HeyJaredMemoirs of a Mad Scientist
Neurodiverse Robin Goodwin's 2076 sci-fi memoir frames tales of the 113-year-old inventor's and allies' adventures fighting bureaucrats, profiteers, warlords, and fanatics to beat climate change, pollution, pandemics, and famines for a solarpunk future.
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My Favorite Place (opens the original)
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My favorite place in the world is my underground lair. I know, I know, it’s such a cliché. But I come by it honestly. I designed and built the place myself, and I’ve never let anyone redecorate or change it. It’s all mine, and just the way I like it.Underground living is great, once you get used to it. If you absolutely have to have windows, well, sorry, the troglodyte life is not for you. I’m especially happy with the number of variables it stabilizes. It’s so much easier to run a one-person la
Finding a Sci-Fi Beta Reader Who Knows the Science (opens the original)
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As of this writing, I have 419 followers and 119 free subscribers. Thank you all.I’ve shared my writing here, but now I think it’s time to share more of what I can do to help other writers. The name of my Substack is not just a whim; I’ve done mad science since I was a child, and I’ve picked up formal credentials and life experience over the past six decades to reinforce that trope. Most of my fiction writing is based, more or less—you guess, on my lived experience.The advice “Write what you kno
How a Mad Scientist Deals with Extortion (opens the original)
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Short, squat, squinting, in a stained and rumpled uniform, the port official looked anything but. He leaned over the case and said, “I hear you carryin’ somet’ing special. Somet’ing ‘spensive.” Sniffed, like he was trying to scent contraband. Peered up at the airship overhead.Lihen held up her clipboard and said, “These are replacement parts for this ship. Not for resale. Exchanged within our fleet. Not imports, by law.”He shook his head and said, “Anyone bring anyt’ing t’rough my port, I get a
LOTS of new stories of hope for our future! (opens the original)
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Chapter 2 Visits (opens the original)
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“Do you like digging up cassava? Is that fun for you? How about beating and grating it?”My heart sank at Omba’s questions. I had been doing that exhausting work since my arms were first strong enough, and beaten for my failures long before that.That morning, Omba acted like I had always lived with her. We ate breakfast together. She checked my bandages and injuries, finding no new problems. Two monorail villagers visited the dispensary, one walking up the footpath and the other coming down the s
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