Imorah has lived her entire life underground. She found a note this morning warning her to escape to the surface before it's too late... Above ground, in the desert wasteland, Liran has lived a life in hiding. There's a warrant out for his arrest - for future crimes he hasn't committed yet. One day his future catches up with him when he meets a girl who has no business being on the surface.... All rights reserved. Copyright by Shalon Sims, 2015.…
I don't know where this is going. I felt like writing about these strange, historic times we're living in. Part of me wants this to be fiction, while the other part of me wants it to be non-fiction. It might just have to be what it is. Just like these times we're living in---it is what it is. We're powerless over this situation but we can find power through story, through exploration, and through surrender to what is.…
~ The Dreaming: Old Shalon's Story ~ It's the year 2067, and I am living in the shattered remains of Old Vancouver -- after the Cascadia quake, after WW3, after it all ended. I've been surviving all these years through the help of a young boy named Michael, a wildling, an orphan, one of the Forgotten. He's been with me since he was a little one, but now he's all grown up. This morning he told me he's going to leave Old Vancouver. He wants me to come with him... But that's ridiculous! How can I do that? I'm too old for those kinds of shenanigans....------The Dreaming is a novel series spanning over 200 years and designed to be read in ANY order YOU choose. Start with any of these that interest you: - 2257: Imorah's Story --> Imorah has lived her entire life underground in The Shelter, with a religious cult called The Family. She's never seen the sky or breathed fresh air and The Family is the only thing she's ever known. One day Imorah's Grandmother disappears. They say it was a suicide, but Imorah knows better. The only clue Imorah has is the book that her Grandmother left behind -- a book that Imorah can't even read. - 2257: Liran's Story follows a young man who struggles to survive in the deserts of what is left of North America. One day he finds an old technological relic -- a robot head that still functions -- and Liran is thrust into a dangerous web of secrets and lies. - 2063: Old Shalon's Story --> this is Old Shalon's Story, please read story blurb above. COMING SOON. Starting sometime late in 2015, I will post the last installment of The Dreaming, where these five narratives will collide. Five lives bound together by an ancient book whose language has long died out, in a time and place where books are not only taboo, but could actually get you killed. The Dreaming: a place where time has no meaning, and everything is connected. All rights reserved. Copyright by Shalon Sims, 2019.…
This is a traditional, critique-based writing group where sci-fi authors can get critical feedback, meet other sci-fi writers and gain readers for their work. Our goal is to help each other get published. We welcome authors who:* Aim to publish -- either traditionally or self* Are genuinely committed to writing their best story possible* Have relatively error-free writing, so that we aren't working at the sentence level, but can focus on big picture stuff. The group is no-commitment; what you put in determines what you get out. Casual and full-time members accepted.…
This book gives the highlights and lowlights of my journeys in writing, from one writer to another. I'll share important discoveries I've made along the way, from my own personal experiences to the big lessons of the masters.…