Christy Climenhage
@cclim.bsky.social
SFF author. Muddling through the pre-apocalypse. CSFFA SFWA. She/her. 🐙🐾
Unceded Algonquin territory. 🇨🇦 Debut 2025: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT with Poplar Press (Wolsak & Wynn). Rep’d by Sara Megibow. Views my own.
www.christyclimenhage.com
Unceded Algonquin territory. 🇨🇦 Debut 2025: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT with Poplar Press (Wolsak & Wynn). Rep’d by Sara Megibow. Views my own.
www.christyclimenhage.com
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Christy Climenhage
@cclim.bsky.social
· May 20
🎉 BOOK BIRTHDAY 🎉
Today is THE DAY my debut SF thriller makes its way out in the world!
This is a dream I’ve held close to my heart for decades and I am so happy and grateful.
With a HUGE thank you to the large village of people who have made this possible.
Today is THE DAY my debut SF thriller makes its way out in the world!
This is a dream I’ve held close to my heart for decades and I am so happy and grateful.
With a HUGE thank you to the large village of people who have made this possible.
Snowy day and so many woodland creatures on the move!
I think these are rabbit tracks.
I think these are rabbit tracks.
January 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Snowy day and so many woodland creatures on the move!
I think these are rabbit tracks.
I think these are rabbit tracks.
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It's hard to say how things will play out over the next few decades, whether in this bizarre industry, or the political upheavals of any of our countries, or just life in general. All you can really control is the work, and I for one would like to leave behind a big pile of it
January 11, 2026 at 1:31 AM
It's hard to say how things will play out over the next few decades, whether in this bizarre industry, or the political upheavals of any of our countries, or just life in general. All you can really control is the work, and I for one would like to leave behind a big pile of it
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I don’t do New Year’s resolutions in January unless they are fun, frivolous and easily actioned.
Like the year I resolved to become a Dr. Who fan after never watching a single episode or to become a fountain pen enthusiast.
I did both! No backsliding. It was great.
Like the year I resolved to become a Dr. Who fan after never watching a single episode or to become a fountain pen enthusiast.
I did both! No backsliding. It was great.
January 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I don’t do New Year’s resolutions in January unless they are fun, frivolous and easily actioned.
Like the year I resolved to become a Dr. Who fan after never watching a single episode or to become a fountain pen enthusiast.
I did both! No backsliding. It was great.
Like the year I resolved to become a Dr. Who fan after never watching a single episode or to become a fountain pen enthusiast.
I did both! No backsliding. It was great.
Well 2025 is nearly gone and what a year!
I reached a bunch of milestones and firsts with my writing and I am both proud and humbled by it.
I transitioned from an unpublished writer to a published writer with the debut of my sci-fi novel: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT.
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I reached a bunch of milestones and firsts with my writing and I am both proud and humbled by it.
I transitioned from an unpublished writer to a published writer with the debut of my sci-fi novel: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT.
1/x
December 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Well 2025 is nearly gone and what a year!
I reached a bunch of milestones and firsts with my writing and I am both proud and humbled by it.
I transitioned from an unpublished writer to a published writer with the debut of my sci-fi novel: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT.
1/x
I reached a bunch of milestones and firsts with my writing and I am both proud and humbled by it.
I transitioned from an unpublished writer to a published writer with the debut of my sci-fi novel: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT.
1/x
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Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live.
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
December 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live.
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...
A bit of freezing rain last night and the roads are terrible. But they were calling for even more.
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A bit of freezing rain last night and the roads are terrible. But they were calling for even more.
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giving this beautiful essay a Christmas Eve boost
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
giving this beautiful essay a Christmas Eve boost
Pretty snowy hereabouts.
December 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Pretty snowy hereabouts.
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"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
I love decorating the tree every year.
This ornament came to me from my grandmother. Always brings a smile.
This ornament came to me from my grandmother. Always brings a smile.
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I love decorating the tree every year.
This ornament came to me from my grandmother. Always brings a smile.
This ornament came to me from my grandmother. Always brings a smile.
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On the first night of winter, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones in ink.
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
On the first night of winter, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones in ink.
Happy Solstice!
Off to sleep through the longest night of the year.
Off to sleep through the longest night of the year.
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Happy Solstice!
Off to sleep through the longest night of the year.
Off to sleep through the longest night of the year.
