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Also, this song was a loop in my brain last night as I drove 19 hours straight to get home

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I Drove All Night
YouTube video by Cyndi Lauper - Topic
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November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This is a first for me: I have two books (When the Moon Hits Your Eye and The Shattering Peace) in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards, in the science fiction category. If you'd like to vote for either (or any other very worthy candidate), here's a link:

www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I was not and I have not seen it yet but I'm happy everyone seems to like it so far.
Were you a ghostwriter for Pluribus? It has strong Scalzi vibes
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Because I was driving all day yesterday and was napping and having doctor's appointments today, I have no idea what's going on in the world; it's nice and I think I'll do that for just a little bit longer.
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
DEAR US FOLKS: Once again I am teaming up with my local bookseller, Jay and Mary's Book Center, to offer up signed (and if requested, personalized) books for the holidays. All the details are at the link. Go there and get books for everyone! Including you!

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How to Get Signed & Personalized Books From Me For the Holidays, 2025 Edition
We’ve come to that time of the year again, where folks begin to think about their holiday gift giving, and at least some of you think about books as the perfect gift. Well, they are! But would…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
One of the most fun things about coming home
THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE OF BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It was fine. I liked the beaver nuggets although they were not amazing as some people have suggested. I was not impressed with the sausage on a stick. The bathrooms lived up to the hype, however.
How was Buccees?
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Had a 90-minute nap after a 19-hour drive. Now ready to juggle knives.
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Update: drove straight from Austin, Texas, to Bradford Ohio. 19 hours. I am very tired.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Flight cancelled and wouldn't get home until tomorrow afternoon, so fuck it, I'm driving back to Ohio. At least it allows me to visit one of these for the first time.
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The print edition is signed and really fabulous, and there are only a few left, so if you want one, get it direct from @subpress.bsky.social! The ebook version is also available and you can get it from your favorite online bookseller.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Heading to the airport to see if I can get on an earlier flight. If not this will be me

Dad Suggests Arriving At Airport 14 Hours Early - The Onion share.google/LseQ4tKwyprX...
Dad Suggests Arriving At Airport 14 Hours Early
CARLISLE, MA—Planning for his family’s Saturday evening flight to Florida, local dad Walter Holbrook suggested arriving at the airport at least 14 hours early, sources confirmed. "The plane leaves at ...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I just saw someone mistype the title of my most recent book as "The Shartering Peace" and my immediate thought was, wow, that would be a very different and much messier book than the one I wrote
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Krissy sent me this picture of our front yard this morning. Ooof. Real early for snow, Ohio.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
And back in the hotel, once against introverting. I have fun extroverting, I wish to be clear. Also, it's nice to be in bed doing nothing.
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I read the first three sentences of "Shadow War of the Night Dragon, Book One: The Dead City: Prologue"
TX book festival update:

@scalzi.com reading at Austin Speakeasy.

!!!!!!
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I follow at least a few adult film performers and OnlyFans models here on Bluesky, to save investigators some time should I ever run for public office. Moreover, they're all pretty cool folks, A++, would follow again.
James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.
Faith-forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors, escorts online
James Talarico has become a sensation in Texas politics by talking about how his Christianity is the basis for his progressive politics.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Did an event with the fabulous @marthawells.com and then signed a whole lot of books. Now I'm introverting until it's time to go out again. Introverting is good.
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We have a line!
November 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
WHICH ONE OF YOU DID THIS
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I'm at the Texas Book Festival all weekend, check their site for the schedule!
Welcome to town

By chance are you appearing somewhere accessible to normal people?
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Update: arrived in Austin
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The hour is up, thank you for all your questions!
I have free time in the sky so I'm answering your questions for an hour. Ask me anything! Anything at all! ANYTHING I SAY

(Also if you didn't want me taking over your feed, mute me for about an hour)
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
No but I'm willing to start.
do you own now or have you ever previously owned bowling shoes?
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Speaking from actual experience: I already have an EP credit as a requirement for options, and they don't and won't want me as the head writer because they need someone with experience leading the writers room, and I agree with that. I might write an occasional episode.
Big streaming service want to do six series of Old Man’s War, you will be exec producer, chief writer BUT they want total commitment for 10 years. Do you do it?
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM