Trigger Warning: Writing Sci-Fi With Emotional Awareness

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A panel about how to tackle sensitive topics in science fiction.

A panel about how to tackle sensitive topics in science fiction. We&#x27;ll also look at how to use trigger warnings/content notes and some common triggers you might want to mention in your content notes.This event is part of <a href="https://www.businessforauthors.com/storycrafting-sessions-science-fiction/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Storycrafting Sessions: Science Fiction</a>, a one-day virtual conference hosted by the <a href="https://businessforauthors.com/weeknight-writers" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Weeknight Writers Group</a>. Check out the <a href="https://www.businessforauthors.com/storycrafting-sessions-science-fiction/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">full schedule</a> to join us at our other panels!This event is free, but a lot of work goes into making it happen! You can support this event &amp; others like it by joining our <a href="https://ko-fi.com/weeknightwriters/tiers" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustaining Membership Program</a>.The ModeratorBethany Baptiste - Bethany Baptiste is an inner-city educator by day and a young adult SFF novelist by night. If she’s not writing a lesson plan or a story, she does retail therapy in Florida bookstores and takes scheduled naps with her three chaotic evil dogs. You can visit her at bethanybaptiste.com or @storysorcery on Twitter. The PanelistsCharlie Knight is a professional editor for self-published authors, an author of fanfic and SFF, and an advocate for disabled, transgender, and neurodivergent writers. They&#x27;re a mom, a gamer, a coffee addict, and already thinking about what color their hair will be next. Lex Vranick is a dark fiction author and poet based in Sarasota, Florida. She holds a B.A. from Excelsior College and is a J.D. candidate at Florida State University. Her work has been published by Cagibi, Kissing Dynamite Poetry, Rhonda Parrish Anthologies, and Fahrenheit Press, among others. When not writing, Lex works as a writing couch and English language tutor. She can often be found at the nearest dog park, plant shop, or record store. She apologizes for never shutting up about Wes Craven, and is always down to discuss ‘80s rock and vampire movies.Charli (aka Jaecyn Boné) is a queer, trans (he/they), disabled, Asian American author and artist. They while away their days daydreaming of tragic faeries, bloodthirsty pirates, and eating the rich. He lives in Billings, Montana with his spouse, his two kids, his sister, and possibly a ghost or two.Ken Wolfson has always been writing. He wrote and deleted half a dozen novel before deciding Vindication was good enough to publish. That was met with positive reception so he&#x27;s continuing the rest of the series. He attended SUNY Geneseo where he got a BA in Rugby, with a minor in English Literature, and served in the US Navy before a medical discharge sent him home. Currently, he Lifeguards at a gym by day to pay the bills, and writes every minute he has free.Meike Torkelson (they/them) is a science fiction and fantasy writer based in Wellington, New Zealand. Y&#x27;know, Lord of the Rings central. They themselves are a migrant from Britain, a theme which was core to the Melody Harper series, where an Earth girl struggles to adapt after a move to a Lunar Colony. What fascinates Meike about science fiction, is we may be reaching for a fantastical frontier, but we&#x27;ll still struggle with the essentials of being human. Finding our place, discovering our people, but most of all falling in love.

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