To do this, she started a Kickstarter campaign, asking people to donate money that she could use to get by for the next few months while she not only finished writing her book but got it published.
Rather than give in, an option for which no one would have faulted her, Becky decided to push forward with her book. To push forward with her freelancing would have required that she give up on her book, especially if she intended to earn a living as a result.īut Becky’s passion wouldn’t let her quit. She had been toying with the idea of writing her book for a while and had even begun experimenting with a couple of chapters. Most people would have thrown everything they had into finding more work and, hopefully, securing some sort of regular and reliable income source. However, work eventually begun to dry up.Īt that point, Becky had a choice to make. Becky spent a lot of time working freelance. There was no doubt in her mind that she would pursue science fiction in one fashion or another. It helped that Becky watched a lot of Star Trek when she was a child.īecky has been known to reminisce about all the roleplaying she did as a child, positioning herself as a First Officer in Star Trek’s Starfleet and envisioning all the adventures she might have undertaken if the Star Trek universe was a real thing.
The fact that her mother is an astrobiologist probably had something to do with the curiosity that was sparked in her for the cosmos. The author has always loved science fiction. Born and raised in California, Becky did a lot of freelance writing and editorial work before finally coming to fame as a novelist.
The book was very well received, eliciting interest in the author’s future works.īecky took a while to find her stride as an author. The author first rose to fame in 2014 when ‘The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet’ was published. Becky Chambers is an American author that writes Science fiction novels.
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