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Author, editor, husband, corporate drone, cat herder, serial stepdad, 42ist, deconstructing, #startrek fan, #progressiverock #sciencefiction He who dies with the most toys is still dead
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Formatted the penultimate Suicide Arc novel today. I now have one more to revise and a short story collection to write, and it's done. Except for the collection, this was all written during the lockdown. #bookskies #sciencefiction #writercommunity

This morning, I whine about snow and talk about writing and Mark Twain. #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #indiepub open.substack.com/pub/tshottle...

Happy birthday to my distant cousin, Abe.

My head canon says Benny Russell later took his ideas to the writer's room for Galaxy Quest. I will die on that hill. #startrek

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Yay! Substack! #writingcommunity tshottle1.substack.com/p/yay-sports...

He may not have flown the ship, but this guy, Michael Dorn, is a pilot. In fact, he's giving flying lessons to Melissa Navia, whose character Ortegas DOES fly the ship. #startrek #sciencefiction #worf

#VinylFriday The Michael Stanley Band Heartland tidal.com/browse/album...

"Torch the Sky" - The end of a world very much like Earth in a day. By hubris. The Compact Reader #bookskies #sciencefiction tshottle.com/book/the-com...

Being a space nerd, I've always admired the people who made getting into space popular. When you see those controllers hunched over their consoles, you know why I have a career. But you know who was bad ass? Katherine Johnson, who did the early orbital math on paper with and a calculator.

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My latest substack tshottle1.substack.com/p/groundhog-... #writercommunity #bookskies

Oh my god, finally. Both the Eaton and Palisades fires are 100% contained! Thank you firefighters and first responders!

Look what arrived today. ##sciencefiction #bookskies tshottle.com/book/the-com...

Pardon my Anglo-Saxon, with shout out to @robwords.bsky.social, my newest YouTube addiction. #writercommunity #editing #language www.tshottleediting.com/pardon-my-an...

Watch an entire world die in less than a day. "Torch the Sky," one of the stories in The Compact Reader. tshottle.com/book/the-com...

Today's Substack! Shout out to @ebonstorm.bsky.social, who spitballed above and beyond. Hope any other writers seeing this will get some grist from the mill from both me and the Answer Man. Plus, I muse on Section 31. #sciencefiction #writercommunity #startrek open.substack.com/pub/tshottle...

"Reset" - The first human to undergo singularity takes things too far. And only one woman can stop him from destroying the world. A near future short story, part of The Compact Reader. #sciencefiction amzn.to/4gicdds

It's David Gerrold's birthday, so we're sharing Space Operas from LimFic.com: www.limfic.com/sci-fi-space... Frozen Heck SI CLARKE And the Universe Opened Up Martin Lochman Suicide Gambit TS Hottle Voided Lawrence Parlier @clacksee.bsky.social @tshottle.bsky.social @davidgerrold.bsky.social

@chrissiehynde.com Greetings from a former Lodi expat.

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My story, "Eat the Rich," will be available 11:59 AM tomorrow as a preview for The Compact Reader. #sciencefiction #bookskies tshottle.com/eat-the-rich

Yeehoo! (Is that a word?) A new Substack! tshottle1.substack.com/p/the-compac... #authorskies #sciencefiction #writercommunity

The Compact Reader. Featuring the story "Eat the Rich" Which is available as a free preview until Monday. tshottle.com/eat-the-rich #sciencefiction #bookskies #newrelease

Cutting is a necessity, not a basis for bragging rights. #editing #writingcommunity www.tshottleediting.com/making-the-c...

Today, the Compact Reader debuts. Now until Monday, I'm making available the opening story, "Eat the Rich," to celebrate. Order link and a permanent excerpt at the end of the story. #sciencefiction #scififans #writercommunity tshottle.com/eat-the-rich

The Compact Reader will be emerge from its cocoon tomorrow, featuring the short story "Eat the Rich." #sciencefiction #writercommunity #scifireaders tshottle.com/book/the-com...

Today's Substack: Greetings from the Snowpocalypse. #authors #writercommunity tshottle1.substack.com/p/greetings-...

Happy Birthday, Pat Benatar! 🎶 What's one of your favorite Pat Benatar songs? 🎶 Born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski in NYC on January 10, 1953, her debut album, In The Heat of The Night in 1979, was her breakthrough work, hitting #3 in Canada. Benatar has released 11 studio albums and earned 2 AMAs and 👇

In five days, The Compact Reader debuts. 11 short stories and novellas from the Compact Universe. Including one short story called "Eat the Rich." ##sciencefiction #bookskeets ##writercommunity tshottle.com/book/the-com...

Grab the book too!!

Hang onto your hats, kids. Editors are human. Occupational hazard. #writercommunity #editing www.tshottleediting.com/editors-are-...

Merry New Year! Substack Jerky Time! tshottle1.substack.com/p/life-at-lu...

This week, I talk about starting sentences with the same word. Over and over and over... #editing #writercommunity www.tshottleediting.com/i-repeat-mys...

Wikipedia is a treasure. I've started donating. #defendinstitutions

Happy New Year, everyone. And now, what you've all been dreading for months: 2025 will bring more of me talking about my books. You're welcome. #bookskeets #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #happynewyear

#writercommunity They say never write about present-day figures as historical figures. When I wrote No Marigolds in the Promised Land, naming the protag's home after Elon Musk seemed like a no-brainer. Now I have to upload a correction (as soon as I find a better name) because... Well... He broke it

#writercommunity Why some people can't write to music.

57 years ago, tribbles arrived! So... space operas from LimFic.com www.limfic.com/sci-fi-space... Outcaste Christie Meierz Whiskey and Warfare E.M. Hamill Frozen Heck SI CLARKE Royal Orders TS Hottle @emhamill.bsky.social @clacksee.bsky.social @tshottle.bsky.social @christiemeierz.bsky.social

So... Mean people are stupid. www.npr.org/sections/sho...