Keygan S. S. McClellan
@keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social
writer, naturalist, artist, amateur nature photographer
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Makin' a little intro post for the novel I'm currently working on for anyone curious:
A renegade blood mage joins a burgeoning workers' revolution in the halls of a malevolent, organic palace. Think Gideon the Ninth x the Avalanche team from FFVII.
A renegade blood mage joins a burgeoning workers' revolution in the halls of a malevolent, organic palace. Think Gideon the Ninth x the Avalanche team from FFVII.
Reposted by Keygan S. S. McClellan
Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.
The literal entire ending of this WRETCHED, BEAUTIFUL game (Journey) which made me sob
May 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The literal entire ending of this WRETCHED, BEAUTIFUL game (Journey) which made me sob
It is late. Please see the attached image for an unhinged list of potential audiences for THE TOWER'S BLOOD, my (querying soon) science fantasy about a fugitive blood mage who helps start a workers' revolution with the power of Heart and Bad Jokes (and flesh manipulation).
#QuestPit #Q #A #SFF
#QuestPit #Q #A #SFF
May 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Everything from this zone in Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker. iykyk 😭
May 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Everything from this zone in Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker. iykyk 😭
A fugitive blood mage, trying to lay low, finds a new home (an organic, malevolent palace where the world's corrupt rulers dwell) and a new family (the four young revolutionaries infiltrating it).
His power could be the revolution's salvation. His secrets could be its downfall.
#QuestPit #Q #A #SFF
His power could be the revolution's salvation. His secrets could be its downfall.
#QuestPit #Q #A #SFF
May 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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"The longer he peers at the old map, the more unsettled he feels. There is a symbol he doesn’t recognize marking the Palace’s plateau, which isn’t that weird, but there’s also an identical symbol in the surrounding mountains. What could that mean?"
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #ScavengerHunt
"The longer he peers at the old map, the more unsettled he feels. There is a symbol he doesn’t recognize marking the Palace’s plateau, which isn’t that weird, but there’s also an identical symbol in the surrounding mountains. What could that mean?"
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #ScavengerHunt
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟭: #ScavengerHunt
Because no camp is complete without a scavenger hunt: share a line, an image, or an object in your story that hides a secret, easter egg, or a twist.
Because no camp is complete without a scavenger hunt: share a line, an image, or an object in your story that hides a secret, easter egg, or a twist.
May 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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"The longer he peers at the old map, the more unsettled he feels. There is a symbol he doesn’t recognize marking the Palace’s plateau, which isn’t that weird, but there’s also an identical symbol in the surrounding mountains. What could that mean?"
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #ScavengerHunt
"The longer he peers at the old map, the more unsettled he feels. There is a symbol he doesn’t recognize marking the Palace’s plateau, which isn’t that weird, but there’s also an identical symbol in the surrounding mountains. What could that mean?"
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #ScavengerHunt
May 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
April 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Once, the world was fuller. Creatures roamed all the land, and vast forests and grasslands grew. People built great cities and knew luxuries we must only imagine. Then, the Maws came. As they spread, they swallowed everything, except when they spat out monsters.
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #CampMyth
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #CampMyth
𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟲: #CampMyth
What's a camp without that one local legend passed around the campfire?
Today, your manuscript is that legend! Create a campfire myth about your WIP's world. Spooky, silly, or serious—go wild!
#CampRevPit
What's a camp without that one local legend passed around the campfire?
Today, your manuscript is that legend! Create a campfire myth about your WIP's world. Spooky, silly, or serious—go wild!
#CampRevPit
April 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Once, the world was fuller. Creatures roamed all the land, and vast forests and grasslands grew. People built great cities and knew luxuries we must only imagine. Then, the Maws came. As they spread, they swallowed everything, except when they spat out monsters.
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #CampMyth
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #CampMyth
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
April 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
Foreground antagonists: this unprecedented disaster was a tragedy for diplomatic relations between the city-states
Background antagonists: our plan for procuring a new, sustainable energy source is going really well, actually
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #VillainVoices
Background antagonists: our plan for procuring a new, sustainable energy source is going really well, actually
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #VillainVoices
𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟰: #VillainVoices
Good morning, #CampRevPit! Today, we give your villains a moment in the spotlight.
What would 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 say your book is about?
Good morning, #CampRevPit! Today, we give your villains a moment in the spotlight.
What would 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 say your book is about?
April 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Foreground antagonists: this unprecedented disaster was a tragedy for diplomatic relations between the city-states
Background antagonists: our plan for procuring a new, sustainable energy source is going really well, actually
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #VillainVoices
Background antagonists: our plan for procuring a new, sustainable energy source is going really well, actually
#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #VillainVoices
MC's ally, nervous: "Do the paramilitaries have blood mages like you? Does the Sanguine Order?"
MC, flippant: "Like *me*? No one does."
#OneLineMC #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit
MC, flippant: "Like *me*? No one does."
#OneLineMC #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit
DAY 3: #𝗢𝗻𝗲𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗠𝗖
Good morning, Campers! Today, we focus on your MC. Share a line from your manuscript that tells us all we need to know about your MC's personality.
Good morning, Campers! Today, we focus on your MC. Share a line from your manuscript that tells us all we need to know about your MC's personality.
April 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
MC's ally, nervous: "Do the paramilitaries have blood mages like you? Does the Sanguine Order?"
MC, flippant: "Like *me*? No one does."
#OneLineMC #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit
MC, flippant: "Like *me*? No one does."
