall I start… My name is Ebony River, I am 20 years old, and in my short lifetime, I managed to cause a diplomatic crisis between the Earth Prime […]