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What is causing the blood clots from 'Died Suddenly'?
A Midwestern Doctor
The Forgotten Side of Medicine
Fri, 25 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC
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The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is remarkably effective at disrupting many critical physiologic processes both in the short term and in the long term.

I have always been drawn to understanding pharmaceutical injuries, and for years I've participated in support groups for a variety of different toxic pharmaceuticals (e.g. Lupron or Ciprofloxacin and other fluoroquinolones). In addition to being able to witness the human costs of these drugs firsthand (and the gaslighting those forgotten patients experience), this exploration has given me a great deal of perspective on the shared and differing toxicities these drugs share along with what methods can help the myriad of seemingly unrelated symptoms that emerge.

Once the COVID-19 vaccine rollout started, my focus understandably shifted toward them. Although many of the pathologies I saw resembled what I had seen with other toxic drugs (and to some degree responded to the same therapies), there was also a lot I had not seen before, which demonstrated these vaccines were in a different league of toxicity from what I was used to. I have thus spent the last two years trying to understand exactly how these vaccines kill and injure people.

Visual Persuasion

The documentary Died Suddenly was recently released and went viral. I am personally a bit torn on this movie because it covers a lot of important ground and is presented in a highly persuasive manner that will red-pill many who are on the fence, but it also has a variety of errors and tangental conspiratorial content which makes it prone to being debunked and discrediting this message to those who were on the fence about it.

One of the challenges we have reached in the current political system (concisely articulated by Scott Adams) is that for many "facts don't matter; persuasion is everything." Because we live in a sea of information, that information is overloading and people typically default to selecting the "facts" which are presented to them in the most persuasive manner possible (e.g. in an emotionally provocative manner or by being spammed simultaneously on every media source). This is also why I believe understanding the propaganda which underlies the medical-industrial complex is so important for one's health and why that was the focus of my previous article.

One of Scott Adams' key points is that visual metaphors tend to be the most persuasive because they are easy for the audience to comprehend and viscerally experience (this was a rhetorical tactic frequently utilized by Trump). I have often thought about this point in regard to heart disease, as the cholesterol hypothesis (which has made billions upon billions off toxic cholesterol-lowering drugs) for decades has failed by every metric, is completely unsupported by the evidence (this subject is further discussed here), yet despite all of that, the cholesterol hypothesis persists.

I believe the marketing genius behind the cholesterol hypothesis lies in how visually persuasive it is. This is because cholesterol obstructing the arteries (which is not what actually happens) can easily be analogized to a fat-clogged sewage pipe, and once the idea is explained to people it, along with the disgust it elicits can easily be visualized by a member of the public.

clogged pipe
In the case of the COVID-19 vaccines, although they have a variety of issues, the unique blood clots they form once observed in autopsies also fulfill that requirement, and hence are a home run for persuasion. Similarly, I felt their section represented by far the most persuasive part of Died Suddenly and for that reason, I created a 15-minute abridged version of the documentary only containing the sections focusing on blood clots. Keeping the previous in mind, watch this and notice how persuasive it is to you (I believe this is the primary part of the video that is red-pilling people). Scenes in this video will also be important for understanding technical details within later parts of the article.

Pretty convincing wouldn't you say?

Unfortunately, as alluded to above, there is one huge issue with this segment. The live clot at the end has nothing to do with the COVID-19 vaccinations (it came from a surgery posted on youtube a year before the vaccines entered the market). I suspect this arose because someone re-uploaded that clip and labeled it as being from the vaccines (either as a prank or as clickbait) and then it was re-shared until the Died Suddenly team got it and added it in since it supported their narrative. This illustrates why it is so important to have strict editorial controls on any production, especially one that is difficult to revise after the fact and will be viewed by large numbers of people. I debated clipping that ending part off (since it makes this a much worse clip to share), but did not as I felt it is important for our community to be transparent and open about any inaccuracies on our end.

This clip has also inspired other readers to investigate these claims. They sadly have reported a similar situation to that being seen in the medical field. Readers have also told me directly that funeral home directors when spoken to will admit they are seeing these clots but are afraid to speak out on this issue as they fear losing their businesses and livelihoods (e.g. one funeral home in Washington was cancelled for doing so). After publishing this article, a reader (I verified the credentials of) who works at funeral homes in the South also reached out and attested that although blood clots are not rare at all to see during the embalming process, they and colleagues have started seeing large clots like those described here that have never been observed before.

The Blood Clot Mystery

A significant portion of my focus on the COVID-19 vaccination issue has revolved around trying to understand what is causing these unusual blood clots (both the coffee ground looking microclots and the large fibrous clots). I view the blood clots as being particularly important as they may be the key to understanding why a delayed death effect (often taking around 5 months) is frequently observed in vaccine recipients.

Before we go further, I would like to note that the best article (courtesy of the Epoch Times) I have seen summarizing the characteristics of these clots can be found here and is thus an important reference piece for understanding this question. One of the key points this article illustrates is that the elemental composition of these fibrous structures indicates they are not primarily forming from blood (e.g. they may be in regions of poor circulation). Another key point is that smaller normal blood clots (as shown within Died Suddenly) could be found at the terminal regions of the fibrous clots suggesting they may have originated there and that a normal process had initiated at these clots but then gone awry.

At this point, I have heard more hypotheses than I can count that many sincerely believe in. These include:

- These are normal blood clots being misinterpreted by large numbers of embalmers who have been sucked into a mass formation and any post-mortem clot would look like that if it was preserved in the manner the embalmers chose to do so here.

- The mRNA vaccines also somehow produce synthetic toxic proteins inside the body that self-assemble into these deadly blood clots.

- These fibrous clots are self-assembling nanotechnology whose growth somehow responds to 5G or Bluetooth. 

Because these fibrous clots are so unusual they have understandably provoked a great deal of confusion and uncertainty which has led many to grasp for rather unusual explanations over what is occurring. In situations like these, I believe that if a simple and comprehensive explanation can be identified, that represents the best approach for addressing this dilemma. Fortunately, one has been.

What Creates the Fibrous Clots?

Two months ago I put forward the model I believe best explains what is occurring (for those wishing to learn more, the article below goes into a significant degree of detail that is beyond the scope of today's article):

The long and short of it was that this largely unknown August 2021 paper explains exactly why these fibrous clots are forming.

In the study, a blood clotting simulation outside the body was created. Normal blood, blood from COVID-19 patients on the first day of symptoms before any treatment, and normal blood exposed to a low concentration of COVID-19 spike proteins were then exposed to a key clotting factor, thrombin. When those clots were observed the study found:

  • Normal blood behaved as expected.

  • Normal blood with dilute spike protein formed a denser fibrin clot.

  • Small amounts of amyloid (abnormal protein aggregations) were present in the fibrin clots formed.

