Helping to get your universe right

You’re an excellent writer of fiction, having mastered the arts of plot, character and dialogue.  You have creativity to burn and are in the process of constructing your own fictional world.

You do know it has to be believable–as soon as readers say, “That can’t happen,” you’ve lost them and they might not come back again.  That’s true for the laws of nature as well as the psychology of the characters.  But being a consummate artist, you may not be an expert scientist as well.  That’s where we come in.

For science fiction writers, we can examine your orbital mechanics, astrophysics and Special and General Relativity (it’s easy to make mistakes there, if you don’t do the equations).  Not only science fiction, though.  We can tell you what stars to put in your modern or historical sky. We have expertise in astronomy, physics, chemistry, maritime matters and more; consult “About us” for a run-down.

Sometimes we go beyond being a sort of sophisticated spell-checker, and indeed provide inspiration.  While educating one author on solar physics we mentioned the Carrington Event, which he’d never heard of; it opened up an entirely new and fruitful plot line.

You may have a specific question.  Or you may simply want your work checked for consistency.  Let us know what you need by sending an email to consult@fivecolorssandt.com.

Author: chief consultant

Updated: 18 January 2024