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I'm a solarpunk writer; here's my smallweb site with free stories and novels! (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey solarpunks!

I'm Clockwork, an Italian solarpunk physicist, juggler and writer. I would like share my website with you; I've set it up two years ago with zero html knowledge and I have given it a new revamp recently. Since I write in English but the publishing system is extremely walled, I want to make myself known among likeminded people without selling my soul.

I write mostly solarpunk (you can check out the short story page and the Meteorina "saga" (three long stories, with a fourth one coming soon), but you can also find some Neolithic fantasy and scifi with community and resistance themes. All stories are FREE TO DOWNLOAD; there are no Amazon links and most files are interoperable and freely accessible. There is a donation button but I'd rather you enjoy these stories in a non-transactional way.

I hope you will find them interesting and possibly get inspired!

EDIT: I'm an idiot, here's the link! Thank you for pointing it out 😅

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't see a website linked, you might want to edit that in to your post.

Edit: found it: https://clockwooork.github.io/

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hi! Please consider offering downloads in epub format as well as PDF. PDF is difficult to work with, particularly when it has a hardcoded dark background like the Meteorina files. I am not able to read these comfortably on my e-reader, for example.

If you have source files in some other form you might be able to convert them easily to epub with something like Pandoc. I'd be willing to help figure out the process if you can send me a source sample to work with.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I have other formats for the novels, but now that the Meteorina project is becoming bigger I should provide epub files too. I'll work on adding more buttons and get back to you in a couple days!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Update: I added EPUB formats for both Meteorina and all other short stories; I have been postponing that QoL fix for a LONG time but you finally gave me a reason to go and do it 😁

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Awesome, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Hi! I'm not sure I see the link but I'd love to check it out! (The post title just links to the image)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Le traduci anche? :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Di fianco a ogni storia ci sono le bandierine che indicano in che lingua sono! La maggior parte sono bilingui; alcune sono solo in italiano. Simulacra Navigans, l'unica storia che avevo in inglese, è quasi a fine traduzione.

EDIT: Ho finito di tradurre Simulacra; mi ero dimenticato che anche Snowstorm e Lady Firefly erano English-only, prossimamente tradurrò anche quelle!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Consider checking out /c/writing , where aspiring and seasoned writers/solarpunks discuss their craft.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Great tip, I'll definitely check it out!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nice work Clockwork! Can't wait to dive in ^^

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you! Let me know what you think 😋

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Where have you been hiding! I just checked out one of your solarpunk short stories (Martedì // Tuesday, thank you for writing and translating). I loved how much dialogue there was. I don't usually think of more "technical" minded people (like physicists) as being so focused on characters (we often focus on technology or systems), but that shows my prejudice I guess!

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That's so flattering, thank you! 🥹

Your prejudice was half-right actually: tech and systems are what I really want to explore, but I use shorter stories as "experiment" to practice other aspect of storytelling too. After all, characters are the most powerful illusion spell on the reader!

What's going to be next:

More Meteorina adventures (surely one on Elba, maybe one on Albanian shores considering the shitshow going on with the Italian govt nowadays? Some good old satire, why not)
Kanteletar, the stories of a public digital library founded in 2067 across four centuries of climate, geopolitical and cultural upheavals