I used the idea of synchronicity first elaborated by Jung to bring two characters, who come from opposite ends of the world, by a series of seemingly unrelated events, at the whim OF the world… that’s right, Synchronicity was sentient, in a way.Īnd my favorite world, the one that finally got me back into a novel length science fiction story, The Experiment. Turns out… neither knew it would be the best thing for them. I’ve created several short stories, one with two males forced into an arranged marriage, without ever having met each other. Of course the writing skills are cringe-worthy, but the fun of alien worlds captured me. I had all these crazy creatures and other aliens. I created blue aliens (It came out before Avatar, and is NOT fan-fiction, I swear!) on a pastoral planet. My first story was an epic 141k story titled The Price of Honor. Is it any wonder my first stab at a novel was science fiction? Of course, I’m not talking about The Experiment. I read a lot of other big sci-fi novels, like Dune, Enders Game, Contact, Freedom’s Landing, Brightness Reef, and many more too. Telepathic bipedal/quadripedal feline aliens that create intimate mental and physical links… and a war with a strange feline xenophobic lizard species? Toss in a human colonist woman who was victimized by the lizard aliens and bonds with a male Sholan, the first interspecies bonding ever? A big favorite early on was Lisanne Norman’s Sholan Alliance worlds. From the first time I read about aliens, and alien worlds, I was hooked. The lure of science fiction has held me in its grasp for a long time.

First off, let me thank Andy for inviting me to his blog again! This time I talk about my general love for science fiction! Don’t forget to leave a comment to be entered to win my contest! I’ll be offering a $10 Amazon gift card to one commenter! But don’t forget to leave your email, because if I can’t contact you, you can’t win!

The experiment by alicia nordwell