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#JuneWorldBuilders 26: Unique or brutal punishment method In a timeline where women can deliver electric shocks, many cultures see a resource to be exploited. (Bonus points for actually including the word 'brutal?' 😬) #ScienceFiction #SciFi

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#WIPSnips 26: challenge Social cues differ across cultures. Even more across alternate timelines. #SciFi #TimeTravel #ScienceFiction

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#TimeTravelAuthors Day 25 12yo Charlotte is fighting a baddie: "The moment she realized that and let go of my other arm, I kicked at her legs and hurled myself at her to throw her off balance. I didn’t have much hope it would work. But I’d forgotten I wasn’t alone."

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#TimeTravelAuthors Day 23 That's MC Charlotte's problem: She ends up in an alternate timeline which isn't supposed to happen to kid trainees. And her dad disappears, which isn't supposed to happen either. The young princess, on the other hand, is supposed to die...

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D25. A bit of Carry On today for this prompt. #timetravelauthors #writingcommunity #sff #revspirations

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#TimeTravelAuthors 25: 'balance' snippet But annoying the woman who likely held your life in the balance was, y’know, inadvisable, so I put that off for the time being. #ScienceFiction #TimeTravel

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#SFFChat 25: What does utopia look like to your MC? He's in favor of freedom, equality, environmental responsibility, social justice, and so forth. (Although, those wants are bit more concrete now that he's on the disadvantaged end of most of those factors.) #SFF #SciFi

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#JuneWorldBuilders 25: Justice system Organized rather differently. 'Laws' cover things like tech specs, tax rates, etc. Crimes are judged by the standards of honor. Set by precedent - basically, case law. Lawyers are more legal researchers and coaches, seeking out favorable precedents. #SciFi

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#WIPSnips 25: theme Jim gets to watch a historical action movie from an alternate universe. #SciFi #ScienceFiction

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If you see this, post a picture from your device without any explanation:

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Read this thread to get a slice of the simple daily horrors of the Trump/Miller ICE raids.

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Next month's prompts, #TimeTravelAuthors! Hope to see you then! #TimeTravelAuthorsQs #TimeTravelAuthorsQ #WritingCommunity

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Reposts appreciated. A few years ago, I had to run a fundraiser for a new laptop. Someone (anonymous) really helped me out by covering the bulk of the cost. To pay that forward, I currently have the time to offer a free, full edit to one person. Includes: Developmental, Content, and Copy.

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#SFFChat 24: Antagonist alters one thing about the past? In an MC-vs-world story, there isn't one 'antagonist' per se. Besides, that world is the result of changing the past. So in a sense, that one thing is already altered. Jim just has to live with it. If he can. If he can bear to. #SciFi

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#JuneWorldBuilders 24: Organized crime/gangs There's only hints in the first book, but Jim (literally) runs into some gang members his first day in the new timeline. They don't take it well. One of the girls comes very close to killing him. #SciFi #TimeTravelAuthors

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#WIPSnips 24: refund Gotta go with vibes; this is the closest I've got. Imagine you had to account for everything that happens to be in your pockets... to someone from a completely different culture. When you only know a few dozen words in their language. #ScienceFiction #SciFi

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OK, here is your one-minute primer on the whole concept of "trickle down economics," from the obituary of Fred Smith, the founder of Fedex. I mean, if you still can't see it, I have no hope for you.

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I am not a New Yorker and thus have no vote tomorrow but if I were and did I suspect I would have to flip a coin between ranking Lander and Mamdani first, with the acknowledgement that if I did put Lander first, it would be because he was my classmate at UChicago. Also, I'd not rank Cuomo at all.

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If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky.

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Sorry not sorry for the shameless repost but I’m excited!

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#TimeTravelAuthors 23: Alternate history aspects to your story? Um... er... all of it. Lots of it. In SECONDARY, the only safe amount of #TimeTravel is zero. And there's a nonzero amount of time travel.