  • Much more (a statistically significant increase) in amyloid was present in the fibrin clots formed by normal blood mixed with dilute spike protein.

To illustrate the differences (the green signal corresponds to amyloid detection):
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When these blood samples were then studied in a simulation of blood flow, it was observed that while normal blood created regular clots on the side of blood vessel walls, once the spike protein was involved (either through an acute COVID-19 infection or dilute spike protein being added), the fibrin clots became irregular, in the case of COVID-19 resisted removal from blood vessel walls, and due to their size and irregularity, obstructed critical flow within the vessel.

Note: I have also observed massive highly unusual blood clots in critically ill hospitalized patients with COVID-19 that required surgical removal, such as a dear friend who refused to vaccinate and got very ill from delta. Large COVID-19 clots are much rarer than what is being observed with the vaccine and as of now I have not been able to verify if they had the same fibrous characteristics.
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Similarly, when the blood was looked at under electron microscopy, significant structural abnormalities could be seen:
electron microscope images
The most important finding of the study can be found at the end:

Mass spectrometry showed that when spike protein is added to healthy PPP, it results in structural changes to β and γ fibrin(ogen), complement 3, and prothrombin. These proteins were substantially resistant to trypsinization, in the presence of spike protein. 

In short, the authors found that when spike protein was added to blood samples, it caused irregular (misfolded) fibrous clots to form that were resistant to the enzymes researchers and the body (e.g. the digestive system) uses to break down protein structures. This most likely means the enzyme the body typically uses to break down fibrin clots cannot do so for these misfolded fibrous clots.

It should also be noted that COVID-19 blood clots and vaccine blood clots do not respond to many of the anticoagulants that traditionally are effective, further suggesting misfolded blood clots are a key aspect of the disease process (my team also suspects the spike protein directly interacts with clotting factors, e.g. it appears to bind and inactivate heparin, a commonly used anticoagulant which also stabilizes the zeta potential of the body).

The authors further discussed these misfolded clots and cited their potential role in long-haul COVID-19 as a rationale for the current experiment described here which sought to determine the effects of adding spike protein to normal blood:

Interestingly, plasma from T2DM and form healthy individuals, immediately digested fully after a first trypsinization step, however, persistent microclots remained in the plasma samples from Long COVID/PASC and from acute COVID-19 samples, still contained large anomalous (amyloid) deposits (microclots). After a second trypsinization, the persistent pellet deposits were solubilized. We detected various inflammatory molecules that are substantially increased in both the supernatant and trapped in the solubilized pellet deposits of acute COVID-19 and Long COVID/PASC, versus the equivalent volume of fully digested fluid of the control samples and T2DM. Of particular interest was a substantial increase in α(2)-antiplasmin (α2AP), various fibrinogen chains in both acute COVID-19 and Long COVID/PASC digested microclots. 

In summary, this study demonstrated that there are always slightly irregular or misfolded fibrous blood clots being formed within the body, but at the same time the body has a mechanism for removing them. However, once small amounts of spike protein are added into the mix (at concentrations I believe will be reached through vaccination) those irregular fibrous clots spiral out of control and come to dominate the clotting process. At this point, the body's mechanisms for removing them are no longer able to outpace this growth function and they instead grow until they are constrained in size by the blood vessels they are within like the large fibrous clots shown in Died Suddenly.

This is particularly problematic because the spike protein attacks the endothelium (creating large numbers of initiating events for blood clots) and because the mRNA vaccines were engineered to persist in the body so they could produce enough spike proteins to elicit an antibody response sufficient to meet regulatory approval, which unfortunately led to them continuing to produce toxic spike proteins for a prolonged and possibly indefinite period.

In my own opinion, this study was a pivotal point of data that should have brought an immediate halt to the spike protein vaccine roll-out but instead has languished as a relatively unknown study. Nonetheless, the authors continued their research and later published a more detailed paper on what they had discovered about these fibrin amyloid clots which they proposed as the underlying cause of long-haul COVID (but for political reasons obviously could not link to the vaccine).

Postscript: Following publication of this article, a reader alerted me to this study from a different research time (summarized here) which using another methodology also observed that the spike protein was causing irregular and inflammatory fibrin clots to form which resisted degradation.

Why Does the Spike Protein Cause Misfolding?

Numerous observations suggest that something about the spike protein causes protein misfolding to occur. In addition to the abnormal fibrous clots described above, the spike protein vaccination has also been associated with other misfolding diseases. Rapid cognitive decline in the elderly is frequently observed following COVID-19 vaccination. This observation inspired a recent series in here focused on the actual causes of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia (which are often associated with amyloid plaques in the brain), many of which are rapidly accelerated by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, along with the therapeutic strategies for addressing them.

One of the most well-known protein misfolding diseases that leads to dementia, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, is an extremely rare and fatal brain disease that occurs in approximately one in a million people. Shortly before he passed, Luc Montagnier published a case report of 26 cases of CJD following vaccination, and since that time others have also observed this link.

Similarly, when my team reviewed a large number of vaccine injury reports submitted to Steve Kirsch in a survey, out of the final 607 submissions analyzed, there were three reports of fatal prion diseases (two of which were specified to be CJD, the third most likely was as well), meaning this disease was observed by approximately 0.5% of respondents (which is much more than the one in a million lifetime occurrence rate). We found this very concerning, especially given that CJD normally takes over a decade to develop, so it was even more worrisome that many cases have already emerged.

Another well-known protein misfolding disorder that has been associated with the spike protein is amyloidosis. Amyloidosis is linked to various severe chronic diseases (Pfizer for example recently invested in a treatment for cardiac amyloidosis so they appear to be aware of this issue).

One paper that examined this issue identified seven regions of the spike protein which fulfilled the structural criteria necessary for the formation of amyloids, and when tested, these regions were found to cause amyloids to form. In the same way that the abnormal fibrous clots gradually build up within the vaccinated until a fatal tipping point is reached, I believe the same may also be occurring with amyloid depositing in the tissue (hence Pfizer's recent investment in cardiac amyloidosis).

Others have also noticed the prion-forming characteristics of the spike protein. One of the most definitive reviews of the subject (by authors including Stephanie Seneff and Peter McCullough) highlighted a variety of mechanisms to explain the prion-forming behavior of the spike protein and its ability to enter the central nervous system (e.g. via the spleen where the vaccine nanoparticles were known to accumulate). Interestingly, authors also noted that of the variants, Delta (which my colleagues suspect was engineered) had a higher score for prionogenesis than the original Wuhan strain, whereas Omicron had a substantially lower score.

