What is Space Authors?
A Home for Science Fiction Writers
Space Authors is hosted on Skool - an online community platform that combines courses, discussions, events, and resources into one easy-to-use website. There's nothing to install; simply sign in and start writing.
Whether you're outlining your first novel or publishing your tenth, you'll find a place to learn, ask questions, improve your craft, and connect with people who understand the unique challenges of writing science fiction.
Unlike general writing communities, everything here, from worldbuilding to scene construction, is designed specifically for science fiction.
Learn
Build stronger science fiction stories.
Courses, articles and practical writing resources.
Connect
Write with people who understand sci-fi.
Discussions, writing sprints, live Q&As, and community events.
Grow
Develop your craft with confidence.
Professional feedback, guest speakers, and tools to keep improving. Including live learning events.
Memberships
Find Your Place at Space Authors
Every writer's journey is different.
Some are looking for a community of fellow science fiction writers. Others want to deepen their understanding of craft through courses and live discussions. And some are ready for personalized feedback to help shape a novel into its strongest form.
That's why Space Authors offers three membership levels—each designed to give you the right balance of learning, community, and support for wherever you are in your writing journey.
Try Space Authors Free for Two Weeks
The best way to know if Space Authors is right for you is to experience it for yourself.
Every new member receives a free two-week trial with full access to the premium membership. Explore the community, join discussions, attend live events, and see how Space Authors fits into your writing journey before your membership begins.
Membership Tiers
Standard
$5/month
Includes:
Endless discussions on open forums
Writing Sprints: write with other science fiction authors
Access to the Field Manual
Access to Live Editor/Author Q&A recordings
Access to: Mostly Harmless Writing Challenges
Purchase and attend courses when they become available
COMING SOON: Accountability writing sessions.
Premium
$19/ month
Everything in Standard Tier plus…
Live Editor/Author Q&A (can submit questions)
Discounted Access to Special Events and Guest Speakers
Access to the Codex: Articles, guides, and resources covering science fiction storytelling - from worldbuilding and narrative architecture to genre analysis, storytelling techniques, and the mechanics behind great science fiction.
Access to the Sci-Fi Masterclass video repository. Lessons from line-level craft to building strong novel blueprints.
Draft Station: monthly group critique sessions. Submit a scene and get constructive feedback from fellow science-fiction writers, book coach and editors.
VIP
$99/month
Everything in Premium Tier plus…
Personalized video scene analysis each month (max of 1200 words). This is where the price and value are strongest. Get professional editor and author critiques each month.
Discounted private mentorship/book coaching services
10% off all Space Author Courses, Workshops and Events
Access to The 42 Club: a live monthly social hosted in Skool chat.
More benefits being added to each tier as we expand.
Happening Right Now at Space Authors
LIVE AT SPACE AUTHORS
Bring Your Questions. Let’s Work Through Them.
Writing science fiction raises questions that can’t always be answered by reading another article or scrolling through a forum.
Sometimes you need to actually talk it through.
Join Krista Baillie, book coach and author (under pen name K. Pimpinella of the Time Ranger series), and Randy Surles, New York Times bestselling editor, for live, interactive Q&A sessions where members bring the questions and problems they’re facing in their own writing.
Story structure. Character. Worldbuilding. Editing. Publishing. Or that scene you’ve rewritten six times and still can’t figure out why it isn’t working.
Ask us a question. Follow up. Push back. Talk it through.
We’re not just names behind Space Authors. We’re there with you.
ASK IT. → TALK IT THROUGH. → GET BACK TO WRITING.
Meet the Co-Founders
Krista Baillie, is the author of the Time Rangers science fiction series under the pen name K. Pimpinella. Krista is also a writing coach specializing in structural story development, genre alignment, and scene-level analysis. Her work combines years of storytelling experience with nearly a decade of studying narrative craft and helping writers strengthen the foundations of their manuscripts.
Trained as a Story Grid writing mentor, she has also judged independent science fiction writing contests, and worked one-on-one with authors to turn promising ideas into compelling, well-structured novels. Serving as both a coach and a contest judge has given her broad exposure to the recurring patterns that separate successful stories from struggling drafts, insights she brings to every writer she works with.
NY Times and Amazon Best-Selling Editor.
Randy specializes in the science fiction, fantasy, and thriller Genres. He also considers himself a military editor because of his 25+ years of military experience, ensuring accuracy of military components in novels. He is a huge fan of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Action books. Some of his favorite books are Dauntless by Jack Campbell, Gateway by Poul Anderson, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, Legend by David Gemmell, and Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz.
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