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S. Z. Attwell
@szattwellauthor.bsky.social
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Bestselling, award-winning sci-fi author (ON HIATUS) | SFWA (not currently active) | SPSFC2 3rd Pl. | Kindle Book Review finalist | Harvard class of something | RT etc. =/= endorsement | szattwell.com (not currently up)
Offline: energy policy/CRMs (MPP)
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No fiction-writing updates, but I did write something!
Title: “Policy Intervention in the EV Battery Supply Chain.”
Officially have an MPP now, thank God. Hoping to be back once I get some things worked out re: my books.
Muslim woman in red scarf Thesis!
September 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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I keep seeing books called “A _____ of ____ and _____” soooo here you go. #books #writing #WritingCommunity
Note: this is a joke. I’m just amused how many books seem to be called some variation of this.
Black mock book cover. Gold frame. At the top, gold text says “The Math Series” and then “Can you solve the problem…without a calculator?” Center, all caps: “A Property of A & B” by “Professor Punname” Reviews: “Intimidatingly brilliant” - Some dude “I cried” - Reader
April 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Eid Mubarak!

Kind of tempted to make this my profile pic. My current one is from like…2018. But then how would you recognize me (haha jk)
Muslim woman in fancy blue and gold outfit
March 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Eid Mubarak!
Purple background. Eid Mubarak in Arabic and English, with a moon + mosque design and the text “Wishing you and your family happiness this Eid!”
March 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Springtime! 🌸❤️
Yellow blossoms against a rain-gray sky with pastel-ish houses in the background Yellow blossoms against a rainy-looking spring sky
March 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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His other account:
Screenshot of @kindlestack.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Just fyi. #WritingCommunity

IndieBookSpotlight dot com is NOT linked to @bookspotlight.bsky.social

writerbeware.blog/2025/02/21/w...

I’ve also warned about this guy on X. He has another site, KindleStack. And I’ve reported him here.

Check WriterBeware and ALLi before using any promo services.
Profile screenshot of @indiebookspotlight.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Found this in Berlin yesterday. Did not try it, but tempted to go back.
Sign saying “Bloody good from 2,60€ coffee are there!” Arrow pointing. And opening hours.
March 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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I’m learning German and someone left these downstairs - treasure! 💎 (there’s no treasure chest emoji sadly)

Someone else seems to have taken the English and German ones but that’s fine. I’m more interested in other subjects (to read about) anyway.
Five German textbooks in a case: Biology, chemistry, physics, math, and history
March 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Spring! 🌸
Pink blossoms in front of a green and white building
March 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Walked to the little lake (pond?)
Duck on water at sunset
March 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Last-ditch attempt to get you all to grab copies of my books before I take them offline, hopefully not for long but potentially a couple years (admin reasons). eBooks are $2.99, see szattwell.com
I love my story and hope you will too. This isn’t (mainly) about sales.
Aestus 1 and 2 against desert cover art. Top, all caps: “DON’T MISS OUT.” Bottom: “Available until midnight Pacific time” First chapter excerpt from Aestus 1: PREFACE 15 years ago Jossey scrambled up the side of the condenser pod and sat under the desert sky, looking up at the glitter of stars. She winced at the squeak of Tark's shoes on the sleek metal curve of the pod. This one was older, maybe a century or more, but still in good condition. "Ship-shape," Father would say, though the phrase meant nothing to her. It was one of those strange things grown-ups said. The steel pod gleamed in the starlight. She hoped the Onlar wouldn't see two figures sitting here. Tark plunked down beside her, floppy hair shoved out of his face. "You scared now?" he hissed. Reviews for Aestus 1 against a book 2 cover art background (dark canyon with a lit rock structure). Reviews: “…at the level of Frank Herbert’s Dune” - IHeartSci-fi “…nothing short of brilliant.” - C. J. Shane “…has the makings of a viral sensation.” - Ian the Reader, SPSFC2 judge “…masterful…on par with the best in the genre.” - A. R. Saida
September 25, 2023 at 10:12 AM
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An announcement: for personal reasons, I need to “go offline” in a bit as an author - hopefully my books will be back in a few months (could be longer), God willing. That means Aestus 1 and 2 are on sale - grab them while you can. szattwell.com
(Not a marketing ploy! I just have other obligations.)
Aestus 1 and 2 against book art background (moonrise over dark canyon with a lit rock structure). Top: red SALE badge, and bright yellow text on right saying “Get them while you still can!” Bottom: “Available until September 25”
September 15, 2023 at 5:01 AM
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Just a note that Aestus 1, my bestselling sci-fi epic (feels so strange to write that!) is on sale now for $0.99!

