Mastodawn

What part of writing do I enjoy most?

There are so many parts of the process that I genuinely enjoy — building the world, imagining future technology, and developing each character and their background.

But if I had to choose one, it would be the character interactions.

That moment when a scene suddenly clicks is incredibly rewarding. When the dialogue flows naturally and the characters start reacting to each other in ways that feel real, it almost feels like I’m watching the story unfold rather than writing it.

Those are the moments that make all the planning and effort worth it.

if you write or read, what part do you enjoy the most?

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Paul Semel Mar 17

With "Children Of Strife," author Adrian Tchaikovsky is continuing the hard science fiction series "Children Of Time" that he launched with the titular novel in 2015. To learn more about this story and saga, check out this exclusive interview.
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Paul Semel Mar 17

With "Children Of Strife," author Adrian Tchaikovsky is continuing the hard science fiction series "Children Of Time" that he launched with the titular novel in 2015. To learn more about this story and saga, check out this exclusive interview.
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Inkican Mar 13

Empty space boosts ultra thin semiconductors. How would you treat vacuum as a character not a backdrop? http://scitechdaily.com/how-empty-space-is-supercharging-atomically-thin-semiconductors #STEM #hardscifi

How “Empty Space” Is Supercharging Atomically Thin Semiconductors

A single layer of atoms may seem too thin to meaningfully interact with light, yet materials like tungsten disulfide are reshaping what is possible in nanophotonics. Researchers have now found a way to dramatically strengthen these interactions. Atomically thin semiconductors such as tungsten dis

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Paul Semel Mar 13

In my new interview with author Travis S. Taylor, he not only talks about his new action thriller hard science fiction novel "Apogee," the second in a trilogy, but also how this series might go backwards...
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Paul Semel Mar 13

In my new interview with author Travis S. Taylor, he not only talks about his new action thriller hard science fiction novel "Apogee," the second in a trilogy, but also how this series might go backwards...
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-apogee-author-travis-s-taylor/
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Inkican Mar 11

Quantum materials do energy tricks our technobabble guessed at. Does that make you want better science or better? http://vibes sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260227071922.htm #STEM #hardscifi

Jeffrey C. Jacobs Mar 7

Project Kronosphere (v0;02L) is in Beta. 27 years of engineering. 100k-word Hard Sci-Fi build.
Seeking Science-Chasers to audit internal physics and temporal logic. If you can stress-test a complex system, I'd value your eyes on this.
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Beta Read, Project Kronosphere: A Braided Stream in Time

If you choose to join Jeffrey C. Jacobs' Project Kronosphere: A Braided Stream in Time review, you will experience a high-stakes journey where the laws of physics are just the beginning of the chaos. As a reader, you’ll be thrust into the mind of Kévin Harrison, a brilliant but impetuous French researcher who travels to Montréal to work with the legendary Professor Rebecca Priestley. You’ll experience the awe of discovering the Kronosphere, a functioning time machine that Priestley calls "the most significant leap in science since the discovery of fire." But you will quickly find that this miracle carries a heavy price. You will navigate a labyrinth of conflicting agendas: A secret tragedy haunts the Professor; she hopes the Kronosphere might mitigate it, yet she is terrified of the paradoxes that changing history could unleash. Marie du Temps, Kévin’s mysterious lover, is far more than she seems and is strangely interested in the Kronosphere. The Braided Stream: What would you make of your future self? Could you change your destiny? The tension breaks with a break-in on the Saturday before school starts, when Kévin is too eager to wait for the public reveal, and Marie somehow knows it's going to go wrong. Will the Professor allow Kévin to join her team, or will she banish him with the threat of her cane?

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