Happy Christmas #bluesky

I get that smashing mailboxes is sort of a tradition here in #America, but when #Christmas is approaching and gifts need delivering and it's below freezing out... c'mon!?

Also, is there an audiobook version of Ghost in the works? I drive a -lot- for work and eBooks feel irresponsible, and Ghost is at the top of my list.

100% objectively, I'm sure 😉 Reddit did already point me towards those novels. Can't wait to sink my cybernetically-enhanced teeth into them.

That is a wonderful suggestion! Thank you!

#Readers of #bluesky, I need your help!

What great trad-published #cyberpunk or #dystopian #novels have your read that came out in the last 3 years?

No classics!

#books #sci-fi #scifi

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll check it out!

Wow, Snow Crash was weird and only got weirder.

I've read Neuromancer and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. What #cyberpunk would you recommend next?

#books #reading #sci-fi #scifi

I'm not sure your math is correct, but what do I know, I'm a writer 😜

17-hour work day yesterday. Got to bed gone midnight, knowing I need to be up early today, and boom! A virulent stream of the best #writing ideas I've had in weeks 😑

#writingInspiration #scifi #fantasy #cyberpunk #writinglife #books

Happy Tanksgiving Everyone!

P.s. does anyone need an M4 Sherman, equipped with a 76 mm M1A1, a .50 caliber Browning M2HB, and 4 .30 caliber Browning M1919A4, with Continental R975-C1 9-cylinder engine?

My wife didn't like hers and they won't let me return it.

#Thanksgiving

Pretty sure that's actually Tom Cavanagh

I don't always root for child murderers, but when I do, it's because of excellent #writers like Gideon Smith.

Or because my kids have -really- narked me off.

#fantasy #specfic #writinginspiration #writinglife

Any love for Mind's Eye? iLink? EyeJack? Foresight?

Honestly I'm just proud as punch to be included ^_^

#cybernetic enhancements in my #cyberpunk world are called enchantments, and have names like magical spells. Most of them have been easy, but I'm struggling with the most important one:

An ocular-embedded #augmented-reality phone; your cellphone in your eye.

Any suggestions?

#sci-fi #scifi #books

Finished dictating the Dark Night of the Soul section of 'into The City.'
Gotta bash through the Finale and Denouement and draft 0 is complete!

#cyberpunk #writing #writinglife #scifi #sci-fi

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#books #writing #booksky

There are a bunch of gangs in The City. One of the most conspicuous is the Dead Hand Gang.

Opposed to the cred system, Dead Handers remove their left arm embedded with cred-tracking #cybernetics. When they need to pay for something, they 'borrow' an arm from a passing businessman.
#cyberpunk #books

At my kid's school the grades are: needs further support to progress, progressing as expected, no progress required.

Really, the grades are more for the teachers/parents than the kids. Elementary kids really aren't responsible for their achievements.

My 7-year-old brought back this certificate from school this week. So incredibly proud. Her older sister is a budding writer-illustrator too, who even got published before me!

The best part of being a #parent is watching the next generation gearing up to overtake you.

#writing #parenting #girldad

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#writinginspiration #books #bookstagram #booktok

You already have most the ones I'd recommend, but here's two more: aijiang.bsky.social and angeliqueauthor.bsky.social

Are we allowed to attempt to burn it? 🔥

OK, I'm bringing out the big guns to test Bluesky engagement😀

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I'm currently writing a cyberpunk 🌆 novel: everyone's net worth is publicly visible. Murder is legal, but costs the victim's worth.