Podcasts Science Casual Space 20: Award Winning Sci-Fi Writer C. Stuart Hardwick

20: Award Winning Sci-Fi Writer C. Stuart Hardwick

Published: April 11, 2019, 12:07 p.m.

In this episode, Beth and Stuart laugh about:

  • The\xa0stories from his family that helped inspire him to write \u201chard sci-fi\u201d\xa0
  • Why going to the moon was really expensive and incredible
  • How writing allows you to learn about people and about yourself\xa0
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Key Takeaways:

  • Becoming an award-winning sci-fi writer didn\u2019t happen overnight, but when it happened\u2026 wow!\xa0
  • Science can\u2019t answer everything, but reality is the standard
\u201cAll stories are about people. I look for what fits my technical knowledge, but mostly I look for characters.\u201d \u201cAnybody who can\u2019t take rejection, should not be in a creative field.\u201d \xa0 \xa0 \xa0 \u201cAs a science fiction author, my primary goal in a story is to reveal the reader, and learn something about yourself.\u201d\xa0 \xa0

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About C. Stuart Hardwick:\xa0

\xa0Stuart Hardwick is a winner of the prestigious Writers of the Future contest and the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award. His work regularly appears in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, as well as Galaxy's Edge,\xa0Forbes.com\xa0and Mental Floss, among others. A southerner from\xa0South Dakota, Stuart grew up creating radio dramas and animated shorts before moving on to robots and ill-conceived flying machines. He's worked with the creators of the video game Doom, married an aquanaut, and trained his dog to pull a sled.

Stuart studied writing at U.C. Berkeley, lives in Houston, and has been known to wear a cape. For more information and a free signed e-sampler, visit\xa0www.cStuartHardwick.com.