Sci-Fi Writers Panel

Join us at Village Well Books & Coffee for a lively discussion on science fiction! Authors Matt Conant, Lauren Cipollo, and Brian Fitzpatrick discuss what goes into writing a sci-fi series, influences on their respective trilogies, the pros and cons of writing with a partner, and answer important questions like: what comes first, worldbuilding or character? To be followed by a reading from the cyberpunk space adventure Parallax: Origin and a Q&A.

About the authors:

Matt Conant is a film and TV writer (Mystery Science Theater 3000), and has optioned and sold original TV projects to HBOMax, Amazon Studios, and A&E. Lauren Cipollo is a writer, illustrator, and former polar bear keeper at the San Diego Zoo, whose dystopian short story "We Used to Fly" won a Silver Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future. As co-authors, their debut novels, sci-fi trilogy Parallax, published by Aethon Books, debuted in spring 2024 and the first book, Parallax: Origin, was a #1 AmazonBesteller in Science Fiction.

Brian Fitzpatrick is the author of the bestselling science fiction trilogy Mechcraft and the co-screenwriter for the upcoming science fiction film The Simian Trials. Recently, his new cyberpunk horror short story "Deus Ex Synthetica" was published in the anthology Blood Fiction, v.2. Healso completed an epic fantasy adventure novel set in the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons campaign, The Black Ballad, from Storytellers Forge, which will be published later this year. His current project is the highly anticipated next tale in the Mechcraft saga: The Tragedy of Sasha.

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