I got an anthology for Christmas, "Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century." And they're great. But you know what? The stories in the Accidental Time Travelers Collective trilogy are every bit as good as many of them, and in some cases better. #TimeTravelAuthors

At some point, hopefully soon, I'll get back to #TimeTravelAuthors prompts. But in the meantime, I want you all to know, I'm working on a really cool project - a time travel dinner and variety show! If any of you happen to be in L.A. at the end of March, you're totally invited.

I wrote a bunch of cool scripts this year and did table reads of two of them - including one I've been wanting to write for over a decade. I also had a short film of mine produced, and I learned and performed a couple of songs that nobody has heard in over 150 years.

Time flies! I can't believe it's December 23rd already! Which means it's time for my favorite December 23rd tradition! Saying, "Merry Christmas Eve Eve, Eve!" to @eveyjacob.bsky.social.

I tried to tell a joke about the Minotaur, but then I lost the thread...

Seven Year Boots Chapter 2 is now live! See what happens when our hero visits a rock festival in 1969. No, no... The OTHER rock festival in 1969. temporamore.substack.com/p/seven-year...

'Twas the night before <spoiler>, and so MC knew He couldn't yet get there with his special shoes He counted the hours, all snug in his bed 'Til he could skip forward, just seven years ahead. Seven Year Boots #TimeTravelAuthors

Catching up, Day 25: MC regularly does his shopping a few years to a few decades in the past, when groceries were cheaper and package sizes were bigger. It also lets him get certain products that aren't available anymore. Sometimes you just need a bowl of Heavenly Hash ice cream. #TimeTravelAuthors

To paraphrase Dr. Frankenstein... It's live! It's live! Chapter 1 of Seven Year Boots is now live and available to read on my Substack. Check it out! And then stay tuned for more! open.substack.com/pub/temporam...

Hey, #TimeTravelAuthors! And everyone else! It's finally coming! Seven Year Boots, my serial time travel story, is premiering this Wednesday, 11/26, on Substack. Would love it if you all subscribed, to see it unfold! temporamore.substack.com

Day 23: MC feels like a bit of a turkey at the end of chapter 1, after making a boneheaded mistake. In fact, he makes two boneheaded mistakes, one of which has him inadvertently traveling to Thanksgiving Day, in a random, future year. #TimeTravelAuthors

Catching up, day 5: "How is there nothing to eat in this entire park? 300,000 people, 100 bathrooms, and not a sandwich to be seen. I wish I'd known. I could have set up a cart or something. A food truck would make a killing here. OK, poor choice of words." #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 3: MC travels forward frequently, even when he's actually trying to travel backward, as transportation in the 23rd century is easier and more convenient than in most other eras. He also does a fair bit of exploration and time tourism. #TimeTravelAuthors

Switching projects as motivation for my launch goal. Seven Year Boots is about a man who traverses the timeline in 7-year increments. In so doing, he rescues a woman stranded in the future and uncovers a vast temporal conspiracy. Coming this Thanksgiving! I hope! #TimeTravelAuthors

A few months ago, I started work on a serial fiction story, which then fell by the wayside. The first installment has a very narrow window in which it can be published, and it's rapidly approaching. So my current writing goal is to be ready to launch by the end of the month. I'm nervous, but excited

Catching up, Day 17: Always be ready to roll with the punches. You never know when this adventure will end and the next one will begin. You also never know when you might have to run from a robot or a dinosaur. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 15: "Gray, I’m giving you a lot of leeway here. Much more than I normally give my writers... I didn’t even say anything when you wanted to name the main character after yourself, even though I thought it was pretentious." #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 9: I have great respect for my mentor, Dr. Albert Flynn, inventor of time travel and founder of the Temporal Institute. But right now, I think my favorite person is whoever has been leaving me messages at different points across the timeline about possible rescue. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 7: Odd is relative when you're jumping around the timeline, but in one era, there was a hologram who knew my name and tried to sell me a weekend at an ultra-luxury resort. The advertising in that era integrated directly with your brain, which was disconcerting. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 5: I had hoped I might be the main character, but as the story progresses it seems I'm less and less so. But my plight is the driving force for the MC (I'm not sure if I've met her or not; she seems vaguely familiar) as well as for the villains, who want to stop us both. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 3 - (Is it a day late, or did I jump to the wrong day? At this point, I'm lucky just to be in the right century) Ironically, though this is my first line of dialogue, it's actually one of my last field reports, before things go completely off the rails. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors

New month of #TimeTravelAuthors prompts. Since Steve has been slacking, I'm taking over. I'm Grey Merrick, of the Temporal Institute. I've been field testing their new time travel technology, but something has gone wrong. Now I'm being catapulted from era to era completely at random. A Time Jumper.

Haven't been on here much lately, and I've been neglecting the #TimeTravelAuthors prompts. But the last few days, I've been browsing through old documents and happened across two different time travel projects, left unfinished and forgotten. Now I'm excited to make cool time travel stuff again.

