Nina Munteanu

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How I Almost Didn’t Become a Writer, but Did!

June 28th, 2010 · No Comments

   
 

What’s Stopping You From Publishing Your Book?

Yes, I’m a successfully published author with acclaimed novels, short stories and essays published all over the world.  But I almost didn’t get there. What if I told you that I never read as a kid, I was the worst speller in my school and I used bad grammar? [...]

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Tags: News about Nina · Nina Munteanu · SF writer · Writing Workshops · books · fiction · hero’s journey · inspirational · novelist · publishing · science fiction · sf author · writing · writing tips

The Writing Life

January 23rd, 2010 · 9 Comments

Hi there!
You’ve landed on the website of Nina Munteanu, internationally published Canadian SF author and ecologist.  Nina is living her dream of the writing life!  She is currently putting the finishing touches on her next science fiction novel.  And if you’re lucky, you might catch her at one of her writing workshops where she coaches great [...]

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Tags: Darwin's Paradox · SF · SF writer · The Alien Next Door · Uncategorized · books · literature · published author · publishing · reading · sci-fi · science fiction · science fiction and fantasy · scifi · sf author · sf girl · writers · writing · writing tips

Star Wars, Our 20th Century Myth

July 21st, 2008 · 17 Comments

Over twenty-five years after the first Star Wars motion picture blasted its way through our movie screens, the saga continues to live strongly in literature and cinema. To date, six films and three animated series for television were made, with a live-action series and a 3D CGI animated series in pre-production as well as a [...]

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Tags: Star Wars · book review · books · fantasy · film review · motion pictures · myth · science fiction

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

July 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments

When Paramount Pictures released the retro science-fiction adventure film, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, September of 2004, it had been much anticipated since June when it was first intended to hit theatres. Was the delay, due to director, Kerry Conran’s additional tweaking of this virtually total CGI movie, worth it? You bet your [...]

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Tags: Angelina Jolie · CGI · Gwyneth Paltrow · Jude Law · Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow · movie review · movies · recursive fiction · retro-fiction · review · science fiction

Interesting Areas of Scientific Research

June 28th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Recently, I was asked by JP Frantz at SF Signal to respond to an interesting question on their forum, “MIND MELD: Interesting Areas of Scientific Research”. The editors said,
“For many of us, one of the main interests of science fiction is it’s use of science as part of the story. There’s nothing quite like reading [...]

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