#OneLineMC #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit
Reposted by Keygan S. S. McClellan
Earth Day is a reminder that we only have one planet. Sometimes, it takes seeing Earth from space to truly grasp how precious it is. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)
April 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Earth Day is a reminder that we only have one planet. Sometimes, it takes seeing Earth from space to truly grasp how precious it is. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)
I hoist my pack, the embers of my campfire extinguished. I'm at the edge of a clearing. Ahead, the Forest of Editing seems brighter, the brambles less tangling, the path clearer. I might finally reach the other side. I might finally reach the Sea of Querying and set sail.
#CampMap #CampRevPit
#CampMap #CampRevPit
DAY 2 #𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗠𝗮𝗽
Hope your first night by the fire sparked your inspiration! 🔥
Today, your manuscript is your map. What stage of your project are you at? Are you lost in the woods? Climbing a mountain? Sailing the seven seas? Use a visual metaphor or a gif, or even draw us a map. #CampRevPit
Hope your first night by the fire sparked your inspiration! 🔥
Today, your manuscript is your map. What stage of your project are you at? Are you lost in the woods? Climbing a mountain? Sailing the seven seas? Use a visual metaphor or a gif, or even draw us a map. #CampRevPit
April 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I hoist my pack, the embers of my campfire extinguished. I'm at the edge of a clearing. Ahead, the Forest of Editing seems brighter, the brambles less tangling, the path clearer. I might finally reach the other side. I might finally reach the Sea of Querying and set sail.
#CampMap #CampRevPit
#CampMap #CampRevPit
I'll be working on some light edits of my first pages and query for my science fantasy, working title The Tower's Blood, about a blood mage who joins a burgeoning workers' revolution in a malevolent, organic palace. Think Gideon the Ninth x the Avalanche team from FFVII.
DAY 1 #𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗞𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗳
Good morning, scribbler bugs! Let's kick off #CampRevPit with some positive vibes!
Tell us—what will you be working on during Camp? Pitch it in any way, shape, or form that fits your mood.
Good morning, scribbler bugs! Let's kick off #CampRevPit with some positive vibes!
Tell us—what will you be working on during Camp? Pitch it in any way, shape, or form that fits your mood.
April 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I'll be working on some light edits of my first pages and query for my science fantasy, working title The Tower's Blood, about a blood mage who joins a burgeoning workers' revolution in a malevolent, organic palace. Think Gideon the Ninth x the Avalanche team from FFVII.
Makin' a little intro post for the novel I'm currently working on for anyone curious:
A renegade blood mage joins a burgeoning workers' revolution in the halls of a malevolent, organic palace. Think Gideon the Ninth x the Avalanche team from FFVII.
A renegade blood mage joins a burgeoning workers' revolution in the halls of a malevolent, organic palace. Think Gideon the Ninth x the Avalanche team from FFVII.
April 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Makin' a little intro post for the novel I'm currently working on for anyone curious:
A renegade blood mage joins a burgeoning workers' revolution in the halls of a malevolent, organic palace. Think Gideon the Ninth x the Avalanche team from FFVII.
A renegade blood mage joins a burgeoning workers' revolution in the halls of a malevolent, organic palace. Think Gideon the Ninth x the Avalanche team from FFVII.
Spring is here!!!! 🌱🌸🌿
Featuring the sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
Featuring the sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
April 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Spring is here!!!! 🌱🌸🌿
Featuring the sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
Featuring the sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
Reposted by Keygan S. S. McClellan
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April 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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✨ Bird protocol. Take a bird, leave a bird. Bird. ✨
April 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
✨ Bird protocol. Take a bird, leave a bird. Bird. ✨
Reposted by Keygan S. S. McClellan
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
April 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
This is great! There are plenty of locally native mason bees (Osmia species) around the United States. A movement focused on incorporating them into our food production systems could also bolster efforts to preserve and create bee habitat!
Honeybee populations are again declining, threatening crops. But the honeybee is not the only bee that can work in the fields.
As honeybees die off again, some bee enthusiasts want to give mason bees a chance
Honeybee populations are again declining, threatening crops. But the honeybee is not the only bee that can work in the fields.
www.npr.org
April 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is great! There are plenty of locally native mason bees (Osmia species) around the United States. A movement focused on incorporating them into our food production systems could also bolster efforts to preserve and create bee habitat!
Reposted by Keygan S. S. McClellan
NAUSICAA X IF WE WERE VILLAINS
‘Ari waited until the groundskeeper turned around the bend of the carriageway to break the window.’
#1stLinePit #A #F #WIP
‘Ari waited until the groundskeeper turned around the bend of the carriageway to break the window.’
#1stLinePit #A #F #WIP
April 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
NAUSICAA X IF WE WERE VILLAINS
‘Ari waited until the groundskeeper turned around the bend of the carriageway to break the window.’
#1stLinePit #A #F #WIP
‘Ari waited until the groundskeeper turned around the bend of the carriageway to break the window.’
#1stLinePit #A #F #WIP
Reposted by Keygan S. S. McClellan
PROLOGUE: The shovel was old enough to be an heirloom, the hands gripping it trembling enough to be a child’s.
Jim hadn’t been a child in a very long time.
A forge exhaled into his left ear, eddies of heat forming words.
*Be of use.*
And then—
—nothing.
#1stlinepit #Q #A #F #SF
Jim hadn’t been a child in a very long time.
A forge exhaled into his left ear, eddies of heat forming words.
*Be of use.*
And then—
—nothing.
#1stlinepit #Q #A #F #SF
April 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
PROLOGUE: The shovel was old enough to be an heirloom, the hands gripping it trembling enough to be a child’s.
Jim hadn’t been a child in a very long time.
A forge exhaled into his left ear, eddies of heat forming words.
*Be of use.*
And then—
—nothing.
#1stlinepit #Q #A #F #SF
Jim hadn’t been a child in a very long time.
A forge exhaled into his left ear, eddies of heat forming words.
*Be of use.*
And then—
—nothing.
#1stlinepit #Q #A #F #SF