Wendy D. Gillespie

Feeling a bit apocalyptic this weekend XD Please check out my new short tale "Kiss Your Asteroid Goodbye". Thank u!

What exactly is "science fiction"? Is it the same as "fantasy" fiction? Does it necessarily need to be structured based on hard science? In my humble opinion, science fiction is based upon scientific facts and our current understanding of scientific theories. As more scientific data is gathered, we expand our knowledge base, adapt theory and develop new hypotheses. Science is by definition empiric; that means it is a work in progress, to learn from experiments conducted to explore a concept while limiting extraneous variables, so that the experimental tests are independently reproducible by others. That's hard science. But our body of scientific knowledge is not set in stone, it must evolve to encompass new observations and new mathematical discoveries across many scientific disciplines to uncover the whole truth. And we are not there yet. 
          
          Science fiction, speculative fiction and fantasy fiction writers imagine new things, synthesize new concepts and construct entirely new worlds by extrapolating from our society's scientific discoveries of the moment. That's what makes science fiction and fantasy fiction so fresh - it's free to imagine what might be! Just because something doesn't exist in OUR dimension or at this particular electromagnetic, gravitational, or space-time frequency doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Somewhere. Out there.

Aloha everybody!
          
          I thought I'd clarify a few things about my style of writing. Some of you may have noticed that sometimes a character in one of my stories uses street slang or swears or is not a native speaker of English . I just want to say that I am not trying to disrespect anyone, their lifestyle or the way they speak. I have lived in many parts of the US, and I grew up near Miami where there are people from all over the world, just as there are in Hawaii where I now live. I love people watching - the way they talk, the way they dress, and I think that's what makes us humans so interesting and unique. So just know that I am not a prejudiced person, I have friends of all races and sexual orientation, and I am enjoying my ride here on planet Earth with all of you! Thank you.
          
          WDG

Hi everybody! Please check out my latest stories, "School" and "The Friends" in SUNSPOTS. Thanks :)
          
          WDG

Check out my newest story "Aunt Edna" I posted today in SUNSPOTS. If you have an Aunt Edna. Or if you know what Bingo is XD Thanks ! WDG

I think what distinguishes sci-fi authors from other writers is their ability to imagine not just other worlds, but other personalities in other lifeforms different from our own. The human perspective and perception will always color our impressions as we travel out into space in the coming years, but science fiction has the unique ability to get us out of our heads - here and now. WDG

Check out my new stories, "The Grass" and "Bubbles" I added this week to SUNSPOTS. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy them ! 

Happy Easter everyone. I posted three new parts to "Sunspots" today, I hope you're enjoying the stories ! WDG

Hey everyone ! 
          
          I'm having SO much fun writing Sunspots whenever I get a free moment, like today on my day off XD
          
          Anyway, I hope you enjoy it :)
          
          WDG

So I'm trying out some experimental adult short fiction now. With a sci-fi twist, of course ! Not sure where I'm going with this, but dark humor will definitely figure in to my plots. WDG