Hi! I’m Elisabeth Busch, author of Children of Copernicus, a serial science fiction drama. Children of Copernicus centers around university student Alex Sharma, who finds himself thrust into interplanetary intrigue after his family is killed in a freak accident.
I live in sunny Las Vegas with my family and a small army of cats. I originally conceived the ideas that evolved into Children of Copernicus when I was just a teenager. It then took me over 30 years to refine them into something that made enough sense to publish. For those of you keeping count, that means I’m old.
Children of Copernicus is an ongoing character-focused and dialog-driven story with strong elements of mystery and romance. I publish new episodes/chapters weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with extras throughout the week. Children of Copernicus continuously introduces new characters, places, and plotlines that are all interconnected. It is most analogous to a soap opera… of the future… IN SPACE.
A Little More about the Story
Children of Copernicus is human-based science fiction that takes place in an interplanetary future that will feel both familiar and foreign. It’s a multi-character drama/mystery, with interwoven threads of humor and romance along with a coming-of-age element for the younger characters. Each episode is written from one character’s point of view (either Alex’s, Gwen’s, Tessa’s, or Cady’s) and episodes are generally dialog-driven, with the plotting structure of a TV series. Despite an overarching main plot, Children of Copernicus is not a traditional three-act novel but a true serial. It thus doesn’t have an “ending” per se, but story beats that come and go, and the non-main characters drop in and out of the story as needed.
Content Advisory
Is Children of Copernicus for you? The story’s content and themes are appropriate for ages 15 & up. CoC contains the following:
- Harsh language/swear words/occasional F bombs.
- Frank discussion between adult characters, adult situations, adult storylines, and generational hijinks. In other words, despite several of the main characters being in the 17-22 age range, it’s not YA.
- Rather frequent references to sex.
- References to mental health issues.
- References to human trafficking.
- “Off-screen” deaths of close family members.
- “Semi-clean” sexual situations (no graphic or lengthy descriptions of intercourse).
- Moderate amounts of violence, especially in Part 5/Arrival, but no sexual violence.
Did you name the story Children of Copernicus just so you could use the questionable acronym CoC?
Yes.
Try It Out!
Read the newest episodes of Children of Copernicus on my Patreon