David Anaxagoras

@davidanaxagoras.com

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Writer. Equal parts procrastination and caffeination. Nebula Award finalist. https://davidanaxagoras.com

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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, (Virtual) Panel 2-8 – How to Get Your Next Big Break As A Speculative Fiction Author With Wole Talabi, Stewart Baker, Marie Vibbert, David Anaxagoras, and Joyce Reynolds-Ward. Authors are always looking for the next mountain to climb, a way to break out of the rut they’re in and level up. Successful authors are joined by Nebula finalists share their own struggles and successes, and discusses how to break old patterns and build yourself a bigger career as an SFF writer.
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2026 Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist The Tower
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Stephen King's collection *Different Seasons* lying on a wood-top desk.
Brilliant *Time After Time* one sheet featuring a hand holding an open stopwatch and the small figure of a man who appears to be running away from the clock face, set against the silhouette of the San Francisco skyline at sunset.
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Hi Anaxagoras, Fragments of Anaxagoras is a fascinating exploration of philosophy and early scientific thought. Your presentation of concepts like Nous, the ordering force of the universe, and explanations for natural phenomena such as eclipses and rainbows, showcases the depth and brilliance of your ideas. The work continues to resonate because it bridges abstract philosophy with concrete observations of the natural world. Books like yours have the potential to reach audiences beyond traditional philosophy enthusiasts especially in communities on Goodreads, YouTube, and social media where history, science, and philosophy intersect. I work with authors to enhance visibility through Amazon keyword optimization, Goodreads profile optimization, Goodreads Listopia marketing, YouTube author branding, fiction-focused campaigns, and social media marketing. The concrete goal is simple: to help Fragments of Anaxagoras appear naturally where readers are searching for historical, philosophical, and scientific works turning discovery into engaged and sustained readership. Would you be open to me sharing a few tailored visibility observations for Fragments of Anaxagoras? I’d be happy to take a closer look and provide actionable insights. Warm regards, Fiona Lawson
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Key art for Britbox drama featuring a man and a woman looking a bit in gastrointestinal distress.
Capt. James T. Kirk whispers into a woman's ear. The captions reads: SUPPLY THE CAPTION. Source: Starlog Issue 1, August 1976.
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Cover image of The 2025 Story Yearbook by David Anaxagoras. Gold tones on dark background. The silhouette of a magical cat looks over its shoulder.
Cover art for THE 2025 STORY YEARBOOK by David Anaxagoras. Design features gold-tones on a dark background and includes a feline silhouette and a magic eye.
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“Friends made fun. I tore up the Buck Rogers strips. For a month I walked through my fourth-grade classes, stunned and empty. One day I burst into tears, wondering what devastation had happened to me. The answer was: Buck Rogers. He was gone, and life simply wasn’t worth living. The next thought was: Those are not my friends, the ones who got me to tear the strips apart and so tear my own life down the middle; they are my enemies. I went back to collecting Buck Rogers. My life has been happy ever since. For that was the beginning of my writing science fiction. Since then, I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.” Ray Bradbury. “Zen in the Art of Writing.”
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