all things fiction

Would be great to get a sense of who's in the group.

I'll go first:

Favourite genre(s): international mysteries, historical fiction, espionage

Favourite medium: novels, followed by the serial

Favourite aspect of fiction: setting. Plot and character are great, but nothing beats a setting that is so rich it's a character in itself. 

Last piece of fiction I really enjoyed: the Marko Della Torre series by Alen Mattich

What I'm working on: trying to finish the 3rd book in my Furtive Khan series and planning season 3 of the Accidental Intrigue audio drama

What the world of fiction needs: a better recommendation/discovery engine. There's just so much good stuff out there by unheralded creators. 

Feel free to copy the template or make your own. 😊

Favourite genre(s): faux-memoirs (think diary of Adrian mole series) near future sci fi

Favourite medium: novels but due to a lack of exposure to most other formats

Favourite aspect of fiction: escapism, expressing hard ideas

Last piece of fiction I really enjoyed: @kentb ‘s accidental intrigue!!

What I'm working on: (last abandoned) a near future sci fi on anti-aging gone wrong 

What the world of fiction needs: bookshops and cafes for hanging out and reading

/allthingsfiction. Accidental Intrigue podcast (https://accidentalintrigue.com). Furtive Khan novels (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CB6H3SH). @carboncopy-refi.

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Yes!

My sense is that a faux memoir is one of the more challenging things to write. To be able to unlock that level of character understanding is a true skill.

You've abandoned the anti-aging story?! 😢

Favourite genre(s): science fiction, personal development

Favourite medium: novels, shorts, curious about online serial fiction.

Favourite aspect of fiction: watching characters grapple, stumble, and sometimes succeed with challenges I don’t much encounter in real life. 

Last piece of fiction I really enjoyed: Inverted World by Christopher Priest

What I'm working on: Shorts I started writing in 2018…

What the world of fiction needs: I’ll restrict my comment to sci-fi. Well, there have been all kinds of tastes and tropes for decades, but I’m wondering where sci-fi goes now that we’re living it here on earth without intergalactic time travel but running into resource limits and the growing impact of anthropogenic climate disruption.