Sarah Guan
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Erewhon Books
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford š, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
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Beautifully choreographed fight scenes that advance plot, develop character, and worldbuild.
Yes, #BlackPanther has the advantages of a visual medium. Itās harder in prose fiction, but it can be done so, so well. (See @FondaJLee.)
#SFF #MSWL
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Postcolonialism 2.0: multifaceted conflicts that go beyond colonizer and colonized. Give me diaspora, give me infighting on all sides, give me vehement disagreement about a nationās future that is borne of genuine patriotism and idealism. #SFF #MSWL #BlackPanther
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WOC in science who are brilliant, fearless, multifaceted, and celebrated for their contributions. (This last point is important.)
Shuri is the Disney Princess of my dreams. (I was a STEM kid; I have FEELS, ok?) #MSWL #SFF #BlackPanther
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Kosoko Jackson add A PLACE FOR WOLVES on Goodreads @KosokoJackson
A friendly reminder before we start 2018 Twitter Pitch Season.Not every book with a black MC can be "Black Panther meets XYZ."
Friendly reminder to publishing:
Not every diverse BOOK in the next 3 yrs can be "Black Panther meets XYZ."
Use this as your chance to EXPAND. pic.twitter.com/G5yig0m2bs
BLACK PANTHER. My heart is full; my brain is on fire.
I want stories like it in my inbox. I want to help them reach readers. But, as one wise writer notes, ā#MSWL = #BlackPanther!ā is reductionistāhowever truly felt.
So, a list of specific things I LOVED & want more of in #SFF:
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Katherine Fabian @krfabian
Concept: Werewolves with irregular shifting cyclesāYeah, I havenāt shifted in, likeāā *checks app* āā42 days? So Iām just chaining myself up in the basement every night, you know? A bit annoying, but it saves on mess.ā
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Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
War disproportionately/differently impacts different populations w/in the same society. Veterans vs civilians, but also: different socioecon groups, industries (wartime vs peacetime economies), urban vs rural, ethnic minoritiesāesp ones w/ historic ties to "the enemy." #MSWL #SFFI see lots of books about kings, generals, &c.āthe people who get to make decisions that shape a nation. But theirs aren't the only stories about war, nor always the most interestingāor necessary. (& history is full of great generals who became AWFUL peacetime leaders) #MSWL #SFF
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Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
Also, there are multiple narratives in any conflict. Whose story are you tellingāand why? Is it the most interesting version of this war? Give me postwar occupation, colonialism-in-the-name-of-peace, refugees/displacement, war crimes trials, &c. #MSWL #SFF twitter.com/mary_c_moore/sā¦War disproportionately/differently impacts different populations w/in the same society. Veterans vs civilians, but also: different socioecon groups, industries (wartime vs peacetime economies), urban vs rural, ethnic minoritiesāesp ones w/ historic ties to "the enemy." #MSWL #SFF
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Mary C. Moore @Mary_C_Moore
@Sarah_Guan pic.twitter.com/gejqD56winAlso, there are multiple narratives in any conflict. Whose story are you tellingāand why? Is it the most interesting version of this war? Give me postwar occupation, colonialism-in-the-name-of-peace, refugees/displacement, war crimes trials, &c. #MSWL #SFF twitter.com/mary_c_moore/sā¦
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Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
My #VeteransDay #MSWL: we see a LOT of war in #SFF. I get itāfate of empires, epic battlesāexciting stuff. But what about the aftermath? What happens when the veterans come home? Give me counseling centers, VA hospitals, retraining for civilian jobs, running for local office, &c.On a less individual scaleāhow does a nation shift from wartime to peacetime governance? Citizens will forgive a shocking amount of tyranny in the face of a clear foreign threat. Is the administration willing to give up those powers when the war ends? If notāwhat then? #MSWL #SFF
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My #VeteransDay #MSWL: we see a LOT of war in #SFF. I get itāfate of empires, epic battlesāexciting stuff. But what about the aftermath? What happens when the veterans come home? Give me counseling centers, VA hospitals, retraining for civilian jobs, running for local office, &c.