Richard Flemming also has done a great deal of work to expose both the lab origin of SARS-CoV-2 and the various treaties its developers violated to do so (and thus must be criminally sentenced for). A key point he makes in an important presentation summarizing his work is that the spike protein used in the synthetic COVID vaccines differs from that of the original SARS-CoV-2 virus, but the one part of the spike protein which was perfectly preserved in the vaccine was the prion-forming section of it. A shortened version of that presentation highlighting the key parts including the prion domain discussion can be found within this article.

In addition to the models demonstrated above, I also believe there is another model which can also explain the protein misfolding and account for the microclots which are occurring.

Zeta Potential and COVID-19

One mission of this Substack has been to bring the concept of zeta potential to the awareness of the general public as I believe it is critical for understanding many different diseases including COVID-19 and both spike protein and non-spike protein vaccine injuries.

When a substance is mixed in water, it has three options, not mix with it (typically either floating to the top or settling to the bottom), dissolve like salt, or form a colloidal suspension. Stable colloidal suspensions are typically finely dispersed microparticles and as that stability is lost, the particles clump together in larger and larger agglomerations which eventually will separate out from the surrounding water.

The colloidal stability of biological solutions however is mostly overlooked in modern physiology (other systems like Chinese medicine through blood stasis hold a greater focus on it). When the colloidal stability of a living organism is sufficiently impaired, severe diseases, such as those created by blood cells clumping together and impairing circulatory function can occur (similarly early researchers showed malaria causes death by creating severe blood clumping in the largest blood vessels, something Pierre Kory has also observed occurs in critically ill patients via IVC ultrasound immediately preceding their deaths).

A key factor that determines if colloidal solutions clump together or remain dispersed is the balance of electrical charges present (positive charges agglomerate, negative charges disperse). Zeta potential provides a way to model this immensely complex balance and explains why tiny amounts of positive ions with high charge densities (e.g. aluminum) are capable of agglomerating colloidal suspensions (e.g. sewage or blood), and why microstrokes often follow injections of these substances (similarly, poor zeta potential increases the viscosity of the blood, and when it is improved, a variety of cardiovascular or circulatory disorders also improved).

When COVID-19 started, I realize that many of the unusual symptoms reported by colleagues were identical to what I would have associated with an agent severely impairing the zeta potential of the body as so many different fluid circulations appeared to be impaired or showing signs of agglomeration (e.g. the frequent blood clots). After some research, I concluded the spike protein had the most likely electrical composition to account for these facts, at which point I became extremely apprehensive over vaccine designs which mass produced spike protein within the body (much of what is now known about the spike protein's toxicity was not known then).

In Fleming's previously mentioned presentation which discussed the prion domain within the vaccine spike protein, he also provided one of the best examples I have seen of how a small amount of a zeta potential reducing agent can rapidly cause blood cells to clump together. This was done by showing the immediate effects of each of the spike protein vaccines on healthy blood (this effect is most likely the result of PEG on the lipid nanoparticles).

The South African researchers quoted earlier in this article likewise observed the same phenomena:

Blood incubated with spike protein showed erythrocyte agglutination, despite the very low concentration of the spike protein. An increase in platelet hyperactivation, membrane spreading, platelet-derived microparticle formation were noted due to spike protein exposure. 

Further as detailed here, this clumping is also consistently seen on the blood smears of vaccinated individuals:
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This rapid clumping process is most likely what causes sudden death immediately following vaccination in susceptible individuals, such as this recent example where this ardent advocate of vaccination died 7 minutes after receiving the new booster in the pharmacy.

As we circle back to Died Suddenly and the abridged version presented here, consider the scenes where the blood of these deceased individuals is shown (I am putting this video in again here so you don't need to scroll up).

When you watch it, three characteristics of that blood should be immediately apparent:
- There are a large number of microclots present (which as discussed here is likely how other zeta potential impairing vaccinations frequently cause neurological injuries).
- It appears more viscous.
- The blood separates from its surrounding plasma (this is best seen in the scenes where it is shown within a test tube, such as the one below).
blood separation
Zeta Potential and Protein Misfolding

Proteins are manufactured by stringing long chains of amino acids together (likewise, the mRNA technology works by directing the body to assemble the specific long chain of amino acids the mRNA was programmed to code for). Once a protein forms, that long chain then folds into a three-dimensional structure that comprises the fully functional protein.

A variety of factors influence that protein folding, and because of the enormous functional consequences of a misfolded protein, a significant focus has been placed the cellular components that prevent this. That discipline has observed states of high stress (e.g. heat shock) inhibit this process for both animal cells and invading microorganisms, and present evidence suggests protein misfolding is a regulatory mechanism cells use to adapt to stress (this is also a foundational principle of the alternative hypothesis of what causes Alzheimer's disease).

In the case of COVID-19, this process appears to play a key role in mediating the diseases process (so a variety of treatments that target it have been explored, although I believe utilizing fevers is probably the most direct solution). I have not been able to find any studies directly assessing the effect of the cytotoxic spike proteins on the regulation of protein folding. However I do know that vaccine injuries are characterized by a chronic activation of the cell danger response, and it is known in the CDR that the heat shock protein response is altered (which plays a large role in protein folding).

Although a great deal of research has gone into observing the factors which influence protein folding, what is often not appreciated about that process is that this folding occurs because the protein chain becomes a suspended colloid in water. As a result the exact shape a protein takes is heavily dependent upon the protein's specific electrostatic interactions with the surrounding environment (and the region of water within the protein).

For this reason, the same factors that influence zeta potential or colloidal stability in other systems also affect protein stability (e.g. the same agents that collapse the physiologic zeta potential are also known denature proteins [lose their folded configuration] and cause them to precipitate out of solution, while those that improve zeta potential stabilize proteins in solutions). One of the easiest models for understanding the denaturation process is when egg whites are heated. Prior to this happening, the colloidally suspended proteins that compose the egg whites are transparent and can easily mix into water, while after this happens they become a solid white mass which separates from water when the two are mixed within (you can also use other denaturing agents besides heat such as alcohol to transform egg whites).

I thus strongly suspect that the physiologic alterations of zeta potential created by a positive charge of the spike protein also affects the folding of a protein and contributes to the protein misfolding detailed within this article. Unfortunately, when I attempted to research this question, I was not able to find any references that I felt adequately assessed it and I was only able to find passing references to it (e.g. a general acknowledgment that denaturing agents impair proper protein folding). Thus, at this time it remains an unproven hypothesis (I feel the papers have to be out there, so once I get them I will revise this position).

Conclusion

For the reasons detailed above, I believe video footage of the unusual blood clots being discovered by embalmers is a winner for convincing the public there are major problems with these vaccines. This principle also holds for the scientific community as entrenched dogmas are often not overturned until proof of the alternative argument can be directly seen (Navy submarines spotting undersea tectonic rifts made tectonic drift become accepted while being able to see bacteria under a microscope did the same for Semmelweis's theory about needing to wash hands to prevent postpartum sepsis).

