CB
@virtualsynth.bsky.social
Writer, English PhD, Sci-fi enthusiast 🚀 🏴☠️
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Happy 62nd birthday to Ming-Na Wen! May the Force be with you!
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Happy 62nd birthday to Ming-Na Wen! May the Force be with you!
Sometimes panoramically but, for the most part, I begin with character and environment—weaving them kinetically to suggest a larger world.
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#FiFRevPit #RevPitFiF #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky
Today's prompt! Only three more to go!
When you're worldbuilding, where do *you* like to start?
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When you're worldbuilding, where do *you* like to start?
#FiFRevPit #RevPitFiF #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky
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November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Sometimes panoramically but, for the most part, I begin with character and environment—weaving them kinetically to suggest a larger world.
#FiFRevPit #RevPitFiF #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky
#FiFRevPit #RevPitFiF #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky
I raved awhile back about the brilliant short story collection Who Will You Save? by @garethlpowell.bsky.social. I just caught up with his Continuance series, and wow—everything I want to say is a spoiler! Inventive, gripping, and full of ideas, these novels are top-shelf #sci-fi.
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I raved awhile back about the brilliant short story collection Who Will You Save? by @garethlpowell.bsky.social. I just caught up with his Continuance series, and wow—everything I want to say is a spoiler! Inventive, gripping, and full of ideas, these novels are top-shelf #sci-fi.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Ok, but how are the robots going to feel when they find out ‘robot’ comes from the Czech word ‘robota’ which means “forced labor”??
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Ok, but how are the robots going to feel when they find out ‘robot’ comes from the Czech word ‘robota’ which means “forced labor”??
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Out today in the UK is a new paperback printing of Children of Time, the 10th anniversary edition, including a brand new in-universe short story ‘Unbearable’ and some other bits and pieces. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/adri...
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Find out more about Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Out today in the UK is a new paperback printing of Children of Time, the 10th anniversary edition, including a brand new in-universe short story ‘Unbearable’ and some other bits and pieces. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/adri...
Don’t get me started…
Nothing exists in itself.
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Don’t get me started…
Doing light editing on a new book chapter today, and I reminded myself about this take by the American poet Robert Creeley. While a comment on poetry, this holds for prose too, me thinks.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Amediting
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Amediting
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Doing light editing on a new book chapter today, and I reminded myself about this take by the American poet Robert Creeley. While a comment on poetry, this holds for prose too, me thinks.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Amediting
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Amediting
Verbs…
What's something you'd like to improve on in your writing? #WritingPrompt
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Verbs…
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I prefer to save talking till I know what I’m talking about.
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I prefer to save talking till I know what I’m talking about.
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Just got my grubby paws on this new one by @garethlpowell.bsky.social A grab bag of gems.
And for those who’ve read the Embers series, there are a few in-world stories. More Trouble Dog!
And for those who’ve read the Embers series, there are a few in-world stories. More Trouble Dog!
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Just got my grubby paws on this new one by @garethlpowell.bsky.social A grab bag of gems.
And for those who’ve read the Embers series, there are a few in-world stories. More Trouble Dog!
And for those who’ve read the Embers series, there are a few in-world stories. More Trouble Dog!
Just got my grubby paws on this new one by @garethlpowell.bsky.social A grab bag of gems.
And for those who’ve read the Embers series, there are a few in-world stories. More Trouble Dog!
And for those who’ve read the Embers series, there are a few in-world stories. More Trouble Dog!
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Just got my grubby paws on this new one by @garethlpowell.bsky.social A grab bag of gems.
And for those who’ve read the Embers series, there are a few in-world stories. More Trouble Dog!
And for those who’ve read the Embers series, there are a few in-world stories. More Trouble Dog!
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It’s not like I didn’t already think this situation was really fucking bad, but I was beginning to think it was way fucking worse.
October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It’s not like I didn’t already think this situation was really fucking bad, but I was beginning to think it was way fucking worse.
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Character of the Day: Aayla Secura
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Character of the Day: Aayla Secura
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What you did today was hard. When you’re hurt, hurting others is easy. It takes strength to choose not to.
When life has not treated you with kindness, doing the right thing anyway always takes strength...
...when you can even tell what the right thing is.
#TheExpanse
When life has not treated you with kindness, doing the right thing anyway always takes strength...
...when you can even tell what the right thing is.
#TheExpanse
October 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
What you did today was hard. When you’re hurt, hurting others is easy. It takes strength to choose not to.
When life has not treated you with kindness, doing the right thing anyway always takes strength...
...when you can even tell what the right thing is.
#TheExpanse
When life has not treated you with kindness, doing the right thing anyway always takes strength...
...when you can even tell what the right thing is.
#TheExpanse
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Happy Birthday to the late Carrie Fisher 💫✨
#starwars #TheMandalorian #ahsoka #grogu #dindjarin #fennec #bobafett #bokatan #TheMandalorianAndGrogu #carriefisher #princessleia
#starwars #TheMandalorian #ahsoka #grogu #dindjarin #fennec #bobafett #bokatan #TheMandalorianAndGrogu #carriefisher #princessleia
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Happy Birthday to the late Carrie Fisher 💫✨
#starwars #TheMandalorian #ahsoka #grogu #dindjarin #fennec #bobafett #bokatan #TheMandalorianAndGrogu #carriefisher #princessleia
#starwars #TheMandalorian #ahsoka #grogu #dindjarin #fennec #bobafett #bokatan #TheMandalorianAndGrogu #carriefisher #princessleia
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Greed puts out the sun.
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Greed puts out the sun.
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“A law without consequences wasn’t a law. It wasn’t anything.”
—Teresa, Chapter Twenty-Seven
#TheExpanse #sci-fi #booksky 📚
—Teresa, Chapter Twenty-Seven
#TheExpanse #sci-fi #booksky 📚
October 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“A law without consequences wasn’t a law. It wasn’t anything.”
—Teresa, Chapter Twenty-Seven
#TheExpanse #sci-fi #booksky 📚
—Teresa, Chapter Twenty-Seven
#TheExpanse #sci-fi #booksky 📚
October 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Stay safe out there, Beltalowda
October 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Stay safe out there, Beltalowda
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The Expanse (2015-2022): The fate of the Guanshiyin
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Expanse (2015-2022): The fate of the Guanshiyin
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Character of the Day: Karis Nemik
October 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Character of the Day: Karis Nemik
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This is what Earth Rising from the Moon looks like.
Credit: JAXA / NHK
Credit: JAXA / NHK
October 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is what Earth Rising from the Moon looks like.
Credit: JAXA / NHK
Credit: JAXA / NHK
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Aspiring authors, I’m here to help. Do you have any writing-related questions or dilemmas I can answer? Maybe you just need encouragement or a kick in the pants? Ask away…
#writing
#writing
October 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Aspiring authors, I’m here to help. Do you have any writing-related questions or dilemmas I can answer? Maybe you just need encouragement or a kick in the pants? Ask away…
#writing
#writing