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Asymptotically approaching authorhood. Can tie a one handed bowline. Formerly of the East Coast. https://booksandstuff.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index.html
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Habitable exoplanet visualizer now has scaled radii option. (showing most are gas giants). I know, right?! So exciting. https://booksandstuff.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index3.html #astronomy #scifi #sff #

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New habitable zone planet within the Sphere of Human Influence! HD 20794 f booksandstuff.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index4.html #astronomy #scifi #exoplanets #procrastination

I didn’t write today. #Writers

Scope creep is phenomenon where product features are added without regard to any financial or time constraints. Anyway, added the ecliptic plane and the galactic plane to the 3D visualizer (with controls!). booksandstuff.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index5.html #astronomy #sff #writers #coders

Exoplanet visualizer has a 3D version now. And a sign that points to the center of the galaxy, in case you get lost. booksandstuff.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index5.html #astronomy #scifi #writers #sffh

Got a short story I'd like to publish. Please recommend your story platforms you prefer. 5000 words. Sci fi. First contact.

For you folks into extraterrestrial stuff. Here are the Habitable Zone exoplanets that have already received human broadcasts, now updated with the date. Next up: HD 28185 b on Oct. 22, 2025. https://buff.ly/4g9I2VP #astronomy #radioastronomy #scifi #startrek

Apologies to all the ravens in Santa Fe. I thought you were crows. Please forgive my ignorance. #birds

So an agent asked for my writing playlist on their query form. Hopefully they want the manuscript too. But either way, I've shared some creative juices. https://buff.ly/3BSoOWR #writing

Fixing typos, removing adverbs, formatting chat room dialog. #sffh #writing youtu.be/GU35oCHGhJ0?...

Wordle 1,300 6/6* In 6 So satisfying. ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Reading and editing proof copy. So many changes when looking at a printed page vs a screen. #writing

Happy perihelion! At 13:28 UTC, Earth reached its closest point to the sun in its orbit, a mere 147,104,000 million km distant, about 1.5% closer than average. It's all uphill now until aphelion in July.

Would like to read a science fiction story written by a flat earther.

Rice pudding for dinner. Because freedom.

Listening to Sultans of Swing and writing science fiction.

Listening to Shine On You Crazy Diamond and writing about the oldest humans on Earth. #writing #SFFH

Adventures in Radio Astronomy cover art brainstorm (an ad hoc series - #3) #SFF #Writing

Adventures in Radio Astronomy cover art brainstorm (an ad hoc series - #2) #SFF #Writing booksandstuff.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index.html

Adventures in Radio Astronomy cover art brainstorm (an ad hoc series) #SFF #Writing

Archive March 2, 2024 Connections Puzzle #265 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Getting purple first and yellow last. So satisfying.

It also makes it harder for them to ban books.

The Tom Swift Jr. collection is no longer sitting in a box in a closet.