Steve Alloway
@ingrediments.bsky.social
Writer, actor, baker, and occasional time traveler.
Catching up, day 5: "How is there nothing to eat in this entire park? 300,000 people, 100 bathrooms, and not a sandwich to be seen. I wish I'd known. I could have set up a cart or something. A food truck would make a killing here. OK, poor choice of words."
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November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Catching up, day 5: "How is there nothing to eat in this entire park? 300,000 people, 100 bathrooms, and not a sandwich to be seen. I wish I'd known. I could have set up a cart or something. A food truck would make a killing here. OK, poor choice of words."
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Day 3: MC travels forward frequently, even when he's actually trying to travel backward, as transportation in the 23rd century is easier and more convenient than in most other eras. He also does a fair bit of exploration and time tourism.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Day 3: MC travels forward frequently, even when he's actually trying to travel backward, as transportation in the 23rd century is easier and more convenient than in most other eras. He also does a fair bit of exploration and time tourism.
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Switching projects as motivation for my launch goal.
Seven Year Boots is about a man who traverses the timeline in 7-year increments. In so doing, he rescues a woman stranded in the future and uncovers a vast temporal conspiracy. Coming this Thanksgiving! I hope!
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Seven Year Boots is about a man who traverses the timeline in 7-year increments. In so doing, he rescues a woman stranded in the future and uncovers a vast temporal conspiracy. Coming this Thanksgiving! I hope!
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November 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Switching projects as motivation for my launch goal.
Seven Year Boots is about a man who traverses the timeline in 7-year increments. In so doing, he rescues a woman stranded in the future and uncovers a vast temporal conspiracy. Coming this Thanksgiving! I hope!
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Seven Year Boots is about a man who traverses the timeline in 7-year increments. In so doing, he rescues a woman stranded in the future and uncovers a vast temporal conspiracy. Coming this Thanksgiving! I hope!
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A few months ago, I started work on a serial fiction story, which then fell by the wayside. The first installment has a very narrow window in which it can be published, and it's rapidly approaching. So my current writing goal is to be ready to launch by the end of the month. I'm nervous, but excited
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
A few months ago, I started work on a serial fiction story, which then fell by the wayside. The first installment has a very narrow window in which it can be published, and it's rapidly approaching. So my current writing goal is to be ready to launch by the end of the month. I'm nervous, but excited
Catching up, Day 17: Always be ready to roll with the punches. You never know when this adventure will end and the next one will begin. You also never know when you might have to run from a robot or a dinosaur.
-Gray
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-Gray
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November 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Catching up, Day 17: Always be ready to roll with the punches. You never know when this adventure will end and the next one will begin. You also never know when you might have to run from a robot or a dinosaur.
-Gray
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-Gray
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Day 15: "Gray, I’m giving you a lot of leeway here. Much more than I normally give my writers... I didn’t even say anything when you wanted to name the main character after yourself, even though I thought it was pretentious."
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October 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Day 15: "Gray, I’m giving you a lot of leeway here. Much more than I normally give my writers... I didn’t even say anything when you wanted to name the main character after yourself, even though I thought it was pretentious."
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Day 9: I have great respect for my mentor, Dr. Albert Flynn, inventor of time travel and founder of the Temporal Institute. But right now, I think my favorite person is whoever has been leaving me messages at different points across the timeline about possible rescue.
-Gray
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-Gray
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October 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Day 9: I have great respect for my mentor, Dr. Albert Flynn, inventor of time travel and founder of the Temporal Institute. But right now, I think my favorite person is whoever has been leaving me messages at different points across the timeline about possible rescue.
-Gray
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-Gray
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Day 7: Odd is relative when you're jumping around the timeline, but in one era, there was a hologram who knew my name and tried to sell me a weekend at an ultra-luxury resort. The advertising in that era integrated directly with your brain, which was disconcerting.
-Gray
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-Gray
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October 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Day 7: Odd is relative when you're jumping around the timeline, but in one era, there was a hologram who knew my name and tried to sell me a weekend at an ultra-luxury resort. The advertising in that era integrated directly with your brain, which was disconcerting.
-Gray
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-Gray
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Day 5: I had hoped I might be the main character, but as the story progresses it seems I'm less and less so. But my plight is the driving force for the MC (I'm not sure if I've met her or not; she seems vaguely familiar) as well as for the villains, who want to stop us both. -Gray
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October 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Day 5: I had hoped I might be the main character, but as the story progresses it seems I'm less and less so. But my plight is the driving force for the MC (I'm not sure if I've met her or not; she seems vaguely familiar) as well as for the villains, who want to stop us both. -Gray
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Day 3 - (Is it a day late, or did I jump to the wrong day? At this point, I'm lucky just to be in the right century)
Ironically, though this is my first line of dialogue, it's actually one of my last field reports, before things go completely off the rails.
-Gray
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Ironically, though this is my first line of dialogue, it's actually one of my last field reports, before things go completely off the rails.
