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EDIT: All right guys, we're closing up shop. Thanks for all your questions today, and be sure to enjoy Starforge when it drops tomorrow! The trilogy is complete at last!

Who am I? Hello again Reddit! As you may have gathered from the title, I am Max Florschutz, author of Science-Fiction and Fantasy novels, here to celebrate tomorrow's launch of the ninth book to bear my name and the conclusion to an epic Sci-Fi trilogy: Starforge! I'll be answering questions until about 5 PM MST!

That's the short of it. The long of it? Well, I'm still an author of Science-Fiction and Fantasy, so that doesn't change. But I'll give you a bit more backstory. My first book, One Drink, was published in 2013, making next year the ten-year anniversary of my career as an author. It was followed a short time later by a sequel, Dead Silver, and from there by numerous other books, including Colony, the first book in the UNSEC Space Trilogy that will reach its titanic conclusion when Starforge releases tomorrow!

I'm also known for running Being a Better Writer, a weekly writing guide answering all sorts of common questions about writing (and if you ask a common writing how-to question, I may just drop you a link) each Monday on my website. You can also check out that site (Unusual Things) for writing samples, free stuff, and preview chapters of each of my books.

My Proof: Obligatory website link!

Full list of books so far, in publication order:

  • One Drink

  • Dead Silver

  • Unusual Events: A "Short" Story Collection

  • Colony (UNSEC Space 1)

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FINAL UPDATE: Stormed through a few more questions! I'm signing off now. I've lurked and submitted stories to Reddit for around a decade and the questions didn't disappoint. Hope you enjoy the book should you decide to get hold of a copy! Thank you all and enjoy the rest of your holiday!

UPDATE: Thanks Reddit! I'm going to turn in now. Happy Thanksgiving for tomorrow if you're in the US. I'll try to answer any remaining questions tomorrow while you're tucking into roast turkey or whatever you're doing! You can find me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Ananyo) (for now at least).

Hi Reddit! Iā€™ve been a science journalist for almost two decades but 'The Man from the Futureā€™' is my first bookā€”and itā€™s now an Amazon science book of the year! I first came across JVN during a high school computer science class. We were learning about the von Neumann architecture, the standard design for almost all computers today. But his nameā€™s come up repeatedly since thenā€”even more so recently and in wildly different contexts. I knew right from the get-go I didnā€™t want to write a standard biography. Instead, I focus on his ideas, which helped seed the modern world. So please do ask me about Johnny, math, science journalism, writing books or pretty much anything. Cheers! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ananyo PROOF: https://imgur.com/oW6jEpi

Proof: Here's my proof!

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Hi,

IĀ“m Etienne, writer creative writing teacher and CEO of the SadWolf Verlag @https://sadwolf-verlag.de a German book publishing company.

Since we celebrated our eights birthday the 14th of November I wanted to do an AmA. Feel free to ask anything

https://i.imgur.com/Ybs774W.jpg

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[TW: specific misophonia triggers will be discussed in this post]

Hi! Iā€™m a graduate student at The Ohio State University. I both have and study a lesser-known condition called Misophonia.

A new consensus definition of Misophonia describes it as ā€œa disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds or stimuli associated with such sounds, [which] are experienced as unpleasant or distressing and tend to evoke strong negative emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses that are not seen in most other people.ā€ Feel like you want to scream when someone is chewing food or clicking a pen? Thatā€™s this!

Iā€™ve published work showing the wide variety of sounds that can be bothersome in misophonia. Recently, Iā€™ve demonstrated underlying brain differences in how certain regions are connected ā€“ challenging current views and providing a foundation for future research. You can check that out (as well as a plethora of recent research on the condition) here!

You can also find me on an NPR episode of All Sides with Ann Fisher and a soQuiet Science Session.

Ask me anything about misophonia!

Proof: Here's my proof!

Edit1: Thanks for all these questions! Taking a break before I leave for a meeting, but I'll be back to answer more later :)

Edit2: This has been super fun, thanks everyone! I think I'm off for the night, but I may or may not pop back in in the next day or two...

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