Welcome To SciFi [FAQs and Rules: Updated 11/03/11] http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690 Tresa Cho Welcome to SciFi! I am Tresa, one of your moderators once again. We just have a few ground rules to lay out before we get started. 1. Be awesome to each other- No wank. Direct, personal attacks will be dealt with immediately and you will not enjoy the outcome. 1a. Have fun! 2. Please stay on topic. This is a bit nebulous (hah!) but try and stay within the thread's general idea. 3. Please utilise the overhead threads. We know that a lot of people need help sorting their stories out (epic 'is my story scifi threads' every year) but please, for the sake of organisation check before posting to make sure that your question doesn't have an overhead thread. 4. BACK UP YOUR NOVELS. Seriously. The computer uprising will eat your novel. Resistance is useless. That said, these are the overhead threads: <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/693" rel="nofollow">*Introduction Thread*</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/696" rel="nofollow">Is My Novel Scifi?</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/699" rel="nofollow">SciFi Official Dares thread</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/17361" rel="nofollow">First Sentence of your Novel</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/16777" rel="nofollow">SciFi Death Toll Tracker</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/11407" rel="nofollow">You Know You Write SciFi When...</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/6876" rel="nofollow">Your Novel in 20 Words or Fewer</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/12706" rel="nofollow">SciFi Writing Buddies</a> <a href="" rel="nofollow"></a> And the subgenre threads: <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/1041" rel="nofollow">Alternate History</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/10937" rel="nofollow">Alternate Universe</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/6465%22%22" rel="nofollow">Cyber/Biopunk</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/22342" rel="nofollow">Dieselpunk</a> <a href="http://new.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/1416" rel="nofollow">Dystopic</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/4060" rel="nofollow">Fanfiction of SciFi Canon</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/5203" rel="nofollow">Generation Ships</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/12969" rel="nofollow">Giant/Tiny Characters (a la Gulliver)</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/737" rel="nofollow">Hard SF</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/7999" rel="nofollow">Military SciFi</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/733" rel="nofollow">Near future</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/735" rel="nofollow">Post-apocalyptic</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/902" rel="nofollow">Romance</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/1688" rel="nofollow">Space Opera/Soft SciFi</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/1309" rel="nofollow">Steampunk</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/2566" rel="nofollow">Superheroes</a> <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/8933" rel="nofollow">Time Travel</a> <a href="" rel="nofollow"></a> <a href="" rel="nofollow"></a> More to come. PM me if you'd like your subgenre added, and/or when you set up a thread for it or if I have missed it. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:16:58 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1331 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1331 ida_matilda_wright is this a sci fi? Oct 12 notes Queen Anne sees the child. Story she is told is that he was abandoned because of his appearance Child does not talk He communicates through the mind He is bald with wide sky blue eyes No face hair no eye lashes or eyebrows the queen lays claim to the child and names him Prince Thomas She allows William to teach him the art of the army Short synopsis on NaNoWriMo site: Sixteenth century's Queen Anne's general of war is pulled up into a space ship. He is then ask to care for a child that has genetics of both human and alien. This child is created to save man kind from extinction. The Queen adopts the child making him prince. The story is full of his powers, and his journey on planet Earth. King Thomas Novel Title: King Thomas Author Name: Ida Matilda Wright Plot/Summary: see below the possible beginning of the book is here Colors/Ideas: Dark with some light on a 16th century bald king with big blue eyes Any art/photos you want me to use: (Quick note, these must be your own work or from a public domain source.) contacts I contacted a NaNoWri member about a cover for my novel I also emailed the newbie group and the mentors about getting a mentor. Should be hearing back from them soon. Still getting to know the site. More ideas for later in the novel The queen has a heart attack because of her weight and stress. Thomas comes home and heals her Thomas gets married. They have a child. Thomas child is born Grey skin, white hair, bulging black eyes,and hands with only three webbed fingers Tomas wife is about to kill the baby, when he uses mind control to stop her.... A. either she kills herself... B. the baby is abducted to the space ship... C. The king raises the child in costume or munk's dress Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:28:42 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_32419 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_32419 Tresa Cho Please use the overhead thread list to inquire about your novel. The thread you are looking for is <a href="http://new.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/696" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Please take some time to cruise around the forums and look at other people's posts as an idea of how to use the forum. I hope you enjoy your stay with us. Happy novelling! PS: You have aliens, so that's pretty much a shoe-in for science fiction. :D Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:35:34 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_32518 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_32518 Scratchingcat Could we pin the sub-genre threads somehow at the top of the page? It would make them much easier to find, once the whole game here really gets going. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:50:41 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_175859 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_175859 Tresa Cho Think of it this way. If we created a sticky for every single subgenre, the entire first page would consist of purely subgenre topics. Wrimos posting new threads would get bumped automatically to the second page, and their new topics would be sadly missed. In short, I can't sticky all the subgenres (that's why I created this header post). But that is also my reasoning why. Scifi is just so big and we have so mant different subgenres that it just isn't feasible. Make sense? Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:19:57 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_212294 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_212294 MavinMaverick Well, something for the techies: Maybe it would be nice to be able to make subforums. That way you could have a forum under the different genres for specific subgenres. Ex. Sci-Fi forum Welcome thread (sticky) Subgenre forum (sticky) Subgenre1 thread Subgenre2 thread Etc. Other threads going as usual I don't know if that's possible with the current software, but it might be a good idea. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:16:13 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_250632 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_250632 Tresa Cho I believe there is a tech advice forum floating around here somewhere. I'm sure you can make the suggestion there! Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:28:27 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_271976 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_271976 II Mr Crayons II Where do you send finished Novels to? Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:31:54 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_370173 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_370173 Tresa Cho Because Nanowrimo is a self-imposed challenge, you don't have to send your finished document anywhere. There will be a word count verification going up during the last week of November, but nano.org does not hold onto your document. What you do with your novel is totally up to you. You can print it out and have a bonfire with all your friends while they ooh and ahh over your writing prowess. You could hide it away on your computer and only look at it in moments of great weakness. You could polish it and send it into an editor. Totally up to you. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:59:52 -0500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_414148 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_414148 NewTimeLord The other Sci-Fi forums don't want to let me post in them. Any idea why or how I can? Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:06:04 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_518197 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_518197 NewTimeLord Never mind. It let me post after I posted here. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:31:32 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_518470 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_518470 ulyferal I think Paranormal should be added as a sub genre. Romance has it in theirs but I've not seen it in sci fi and there has to be some vampire, witch, were, or shape shifter stories out there that have no romance plot in them. But if not, I certainly do and it doesn't fit into your list as it stands now. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:49:29 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_658841 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_658841 Tresa Cho Feel free to start a thread for it! Just PM me with the URL and I will definitely add it to the list. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:28:11 -0600 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_731090 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/science-fiction/threads/690?page=1#forum_thread_comment_731090