At the same time, because of the way our scientific system presently works, many have a great deal of difficulty believing anything unless a model exists to explain how something causes something else to happen. Although that initially appeared to be a significant stumbling block for linking the vaccines to these deadly clots, as this article shows, there are clear mechanisms to support it (note: in the previous article I went into additional compelling mechanisms to explain the severe blood clots such as the spike protein vaccine frequently causing antiphospholipid syndrome).

Although there was much I appreciated about Died Suddenly (e.g. it touched upon the history of elitist population control which I presented detailed evidence of here alongside a summary of the known previous attempts to develop and deploy sterilizing vaccines on the public), I feel the lack of editorial control will be extremely problematic later on. Since easily falsifiable information exists in the video that will be focused on in any attempt to debunk it, that will significantly weaken its message and allow the vaccine blood clots to be associated with other unprovable conspiracy theories.

This is a shame because the blood clot aspect of the film is so strong and can easily stand on its own. Additionally, I feel it is very likely that when Died Suddenly is searched in the future, instead of the large numbers of news reports emerging that show where this happened, we will instead be greeted with an endless number of articles debunking those parts of the movie.

The producers of Died Suddenly have my genuine sympathy for these oversights, as I recognize from writing here on complex subjects how easy it is despite my best efforts to make factual errors and as much as I hate to say this "spread misinformation" (this is why I and colleagues periodically volunteer to vet medical information being compiled to challenge this vaccination program).

At the same time however, I also believe once these mistakes are recognized, they need to be addressed. Since I can edit my own written posts after publication, I recognize it is much easier for someone like me to do that than a video publisher, but I nonetheless believe it must also be seriously considered for a documentary that had a limited release to a video-sharing platform.

See Also:

New study claims to show Vitamin D doesn't help against Covid. Here's what they did wrong
Rapid waning and short-lived immunity: It's time to rethink COVID booster shots, Israeli researchers say
"Disturbed and alarmed": 66 doctors, clinicians and scientists call for stop to Covid vaccination of pregnant women over serious safety concerns

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Reader Comments (24)
Buffalo_Ken
Buffalo_Ken · 2 days ago
Here is a good link on what might be causing the clots.

[Link]
From a Midwestern Doctor, well thought out and deserving respect.
Gator
Gator · 2 days ago
Buffalo_Ken Killer article, pardon the pun...
Buffalo_Ken
Buffalo_Ken · 2 days ago
Gator - Gator, I tried to kiss the Midwestern Doctor once and it was on a whim and she took it for what it was and I think she knows her shit.

~

Best to you,

Ken
Buffalo_Ken
Buffalo_Ken · 2 days ago
Gator - I guess the joke is on me and I don't mind......I'm tired of the battle I won't deny...didn't even realize the article was the same till now.....oh well. Oh well. Still, I won't deny I tried to kiss her once, and she didn't say no.....she knew the difference twixt a kiss in person versus one shared online.
Gator
Gator · Buffalo_Ken
· 2 days ago
Gator
Gator · 2 days ago
Buffalo_Ken No worries mate !
Buffalo_Ken
Buffalo_Ken · about 17 hours ago
Gator - you are a good online friend Gator Man, it is so unfair the schedule the Bills have had this season, but I ain't complaining. Adversity builds character is what they say....

However, I can't deny, sometimes I do myself a disservice by not being properly deliberate. There is a song about this my daughter shared with me a long time ago, and later if the time seems proper, I'll post it......it is about slowing down and it is a good song.

Peace,

Ken
Gator
Gator · Buffalo_Ken
· about 11 hours ago
Mayday Mike
Mayday Mike · 2 days ago
Blood clots naturally when there is a cut that needs sealing; ordinarily the cut is a localized event and does not affect the ENTIRE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM; death by a million cuts, across every blood artery, vessel, and capillary. D-dime tests on the vaccinated show clotting on capillaries, the smallest of blood vessels.
Patrick Donnelly
Patrick Donnelly · 2 days ago
Clots are dissolved by enzymes.

SIMPLES!

[Link] a group dedicated to dissolving clots.
Gnostic
Gnostic · a day ago
Patrick Donnelly Do they have a website as I can not view the page. It wants me to log in and I do not have an account.
oldschoolrider
oldschoolrider · a day ago
cayman chemicals

usa made an proud, fkn typical nazi medicine

SN-102 ,,, the clot causing trigger..

nazi maggots fauci, gates soros, shwabby, are on there way to hell, there is no heaven for them for that suffering they created..

so sucks to be them!!
McFluffin
McFluffin · a day ago
So, if they believe they know the cause of the clots, they can work on a cure? I would like to think that this article is one of hope for all those who have had the shots and been injured. Unlike Stew Peters fear mongering, let's look for solutions. This is progress, right?
Baybars
Baybars · a day ago
McFluffin If the documentary is 'fear mongering', then what do you call all the media and government propaganda these past two years in order to get you vaxxinated? Public health alerts?
Baybars
Baybars · a day ago
It is good to critique the documentary because the covidians will do all they can to discredit the film and its makers. That being said, the documentary has no doubt opened many eyes that were previously closed to this side of the covid story and I doubt anyone would mind if the Midwestern Doctor's suggested edits were incorporated.

While that is going on, more films like this should be made.
parzival
parzival · about 24 hours ago
We have been exposed to novel genetically engineered pathogens, designed through gain of function experiments to make people seriously ill. In response, we are bypassing the natural safeguards of digestion by injecting material directly into the body. This material contains microscopic lipid nanoparticles. Particles that are designed to breach the protective cell wall. It also contains instructions designed to alter the way DNA works and/or expresses itself. Once inside the cell, these are capable of transcribing themselves into our nuclear DNA, corrupting its structure.

Once DNA is corrupted, it loses its incredible ability to overcome the second law of thermodynamics. We become subject to the laws of decay, rapid decay. If you want to know why so many people are becoming ill and dying this is it in a nutshell...
parzival
parzival · about 24 hours ago
CDC EMPLOYEES STRUGGLE TO GET RESEARCH PUBLISHED BECAUSE ITS FINDINGS COUNTER PUBLIC HEALTH DOGMA [Link]
Baybars
Baybars · about 23 hours ago
One opinion on what these clots are, and how they got there has been expressed here [Link] A very compelling explanation.

No matter what you think is causing these odd clots, this is an absolute horror that has been let loose on humanity and it appears to be only gaining momentum.
parzival
parzival · about 23 hours ago
Baybars A horror story that looks like calamari...
parzival
parzival · about 23 hours ago
'Bad Hombre Calamari Surrounded by the walking dead with ticking clocks' by GOOD CITIZEN NOV 29

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Those poor souls lay on their backs on the embalmer’s cold metal tables getting calamari tweezed out of their veins and arteries like a post-mortem seafood factory.

