Men! Can you name a woman who was a role model for you who wasn't your mother or grandmother? For me it's Mae Jemison, Jane Goodall, and now Christine Koch. What about you?

NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast) YouTube video by NASA

Ooooh! Artemis II launch livestream!

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Daikaijuzine is now open for submissions for our September release!

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JOHN!

Have fun!

So hey, the co-pay on the new drug for my asthma jumped from $250 per dose to $700.

I don't know. It just seems to me that antisemitism and Islamaphobia are thoroughly baked into American culture.

A green decorate square with the words Eid Murbarak in the center.

Eid Mubarak to my friends who celebrate!

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How many times have I told you, John...

Endling A journey to peer into the singularity of an existential heart of darkness.

Y'all need to read this amazing short story by Blaize M. Kay published in Phanos:

www.phano.com/articles/end...

Oh, thanks for the shoutout!

2025 -> 2026 - Bloginomicon My 2025 accomplishments and 2026 goals, writing-wise.

Wrote up about my accomplishments and goals, writing-wise, for 2025 and 2026.
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The December 21, 2025 release of Daikaijuzine is now LIVE! Check out five amazing tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction!
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Prompt No. 52 - Bloginomicon In this, the final prompt post of the year, I drew humorous science fiction, and send out festive greetings for the holiday! Enjoy!

It's the final prompt of the year!

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Prompt No. 51 - Bloginomicon The third week of Advent! And here's the penultimate prompt of my story-of-the-week project for 2025!

Second-to-last prompt:
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Prompt No. 50 - Bloginomicon About to start the 50th short story of the year, with aliens and Christmas!

Celebrating the second Sunday of advent by drawing my 50th story prompt of the year:

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Prompt No. 49 - Bloginomicon Today I'm celebrating the first day of Advent by drawing my 49th prompt of the year.

Here we go again!
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Prompt No. 48 - Bloginomicon This week's prompt. And as of this week, I am all caught up on my stories!

This week's blog post is all about me, of course, and how I'm caught up on my short story writing!
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Prompt No. 47 - Bloginomicon Falling behind again, but with full intention of catching up this week. Read and be happy.

I'm behind on my stories as usual, but I fully intend to catch up this week.
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Prompt No. 46 - Bloginomicon A very short entry because I nearly forgot on a late Sunday evening, but here it is!

Plenty of writing this week, but I'm still behind on my short stories.
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Prompt No. 45 - Bloginomicon A story or two behind, as usual, but there are pirates in the future!

Taking a break from my social media hiatus to announce my blog post for Prompt No. 45:

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Prompt No. 44 - Bloginomicon Despite a Very Bad Brain Day, I drew this week's prompt! Good for me!

This week's blog post mutters at you:

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Looking into Celtic folklore for my new novel, and there is SO MUCH TO LEARN and it is EXCITING!

Prompt No. 43 - Bloginomicon The Clockify app tells me that it takes me about 45 minutes to write these posts. Have fun reading this one!

Stupid shoulder still hurts, and stupid brain still braining its bad thoughts. But here's this week's blog post and prompt!

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Prompt No. 42 - Bloginomicon Being on furlough means more time to write and more time to improve my coding skills!

It's the 42nd week of the year, which means my 42nd prompt is here:

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ALIENS!

Prompt No. 41 - Bloginomicon Despite a depressive mood, Our Hero draws a prompt and ponders it!

I'm still in a depressive funk, touched with anxiety and stress, and I even considered not drawing a prompt this week. But I did! And here it is:

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Thank you very much! That means a lot to me.