bikes in space – Jessie Kwak

A Little Creative Inspiration

Post published:May 16, 2016

I've been quite busy the past few months. Between working on some really fascinating projects for clients, I've also been cooking up some new stories to share with you all. You may have seen hints of Starfall, a new novella set in the Durga System if you're on my email list or following me on social media. That's with my editor for the final cleanup round, and is scheduled to be published later this month. I also just turned in a draft of the novel based on the short story Bikes to New Sarjun to Elly Blue at Microcosm — that'll be on its…

The anti-Nano: Bikes In Space novel revisions

Post published:November 12, 2015

While other writers are hoping to add 50,000 words to their manuscripts this month, I'm on the mission to delete 10,000 from mine. Yes, I'm revising. I'm currently hard at work making sense of the first draft of my Bikes in Space novel for Elly Blue and Microcosm Press, which will be published in spring 2017. It's based on the short story I wrote for Elly's second Bikes in Space anthology, although the world of the novel has certainly grown and shifted from what I first imagined in that story. (Want to read that story for free? Head here.) Revisions are tough, but it's one of…

Pedal Zombies Kickstarter – get your copy now!

Post published:July 8, 2015

I was on a road trip with my husband last summer when I checked email on my phone, and saw Elly Blue's latest call for submissions. It was for her third volume of feminist bicycle science fiction, Bikes in Space, and the theme was zombies. I groaned. Zombies? I hate zombies. I had stories in both Bikes in Space Volume 1 and Volume 2 (you can read my stories for free on my free stories page), but . . . Zombies? "Just imagine all the cool zombie-fighting bike gear you could have," said my husband, a bike company rep. "You…