A snip from my time travel novel that I'm currently querying. Unfortunately, my MC has to "deal" with a lot problems in both the past and the present in this story.
#sff #scifi #timetravel #WIPsnips #specfic #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #writing #writingcommunity #writers #novels #amquerying
I've gotten a racist R&R letter from a reputable publisher on one of my stories, and I had to bite my tongue. As a fairly new author, I can't burn bridges with a publisher, especially when I've worked with their sister publication. It sucks to suppress what you feel because of "professionalism."
I use the Submission Grinder for short story markets, but you can also search there for venues that accept novel-length word counts.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Praise Creator! My solar neutrino detector simulation is finally finished! I can turn it in to my professor and be done with this class. After working 15 hours per day on this thing, I don't ever want to program anything again, like not even set an alarm clock.
#physics #coding #python #programing
Contrary to popular belief, not all women who write under their initials do so to hide that they are women. Some of us just really hate our first names. The only thing I like about my name is that I share it with the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array.
#writingcommunity #writers #writesky
Um, it's pretty racist against Native Americans, dude. There's a lot not to love about that. Why do white guys in red face show up to wreck Snake's glider for no reason while the characters call them "savages" and "redsk*ns"?
Kostel svatého Václava (Church of St. Vaclav, a.k.a. St. Wenceslas) A church with two clock towers? I never did get that. It was built in the 1800s, so nowhere near as old as many other buildings in the city. But it looked nice against the sky, so I snapped a photo.
My apartment/dorm was one street over from the Vltava River. This photo shows a bridge leading to an island in the river. It also features Malostranská vodárna (Malá Strana Water Tower).
Modern construction in the foreground and Pražký hrad (Prague Castle) in the background across the Vltava River.
I did not live in the suburbs of Smíchov, but I did go for walks in them. The hills in the area are huge. (It took me hours to reach the top of one.) This beautiful neighborhood is at the top of that hill. A car is parked along a street lined with verdant trees.
I'm feeling nostalgic, so here are some photos from when I lived in Smíchov, a district of Prague. I lived there for about a month before moving to Braník. More info in the alt text, and more photos on my site: www.almunson.com/photos/
#photos #photography #realphotos #NoAI #travel #Praha #photosky
That movie creeped me out, mainly because I knew a guy who came back from Iraq and acted a lot like De Niro's character. The portrayal of PTSD is accurate and disturbing.
Movie poster for Anthropoid, a film about the Czech Resistance assassinating Nazi police general Reinhardt Heydrich.
Just watched this gem. I once lived in Prague while teaching English to Czech architects. I recognized the buildings and the streets, which made this movie really hit home. I teared up quite a few times. Very well done, heartbreaking film.
#filmsky #truestory #historical #films #wwii #movies 📽️
I'm of the Columbia generation. I feel you.
Once Upon a Moonless Night, an all-ages #horror #anthology containing my story, "My Grandfather's Bow," is now out in hardcover, paperback, and ebook!
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#sff #specfic #speculativefiction #supernatural #youngadult #booksky #books #readsky #reading #writingcommunity
To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️
It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.
I've read books that have taught me how to build nuclear bombs.* Swords ain't got nothing on that.
*I'm a physics major. That's why I was reading such books. Don't call the FBI on me. Also, I'm against nukes.
#booksky #books #sff #specfic #speculativefiction #fantasy #scifi #horror #sciencefiction
A hardcover copy of the anthology Once Upon a Moonless Night standing up on a wooden table.
My contributor's copy of Once Upon a Moonless Night has arrived! It contains my first YA story, "My Grandfather's Bow," which draws heavily on my family and tribe.
#sff #specfic #supernatural #horror #youngadult #ownvoices #shortstories #anthology #books #booksky #writingcommunity #readsky #reading
🫧 Smoke trapped in a bubble on water: surface tension, soap film physics and fluid mechanics in action
To this day, anytime someone in my family sings "Blue Moon," they sing it in the voice of the mice.
As a '90s baby, I only knew Chuck Norris from infomercials for exercise equipment. Had no idea he was 86, so I guess that equipment worked.
(Also, I looked him up, and turns out he was a pretty big Islamophobe and homophobe. Not sorry I never watched his movies.)
A Choctaw teen steals his late grandfather’s hunting bow only for it to possess him and attack those who have wronged his family.
"My Grandfather's Bow" in Once Upon a Moonless Night
Out now: www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Mo...
#sff #horror #youngadult #ownvoices #booksky #reading #books #readsky
Movie poster for Sinners
I've never cared about the Oscars before. But as someone who is Choctaw and Irish, whose family worked as sharecroppers in Mississippi and were subjected to segregation for being "Indian," I really want Sinners to win.
#Oscars #filmsky #movies #horror #horrormovies #films 📽️
QTP with a game that has a 10/10 soundtrack.
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Gary Busey as the drunk uncle was perfect casting.
This Friday the 13th, be like Jason and rip the arms off a sexist pig.
#Fridaythe13th #movies #horror #filmsky #horrormovies
If I've been quiet lately, it's because this semester of class is kicking my ass. But I haven't been completely under a rock. I'm well aware our pedophile-in-chief started an illegal war with Iran that no one in America wants. We need recall elections for the POTUS. Why hasn't he been impeached?
Cover art by Meredith Moriarty for Once Upon a Moonless Night: Tales of Betrayal, Revenge, & Redemption, featuring a cemetery with a lantern in front of a tombstone.
The ebook version of Once Upon a Moonless Night, the anthology featuring my story, "My Grandfather's Bow," is now available for purchase on Amazon. Paperback version will be out next week.
www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Mo...
#sff #specfic #speculativefiction #horror #youngadult #ownvoices #shortstories
Does she have a nightlight and a ceiling fan in her room? Sometimes, the light reflects off the moving fan blades in the dark and can look like fireflies flying around to children.
That's my best guess.
My interview with MetaStellar's Grace Kielstra is now up on their YouTube channel. 🙂
#sff #scifi #horror #authors #writers #writesky #writingcommunity #specfic
Russia is currently banned from the Olympics by the IOC. This video must be from years ago.
Bluesky doesn't let you pin a non-quote repost, so I'm reposting this again.
#AbolishICE