Slightly Diminish a Book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Solar System A Little Bit of Chatter on the Western Front Alice's Adventures in Scottsdale A Game of Regular Chairs All the Lieutenant Governor's Men The Grapes of Perturbation Tax Fraud on the Orient Express

I'm way behind of #TimeTravelAuthors posts, but I'm still doing cool time travel stuff. Recently, I've been making plans for a time travel-themed fundraiser dinner with my theater group. And if any of you want to make the trek out to L.A., you're all totally invited.

You want some chocolate drink? I got some for my pirate friends, but they didn't want it, and now I'm stuck with a bunch of extra bottles of the stuff. So... Drink up me hearties' Yoo-Hoo!

New month, new #TimeTravelAuthors prompts! Day 1: Shoes make the man. That's MC's philosophy. Of course, when your shoes can take you through time, seven years at every step, you'd be reluctant to let anyone else walk a mile in them... (No idea if that sounds like a breezy beach read or not.)

4 Villains I've Written 1. Mad scientist with a penchant for death rays 2. Sea serpent who devours princesses and destroys kingdoms 3. 18th century industrialist who uses time travel to build a multi-century-spanning evil empire 4. Sardonic receptionist who's actually head of the Underworld

Day 29: I don't usually write much violence. There may sometimes be the threat of violence. There may be death and even murder that occur in the story. But I typically don't include the depictions of those things actually happening. #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 27: Though not related by blood, MC and Rosetta have a very sibling-like relationship. They tease each other mercilessly, but they also care about each and have each other's backs. Privately, both considers themselves to be the "older sibling" who takes care of the other. #TimeTravelAuthors

Not gonna lie, a lot of the names on this list made me do a double take. Very glad Bowie did not join the 27 Club, because then who would have starred in Labyrinth? #TimeTravelAuthors

Way behind, but catching up, Day 15: 23rd century pop star Lapis Lazuli. They haven't appeared in the story yet, only briefly mentioned in passing, but I want to make more of their character. But not as a time traveler. As... I'm not sure what, actually. Guess we'll find out! #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 13, a day late: MC's unofficial catchphrase is, "I've got a spreadsheet for that!" Often said while dealing with things that are not in the spreadsheet, or run contrary to the spreadsheet. #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 11: Rosetta doesn't see the point in making changes, as she believes one tragedy will just be replaced by another. MC is afraid any changes he attempts will just make things worse. And Captain Byrne is trying to figure out what changes will help prevent a future tragedy. #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 9: Honestly, I don't know much about personality types or the quizzes that determine them. I've never put much stock in them, myself. I used to like Hogwarts Houses for this type of thing, but that brings with it all sorts of other implications now. #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 7, a day late: "One hour to comply. Not enough time to arrange a rescue, even with time travel, and even if I had a plan for one, which I don't. No choice, then. But even if I do what he wants, can I trust that Dr. Stone will release her?" #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 5: Time stops for no one. With the boots, you can catch a play in 1864 or a train in 2235, but if the show starts at 7, or the train leaves at 7:15, and it's already 7:30 in 2025, then you're out of luck - unless you want to wait 7 years for it to swing by again. #TimeTravelAuthors

"What kind of cake do you like?"

#TimeTravelAuthors Day 3. The further I get into this story, the more Captain Byrne is becoming my favorite character.

“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing

New month, new #TimeTravelAuthors prompts! Day 1: Navigating the timeline is difficult. More so when you can only travel in increments of seven years. And more yet when you're not sure how your time travel device even works. That's just the beginning of what MC has to face in Seven Year Boots.

Hey, #writer and #TimeTravelAuthor friends! Anyone have any recommendations for platforms to self-publish serial fiction, a chapter at a time? I had been considering Substack, but I think I'd rather have something geared specifically toward fiction, rather than blog posts. Any advice/suggestions?

Day 27: I especially love the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, as it affords me the opportunity to spoof/pay tribute to old radio, TV, movies, songs, and especially commercials. I really want to write something set in the London Blitz, but I haven't yet. I also love the end of the world. #TimeTravelAuthors

Catching up, Day 23: "I've been to the end of the world. It's a barren wasteland, desolate and burnt out. But just a step later, there are flowers, grass, trees... The ash enriches the soil, and in a few more steps, the whole planet is a garden." #TimeTravelAuthors

I was just talking about this with a friend the other day. I have never seen an LLM do something that I or another human could not have done better. So if I were to use one, it would mean I'm OK with whatever I'm doing being crap. (And destroying the environment to create that crap.)

Catching up on #TimeTravelAuthors, Day 19.

My criterion for twist endings is this: Once I know the twist, can I go back and enjoy the story again on its own merits? Or does the entire thing hinge on that single moment of surprise (or worse yet, multiple moments of surprise), so that once I know, experiencing it again holds no appeal?

I have some extra gift card credits on Amazon right now, and probably more coming in the next few weeks. Do I a.) save it up for something nice, or b.) splurge on time travel and sci-fi novels?

Day 17: MC finds a hidden room at the estate of the late Captain Byrne, which he hopes might have some information, some device, or some clue that might help him in his travels. #TimeTravelAuthors

Day 15: MC does freelance and gig work across multiple eras, which makes taxes rather complicated. Fortunately, filing income taxes isn't an issue for any jobs before 1913. Unfortunately, jobs he holds at certain points in the future are even more of a nightmare. #TimeTravelAuthors