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Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star (September 2002 image)
Image date: 26 March 2003, 15:00


This is the second in a sequence of four pictures from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys that dramatically demonstrates the echoing of light through sp...

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Extreme star cluster bursts into life in new Hubble image
Image date: 2 October 2007, 15:00


The star-forming region NGC 3603 - seen here in the latest Hubble Space Telescope image - contains one of the most impressive massive young star clusters in the Milky Way. Bathed in gas and dust the clus...

Artist rendition of a Moon clearing the division on Saturn's rings Kevin M. Gill

Saturn is my favorite planet 🪐, so much so that in my Sci-Fi novel there is a scene of a space salvager flying her ship into a division - the space between rings where small moons and city sized blocks of ice clear away the debris.
Artist credit: Kevin M. Gill - amazing! ❤️
#scifiwriting

Even now I had to ask if "bastard" and "shit" would break their offensive language rules. 😜
Dont worry, when i finally publish the book myself, all those sweet curse words are going right back in 🤬

I am prepping to enter my 1st ever writing contest, "Novel Beginnings" -5k word excerpt of your fiction book.
It's a little scary how many formatting rules they had buried in the about sections, even more in Q&A. I can only imagine how high the Disqualified count will be.😨
#amwriting #scifiwriting

A portrait of Annie Jump Cannon 1863-1941

Annie looking through a telescope

Annie Jump Cannon (Half the inspiration for my Pen Name) was an early American Astronomer at the Harvard Observatory. She contributed towards the 1st serious effort to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures and spectral types, still in use today!
🔭🌠
#InternationalWomensDay

Since December ive added 6000 words to my scifi romance manuscript and now with the polish i am hovering at 90k. I cannot allow it to go any higher.

Any one else like to track word count during the revision stage? The last few months Ive been adding & sharpening those new Dev edits & cleaning up while fighting to keep the word count at 90k. Its a bit like tug of war now.
The post-it is a reminder of my progress. ✂️📖
#amwriting #romancewriting

"...their spikes spiked..." Yesss, but how spikey are we really talking about here?

Sometimes I amaze even myself with the pure poetry of my early drafts.
#amwriting

Ive been pretty excited to try out our new telescope on tonight's planetary parade...but uhhh, its not looking good guys.
☁️🔭🪐🌕⭐️

But for those of you with clear skies, take a step outside right after sundown. 6 planets will be observable at once, 4 with only your naked eyes. 👁👁

Modern book cover for Neuromancer, the scifi classic that defined cyber punk

Been a while since I posted an #amreading moatly bc my new DCC obession 🤭
But I am making way thru William Gibson's Neuromancer, which is a scifi staple I missed. My oh my there is no hand holding, amazing stuff but im gonna need a 2nd read thru to fully appreciate it. 💻🧠🤯

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I stayed up late last night editing my MC and FMC's final affirmation of their love for eachother 💗✍️🥹🤧
Its a fine line between being earnest and falling into a ball pit of sappy melodrama 🫠
#writesky #romancewriting

Us #monsterromance and #alienromance loving girlies understand.
Time for a date with a spicy book! 📚❤️

The Hubble telescope's newest view of the 🥚Egg Nebula
🥹 🔭✨️ Our cutest and youngest pre-planetary nebula discovered.

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I got some valuable feedback from my first reader about my story's meetcute not landing the way I envisioned 💔🩺 I need to pull back the intimacy 🥵
I already have the solution but it requires I recontextulalize a few scenes to make it work 🪚
#amwriting #writesky

Hey Ezekiel i can add you to my list. I haven't sent out any manuscripts yet. :)

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So happy and surprised to see early beta reader interest in my project! Amazing ❤️

ATM I am working on a quick clean up pass with feedback from my 1st reader and will then prep the manuscript for those who reached out.

TIL that I abuse commas. I am now picking all the little devils out. #amwriting

Awesome! I will reach out soon

Sure! I will add you to the beta reading list and reach out end of January :)

Thanks Ken, I will add you to the list. 💙

89k word count but even feedback on first few chapters is appreciated.

I will add you to my list and reach out again end of January 💙
Thanks for your interest!

Vibes are welcome! I want to make sure im hitting reader expectations and understand what kind of audience to put it in front of.
Thank you so much for your interest, i will reach out end of January!

Ding dang, i better grab it now! 🤩

Ooh, I should add it my steam library for sure! 💙
I have a lot of action/adventure in my book so it could be up your alley! If you'd like I can add you to a list of people to check in with for Beta reading later this month or future ARC (if you preffer something more polished)

Im going to be honest, ive never played Mass Effect, but I see it come up again and again on SFR requests.
Any paticular trope or concept your looking for?

Current manuscript is 89k words.
Feedback for the first few chapters only is also always appreciated.
🙂

I'm nearing the stage of my #scifiromance draft & looking for potential Beta Readers.
If you like:
- #alienromance 👽
-straight laced MC👨‍💼
-daring alien FMC💋
-pirates & living spaces ship🚀
-evil corporations😈
-allies to lovers & HEA💕
-and giving feedback 😉

Then reachout
#indyauthor #amwriting

Afocal imaging , astro photograghy of the moon rise, December 31st 4pm Sweden. Galaxy S24 Omegon Basic 150 EQ

My second attempt at afocal imaging (using a smart phone to take a photo thru my telescope). This time its not blown out!
🌔🔭📱 Baby steps :) Moon is good practice.
#astrophotography #moon

Crappy photo of the moon Omegon 150 EQ-3 Camera: my phone

We got a telescope for Christmas, and here is my first attempt to photograph the moon. Obviously, there is a learning curve.🌖🔭
But at least we figured out the finderscope was not aligned. 😅

Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes Romance novel writing guide

Merry Christmas to me 😍📖
#amwriting #romancewriting

Thanks for the advice 🥰
Perhaps i try a few different directions and see what feels right 🖊