Scott Kelly Writes
@scottkellywrites.bsky.social
Lifelong SF/F fan, award-winning screenwriter (unproduced), and aspiring novelist. Writing’s my ineffable whimsy. It keeps me honest. Keeps me sane. Keeps me, me.
One way to keep Accountability Cat distracted is to whip out the Faux Fur… I really don’t understand how he can breathe.
#WritingAdjacent #HaikusNotProse #SurvivalJobSlammed
#WritingAdjacent #HaikusNotProse #SurvivalJobSlammed
October 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
One way to keep Accountability Cat distracted is to whip out the Faux Fur… I really don’t understand how he can breathe.
#WritingAdjacent #HaikusNotProse #SurvivalJobSlammed
#WritingAdjacent #HaikusNotProse #SurvivalJobSlammed
Halloween Season Poetry:
A Haiku
Necronomicon
Old gods whisper grimly dark
Lunacy beckons
(Like, share, quote post with your own. We can make this a thing. 😜😱 )
A Haiku
Necronomicon
Old gods whisper grimly dark
Lunacy beckons
(Like, share, quote post with your own. We can make this a thing. 😜😱 )
October 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Ahhh… Life is good when I can say that I completed a 3k word dark fantasy short story submission and added 1.5k words to a creative nonfiction short I’m working on—all in the same day.
#Writing #AmWriting #ShortStory
#Writing #AmWriting #ShortStory
September 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ahhh… Life is good when I can say that I completed a 3k word dark fantasy short story submission and added 1.5k words to a creative nonfiction short I’m working on—all in the same day.
#Writing #AmWriting #ShortStory
#Writing #AmWriting #ShortStory
Accountability Cat, reservedly proud of my freshly finished short story draft. Or he’s about to murder me for kibbles. Always a toss-up.
#AmWriting #FirstDraft #AccountabilityCat
#AmWriting #FirstDraft #AccountabilityCat
September 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Accountability Cat, reservedly proud of my freshly finished short story draft. Or he’s about to murder me for kibbles. Always a toss-up.
#AmWriting #FirstDraft #AccountabilityCat
#AmWriting #FirstDraft #AccountabilityCat
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THE GUNSLINGER ON THE BEACH (1982)
Acrylic on Board - 28" x 18"
The winter months of 1980-81 were tough. My wife and I became parents with the arrival of our daughter in November, and I needn't tell anyone who has children what that means in terms of lifestyle changes...like lack of sleep. 1/4
Acrylic on Board - 28" x 18"
The winter months of 1980-81 were tough. My wife and I became parents with the arrival of our daughter in November, and I needn't tell anyone who has children what that means in terms of lifestyle changes...like lack of sleep. 1/4
September 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
THE GUNSLINGER ON THE BEACH (1982)
Acrylic on Board - 28" x 18"
The winter months of 1980-81 were tough. My wife and I became parents with the arrival of our daughter in November, and I needn't tell anyone who has children what that means in terms of lifestyle changes...like lack of sleep. 1/4
Acrylic on Board - 28" x 18"
The winter months of 1980-81 were tough. My wife and I became parents with the arrival of our daughter in November, and I needn't tell anyone who has children what that means in terms of lifestyle changes...like lack of sleep. 1/4
In other news, our local writer’s group will be publishing our first collection of stories — The Vault: Uncharted Ways. More on that soon.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #SFF #ShortStories #TheVaultZine
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #SFF #ShortStories #TheVaultZine
September 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In other news, our local writer’s group will be publishing our first collection of stories — The Vault: Uncharted Ways. More on that soon.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #SFF #ShortStories #TheVaultZine
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #SFF #ShortStories #TheVaultZine
Been a while since I posted. Life’s been, well, life. And social media is usually the last thing I think about (yeah, not great for building a brand, Mr. Writer! but there it is).