Having their blood drained slowly with black coffee grinds mixed in because that’s the only speed impure blood drains from the victims of Big Pharma assassinations.

Brought to the planet by, Pfizer.

There are some bad hombres in this world, but these hombres aren’t the ones being shuttled across the border in the millions by Narco gangs working with the Biden administration and the Clinton-Soros controlled child protective services paedo trafficker Wayfair Yandex industrial complex.

As bad as all that is, and as brazen as they are advertising their paedo agenda everywhere they can get away with it, including high fashion advertising campaigns, they don’t fill blood vessels with calamari.

Still, we can’t look away from either atrocity and still carry a clear conscience. And yet the media and all the digital nodes of gormless hand-picked nonces with the largest platforms are completely muted on all of it..." [Link]
Baybars
Baybars · about 23 hours ago
parzival That was an entertaining article. Thanks for the link.

At one point the author suggests that, " The U.S. has moved light years beyond Banana Republic status. A whole new category of a corrupt dictatorial surveillance police state with child trafficking, open borders, paedophilic reverence, and corporate socialism, with absolutely no shame about any of it, will need to be invented to accurately label what the nation has become. "

Donald Trump coined a phrase that accurately describes the U.S. today; a shithole country.

With respect to the vaccination uptake quoted in the article, I think it's low. According to other sources, " Over a year into the biggest vaccination campaign in history, more than 12.7 billion doses have been administered across 184 countries. The latest rate was roughly 7.07 million doses a day. ” [Link]
parzival
parzival · about 23 hours ago
Baybars The Bloomberg article seems more realistic. The death count will be staggering in the years to come...
parzival
parzival · about 23 hours ago
CDC quietly confirms at least 118k Children & Young Adults have ‘Died Suddenly’ in the USA since the roll-out of the COVID Vaccines BY THE EXPOSÉ ON NOVEMBER 30, 2022 [Link]
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"Official figures quietly published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirm nearly half a million children and young adults have died ever since the Food & Drug Administration first granted emergency use authorisation to a Covid-19 vaccine in the USA.

This has sadly resulted in nearly 118,000 excess deaths compared to the 2015-2019 average.

The figures also reveal that there have been 7,680 more excess deaths among children and young adults in 2022 so far compared to the same time frame in 2020 at the height of the alleged Covid-19 pandemic.

But the year 2021 was by and large the worst year for deaths among 0 to 44-year-olds, with 291,461 excess deaths in total, nearly 60,000 more than occurred in 2020. And according to the official CDC figures, this was mainly due to a mysterious sudden rise in deaths among children and young adults from around week 31 onwards.

Unfortunately, according to data published by the UK Government, that “mysterious” sudden rise which has contributed to half a million American children and young adults dying since late 2020, is most likely due to the Covid-19 injections..."
parzival
parzival · about 22 hours ago
Meanwhile in Japan, a pissed off Dr Masanori Fukushima, Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University, warns about vax harms to the Ministry of Health: "You are ignoring science! It's a disaster. You spend billions on the vaccine & force people to inject it...due to the vax, natural immunity has been suppressed" [Link]
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Comparative genomics of mortal and #immortal cnidarians unveils novel keys behind rejuvenation

Source: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2118763119

Further, we compare a set of almost 1,000 #genes related to aging and #DNA #repair between both Turritopsis and other cnidarians and present a stage-specific transcriptome of #life cycle reversal process of T. dohrnii. Altogether, these results unveil key molecular mechanisms behind rejuvenation of T. dohrnii.

#genome #science #exploration #news

bliter@diaspora-fr.org

#Guédelon II, une #aventure #médiévale | #ARTE

En #Bourgogne, depuis plus de vingt ans, des #archéologues et des #artisans bâtissent le #châteaufort de Guédelon selon les #techniques et les #matériaux du #MoyenÂge. Ce #documentaire propose une #nouvelle #exploration de cet #incroyable #chantier et en dévoile des phases inédites.

Plus grand site d’ #archéologie #expérimentale au #monde, le chantier du #château #médiéval de Guédelon, en Bourgogne, qui s’effectue avec des #outils, des #matériaux et des techniques du XIIIe siècle, poursuit une #expérience unique #entreprise il y a plus de deux décennies. Au fil des saisons, il aura offert aux "œuvriers", comme se nomment eux-mêmes les #artisans qui y officient avec l'aide des archéologues, de s’approprier les savoir-faire des #bâtisseurs du Moyen Âge. Un public nombreux – 300 000 visiteurs en 2017 – vient admirer sur le chantier la virtuosité de ces #tailleurs de #pierre, #charpentiers ou #forgerons capables de transformer le grès de cette ancienne #carrière et le #bois de #chênes d’une #forêt voisine pour élever un imposant #ouvrage #fortifié. Aventure #humaine grandeur #nature, la construction rassemble une quarantaine d’artisans, épaulés par des centaines de #bénévoles, et par un comité #scientifique constitué d’archéologues et d’ #historiens.

Grands #défis

En 2015, Guédelon : renaissance d’un château médiéval, déjà coproduit par ARTE et l’Inrap (Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives), offrait une première immersion au cœur du site. Le temps d’une saison, cette nouvelle exploration dévoile des phases inédites du chantier et présente une vue d’ensemble du bâti sorti de terre grâce à de spectaculaires images aériennes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyur9cqYSJM

anonymiss@despora.de

Today we are talking about the 6th episode of the 3rd season of "Love, Death & Robots" called: #Swarm

source: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/86831-love-death-robots/season/3/episode/6

The episode is about human scientists exploring a swarm. They can observe and explore everything, because they are non-threatening to the swarm. The swarm hollows out asteroids and creates an artificial atmosphere inside. This is how the swarm has survived for millions of years. The interesting thing is that the swarm consists of many different species that seem to have been assimilated by the swarm. Now each species has a special ability with which it ensures the survival of the swarm. Everything is controlled by phenomena. One species still has a primitive language. Apparently, these were intelligent life forms that once had the ability to travel through space and were then assimilated by the swarm.

The scientists manage to influence some swarm participants with pheromones to give them an egg. They want to genetically modify this egg to breed a swarm that can execute commands from humans. As a result, the humans are attacked by guards and brought to a new type of swarm participant. He has high intelligence and explains that he was created by the queen as a defensive tactic against the actions of the humans. He explains to the humans that they are now being assimilated by the swarm and are being bred to best serve the swarm to ward off further attacks from the humans.

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watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDWh2zPbTk

The intelligent swarm participant reminded me of the Brain Bugs in Starship Troopers. What intelligent species would be so diabolical as to breed another species to its advantage?

