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From ‘329 Years Awake’ #Scifi #novel: 1986 #UFO Incident
November 17, 1986. Commercial Flight Air Japan enroute Paris-Tokyo Over the Alaskan Air Space 20:15 Hrs “Anchorage, do you read me?” Sh-sh-sh “Yes, Japan 1628. Loud and clear.” Sh-sh-sh “Anchorage, eh… do we have traffic intersecting our trajectory?” Sh-sh-sh Click click “Ah… Negative…” Sh-sh-sh. “Anchorage, we have a visual on a… perhaps an aircraft carrier.” […]
I Have a Productivity Problem
The problem is simple: I cannot write without blogging. I started this blog in Jan. 2016, and around February I started blogging a sci fi series that I made up episode by episode. I hardly had any followers (even now I don’t have very many), but by March 18 I had a complete first draft […]
#Submission Call for #BookReviews #Fiction
Special attention to the book reviewers! If you have read and reviewed recent (defined loosely) novels that blew your socks off and you are really passionate about them, you can publish a review in the Scaffolding magazine! Send your proposals to the email EllieMaloneyFiction@gmail.com with the links or attachments of your reviews. Note: the review […]
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 […]
My First #Betareader report
Getting your work critiqued is probably the scariest thing ever, but I couldn’t wait to get that sort of a feedback. It was so insightful! And the fact that my reader liked it and wants to read the second book is just gravy! For those of you who wonder where I got the reader, I […]
Ellie Maloney on Facebook – Let’s Be Friends
My dear followers! Over the past five months I have been sharing my thoughts and insights with you. I have met over 150 people who wished to follow me on the quest of diving into the world of sci fi. All of you are amazingly talented in your own way. We all create interesting content […]
[Day 2] Seveneves by Neal Stephenson #HugoChallenge Book Club
Read all the entries for the Seveneves Last night I set out on reading the Seveneves, that I challenged myself and everyone interested to by the #HugoChallenge: 5 books in 13 weeks. I didn’t get very far last night as I ended up distracted by a random fact that only the Stargate fans would understand. […]
Book Club: #HugoChallenge [Day 1] Five Books in Three Months, 200 Pages A Week
Day 1. May 23, 2016. Monday. I threw a party. Cake, pot brownies and a pitcher of frozen margarita is ready to go, but nobody showed up yet. Formally, I mean. I have some friends that will be joining, so it is a very small cozy party so far. I will be reading Seveneves […]
Book Club: Hugo Award Challenge. Five Books in Three Months #HugoChallenge
Hi there! Hugo Award for the best 2015 science fiction and fantasy novel will be announced on August 20, 2016. This is exactly 13 weeks away, and there are five shortlisted sci fi and fantasy books, all are fantastic reading choices, voted by the fans. Would you like to join me on a reading […]