-Gray
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October 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Day 3 - (Is it a day late, or did I jump to the wrong day? At this point, I'm lucky just to be in the right century)
Ironically, though this is my first line of dialogue, it's actually one of my last field reports, before things go completely off the rails.
-Gray
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Ironically, though this is my first line of dialogue, it's actually one of my last field reports, before things go completely off the rails.
-Gray
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New month of #TimeTravelAuthors prompts. Since Steve has been slacking, I'm taking over. I'm Grey Merrick, of the Temporal Institute. I've been field testing their new time travel technology, but something has gone wrong. Now I'm being catapulted from era to era completely at random. A Time Jumper.
October 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
New month of #TimeTravelAuthors prompts. Since Steve has been slacking, I'm taking over. I'm Grey Merrick, of the Temporal Institute. I've been field testing their new time travel technology, but something has gone wrong. Now I'm being catapulted from era to era completely at random. A Time Jumper.
Haven't been on here much lately, and I've been neglecting the #TimeTravelAuthors prompts. But the last few days, I've been browsing through old documents and happened across two different time travel projects, left unfinished and forgotten. Now I'm excited to make cool time travel stuff again.
September 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Haven't been on here much lately, and I've been neglecting the #TimeTravelAuthors prompts. But the last few days, I've been browsing through old documents and happened across two different time travel projects, left unfinished and forgotten. Now I'm excited to make cool time travel stuff again.
Slightly Diminish a Book:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Solar System
A Little Bit of Chatter on the Western Front
Alice's Adventures in Scottsdale
A Game of Regular Chairs
All the Lieutenant Governor's Men
The Grapes of Perturbation
Tax Fraud on the Orient Express
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Solar System
A Little Bit of Chatter on the Western Front
Alice's Adventures in Scottsdale
A Game of Regular Chairs
All the Lieutenant Governor's Men
The Grapes of Perturbation
Tax Fraud on the Orient Express
Slightly diminish a book.
Flowers in the Vase
Flowers in the Vase
September 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Slightly Diminish a Book:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Solar System
A Little Bit of Chatter on the Western Front
Alice's Adventures in Scottsdale
A Game of Regular Chairs
All the Lieutenant Governor's Men
The Grapes of Perturbation
Tax Fraud on the Orient Express
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Solar System
A Little Bit of Chatter on the Western Front
Alice's Adventures in Scottsdale
A Game of Regular Chairs
All the Lieutenant Governor's Men
The Grapes of Perturbation
Tax Fraud on the Orient Express
I'm way behind of #TimeTravelAuthors posts, but I'm still doing cool time travel stuff. Recently, I've been making plans for a time travel-themed fundraiser dinner with my theater group. And if any of you want to make the trek out to L.A., you're all totally invited.
July 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I'm way behind of #TimeTravelAuthors posts, but I'm still doing cool time travel stuff. Recently, I've been making plans for a time travel-themed fundraiser dinner with my theater group. And if any of you want to make the trek out to L.A., you're all totally invited.
You want some chocolate drink? I got some for my pirate friends, but they didn't want it, and now I'm stuck with a bunch of extra bottles of the stuff. So... Drink up me hearties' Yoo-Hoo!
June 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
You want some chocolate drink? I got some for my pirate friends, but they didn't want it, and now I'm stuck with a bunch of extra bottles of the stuff. So... Drink up me hearties' Yoo-Hoo!
New month, new #TimeTravelAuthors prompts!
Day 1: Shoes make the man. That's MC's philosophy. Of course, when your shoes can take you through time, seven years at every step, you'd be reluctant to let anyone else walk a mile in them...
(No idea if that sounds like a breezy beach read or not.)
Day 1: Shoes make the man. That's MC's philosophy. Of course, when your shoes can take you through time, seven years at every step, you'd be reluctant to let anyone else walk a mile in them...
(No idea if that sounds like a breezy beach read or not.)
June 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
New month, new #TimeTravelAuthors prompts!
Day 1: Shoes make the man. That's MC's philosophy. Of course, when your shoes can take you through time, seven years at every step, you'd be reluctant to let anyone else walk a mile in them...
(No idea if that sounds like a breezy beach read or not.)
Day 1: Shoes make the man. That's MC's philosophy. Of course, when your shoes can take you through time, seven years at every step, you'd be reluctant to let anyone else walk a mile in them...
(No idea if that sounds like a breezy beach read or not.)
4 Villains I've Written
1. Mad scientist with a penchant for death rays
2. Sea serpent who devours princesses and destroys kingdoms
3. 18th century industrialist who uses time travel to build a multi-century-spanning evil empire
4. Sardonic receptionist who's actually head of the Underworld
1. Mad scientist with a penchant for death rays
2. Sea serpent who devours princesses and destroys kingdoms
3. 18th century industrialist who uses time travel to build a multi-century-spanning evil empire
4. Sardonic receptionist who's actually head of the Underworld
I honestly try to avoid writing villains nowadays, but...
4 Villains I've written
1. Tree/plant god (unpublished)
2. Handsome king who doesn't like when chosen one turns against his tree/plant god (still unpublished)
3. Faux goddess who actually just steals powers
4. ...I guess the iceberg...?
4 Villains I've written
1. Tree/plant god (unpublished)
2. Handsome king who doesn't like when chosen one turns against his tree/plant god (still unpublished)
3. Faux goddess who actually just steals powers
4. ...I guess the iceberg...?
4 Villains I've written
1. The slaver ringleader to a circus that covered a trafficking/smuggling operation
2. The sacred, ethereal and beautiful healer for an emperor
3. All of the brass of a paladin order, but not the entire order itself
4. The main love interest's father, but only kind of
1. The slaver ringleader to a circus that covered a trafficking/smuggling operation
2. The sacred, ethereal and beautiful healer for an emperor
3. All of the brass of a paladin order, but not the entire order itself
4. The main love interest's father, but only kind of
June 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
4 Villains I've Written
1. Mad scientist with a penchant for death rays
2. Sea serpent who devours princesses and destroys kingdoms
3. 18th century industrialist who uses time travel to build a multi-century-spanning evil empire
4. Sardonic receptionist who's actually head of the Underworld
1. Mad scientist with a penchant for death rays
2. Sea serpent who devours princesses and destroys kingdoms
3. 18th century industrialist who uses time travel to build a multi-century-spanning evil empire
4. Sardonic receptionist who's actually head of the Underworld
Day 29: I don't usually write much violence. There may sometimes be the threat of violence. There may be death and even murder that occur in the story. But I typically don't include the depictions of those things actually happening.
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May 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Day 29: I don't usually write much violence. There may sometimes be the threat of violence. There may be death and even murder that occur in the story. But I typically don't include the depictions of those things actually happening.
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Day 27: Though not related by blood, MC and Rosetta have a very sibling-like relationship. They tease each other mercilessly, but they also care about each and have each other's backs. Privately, both considers themselves to be the "older sibling" who takes care of the other.
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May 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Day 27: Though not related by blood, MC and Rosetta have a very sibling-like relationship. They tease each other mercilessly, but they also care about each and have each other's backs. Privately, both considers themselves to be the "older sibling" who takes care of the other.
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Not gonna lie, a lot of the names on this list made me do a double take. Very glad Bowie did not join the 27 Club, because then who would have starred in Labyrinth? #TimeTravelAuthors
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Day 25: Historical Research
In creating an alternate timeline list of musicians who died at 27, I did a lot of research to ensure their early deaths would be plausible based on their lives at that age vs just random acts or coincidences.
Day 25: Historical Research
In creating an alternate timeline list of musicians who died at 27, I did a lot of research to ensure their early deaths would be plausible based on their lives at that age vs just random acts or coincidences.
May 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Not gonna lie, a lot of the names on this list made me do a double take. Very glad Bowie did not join the 27 Club, because then who would have starred in Labyrinth? #TimeTravelAuthors
Way behind, but catching up, Day 15: 23rd century pop star Lapis Lazuli. They haven't appeared in the story yet, only briefly mentioned in passing, but I want to make more of their character. But not as a time traveler. As... I'm not sure what, actually. Guess we'll find out!
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May 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Way behind, but catching up, Day 15: 23rd century pop star Lapis Lazuli. They haven't appeared in the story yet, only briefly mentioned in passing, but I want to make more of their character. But not as a time traveler. As... I'm not sure what, actually. Guess we'll find out!
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Day 13, a day late: MC's unofficial catchphrase is, "I've got a spreadsheet for that!" Often said while dealing with things that are not in the spreadsheet, or run contrary to the spreadsheet.
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May 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Day 13, a day late: MC's unofficial catchphrase is, "I've got a spreadsheet for that!" Often said while dealing with things that are not in the spreadsheet, or run contrary to the spreadsheet.
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Day 11: Rosetta doesn't see the point in making changes, as she believes one tragedy will just be replaced by another. MC is afraid any changes he attempts will just make things worse. And Captain Byrne is trying to figure out what changes will help prevent a future tragedy.
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May 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Day 11: Rosetta doesn't see the point in making changes, as she believes one tragedy will just be replaced by another. MC is afraid any changes he attempts will just make things worse. And Captain Byrne is trying to figure out what changes will help prevent a future tragedy.
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Day 9: Honestly, I don't know much about personality types or the quizzes that determine them. I've never put much stock in them, myself. I used to like Hogwarts Houses for this type of thing, but that brings with it all sorts of other implications now.
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May 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Day 9: Honestly, I don't know much about personality types or the quizzes that determine them. I've never put much stock in them, myself. I used to like Hogwarts Houses for this type of thing, but that brings with it all sorts of other implications now.
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Day 7, a day late: "One hour to comply. Not enough time to arrange a rescue, even with time travel, and even if I had a plan for one, which I don't. No choice, then. But even if I do what he wants, can I trust that Dr. Stone will release her?"
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May 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Day 7, a day late: "One hour to comply. Not enough time to arrange a rescue, even with time travel, and even if I had a plan for one, which I don't. No choice, then. But even if I do what he wants, can I trust that Dr. Stone will release her?"
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