Category: Anecdotes

Publication of anecdotes about my writing world

Franglais versus French

A science fiction novelist in a dark suit writes in chalk on a blackboard, contrasting English and French words, symbolizing the tension between two languages and two cultures.

Mastering one's written language seems like a given for a writer. But is it really as simple as it seems? An author's writing must be free of spelling, grammar, and stylistic errors. In the past, people relied on…

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Technologies in my world

Writer Laurent Chani reflects on the future, between rockets, robots, and artificial intelligence | Author Laurent Chani reflects on the future, between rockets, robots, and artificial intelligence

From a young age, I was shaped by a taste for precision and realism. In my eyes, approximation has never had a place, neither in my daily life, nor in my writing, nor even in any form of…

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An empty circular assembly hall, with a glass floor revealing an ocean with a shark and corals below, under a round ceiling opening to the sky
Excerpt: The conference room
Alternative text: A science fiction writer, dressed in a dark suit and smoking a pipe, writes with an old-fashioned quill in front of a large hourglass spilling sand onto his papers, symbolizing the passing of time.
The inevitable destiny
Laurent Chani swimming breaststroke with intensity, wearing a striped swimsuit and swimming goggles, a pipe in his mouth | Laurent Chani swimming breaststroke with intensity, wearing a striped swimsuit and swimming goggles, a pipe in his mouth
What kind of man would the author have liked to be?
A surreal and colorful collage blending animals, ships, balloons, and characters in a bustling scene where reality and imagination merge, an artwork linked to the man in the photo, a science fiction novelist.
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