Claire Kidwell

Hi Raquel! How do you feel about sci-fi with zero aliens? 😅 And fairytale retellings? Non-submission related, what’s a recent read and/or watch that’s brought you joy recently?

Scallion pancakes! Really simple and tasty snack that uses discard, we’ve also used it in regular pancakes too.

Thank you so much! Earth isn’t as recognizable but humanity is very much the same, and the focus is way more on the story than the tech/science, more The Ghost & Mrs. Muir vibes.

And now I gotta know, what’s your favorite Trolls movie and why, as someone who hasn’t seen any 🤣

Follow up question, what are some of your favorite sweet romances you’ve read or watched recently?

Hi there! Coming here with a similar question as I have a Beauty and the Beast sci-fi retelling, my writer’s group says it’s soft sci-fi, but it does take place in the far future (earth is abandoned, archaeologists going back to explore) though I try to keep it recognizable. How far is too far?

Oh perfect, glad I asked and thanks for clarifying!

Hi there! Does the AI red flag extend to copying a human consciousness to exist as a computer program?

Hi Miranda! For sci-fi, I saw you like ones that focus on alternative history. What are your feelings on sci-fi that stems from possible futures loosely based on today’s world? And how do you feel about fairytale retellings?

Hi there! First off congrats on the new cat, she’s gorgeous! Secondly, what’s your preference on retellings? I saw you like Cinder and I have a soft sci-fi fairytale retelling, but curious what you look for and if there are retellings that are a no-go for you.

For my MC: Grumpy, stressed, and driven 😤

Not great, you all are fantastic and I don’t want to pick! At least my MS is light sci-fi which narrows it down a smidge 😅😭

Emerging from the void to say YAY it’s #RevPit time again!!! So excited to meet all the authors submitting, this is such a great community! Now I just have to wrap up edits and write a synopsis before the submission window opens 😅

A graph depicting words written per day in the month of November. It averages out to about 1,500 words per day.

Few days behind posting this, but I wrote over 48k in November! ✨ Feeling so excited the end of my first draft is in sight, just one more scene and the epilogue to go for my sci-fi BATB retelling! 🥀🤖🏺

#writesky #nanowrimo #FiFRevPit

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Must have a cup of tea, and right now listening to the Silksong soundtrack on repeat 😂

Still got a good chunk of writing in, even with the craziness of the shutdown ending! Dare I say the end of draft one is in sight??

A mix of Titan AE, Ex Machina, and Lost in Space 🚀✨

#FiFRevPit

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Wrote over 10k this week, which is the most I’ve ever done in that timeframe!

The hardest part, I struggle with this too so much 😭

Either! Could just be something along the lines of the blacksmith brings up memories long buried by grief or you could say some more explicitly, just a dash more info to get folks hooked. But I think you’re on the right track and as a reader I would definitely pick this up!

You had me at interplanetary librarians!! 📚🪐 I would love to know a little bit more about how it could change the world though, would there be less censored content?

Thank you!! And yeah, trying to subvert BATB tropes in this story too, no kidnapping or holding people against their will here.

Ohhhhh this sounds like Stardust but better and more action-packed/darker which is awesome!!

“Face the fairy tale that haunts her family name” is SUCH a good line! Love the darker Grimm vibes too!

Ooooh love the graphic and the set up, would love to know more about how the blacksmith is tied to her grief/what memories they bring up, but I’m so intrigued!

A collage of photos with text in the middle saying “Archaeologists will date any old thing.” The other pictures include a circuit board, archaeology tools, a record player, a museum interior, an astronaut looking at San Francisco buried in sand, a man holding a dark rose, a person reaching out to a ghostly figure, and an espresso machine.

BEAUTY & THE BEAST x STAR TREK

Roan, part of the last team of archaeologists sent to Earth, stumbles into an ancient bunker haunted by the AI mind of a trillionaire. She’s the only one who can fix his tech, but can she save him before Earth is swallowed by the Sun?

#MockPit #FiFRevPit

Would love help with comps! My query comps are The Stardust Grail and In The Lives of Puppets.

BATB x STAR TREK

🏺Roan thought she was going to Earth to save her boss after a failed expedition.

🤖 Instead she found love in the form of a repentant trillionaire trapped in an AI.

🥀 Will she risk deadly solar storms, stealing spaceships, and losing her tenure to save them?

#MockPit #FiFRevPit