#WritingLife #WritersOfBluesky
#WritingLife #WritersOfBluesky
September 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Been a while since I posted. Life’s been, well, life. And social media is usually the last thing I think about (yeah, not great for building a brand, Mr. Writer! but there it is).
#WritingLife #WritersOfBluesky
#WritingLife #WritersOfBluesky
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One of the cartoons from Physics for Cats
May 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
One of the cartoons from Physics for Cats
Just opted in my revised coming-of-age drama to this year’s Academy Nicholl Fellowship via their new and much lamented submission process: the Black List. Chances are slimmer than previous years for aspiring writers not associated with an academic institution. Guess we’ll see. #fingerscrossed
May 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Just opted in my revised coming-of-age drama to this year’s Academy Nicholl Fellowship via their new and much lamented submission process: the Black List. Chances are slimmer than previous years for aspiring writers not associated with an academic institution. Guess we’ll see. #fingerscrossed
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Whats up w the shit about the em dash being a/i ??
So, the plagiarism machine stole from actual authors & people don't read enough to actually recognize what our written language looks like, therefore creatives have to be vilified & put on trial for writing correctly?? I'm so sick of this.
So, the plagiarism machine stole from actual authors & people don't read enough to actually recognize what our written language looks like, therefore creatives have to be vilified & put on trial for writing correctly?? I'm so sick of this.
May 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Whats up w the shit about the em dash being a/i ??
So, the plagiarism machine stole from actual authors & people don't read enough to actually recognize what our written language looks like, therefore creatives have to be vilified & put on trial for writing correctly?? I'm so sick of this.
So, the plagiarism machine stole from actual authors & people don't read enough to actually recognize what our written language looks like, therefore creatives have to be vilified & put on trial for writing correctly?? I'm so sick of this.
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Gotta hand this one to Douglas Adams in the original Hitchhiker's Guide
May 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Gotta hand this one to Douglas Adams in the original Hitchhiker's Guide
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May 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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You don’t win politically by winning over your opponents, but by building a political bloc that can defeat them.
May 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You don’t win politically by winning over your opponents, but by building a political bloc that can defeat them.
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First blog post in a long, long time, and it's on the right-wing phenomenon of "anti-empathy." What does the billionaire class actually get out of this crusade against empathy? You probably already know the answer, but let's get there together.
www.jedleonard.com/blog/anti-em...
www.jedleonard.com/blog/anti-em...
Anti-Empathy: The Billionaire’s Last Resort — Jed Leonard - Author
When cruelty is government policy, kindness is rebellion…
www.jedleonard.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
First blog post in a long, long time, and it's on the right-wing phenomenon of "anti-empathy." What does the billionaire class actually get out of this crusade against empathy? You probably already know the answer, but let's get there together.
www.jedleonard.com/blog/anti-em...
www.jedleonard.com/blog/anti-em...
Accountability Cat’s been giving me grief about not writing lately. But he doesn’t understand—I have a secret, very valid reason for not opening Scrivener and putting fingers to keyboard: we’re moving Wednesday. Ain’t he in for a shock.
#cats #MovingSucks # NotWritingExcuses
#cats #MovingSucks # NotWritingExcuses
April 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Accountability Cat’s been giving me grief about not writing lately. But he doesn’t understand—I have a secret, very valid reason for not opening Scrivener and putting fingers to keyboard: we’re moving Wednesday. Ain’t he in for a shock.
#cats #MovingSucks # NotWritingExcuses
#cats #MovingSucks # NotWritingExcuses
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Newquay. A tourist parks their car on the beach to save on parking fees. Then the tide comes in. Locals gather to laugh & a bloke called Barry the Bugler plays The Last Post
April 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Newquay. A tourist parks their car on the beach to save on parking fees. Then the tide comes in. Locals gather to laugh & a bloke called Barry the Bugler plays The Last Post
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Making subject and verb agree would be nice.
The stupidity of the tariffs IS the achievement...
But what can you expect these days from @nytimes.com?
The stupidity of the tariffs IS the achievement...
But what can you expect these days from @nytimes.com?
“If you haven’t read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren’t broad enough to sustain you.”
#booksky www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...
#booksky www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...
Opinion | The Stupidity of the Tariffs Are the Achievement of a Lifetime
Maybe we’re just not good at thinking anymore.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Making subject and verb agree would be nice.
The stupidity of the tariffs IS the achievement...
But what can you expect these days from @nytimes.com?
The stupidity of the tariffs IS the achievement...
But what can you expect these days from @nytimes.com?
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Accountability Cat learned me some good vocabulary over the years. Here’s a few of my favorites, all in perfect English, of course:
Skritches
Zoomies
Boop
Floof
Sploot
Blep
Derp
Chonk
Smol
Hooman
As I’m a bit of a slow learner, AC’s buried his face in shame.
Skritches
Zoomies
Boop
Floof
Sploot
Blep
Derp
Chonk
Smol
Hooman
As I’m a bit of a slow learner, AC’s buried his face in shame.
April 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Accountability Cat learned me some good vocabulary over the years. Here’s a few of my favorites, all in perfect English, of course:
Skritches
Zoomies
Boop
Floof
Sploot
Blep
Derp
Chonk
Smol
Hooman
As I’m a bit of a slow learner, AC’s buried his face in shame.
Skritches
Zoomies
Boop
Floof
Sploot
Blep
Derp
Chonk
Smol
Hooman
As I’m a bit of a slow learner, AC’s buried his face in shame.
@support.bsky.team
Feature Request: Enhance your MacOS client to present larger for 4K monitor use. Even with the “larger” setting selected, the fonts are tiny, making the app almost unusable for those plugged into to high-res monitors all day. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Feature Request: Enhance your MacOS client to present larger for 4K monitor use. Even with the “larger” setting selected, the fonts are tiny, making the app almost unusable for those plugged into to high-res monitors all day. Thanks and keep up the good work.
March 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
@support.bsky.team
Feature Request: Enhance your MacOS client to present larger for 4K monitor use. Even with the “larger” setting selected, the fonts are tiny, making the app almost unusable for those plugged into to high-res monitors all day. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Feature Request: Enhance your MacOS client to present larger for 4K monitor use. Even with the “larger” setting selected, the fonts are tiny, making the app almost unusable for those plugged into to high-res monitors all day. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Finished beating out the outline for my next feature script. Accountability Cat is concerned, however. I haven’t written any prose lately, and he really likes my prose.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
March 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Finished beating out the outline for my next feature script. Accountability Cat is concerned, however. I haven’t written any prose lately, and he really likes my prose.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
No new words this week, but I have been “thinking” about my projects, which means things are simmering down below. That’s writing, right? Not sure Accountability Cat agrees. He’s been stalking me through the snow. I have proof.
@writingcommunity.bsky.social #amwriting
@writingcommunity.bsky.social #amwriting
February 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
No new words this week, but I have been “thinking” about my projects, which means things are simmering down below. That’s writing, right? Not sure Accountability Cat agrees. He’s been stalking me through the snow. I have proof.
@writingcommunity.bsky.social #amwriting
@writingcommunity.bsky.social #amwriting
Been a couple of weeks dark, but the spec script revision is finally complete and I’m coming up for air.
Accountability Cat is exhausted, though. It’s hard work keeping me on track, so he's taking a little break.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #catsatwork
Accountability Cat is exhausted, though. It’s hard work keeping me on track, so he's taking a little break.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #catsatwork
February 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Been a couple of weeks dark, but the spec script revision is finally complete and I’m coming up for air.
Accountability Cat is exhausted, though. It’s hard work keeping me on track, so he's taking a little break.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #catsatwork
Accountability Cat is exhausted, though. It’s hard work keeping me on track, so he's taking a little break.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #catsatwork