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Researcher by day, SF writer by morning.
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AI also stands for authorial intent, something artificial intelligence lacks
June 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
morningwriter.bsky.social
How does that movie start again? The one with Kirsten Dunst and Nick Offerman playing the president.
June 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
morningwriter.bsky.social
Sci-fi romance? Sci-fance?
May 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Two men unload furniture from it, outside the main entrance of my building. They don’t look at me. I try not to look at it. There’s a massive QR code printed on the side. It could have been ironic, like one of those bumper stickers that read “I bought this before...” It could have been a manifesto.
May 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
morningwriter.bsky.social
I also really loved this piece! Everyone is trapped in a world of our own making.
May 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
morningwriter.bsky.social
alien bureaucrats point fingers at anyone but themselves for the fuck-up that wiped out humanity in this hilariously coy short story from Gene Doucette

i really enjoyed the reading by Justine Eyre and Stefan Rudnicki while on a run

www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/rthi...
Rthing It Up: An Oral History - Lightspeed Magazine
In 23762, the Interstellar Community of Planetary Systems began its campaign to add a new member: a distant, isolated planet called Rth. It would be an understatement to say that the annexation of Rth...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
morningwriter.bsky.social
what's the equivalent of "romantasy" for scifi?
May 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
morningwriter.bsky.social
really excited for Balticon this week, anyone here going?
May 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
morningwriter.bsky.social
they're after my blood! night and day they never stop

their drive to devour my veins, they remark,

are not hard to find

the red cross insatiable vampires be

(please donate as you are able!)
May 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
morningwriter.bsky.social
~spoilers~

hey look, a really well-lit zombie attack on a fortified position

good job this time, hbo

#lastofus
April 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
morningwriter.bsky.social
i will never understand the deep magic of emails that can change your life
March 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
morningwriter.bsky.social
for the love of goats, why did the wizarding world use parchment?

did they just like writing hogwarts essays on animal skin?

i mean, they used paper for the daily prophet, right?

right?
March 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
morningwriter.bsky.social
Every morning now

For days

I tell my MacBook I don’t want to quit

The application it has tried to close

For updates.

I don’t want to install macOS Sonoma point eleven plus, I want

To write.
March 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
morningwriter.bsky.social
i think i've beaten daylight savings

i just put an analog alarm clock next to the espresso machine

now i'm sitting on the couch ready to write before the world wakes up
March 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
morningwriter.bsky.social
#WIPSnips

from: a short story I've been toying with

i want this man to bleed his insecurity all over the page
A screenshot of a PDF. "Every morning, I practiced..."
March 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
morningwriter.bsky.social
footnotes in sf are the author screaming "look how much world-building i did!"

oh but mine are different i swear
March 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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ursulakleguin.com
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:
Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
www.ursulakleguin.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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seraphecda.bsky.social
okay y'all as promised, it's march and my general queries are open again!

i am specifically open to romance, sci-fi, graphic novels, and picture books across all age groups.

querytracker.net/query/2005
Query Tasneem Motala at The Rights Factory
querytracker.net
March 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
morningwriter.bsky.social
setting up a flashback

from: SECOND ORIGINS

#WIPSnips
Pdf screenshot. "It's late..."
March 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
morningwriter.bsky.social
the lines they are a-changing^^^

(critique partner got back to me)
March 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
morningwriter.bsky.social
i. love. this.

f*****g great pitch
cfranciswrites.bsky.social Charlotte Francis @cfranciswrites.bsky.social · Feb 26
The Last Of Us x 1984 x Firefly

If Isaac had known saving that mute girl at auction would land him on a forced road trip with the family and crew he abandoned a decade ago, while half the galaxy seems to be shooting at him... ah, hell, he'd still have done it.

#WSPit #A #SF #Q #WSPitQ
Mood board for 'The Last Sky', a sci-fi novel. Grid of nine images. Top row: 1) close-up on a man's hand holding a little girl's hand; 2) shock troopers moving through smoke with rifles drawn; 3) a girl's face in profile with glowing scientific and mathematical symbols superimposed over her head. Middle row: 4) An epic shot of a spaceship flying past a solar eclipse through clouds; 5) The book's title 'The Last Sky'; 6) A planet burning and crumbling apart. Bottom row: 7) A man's silhouette hunched over, holding a bottle of alcohol; 8) A silhouette image of a man playfully holding a little boy on his shoulders at sunset; 9) a close up of a man's face in profile, tears rolling over his cheeks as he appears to stare at the image of the boy in the sunset.
February 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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cfranciswrites.bsky.social
The Last Of Us x 1984 x Firefly

If Isaac had known saving that mute girl at auction would land him on a forced road trip with the family and crew he abandoned a decade ago, while half the galaxy seems to be shooting at him... ah, hell, he'd still have done it.

#WSPit #A #SF #Q #WSPitQ
Mood board for 'The Last Sky', a sci-fi novel. Grid of nine images. Top row: 1) close-up on a man's hand holding a little girl's hand; 2) shock troopers moving through smoke with rifles drawn; 3) a girl's face in profile with glowing scientific and mathematical symbols superimposed over her head. Middle row: 4) An epic shot of a spaceship flying past a solar eclipse through clouds; 5) The book's title 'The Last Sky'; 6) A planet burning and crumbling apart. Bottom row: 7) A man's silhouette hunched over, holding a bottle of alcohol; 8) A silhouette image of a man playfully holding a little boy on his shoulders at sunset; 9) a close up of a man's face in profile, tears rolling over his cheeks as he appears to stare at the image of the boy in the sunset.
February 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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sayaashrah.bsky.social
Their fight for freedom will forever change the realms!

😈🗡️ A demon warrior and her sentient, snarky sword
🦇 A vampire society
🌼 People born from flowers
👹 A princess with a demonic secret
🌈 A queer world with sapphic MCs
☠️ The hills are alive with... necromancy!
🐉 Asian-inspired

#WSPit #A #F
A photo collage with some vibes for Eternal Flame, first book in the Chronicles of the Realms series. First Row: Image 1: A black-and-white shot of a dandelion with its seeds being blown away. Image 2: The large sculpture of a dragon. Image 3: Statue of a demonic figure. Image 4: A text saying, "How much is your freedom worth to you?" Second Row: Image 1: A text saying, "The realms are far more dangerous than you think." Image 2: Photo of a volcano with threads of lava shooting off its mouth. Image 3: Photo of a Gothic castle with black birds flying above it. Row 3: Image 1: Photo of two Indonesian women dancing a traditional dance. Image 2: A text saying, "Once I am free, I... I will dance." Image 3: Illustration of Kuchisake-Onna, a character from Japanese folklore. Image 4: Photo of a woman with her head tilted back and black smoke coming off her mouth.
February 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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TREASURE PLANET🪐 X THE EXPANSE🌌

Bookworm Jak dreams of escape from a pirate-run space station. With his friend Eris, a tech genius, he finds an ancient wrist computer tied to his family and a legendary lost starship. As they seek answers, so does a notorious captain.

#WSPit #YA #SF #M #WSPitQ #Dis
ink drawing of Jak Sterzand, a teenage boy, crawling towards the viewer in a ventilation or maintenance shaft type tunnel. His name and title of the book JAK STERZAND above him, and underneath in smaller letters, the subtitle: ESCAPE FROM FREEPORT
February 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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jaxwolffwrites.bsky.social
GIDEON THE NINTH x FFXIV
When magicless Mick agrees to go adventuring with his mage bff(/crush) Eleanor, the last thing he expects is to be stuck a dragon and bound to the gods' dead adversary. Now he and Eleanor must restore Mick's humanity, before his existence triggers a war.
#WSPit #WSPitW #F #R
Moodboard of eight images. Top left: A figure plays a violin in a dark room. The image is shot in such a way that only the violin and one of the player's hands is visible. Center left: A man stands in darkness; his head is on fire. Bottom left: A wireframe of a dragon against a bright orange background Top/mid center: Alphonse Mucha's Emerald, featuring a woman staring intensely at the viewer as she leans against the head of a snarling serpent. A white line is drawn straight through the image to neatly divide the woman's head from the serpent's. Bottom center: The Lovers, from the Art Nouveau Tarot deck, featuring a couple just about to kiss. The card is lying on a white space, surrounded by red/white roses. Top right: A figure in white robes wanders through a very green forest. Center right: A bolt of lightning arcs above a mountain range in a very violet sky. Bottom right: A black hole swirls in a sea of violet stars and nebulae.
February 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM