by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I’m really interested in what happens when you have a lot of something. So, I CONTINUE to have an idea for a novel which would flip the script on The Martian concept.
Instead of one man struggling on Mars, it would be about how you would handle being able to zap 1 billion humans to three hospitable plants in a new solar system.
I have mulled this scenario for about 20 years at this point. But it has only been with the advent of AI that I have had the resources to really get down into the nitty-gritty of exactly how you would do it.
But I have all these other ideas I’m either actively writing or thinking about. And, what’s more, I just can’t figure out a plot. I have a general one, but I keep thinking about how I want to write three books instead of just one.
I keep doing this. I have to stop. I need to focus on just the main passion project novel and, when I can, work on the backup scifi novel. I still hope — barring the end of the world — to begin querying my first novel this coming spring as soon as possible.