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Another philosophical question is whether too much intelligence is rather negative for evolution over a long period of time? The jellyfish is theoretically immortal but has no brain. Can one enjoy immortality without consciousness? What is the point of our intelligence if we only use it to wage wars and destroy our habitat?

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#SciFi #Series #LoveDeath&Robots #Intelligence #SwarmIntelligence #Humanity #Science #Exploration #Evolution #Ethics #Philosophy

ute@diaspora.hofud.com

"I came here in 1938 to join an Antarctic expedition, because I had decided when I was 10 years of age that that was what I was going to do" so he did. Well done. Mr Russell.
As per his wishes, his body has been donated to science, after living a "full and remarkable life".

#exploration #Mawson #Antarctica #UK #oz

anonymiss@despora.de

In situ detection of #water on the #Moon by the #Chang’E-5 lander

We report analysis results of the reflectance spectra (0.48 to 3.2 μm) acquired by the Chang’E-5 lander, which provides vital context of the returned samples from the Northern Oceanus Procellarum of the Moon. We estimate up to 120 parts per million (ppm) of water (OH + H2O) in the lunar regolith, which is mostly attributed to solar wind implantation. A light-colored and surface-pitted rock (named as CE5-Rock) is evident near the lander. The reflectance spectra suggest that CE5-Rock could be transported from an older basalt unit. CE5-Rock exhibits a stronger absorption, near 2.85 μm, than the surrounding regolith, with estimation of ~180 ppm of water if the model for estimating water content of regolith is applicable to rock samples, which may suggest an additional source from the lunar interior. The low water content of the regolith may suggest the degassing of mantle reservoir beneath the Chang’E-5 landing site.

source: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl9174

#space #exploration #science #china #news #H2O

christina_engela@joindiaspora.com

Christina Engela Interview With Robb Wallace

This was an interview conducted by Robb Wallace, published on October 16, 2021.

Christina Engela Author Bio:

Christina Engela, one of South Africa’s most unique, prolific and skilled storytellers, has already written and published numerous fiction and non-fiction titles and is best known for her creative sci-fi stories and realistic characterization. The Port Elizabethan writer brings a wealth of personal experience to each of her stories, and with more than one new offering in the pipeline at any given time – and new titles being made available in audiobook format, the future is bound to be busy for her fans! You can find out more on ChristinaEngela.com

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Check her out at Moon Books Publishing!

Get “Blachart” – book 1 in the Galaxii Series by Christina Engela on Audible now, audiobook narrated by Nigel Peever!

You can find out more on ChristinaEngela.com

“Christina Engela is a South African editor and author of horror, fantasy and science fiction novels. Her books are never short of suspense, adventure and humor, while her colorful characters and thought-provoking settings take readers into another world, making her one of the most gifted and creative storytellers. A firm supporter of the LGBT community, Christina believes that Sexual and Gender Minority characters aren’t reflected enough by authors due to a number of reasons. As such, Christina’s writing isn’t stereotypical, and her characters aren’t stereotypes, regardless of their sexuality or gender.” – Booksradar.com, June 21, 2021.

https://www.booksradar.com/engela-christine/engela.html

An interview with science fiction author Christina Engela

About Christina Engela (Who, why, when, where, what):

Q: Tell us something about your books, including your genre and your characters and/or themes.

A: My primary genre is science fiction. My usual style is that of space opera, with a good deal of action and adventure thrown in, also including elements such as suspense. I also include touches of horror and fantasy for good measure.

My lead characters tend to be heroic inspirational types like Mykl d’Angelo or Joe Lofflin, and sometimes they’re anti-heroes like Blachart the Corsair. While my leads generally fall somewhere on the LGBT spectrum, this is not always the case. For me storytelling is about the people and their issues and obstacles and how they overcome them. That’s why I don’t write high science fiction – for me, sci-fi is more about the adventures of friends living in a distant different future than about explaining the fine details of how future tech works!

Q: Where are you based?

A: I live in the city of Port Elizabeth, on the South-eastern tip of Africa, in a country called South Africa. I was born here nearly 50 years ago – and unless something goes incredibly right, I’ll probably die here too!

Q: Latest releases and upcoming titles?

A: My latest print/eBook release was a novel called “Mirror, Mirror” (2019). I just finished the first draft of another novel, “Sentinel”, which is book 4 in the Galaxii Series, but that will need to go through the editing process before anyone sees it! A few of my books have begun to appear in audiobook format – the latest is “Black Sunrise”, book 1 in the Quantum Series narrated by Darla Middlebrook. She’s still busy with book 2, which should be coming out shortly.

Q: What are you currently working on?

A: I usually work on several books at once – it tends to keep things more spicy that way, don’t you think? I just finished “Sentinel” last week, and I’m still busy with “The Song Of The Drillipede”, “Underground Movement” (Quantum book 7) and “Where Darkness Softly Treads” (Galaxii book 5). I also have a horror story lurking ominously in the background that needs finishing (shivers)! Its working title is “Pets”.

Q: What inspires you to write?

I’m not so sure “inspires” is the right word. For me writing is more than that – it’s a drive, an obsession almost. Inspiration is just about WHAT I write… I’m almost never happier than when I’m deep in thought behind a PC typing away at a story! Perhaps it’s an escape? Maybe. But what an escape it is then!

Q: When and why did you get into writing fantasy/Sci-fi?

A: To clarify, I don’t write pure fantasy – at least I haven’t yet! My main genre is sci-fi, but I blend sci-fi with elements of fantasy. The same is true for horror.

It was in about 2005 when I wrote the first book in the Quantum Series, “Black Sunrise” that I first started to blend elements of other genres with sci-fi. Yes, it’s set in a sci-fi framework, but there’s a lot of fantasy elements in the series – from the character of Fred the Arborian, who’s an alien walking, talking pot plant who causes drama and theatrics wherever he goes – to critters like the crabby-grass that roam the sidewalks and parks of Atro City, to the strato-penguins that fly high overhead, with the occasional straggler exploding if it strays too high. In later books, Vampires have also made the occasional appearance, and they begin to feature quite strongly from book 5 onwards.

In my third series, “Panic! Horror In Space”, I blend sci-fi with horror to create a satirical look at how people in a higher tech future would deal with paranormal events such as hauntings and things which so far defy scientific explanation – like zombies for example! Naturally, there’s a lot of comedy in this series because it’s meant to be a parody. There are also serious parts, and there are things in there which do truly frighten me!

Q: Who are your favourite sci-fi/fantasy writers/authors?

A: That would have to be Harry Harrison and Terry Pratchett!

Q: What is your favourite fantasy series and why?

