Writing Helped Mikaela Brewer Find Her Voice — Now She's Giving Basketball Another Shot

Writing Helped Mikaela Brewer Find Her Voice — Now She's Giving Basketball Another Shot

While playing basketball at Stanford in 2017, Mikaela Brewer found herself at her lowest point. Today, she’s on a mission to destigmatize the conversation around depression and mental health. We caught up with Mikaela on World Suicide Prevention Day to learn more about her new book, how writing helped her heal, and why she’s now planning a return to competitive basketball.

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Story Beginnings: forging new worlds in Science Fiction

Story Beginnings: forging new worlds in Science Fiction

Dreaming of writing a book, but aren't sure where to begin? Our Story Beginnings series explores the framework and key elements of writing genres and sub-genres, to help inspire you to craft a great story of your own.

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Chat with Cal Brown, Self-published author of the Sci Fi novel “SIX”:

Chat with Cal Brown, Self-published author of the Sci Fi novel “SIX”:

At its core, "Six" is about the accidental emergence of a conscious mind inside a computer system, and how it matures as it interacts with the world, learns, and develops a personality. But there are other parallel and intersecting story-lines involving one person’s ruthless pursuit of wealth and power using computer viruses as a weapon, and the efforts of a special police force in trying to track the source. 

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