Month: October 2024

The Trans Movement As Precursor To The Android Movement

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Much of the same dynamic that we see swirling around the Trans movement will be seen when the futureshock of androids walking around in public happens. The key thing I’m thinking about is, of course, human-android relationships.

That is going to be enough to really freak some people out. A lot — A LOT — of people are going to go nuts when they see androids and humans holding hands in public. And the thing is — it’s going to happen a lot sooner than you might otherwise thing, probably no later than 2030.

Anyway. It’s just something to think about. It’s going to be very profound when it happens, especially in the context of the population collapsing because no babies will be born anymore.

‘Passion Project’

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

It’s becoming clear to me that the novel I’m been working on for ages now should be seen as something of a “passion project.” I have a few scifi novels that are clearly more obliviously marketable in a direct way that I can work on in addition to my novel about a former stripper obsessed with owning a community newspaper.

My passion project was inspired by Stieg Larsson’s Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Adding the stripper element to the novel, while making it by definition more provocative and interesting, also makes it tougher to sell to some people — especially women. And, yet, I’ve decided to rewrite much, if not all, of the thing, so I find myself having about another year of work to do before I can seriously begin the querying process.

Meanwhile, I feel very nervous about the passion project’s fate, to the point that I want to force myself to write on the backup scifi novels. The ideas are really good, it’s just there so different that it’s tough for me to switch gears when writing them.

And, yet, I have got to do something. I can’t put all my eggs in one basket. I really need to accept that the more options I have in regards to novel writing the more possibilities I have to actually getting something sold.

So, I need to grow up some.