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series of course! I’ve always admired his writing technique, his wit and intelligence, and how he tells a story. He also had a way to construct the text so that you could read the same book again and pick up on something new that you missed the last time – which is something I absolutely admire! He told human stories, and his ability to cut through all the pretense and bullshit to expose the core of the matter was remarkable. His character and world-building was intricate and life-like. He could play his audience like a maestro conducting an orchestra. If there were any writer of any period or genre that I could hope to evoke, it would be him.

Q: What is your favourite sci-fi series and why?

A: Star Trek, without a doubt – although Star Wars always seemed to come a close second. Firefly was also right up there with them too! There’s adventure, tech, excitement – but also emotion and depth. It’s not just a bare-knuckle brawl or things blowing up for no reason, it’s about purpose, doing the right thing, helping people, being better. It’s inspirational. Best of all, the tech is based on actual science of the time! I like happy endings I suppose, because if we were to consider the story of our species with all its problems and its history of falling and rising civilizations and failures to reach the stars to attain equality with the gods of old, then Star Trek would be that happy ending.

Q: Who are some of your all-time favourite sci-fi characters? And why do you think they became your favourites?

A: Spock from the original Star Trek of course! I admired his logical mind, his Sherlock Holmes methodology and style – and his abilities to control his own pain and his struggles with his own limitations.

Q: Do you follow any entertainment outside of books? (Video Games, Boardgames, Comics etc)

A: I have a collection of around 2000 comics! I collect a fair variety, and I have most of the Star Trek comics, and also items like Magnus Robot Fighter, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, BSG, Space Family Robinson etc. In the graphic novel department, Tintin, Asterix and Lucky Luke are my all-time favorites. I also have a selection of figurines and models spanning the same interests – it’s just a pity that in South Africa most of anything we find here is Star Wars and not much else!

Q: What’s going on in the next few months? Anything on the Horizon?

A: I recently signed with a local publisher called Hally Park, who will finally bring my books into South African book shops in print! This country’s publishing and book selling industry is still steam-powered, and nouveau publishers like Hally Park are likely to break the strangle-hold on indie authors in South Africa! They have a contract to supply books to public schools, so what this brings forward is the likelihood that my books could be appearing in schools in future!

Q: What kind of books did you read that contributed to your upbringing, as far as fantasy and science-fiction?

A: I grew up reading a lot of sci-fi, mostly Star Trek (the TV adaptations of the original series by James Blish). I read those a lot! Also, there was an old series called Tom Swift by Victor Appleton that I enjoyed too.

Tintin was a huge influence on me as a child, and although it wasn’t sci-fi on its own, Tintin and his companions did travel to the Moon in one of their adventures (Destination Moon & Explorers On The Moon), and were saved in another by a UFO (Flight 714)!

Q: Was your upbringing pretty geeky?

A: (Whispers) I loved learning about dinosaurs and science and space travel from books, and read encyclopedias at the breakfast table! When I was 14 I had fifty copies of National Geographic magazine on my shelf!

Q: Do you have a process, do you plan or do you fly by the seat of your pants?

A: I plan the broad strokes of the story, but the finer detail – well, that writes itself!

Q: How has your writing process changed since you first started writing?

A: When I first started writing, it was literally with pen and paper! Since 2003 it’s been digital. This has made revising and editing much easier – and relegated writer’s cramp to the past! Having the internet handy for research has also improved the process.

Q: How long does it normally take you to write a novel, and what proportion of the time is spent doing what?

A: That varies! I worked on “Blachart” from 1991 until 2005 (14 years!) while “Sentinel” (begun in 2020) took just over a year to complete the first draft. The difference here was that I’d started writing “Blachart” in the old-school style – with a pen and paper, rewriting each draft over manually, which is very time consuming and labor intensive! In 2003 I digitized it and then it became much quicker and easier to write and edit my books! In 2005, I wrote the first three books in the Quantum Series in just three months!

Starting a new story for me begins with mentally developing a picture of what I’d like it to be about, then working out how it will influence or fit in with the over-all story arc of whatever series it’s in, and then planning which characters will appear in it. If it’ll be previously used characters, that saves time, but if I need to invent new ones, I spend a little time working out who and what I’ll need, determine their roles and create interesting backgrounds for them, picture their appearances and personalities and so on. Often I won’t know I need a new character until I get to a certain point in the story, and then I’ll do this on the spot!

I generally work on more than one project at a time, so in one week I might work on two or three different books more or less simultaneously. I do this so that I don’t get in a rut; it helps to keep it interesting – and if the writer remains interested, then the readers will too!

Q: What is your favourite part of the writing process?

A: When I hit my stride and I’m typing away furiously, my mind already two sentences ahead of what’s appearing on my screen! It’s a rush!

Q: Have your previous vocations influenced your writing?

A: Definitely. I’ve been a lot of different things in my life, including being a soldier and a computer technician and I have plenty of anecdotes and experiences to enrich my writing!

Q: Do you involve other people in your writing, as collaborators or editors? How do you make this work?

A: Not often, but it has happened! I co-wrote some short stories with Alex S. Johnson, and I assisted Deena Larsen with the translation of her Rose Project into Afrikaans. Collaboration can be very difficult, so there needs to be some form of chemistry between participating writers! As for my own writing, I do it all myself.

Q: As far as writing goes, what do you use? Software, Apps, Hardware etc?

A: For the last decade or so I’ve typed and processed my stories on a succession of laptops which I carry virtually everywhere I go! I use nothing special, just Word to type and format the manuscripts in, PowerPoint to design covers, posters and book trailer videos, and Exel to track and manage sales and distribution.

Q: Do you do a lot of research for each book? If so how do you conduct your research?

A: Define a lot! Ha ha. Well, it depends on the individual book. There might be aspects of the book that I’d need to research, and where my personal experience and my creativity run out, my usual avenue is the internet!

Q: How do you overcome blank writing spells?

A: I start by opening a manuscript I’m still working on, read through it, and then do a little editing – which turns into embellishing – and then (if uninterrupted) this turns into full-blown writing. Honestly, if nobody stops me I might not be seen for hours!

Q: A number of fantasy/sci-fi authors have been known to use art, music, exercise, alcohol and even drugs as a way to find inspiration to enter the zone! Do you use any tools to enter into your creative headspace?

A: I find that music helps.

Q: Do you prefer to write in silence and or have some sort of sound in the background?

A: That depends on my mood. Mostly I prefer to have soft music in the background, usually playing on the laptop I use for writing!

Q: Will your next book be traditional or indie published?

A: “Sentinel” (already completed) will be published exclusively through Hally Park Publishers.

Q: Would you recommend self-publishing to aspiring authors, or would you suggest a more traditional path?

