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"This garden was a good idea. I love that it brings the fauna here so we can look at them." "So many different shapes and colors, fascinating." "Check out the small one there; it’s turning red." Randy found his voice first. “Are the plants talking about us?” -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSnips

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I flipped a few more pages, checking out chapter headings. Starship captains: why they’re always too young to be believable. Security officers: why they should take out large insurance policies. Paperwork. Pluto: not a real planet. Planets of scantily clad men. -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

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I've decided to turn any hate towards this into a positive. Every time I get flipped off or thumbs down for this flag I'm gonna make a 3$ donation to www.thetrevorproject.org at the end of the month. #Pride #QueerTrucker #TheTrevorProject #LGBTQ

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#LGBTQWriteAThon Goal this week/month: Finish this pass on Acts 1 & 2 of my WIP!

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Yup

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“Looking for a homebody to settle down and have dozens of kids.” Swipe left. “Looking for companion on dangerous mission in the Lilliput galaxy.” Swipe left. “Looking for meaningless relationship, send picture from neck down, please.” Swipe left faster. -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSnips

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“We’ve never done a mission before,” Frink said. “Usually the captain starts on the paperwork, and then the mission gets canceled or changed, or made illegal, or they add new requirements like alphabetizing the numbers on the forms, and eventually we all go curling.” -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

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Demeter is where you park it.

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4 villains I've written: Exalted Leader of Pluto (The Cosmic Turkey) The Counselor and his super-weapon (The Star-Crossed Pelican) SolCorp, the corporation that's replaced government (Hole in the Day) George Washington Loomis, horse thief (The Loomis Gang) (actual relative of mine)

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It's time for SFF and horror short stories! ENTER HERE anthology is taking subs starting today. Remember to anonymize your file and file name. cjsubko.com/enter-here-a...

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I had a dystopian SF WIP about a corporate-run world that experiences a pandemic. But after the last few years, it's clear my imagination isn't dystopic enough. First line: "The prime suspect in the SolCorp heist walked into Augustine's party with one lover on each arm. #LGBTQWriteAThon

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That last one is gonna take awhile to finish.

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I staggered after him as best as I could, half carrying and half dragging the box. “There must be some mistake. I’m not a captain; I’m a felon. The charge was wanton and mildly atrocious destruction of government property.” “We never make that sort of mistake." -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

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Wishing all the #2SLGBTQIA+ creatives out there a good #PrideMonth! Keep doing art! Keep writing your stories. What we create matters! We matter!

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Show me one picture from Star Trek that perfectly embodies your aura.

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“Hello, I’m Captain Janet Delane, from the Galactic Universal Peacemongering Paradigm Emergent Action Spacefleet.” What were the chances of that making sense in another language? It barely made sense in mine. -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

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"Tell them you can’t do it, and don’t budge from that.” “Good advice,” I said. “I’ll do that before this has a chance to go any further.” “I still get to steal the wedding presents, right?” Frink gave me a hopeful look. “No.” -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSnips

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Who doesn’t like free SciFi or Dystopian books??? My little anti-ageist alien short story, “Bev the Hacker Does Time,” is also included in this 2025 Indieverse Awards nominee bundle! Genre: SciFi and Dystopian! #SFF www.indieverseawards.com/freebie-frid...

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The Cygnoid leader went by the title of Counselor. After encounters with Exalted Leader (Pluto), Her Supreme Superiority (Venus), and Dude Who Signs the Paychecks (Gemini XII), this suggested we were dealing with someone more down-to-Earth. Down-to-Cygnus-IV. Whatever. -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

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Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate? Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey. www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...

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Your brain lies and they aren't perfect in there, it just glosses over the rough parts. Never expect the version that comes out of your fingers to be the same as the one in your brain. But one that comes out of your fingers can be differently great. Work on it.

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#PaperClipsAreNotFor music, even though the French word for them is "trombone."

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“What’s a plausible reason for you to leave the ship with, I don’t know, a big laundry cart?” “Or we could get you in a disguise.” Skeeder opened his closet, which contained a surprising number of items that were louder and more garish than a GUPPEAS uniform. -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSnips

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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 21: A book about an unlikely friendship. "James," Percival Everett's brilliant reimagining of "Huckleberry Finn" from the point of view of Jim, the escaped slave: www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/po...

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Delete a letter, ruin a movie: Fiends With Benefits

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“It’s a robot uprising?” “Yes. They wanted back wages and weekends off. They were negotiating with Leader Dessimal, but then all the printers on the planet jammed at once, and she accused the robots of sabotaging them." -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSips

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My hobby is a card game called Killer Bunnies, perfect.

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“This position opened up, and no one else wanted it because there was no chocolate. Richena says she doesn’t see what the big deal is—she doesn’t like chocolate all that much .” “How weird,” I said. “And she looks just like an Earthling.” -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

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Love that Streisand album, "Wet."

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In science fiction, paperwork does not exist except in extremely dystopian cultures. If you’ve been assigned to complete any forms that can’t be signed with your eyeballs, you’re probably doomed. Also, no one can ever find a pen. -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

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Frink’s orange eyes welled up. “I’ve been so distracted, I answered a scam call and signed the Turkey up for an extended warranty.” -The Star-Crossed Pelican #WIPSnips

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My floatcar was one of the junky old ones, shaped like two crisscrossed canoes with eight antennas pointing out of random junctures. I couldn’t help comparing it with the sleek model below, the kind that folded down to the size of a dinner plate. -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

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