Moving back to Brazil was hard in so many ways. I had friends in France that I would never see again. My only good friend prior to moving to France who became my pen pal when I was there started attending a different school 6 months after I moved back. As usual, I read a …
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The Non-Linear path to become a Science Fiction aficionado when you are born in a 3rd World Country (part 2)
In 1993 I was 10 years old and my family moved to Strasbourg, France, as my mom had dreams of obtaining her PhD outside Brazil. My mom had first prepared herself to do that in Upstate New York, even spending three months there learning English back in the late 80s, but my dad was not …
The Non-Linear path to become a Science Fiction aficionado when you are born in a 3rd World Country (part 1)
As I mentioned on Twitter, I struggle a little bit to relate with the average Science Fiction enthusiast who had their upbringing in an Anglo-Saxon social context. In a certain way this is just me coming with terms with my Brazilian mutt complex, but also trying to identify positive elements in my non-linear trajectory. Overall …
Accepted as SFWA member
I just got an email informing that my application to become a SFWA associate member was accepted.
Short Story Sale
I said it on twitter a while ago and I keep forgetting to update this blog, so there it goes: my humorous science fiction story Terribly and Terrifyingly Normal will be published on the eight tome of the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology. That’s huge for me because UFO is a pro market, meaning that I …
The day I decided to turn my query into comedy
I haven’t posted in a while, but I finally have really good news to share: my humorous science-fiction novel Terminal 3 will be released on September the 1st (tentative date). I thought about starting using this blog to share a few updates concerning that release, but since I have none other than the date (and …
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Deliverance
First they promised to deliver their products at home in three business days. I bought something. They delivered. Amazing. Then they started delivering their products in three business days without a delivery fee. I bought something. They delivered. Amazing. Then they offered free same-day deliveries. I bought something. They delivered. Amazing. Then they came up …
Novelette – Trial of the Bull
My novelette Trial of the Bull is now available on New Myths! Feel free to check it out if you like emotional roller coasters set in space powered by pagan symbolism and riveted by social subtext.
Overdue updates
In my lost post I mentioned that I was submitting my novelette Trial of the Bull to some magazines. So, I sold it to NewMyths.com , and they will publish it on their website in June. I will share the link as soon as it’s available, but I’d invite you to take a look at …
Constellations of Humanity
As I mentioned in my first post, I am currently writing an SF-comedy novel called Terminal 3. But I am not going to talk about Terminal 3. Instead, I will talk about the project I am planning to develop after I finish Terminal 3. It’s an anthology of 12 stories (lengths TBD, most will probably …
Illimani Ferreira 