David Somerfleck

Award-winning #Author, retired digital #marketing agency & mediation NPO owner, Center for #Progressive Leadership Fellow, and make a mean deep dish.

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Speculative Fiction, Politics, and Prophecy: When Stories Tell the Truth Too Soon
https://t.co/8eZrQguh6Y
The greatest #speculativefiction does not predict the future — it diagnoses the present with a clarity that only fictional distance allows. #Politics #ScienceFiction

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Kobo Carries the Cosmos
The One Grain of Sand audiobook is available through Kobo — sleek, seamless & waiting to shatter your senses.
https://t.co/2vnugNXjtP
#Kobo #KoboAudiobooks #KoboReads #DystopianFiction #SciFiRomance #SpeculativeFiction #Audiobook https://t.co/rpmB6nleyt

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If the Future Looks Like 2096, Can Humanity Still Be Saved?
https://t.co/hCqeIWM5Wt
The question isn't whether the future of #2096 is inevitable but whether the moral resources of a diminished #humanity are sufficient to resist it.
#DystopianFiction #SpeculativeFiction

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#dystopianfiction #dystopianbooks #literaryfiction #sciencefiction #dystopian #speculativefiction #sciencefictionauthor #speculativefictionauthor #booktok

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They Cloned Tyrone vs. The Brother From Another Planet: A Save the Cat Comparison of Two Black Urban Dystopian Science Fiction Films
https://t.co/jH80WZe8ia

#dystopian #savethecat #writing #craftofwriting #film #sciencefiction #filmmaking #screenwriting #dystopianfiction

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Why “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” Bypasses Save the Cat
https://t.co/HKWYI4EK9u
The Last Black Man in San Francisco bypasses Save the Cat for an elegiac, lyrical structure.
#storystructure #writing #savethecat #beatsheet #screenwriting

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Speculative Fiction as Social Commentary: How the Genre Has Always Done the Work
https://t.co/ZHUnOi0WSJ
Science fiction and speculative fiction can make an impact. Here's how.
#SpeculativeFiction #SocialCommentary #ScienceFiction #LiteraryAnalysis #Genre

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Stream the Shattered Sky
One Grain of Sand is on Spotify — the sci-fi epic that redefines love
https://t.co/FtgBCU0eiN
#Spotify #SpotifyAudiobooks #NowStreaming #DystopianFiction #SciFiRomance #SpeculativeFiction #Audiobook #AudiobookListener #DystopianSF #SciFiAudiobook

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H.G. Wells: Social Commentary and Predictive Vision in Speculative Fiction
https://t.co/wUWj5cpYVi
H.G. Wells used science fiction to comment on society & his impact is Legend.
#HGWells #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryAnalysis #SocialCommentary

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Neil Gaiman’s Writing Style
https://t.co/GJKM1D4VwV
Neil Gaiman's writing style transforms myth into sacred text...
#NeilGaiman #WritingStyle #Mythmaking #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #LiteraryAnalysis #TheSandman #AmericanGods #Coraline #NorseMythology #NarrativeCraft #Mythology

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Free for Library Card Holders — No Waiting
Hoopla delivers epic #scifi audio to your earbuds.
https://t.co/drOcAVbBTK
#Hoopla #HooplaDigital #LibraryAudiobook #eLibrary #DystopianFiction #SciFiRomance #SpeculativeFiction #Audiobook #AudiobookListener #DystopianSF #SciFiAudiobook

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#Writing Cinematically isn't the easiest practice, to be sure, and I'm still trying to do it to my utmost, but here are some thoughts on it: https://t.co/Y9thfGTBD6

#craftofwriting #writers #books #authors#virginiaauthor #vaauthor #sciencefictionauthor #speculativefictionauthor

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I've finally got outlines for Books 2 & 3 down. Now time to down that veggie smoothie, put on the weighted vest, and hike 4-6 miles. Tomorrow Chapter 1 & reading more PDK. If you want to read Book 1 before Books 2 & 3 come out visit https://t.co/HFaUhtP3Ze and pick your retailer.

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"A character-driven SF tale that's both riveting and frighteningly plausible." — Kirkus Reviews
"…Supremely intense and fantastically imaginative.…" — Readers' Favorite

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#sciencefiction #literature

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Online Communities for Dystopian Fiction Writers and the Readers Who Love the Dark
Here’s a rundown of online communities for dystopian fiction writers and the readers who can’t get enough.
https://t.co/HhAsiXcMgB
#dystopianfiction #dystopianfictionauthors

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Live in #Chesapeake #Virginia? Read my #dystopian #sciencefiction epic for free through our great #library system: One grain of sand https://t.co/MB06ReRJcK

#librarians #virginiaauthor #vaauthor #librarians #freebooks #sciencefictionauthor

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18 Writing Skills Every Author Needs-

Here are 18 writing tips I’ve learned along my journey from Creative Writing college graduate to published author, with some learned the hard way.

https://t.co/HYCkHXQdAA
#writing #writers #craftofwriting #writerscommunity #authors

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The Dystopian Fiction That is Closest to Today-https://t.co/s2QkOwknpd
#dystopianfiction #speculativefiction #dystopianfictionauthor #sciencefictionauthor #speculativefictionauthor

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The Narrative Structures of Cosmic Horror
https://t.co/45eFDNZXWP
Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction

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What People Will Still Fight For in 2096-https://t.co/66DXJ1r14x
Even in the diminished world of #2096, things worth fighting for haven't changed. This post maps the human constants that survive the #dystopianfiction. #sciencefiction #speculativefiction