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I really like it too, but then I'm biased as I was lucky enough to help select it for publication, not to mention I got to edit it. ;)
Available in print, ebook and audiobook: THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT
- one of The Seaboard Review of Books “Top Books of 2025”
- “a clever pre-apocalyptic cli-fi with a side of hope”
- featured on John Scalzi’s The Big Idea
- my mom’s book club liked it!
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
- one of The Seaboard Review of Books “Top Books of 2025”
- “a clever pre-apocalyptic cli-fi with a side of hope”
- featured on John Scalzi’s The Big Idea
- my mom’s book club liked it!
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
The Midnight Project by Christy Climenhage
In this near-future science fiction thriller, Christy Climenhage has created a frighteningly real world on the verge of collapse. As disaster strikes, the two friends need to decide whether to cling t...
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca
December 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I really like it too, but then I'm biased as I was lucky enough to help select it for publication, not to mention I got to edit it. ;)
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HEY AUTHORS: It's the last weekend before Christmas and/or the end of Hanukkah, so people are going to be looking for last minute holiday gifts, which books are perfect for, so use this thread to tell everyone here at Bluesky about your book so they can go find it at their local bookseller. GO!
December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
HEY AUTHORS: It's the last weekend before Christmas and/or the end of Hanukkah, so people are going to be looking for last minute holiday gifts, which books are perfect for, so use this thread to tell everyone here at Bluesky about your book so they can go find it at their local bookseller. GO!
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It’s the last #FridayReads before Christmas! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Books are great gifts! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a piece of my soul that starts with a real event…
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
December 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It’s the last #FridayReads before Christmas! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Books are great gifts! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a piece of my soul that starts with a real event…
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
Just your regular reminder that we don’t understand much of what happens in the deep ocean and the reality of this part of our world is more wondrous than we have imagined.
Mesopelagic fishes, found in the deep sea, produce and excrete intestinal carbonate at rates expected from size and temperature, confirming their role as major carbonate sources at depth, with implications for the global #CarbonCycle. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250726234426.htm
Deep-sea fish just changed what we know about Earth’s carbon cycle
Mesopelagic fish, long overlooked in ocean chemistry, are now proven to excrete carbonate minerals much like their shallow-water counterparts—despite living in dark, high-pressure depths. Using the de...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Just your regular reminder that we don’t understand much of what happens in the deep ocean and the reality of this part of our world is more wondrous than we have imagined.
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I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.
December 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.
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Book:
->Start of Book
-things happen? People (???) are involved?'
-Fishmen?
-Someone gets upset, someone is happy
-Octopus!!
-things are resolved? For some? Others are consumed.
->Book ENDS
->Start of Book
-things happen? People (???) are involved?'
-Fishmen?
-Someone gets upset, someone is happy
-Octopus!!
-things are resolved? For some? Others are consumed.
->Book ENDS
December 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Book:
->Start of Book
-things happen? People (???) are involved?'
-Fishmen?
-Someone gets upset, someone is happy
-Octopus!!
-things are resolved? For some? Others are consumed.
->Book ENDS
->Start of Book
-things happen? People (???) are involved?'
-Fishmen?
-Someone gets upset, someone is happy
-Octopus!!
-things are resolved? For some? Others are consumed.
->Book ENDS
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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CRAFT CHAT! Let's talk about one of my favourite craft techniques for fiction—the use of colour and shade!
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
The Color Thesaurus
I love to collect words. Making word lists can help to find the voice of my story, dig into the emotion of a scene, or create variety. One of my on-going word collections is of colors. I love to st…
ingridsnotes.wordpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
CRAFT CHAT! Let's talk about one of my favourite craft techniques for fiction—the use of colour and shade!
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
I am thrilled that THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT is included in this great Best of 2025 List.
Many thanks to @melaniemarttila.bsky.social and @theseaboardreview.ca
Many thanks to @melaniemarttila.bsky.social and @theseaboardreview.ca
It’s time to look back at some of the standout titles our contributors reviewed in 2025!
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa... #canlit #bestof2025
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa... #canlit #bestof2025
The Seaboard Review of Books: Best 2025 Picks
Our contributors pick their favourite reads from their 2025 reviews
www.theseaboardreview.ca
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I am thrilled that THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT is included in this great Best of 2025 List.
Many thanks to @melaniemarttila.bsky.social and @theseaboardreview.ca
Many thanks to @melaniemarttila.bsky.social and @theseaboardreview.ca
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
This book is going to knock people’s socks off. 🚀🪐🌌
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December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This book is going to knock people’s socks off. 🚀🪐🌌