A6 Ursula K LeGuin is always my favourite, as you know. But I love Margaret Atwood, and there are lots of great suggestions being made! Now I have to get myself an @anna-orridge.bsky.social book.📚❤️ #WomenWritersNet

A6 #WomenWritersNet We love getting #ReadingRecs from our chats, too!

A6 #WomenWritersNet Margaret Atwood is a great author to check out. Thank you for sharing Trish!

#WomenWritersNet A6: I honestly don't know. Margaret Atwood comes to mind, but she's the only one I can think of. I've seen some good recommendations here, though.

A6 #WomenWritersNet Some great #ReadingRecs here!

#WomenWritersNet A6: I honestly don't know. Margaret Atwood comes to mind, but she's the only one I can think of. I've seen some good recommendations here, though.

a6 #WomenWritersNet Thank you for these suggestions, @nastasyaparker.bsky.social

A6 #WomenWritersNet So many good choices here! There's Octavia Butler (the Parable series), N.K. Jesimin (The Ones Who Walk Away is a must read), Margaret Atwood (there's many, including The Handsmaid Tale), @luluallison.bsky.social's Salt Lick, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Ursula LeGuin

A. 5 In honesty, most of my research was about the past. But actually history and archaeology are some of the best guides to the future. Those disciplines have looked in great depth at how humans and societies respond to certain stressors.
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A5 Yes, very true! Writing to confront fear applies to many types of story. #WomenWritersNet

A6 #WomenWritersNet I admire Helen Sedgwick, Lulu Allson, Abi Curtis, Lorraine Wilson - they all have great female characters, real heart to their writing and powerful imagining of possible futures that make us think about how we live today.

A6 - I am sorry I do not know, but am interested to learn of recommendations
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A6 Definitely Lulu Allison’s wonderful Salt Lick, and I did love Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake series. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is very good, and I recommend the TV series version because it was even better than the book. #WomenWritersNet

A2 #WomenWritersNet It has, because it means larger areas are affected. An event in one place can truly impact smaller, distant places. I imagine following current climate research might show the direction of where those changes may occur.

Yes, it's more focused on the cultural and socio-political stuff, tbh. But of course it's all interlinked. #WomenWritersNet

Q6 Which women writers excel at imagining the future for readers? Share your favourites and tell us why you love their writing. #WomenWritersNet

Spot on. And I think this is ALWAYS good advice. Fear is where the heart of any good storytelling lies. We have to look things in the face and really try to get to the kernel of truth in them and explore that. There's no room for cowardice when you're a writer! #WomenWritersNet

A4 #WomenWritersNet Indeed! Having a working understanding of something so complex does require a great deal of research to confidently put out your vision! It will pay off, and you will know a great deal about a very specific area of the physics of space, lol.

... is a challenge. Globalisation has made everything so much more brittle. It's hard to know what might shatter and what will retain its shape. #WomenWrItersNet

#WomenWritersNet A4: It's impossible to future proof stories, but predicting the future can give you a rush. :) I think once the Tangerine Toddler is out of office, both the Rose Garden and the east wing will be restored if the Dems get elected. He'd better leave the Kennedy Center alone!