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#JuneWorldBuilders 23: 'crime' snippet Jim's been wandering lost in a strange timeline all day, and is beginning to lose it. He's kinda-sorta talking to himself. #ScienceFiction #SciFi #TimeTravel

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#SFFChat 23: 'envy' snippet Jealousy counts. Even when learning a new language. #SciFi

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#WIPSnips 23: desperate Get a look at this weirdo. Says he comes from an alternate universe, where cars run on little explosions instead of electricity. 🙄😂🤣 #ScienceFiction #SciFi

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OMG, so much! I'm exploring a whole alternate timeline, and I'm not f'ing around. (😀) New characters, technologies, social arrangements, relationships, etc. I suppose a fun one is a glimpse of an alternate-timeline sex comedy a la American Pie. The gender roles are... unusual. #SciFi #BookSky

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Aaaaaand at long last, it's here! Time to unveil Noxious's cover to the world! My sincerest thanks to @lydyova.bsky.social, the one who made this. It is cooler than even my wildest expectations. Noxious releases on the 29th! Preorder 🔗 will be attached at the end when available. 💙📚

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#SFFChat 22 Pitch as different genre He's new in town, looking to meet people. She's taken him in as houseguest. Can they bond over their shared profession and forge a real connection? Or will he be executed for murder? (Dang it, I was doing pretty well for a while. 😞) #TimeTravel #SciFi #SFF

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#JuneWorldBuilders 22: Crimes committed? There's probably no law against rewriting 5,700 years of history, obliterating all existing world cultures - but there should be. After that, there's fleeing arrest, assault, sexual assault, murder, etc. Y'know, the usual. #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SFF

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#WIPSnips 22: whisper Jim gets to be tense-moment-adjacent for once. #ScienceFiction #SciFi

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The Etheri Trilogy is officially published & bingeable! When an introvert is caught between a criminal org and her village, she’ll have to find her voice and make a choice: her village, her friends, or herself. 📚 Trilogy 🌌 Mana 💥 Combat 💬 Banter 🐺 Animal Companions mybook.to/Etheri #💙📚 #indie

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Watching ICE chase, tackle, and (usually) whisk into a van anyone who looks a certain way is the most literal and visceral reminder possible that policing in the United States has its roots in runaway slave patrols.

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It's Berkeley Breathed's 68th birthday, and in this upside-down world in which Donald Trump is in the White House instead of the prison where he belongs, I'll celebrate by once again sharing this February 26, 1989 comic strip, the only Bloom County I ever snipped from a newspaper.

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I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc. F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨ Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne More info below 👇

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#PretendPanel 21: I would not accept sanding down some of the rougher edges. There are very bad things (like SA) that happen, and many of them happen directly to the MC. They are integral to the story, and premise, and themes. I know; I didn't want to write about them. But they had to be there.

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#TimeTravelAuthors 21: 'safe' excerpt Abe: "I can imagine no way in which this thing could be considered anywhere close to safe." From PRIMER, a great #TimeTravel film from 2004. Experimental and #indie and very, very smart. But here's a bit from my WIP: #TimeTravel #ScienceFiction #SFF #SciFi

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#SFFChat 21: Share something visual to do with your wip & tell us about it (either an excerpt, moodboard, cover, etc!) Better to let the artist herself talk about the cover for SECONDARY: ko-fi.com/Post/Monthly... (A dream to work with, BTW; highly recommended!) #BookCover #SciFiBooks #BookSky

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#JuneWorldBuilders 21: Myths or legends about creatures Deekee is the name of a mythical boy who was raised by wolves. In the various versions of the legend, he's regarded as more innocent than feral or dangerous. Though not incapable of violence; he helps a woman take down a giant bear. #SciFi

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#WIPSnips 21: defend Jim's perspective is so weird in the new timeline, it's practically alien. One little time-traveling virus... #ScienceFiction #SciFi

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Out walking the dogs; we decided to let the skunk have the shortcut. 🦨

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#PretendPanel 20. If I had creative control and lots of money, then I'd love to adapt Chronicles of the Realms into a blend of 3D fighting game and action-adventure RPG. I've written a long thread talking about how this game would work, if anyone's interested: bsky.app/profile/saya...

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