A: Definitely. It’s pointless and counterproductive to sit around and wait for a traditional publisher to accept your manuscript, or to “discover” you. Meanwhile, you could be self-publishing, refining your work, and most importantly, building your audience and your brand!

Q: What sort of input do you give to formatting, cover design, marketing?

A: I edited, formatted and designed covers for my books, and also did most of the marketing. In the case of books distributed through Moon Books or Hally Park, they have either used the covers I supplied with them, or asked me to approve the ones they made to suit them.

Q: What do you do pre and post-release to help get your books noticed?

A: I mention the book and its series in posts and articles, also in my newsletters. I also write articles to promote them and share these all over social media. I promote them to reviewers and then circulate and promote the reviews.

Q: Marketing is so important nowadays, what’s your best advice to fellow authors?

A: Get rich some other way 😉 Write for the love of it. Marketing consumes all your free time which would be better spent writing more.

Q: How did you decide the pricing of your material; how did you go about promotion/advertising and distribution of your work?

A: Since I live in South Africa and most of my book sales are via the internet, the income is calculated in USD. The Rand-Dollar exchange rate is pitiful really, so in terms of sales this is the only time it benefits me at all! For every $1 I get in royalties, that works out to around R15 – so conversely what I decided to do was price my eBooks as low as I reasonably could. To determine a base-line price I researched similar books by other authors and then set what I felt was a reasonable low price for my books! In most cases, my books go for around $2.99, which I think is quite cheap! Even in South African Rands, it only works out to about R60, which is far cheaper than some other similar novels in eBook format!

As for marketing and promotion, I was always a firm believer that this should be handled by publishers – but I’ve had to roll with the punches, and accept that this simply doesn’t seem to happen anymore. My US publisher has run a few Facebook ads in the past though it’s hard to gauge how effective that has been.

When it comes to spending power, the currency conversion rate that worked in my favor in terms of earnings, now works against me in this department as the ‘only $50’ asked by some internet marketers works out to R750! The worst part is, that’s per title, not per author – and I have over 30 titles I need to market! The $3000 per title asked by others at the opposite end of the scale works out to R45,000! (Plop!) I have no idea what sort of person thinks a poor struggling author could possibly afford to pay fees like that, but what I do know is, they’re delusional! Consequently, I had to learn to do marketing on my own, picking up tips here and there and figuring it out as I went along. Honestly, there’s only so much you can achieve with free marketing.

Q: Advice on making an impact in today’s busy Scifi and Fantasy markets.

A: It’s so difficult to stand out in todays’ crowded markets! There are so many writers out there all peddling their stories as unique and creatively different or innovative – and readers really are spoiled for choice! The only thing, I think, writers can hope for without having the power of a big publishing or advertising company behind them, is to stand out enough to have their own little niche audience form around them.

Q: Must-read sci-fi novels?

A: “The Stainless Steel Rat” and “The Technicolor Time Machine” by Harry Harrison, “The Door Into Summer” by Robert Heinlein.

Q: Must-read non-sci-fi novels?

A: The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, “Riotous Assembly” by Tom Sharpe (in fact, anything by him!)

Q: Most prized book in your collection?

A: My Tintin and Asterix books!

Q: Do you read digital, paperback or hardback or do you listen to audiobooks?

A: I’m not too picky! These days cost is a factor, so being well-aware that eBooks are cheaper, I often read those – and I don’t blame other readers for doing the same! EBooks are easier to read in the dark, after all – or on the move! I like audiobooks too, especially the ones that have sound effects and lively narration! They remind me of the dramatized radio shows I grew up listening to!

Q: What are some difficulties you’ve experienced in your writing career; how do you handle book critiques/criticism?

A: My first traditional publisher was a small press that made me take down all my self-published books – and then spent the next two years putting up just two of them. In the meantime I lost goodness knows how many sales while I waited for them to edit, format and design new covers for those books… and I also had no items to link to in order to promote! In short, while I waited, the reading world forgot about me. During the time I was with them, the publisher did zero marketing other than for their own staff members books; my own books were not promoted at all other than an initial announcement at release, and when I asked about marketing I was gruffly told “that’s how the publishing industry works”! In addition, they were as transparent as concrete about sales – and every time I made enquiries, I was rebuffed or spoken down to. Then after wasting two and a half years of my time, one day out of the blue, they decided to rebrand themselves as a “pure horror” publisher and dumped the rest of their author stable, and me along with them.

Since then I’ve been stubborn about sticking to self-publishing and distrustful (and even resentful) of so-called traditional publishers! As a writer one has to be very careful who one signs contracts with! I find indie publishing to be an integral part of the creative process – not only do I get to write the story, I also get to design the cover and layout!

I have since signed with two small press traditional publishers (one in the US and the other in South Africa) – which means that I actually have two publishers at the moment – but I still retain the right to distribute existing titles on my own via my own indie channels as well! That way I don’t need to lose any income (or my internet footprint) while I wait for any promises from said publishers to materialize!

When it comes to book reviews and critics, and even reader reviews, I’ve had good experiences over-all so far! That said, I know sci-fi isn’t for everyone, and even sci-fi that includes a few novelty items like vampires or talking plants isn’t for every sci-fi fan. Mind-bogglingly, some people don’t like sci-fi that contains LGBT characters that aren’t horrible cliché’s or disparaging stereotypes, or which tackle current affairs and social issues head-on, and will take the trouble to leave their comments or send nasty notes via email.

I’ve always rolled with the punches and taken criticism from whence it came. A friend of mine once sagely advised me that ‘there’s no such thing as bad publicity’, so I list all my hate mail on my website for posterity. I visit them now and then for a good laugh.

Q: What are the best experiences in your writing career?

A: Writing itself (of course)! Finishing a new story and looking through it. Announcing to the world that my new book is available. Reading genuine heart-felt and honest reviews of my writing. Stumbling across public comments about my books on websites or forums etc. that I didn’t know about. People I meet in shops asking about my next book. Feeling fulfilled when I look back at one or more of my stories and notice something funny or profound I’d forgotten about.

Q: What are some encouraging words you’d give to another author/writer?

A: Write for yourself, publish for fame and fortune by all means – but never forget who it is you’re writing for.

Get in touch with author Christina Engela:

Website & Social Channels:

My author website & blog – https://christinaengela.com/

Moon Books: https://moonbooks.net/authors/christina-engela/

My Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ChristinaEngelaAuthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pinkfuzzyninja

GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3358833.Christina_Engela

Book links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Christina-Engela/e/B00OBY5PD8/

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/christina+engela?_requestid=2972541

Newsletter:

I have a monthly newsletter which is circulated from my website (https://christinaengela.com/)! I also put out weekly updates of goings-on in my life!

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Until next time, keep reading!

Cheers!

Digital Autograph Christina Engela


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