Self-Review – Miss Milky Way If beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder, then what happens if that eye just so happens to belong to a sapient non-human species? With a lot of the usual weirdness that goes on in beauty pageants, there’s only one small problem in the contest to crown a new Miss Milky Way. It’s really tiny. I probably shouldn’t even bother mentioning it. What is it? The losers will…

Self-Review – Miss Milky Way

If beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder, then what happens if that eye just so happens to belong to a sapient non-human species? With a lot of the usual weirdness that goes on in beauty pageants, there’s only one small problem in the contest to crown a new Miss…

* Paul Sand's Friends and Lovers
* Nowhere Man
* The Patty Duke Show (because why the hell not?)

These vehicles are triphibious. So, there are options for avoiding traffic + the cars all abide by virtually drawn lanes + other roadway (even underwater) rules. It's a fun little concept but also dated into the 2500s IIRC 'cause I don't see us agreeing to things like this any time soon

#Mettle: Craig has a late model w/sat radio; Mei-Lin has a luxury sedan she loses in the unnecessarily confusing St. Botolph's pkg lot; Noah drives an old station wagon his late dad owned + calls it Betsy. #TheObolonkMurders: Peri's is self-driving. #EnigmanCave: Marnie can take hers under the ocean

a pink car has a license plate that says hawaiian Alt: A pink Studebaker has a license plate that says hawaiian

#InvisibleGang - Lola + Tommie drive sedans (Tommie's is a stick). Eden has an MG. Jackie has a minivan which serves as their getaway car. #TheDuckInTheSeatCushion - MJ + her pals drive old pickups; the seat cushion of the title is in an ancient Studebaker Dictator. The nasty ducks now own it.

Carmen was raised in a veddy British enclave on Rhea + uses the word 'shall' properly + everything :D

If it's lunch, then Josie gets her own pie w/everything on it. But if her sister Hayley is w/her, it must be kosher. Bobby claims nothing unnatural will pass his lips, while stealing Keisha's pepperoni slices. Their boss Carmen adds anchovies + eats the slice w/a knife + fork #TimeAddicts

The only real constant is the change! Actually, there are a few other constants: Josie's sick in all of these, her pal Dalton is there for her, and slowly, consistently, their society is collapsing in favor of the cabal causing the changes. Ps Tx for asking. Love your questions!!

Whoo boy, this is Josie's life to a T. Almost everything is an AU, which includes the very start of the trilogy + various AUs where her eldest brother is instead her eldest sister + Josie kinda prefers the new sister over the hard to deal with brother. Moods change; ppl are stretched in various ways

a man in a black jacket says " pahked it " while standing in front of a car Alt: Actor John Krasinski, in a black jacket, says "Pahked it," while walking away from a car. Gif is from an ad for Smart Park, which parodies the typical Boston accent as Boston-centric celebrities (also Rachel Dratch and David Ortiz) exaggerate Boston accents while touting the product.

@summitlibraries.bsky.social tx for following me! My late mom was a reference librarian. 1 of my 1st memories is her getting her MLS from Rutgers (1967 I believe).

I've been to CO but not your lovely county, alas! Image is a clue re where I am :)

Image of American VP JD Vance in Hungary taking a call from President Donald Trump in support of Hungarian dictator Victor Orban.

Caption this pic!
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No, I don't know if my refrigerator is running. Why do you ask? #Orban #Vance #PhoneTag

It doesn't help that her Gran is raising her + they're poorer than most of the middle class kids in her middle schl. …then the apocalypse happens, and …

Probably Nell in #Mettle although I'm not 100% certain. She's the kind of kid who just hunches down to stay under the radar at school + makes friends w/no one. Bullied a lot.

Pretty much. It can take me a bit to put together a playlist, though. For #TheInvisibleGang many songs are about lying or $. For #Mettle almost all are from MA artists. #TheObolonkMurders has songs re robots. #TimeAddicts has stuff re time, time periods (not just clocks but also Monday in titles)

Playlists, but usually just at the start of writing. Once I'm into it, I can generally go without an external stimulus.

Malithea's mission was simple: find a human child, grant its greatest wish, and see what happens. But when Kimmie wishes for blue, gray, and white to be replaced with red or black, things get a little out of hand.

Le Rouge et Noir et Chaos

Dang, I should write this

Isn't that also the season where the break the "he can only leap into his own lifetime" rule + send him to the US Civil War?

Writing Progress Report – First Quarter 2026 Progress Report – First Quarter 2026 How was first quarter 2026 for writing? So, I spent first quarter 2026 mainly working on completing the November 2025 novel, The Invisible Gang. I did a ton of writing while juggling, well, the rest of my life. And then in mid-February, my father passed away. This colored a lot of what I was writing, and naturally took up a ton of my time.

Writing Progress Report – First Quarter 2026

Progress Report – First Quarter 2026 How was first quarter 2026 for writing? So, I spent first quarter 2026 mainly working on completing the November 2025 novel, The Invisible Gang. I did a ton of writing while juggling, well, the rest of my life. And…

Oh, yeah. It's part of her character arc, to learn how to accept help for herself and stop trying to power through trauma

Peri hates feeling weak so she gets therapy but hates it + often doesn't go. Josie runs to Tommy 2k who's the only person/bot who can help her. In #Mettle they have to help each other b/c otherwise they won't survive. In #TheInvisibleGang, sisterhood is powerful

More or less but it's a troubling timeline. The universe takes it as a challenge whenever someone says it's the worst possible timeline

a clock with the words `` where are you '' written on it Alt: A clock with the words "where are you" written on it. Clock is moving faster than normal. Gif is in black and white.

Cyndi defuses bomb, Jerry kicks down the door. To salvage the terrorist act, aliens set fire to bldg; it's where slave aliens make time travel tech. Keisha talks to the cops; she's the best communicator. Josie tells Dalton (hyperthymesia) to hush + how much she hates this alt timeline #TimeAddicts

Self-Review – Canaries The first paragraph contains one of my favorite phrases to write. And yes, I have used it before. But it still works. "... when they came." It is obvious there has been some sort of a disaster. And we humans types are not doing so well. No. Not at all. But there is an opportunity out there. We just need to figure out how to seize it.

Self-Review – Canaries

The first paragraph contains one of my favorite phrases to write. And yes, I have used it before. But it still works. "... when they came." It is obvious there has been some sort of a disaster. And we humans types are not doing so well. No. Not at all. But there is an…

thank you!

Sure, if it's not too much trouble <3

Excerpt from WIP MS The Invisible Gang by indie author JR Gershen-Siegel. Excerpt says, "He had truly impressive eyebrows. A girl could get lost, bushwhacking 'round those eyebrows."

Over 120k and what would a caper be without a femme fatale? But in true #InvisibleGang fashion, she's 70 yrs old, getting a bank junior officer all hot and bothered by <checks notes> talking about… George Harrison?

Didn't they have to drive a stake in Hoover's heart (which was small, and difficult to locate) and sow the land with salt before there could be another one?

Former President George Glass, ex of Jan Brady, could not be reached for comment.

Dude who thinks introspection is a recent development in human history might want to read Plato or the Talmud (or at least quotes attributed thereto, and to Hillel). Start with Plato quoting Socrates as having said: The unexamined life is not worth living. #philosophyFTW

Prithee, are any pronounced "Bouquet"?