promotions.narratess.com
Indie Sale (fantasy, sci-fi & horror) - August 26-28, Hosted by Narratess $0.99! Normally $7.99 (Aestus Book 1: Cover has a red sunset over desert wasteland with city structures). “…at the level of…Dune” -IHeartSci-fi
August 26, 2023 at 11:10 PM
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More clouds. They look like little ducklings following the mama duck. Yes I’m a dork. #weather #sunset
Pink and orange massive cumulus (cumulonimbus?) cloud (with smaller clouds behind) above neighborhood and field. Construction site in the foreground.
August 18, 2023 at 11:57 PM
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Amazing cloud. #weather
Pink and orange massive cumulus (cumulonimbus?) cloud above neighborhood and field. Construction site in the foreground.
August 18, 2023 at 11:55 PM
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A novel of #ClimateChange - a future in which people have retreated underground, but haven’t escaped from human nature.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08FD6TVLJ #ScienceFiction #scifi #ClimateFiction #books

2022 SPSFC 3rd Place
2021 Kindle Book Award Finalist
“at the level of…Dune” - IHeartSci-fi
Aestus 1 against black background. Cover art is of a red sunset over desert wasteland with city structures. Awards at bottom. Review: “nothing short of brilliant” - C.J. Shane
August 12, 2023 at 10:16 PM
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Little non-rocket ship 🚀
Plane captured flying over with night mode on camera. Foreground: bright white-yellow hydrangeas and brick chimney.
August 7, 2023 at 11:58 PM
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Dramatic photo from last night.
Dramatic outline of tree against blue sky
August 6, 2023 at 10:12 PM
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Looking for a new #book to read?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08FD6TVLJ

An underground city, built centuries ago to ride out the heat. And a young solar engineer whose skills may be the key to saving her city…if she doesn’t get herself killed first.

⭐️SPSFC2 3rd Place⭐️

#SFF #scifi #books
Aestus cover (red sunset over desert wasteland with city structures). Review: “…at the level of Frank Herbert’s Dune” - IHeartSci-fi. Awards at bottom (B.R.A.G. Medallion, Kindle Book Award 2021 SFF Finalist, SPSFC2 Finalist).
August 4, 2023 at 2:25 PM
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It looked and felt like fall today. I took a bunch of pictures - I love when the light starts to turn golden in August.
Looking up at a bright reddish house in faint golden light against a beautiful blue sky and lit clouds.
August 2, 2023 at 2:04 AM
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So…I write books. Here they are. An excerpt from Book 1: https://szattwell.com/aestus1excerpt/

“…at the level of Frank Herbert’s Dune.” -IHeartSci-fi
⭐️SPSFC 2022 3rd Place (Bk 1)⭐️
Aestus 1 and 2 on a table. 1’s cover has a red sunset over a desert wasteland with city structures; 2’s has a bluish moonrise over a dark canyon with a lit rock structure. Reviews for Aestus 1: “…at the level of Frank Herbert’s Dune.” -IHeartSci-fi “One of the best books I’ve ever read.” - The Very Bookish “…masterful…on par with the best in the genre.” - A. R. Saida
August 1, 2023 at 2:59 AM
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The moon tonight. Not my best pic (iPhone) but wanted to share.
Full moon in a semi-cloudy night sky, framed by tree branches.
August 1, 2023 at 1:56 AM