While the world turns to crap... Personally things are going well. BIG NEWS! Amazing Stories has accepted ESPionage 2: JAZZ AGE! This is the sequel novel to our acclaimed ESPionage: REGIME CHANGE, co-written with Tom Easton. https://www.amazon.com/ESPionage-Regime-Change-Psychic-Novel/dp/B0CGG6GH5G

In the Star Trek: DS9 episode "In the Pale Moonlight", Sisko gets his happy ending - but there's a cost. A Romulan ambassador, a forger, Garak's friends. And the cost to Sisko is not a physical death but the death of idealism about the institution he works for - and idealism about himself. /2

Boskone! Wu's first principle of storytelling: You can't get something for nothing. Somebody (not necessarily the "hero/ine") has to pay for the happy ending. Sometimes it's a death. But a death doesn't necessarily have to be physical. It can be a spiritual/emotional death/1

It's award season! I would really appreciate it if y'all check out "Poison" - the military SF novella @JayWerkheiser and I had in Analog in May/June 2023. Read it for free at frankwu.com/Poison.html and if you liked it pls vote in the Anlab Awards

We desperately need to understand it. Trump '24 voters are driven by REVENGE. They chose him in '16 and see every lawsuit or trial as a personal attack. They LOVE lies about Dems bc it re-affirms that Trump (and they) were right all along. They want him to be a DICTATOR who crushes everyone else.

Excellent review of my novel "ESPionage: Regime Change" with Tom Easton from Kirkus Reviews. Yeah us!!! https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tom-easton/espionage-regime-change/

The full text of "Poison" is now available for free at: http://www.frankwu.com/Poison.html This is the novella I wrote w @JayWerkheiser from the May-June 2023 Analog. It's military SF with lots of action but more than that -

If you've read our new novel "ESPionage: Regime Change" pls leave a rating on amazon - if we get only 10 more we will start to show up in "you might also like" lists! CIA psychics vs Russian assassins! Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CGG6GH5G/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Hmm. Trump is possibly indirectly responsible for this war in Israel. Remember that private mtg with Trump and Putun where no transcript was provided and no (US) press allowed and military secrets of a US ally were discussed? Who was that ally? Israel. https://tinyurl.com/45tpvkxv

Patrick McHenry once went to Baghdad, IDing US facilities and filming an enemy missile missing said facilities. The enemy used his video to actually hit the target. Here's a petition for US Congress to investigate McHenry's role in the death and injury of 19 Americans. https://tinyurl.com/2pevyjrr

Hello #Bluesky #authors #writers. You have been an amazing support of the SAG-AFTRA strike, & against AI misuse. Perhaps you might lend your signature to the letter against Data3, which unlawfully used thousands of books (including mine) to train AI. (Link to open letter in article)

Um, wow. Our first full review of "ESPionage: Regime Change". Paul Di Filippo LOVED it. https://amazingstories.com/2023/08/a-review-of-espionage-regime-change-by-paul-di-filippo/

9 years ago: after a lifetime of trying, it was now or never. I gave writing one last try. That novelette became my 1st pro sale. Since then: 2 novellas, 4 stories, 1 novel, 2 Anlab Awards. Never give up on your dreams. They are one of the few things that are truly yours.

My 1st novel, with Tom Easton (his 13th!), is out TODAY! "ESPionage: Regime Change" from Amazing Stories tinyurl.com/596r3avp Paper or ebook. Cover by Maurizio Manzieri! CIA psychics battle Russian assassins! Buy, gift, signal boost or review it! David Gerrold: "A crackling good page-turner."

If you're a progressive, one thing you could do to support those fighting the good fight (that's free and easy) is to reply to their tweets/skeets, etc., or DM them and tell them you support them and appreciate their work to save the world. People are burning out and 2024 is a long way a way.

3D project number 2! Holder for a camera so Brianna can do political podcasts. This little bit of plastic will do its small part to help save the world!

3D projects this weekend. Number 1. Wall holder for a Theragun massage tool!

Holy cow! My book with Tom Easton "ESPionage: Regime Change" is #2 in new releases for Metaphysical / Visionary. Let's see if we can get it to Number 1!!! tinyurl.com/mufkmmme

NOW THE TRUTH CAN BE TOLD!!! My debut novel, "ESPionage: REGIME CHANGE," co-written with Tom Easton, is available for (eBook) pre-order on Amazon! tinyurl.com/mufkmmme Paperback available August 28! CIA psychics fighting Russians trying to assassinate the US President! /1

Rooftop concert

Princess Peach contemplates the nature of mortality and remembers all those who have suffered on her behalf.

Today's Lego nonsense. There's a farmers market today but not enough food. So the robot is turning people into vegetables and then the dinosaur escorts them away at gunpoint.

And you can read the new story by me and Jay - exciting and fun military SF (the war against giant space centipedes!) in the current (May-June 2023) ish of Analog - analogsf.com/product/analog… to subscribe or get the Analog Science Fiction / Science fact to buy the single issue!

Is this the first time the Bible has been banned in accordance with new draconian censorship laws? If they want to play, LET'S PLAY. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/1/2172795/-Bible-Banned-in-Utah-Junior-Highs-and-Elementary-Schools

Aaaaaand done. 3000 pushups in May. I never officially signed up with St Jude's but if you pretend I had and then pretend that you agreed to make a donation if I did it, pls feel free to make a real donation to St Jude's!

LEGO Knoght's castle vignettes!

1500!!! Halfway through 3000 pushups in May!!!

Another sketch painting for my first book cover in ages! Feels great to be painting again!

Wow! I just left my phone around where anyone could get it, huh? Anyway. Just want to confratulate @brianna.bsky.social for her TOTAL DOMINATION over me at pinball. 7 out of 9 high scores on our home machines? I should just give up.

If you want to help the Ukrainian war effort and get a little souvenir... Ukrainians are taking bits of blown-up Russian tanks and turning them into keychains. Made in Russia, recycled in Ukraine. You can find these on eBay- search for Russian + tank + keychain. Russian tanks, still helping Ukraine!

One of the things I love about 60s rock - like a song as epic and startling and frightening and magnificent as "Hush" by Deep Purple is that for 4 minutes and 25 seconds of my mundane day I can step in the presence of GREATNESS (and hope that a tiny bit rubs off on me!) https://tinyurl.com/2z4vaj7a

300 pushups after 3 days. Still on pace for 3000 in May but my arms are sore and tight. And before I get too high and mighty about this, it's good to remember that the World Record is over 3000 pushups in an HOUR. https://tinyurl.com/yckzmaz5

Where it'd be bad for Rey to kill the Emperor but five minutes later, it's ok. Anyway, what do you all think? But don't get me wrong the first half of ROTJ is quite good (aside from the burping and that song) and Harrison Ford is hilarious. I just have some nits I can't let go off./8(?)

Then we get to the final bits of nonsense. I get that it'd be bad (completion of journey to dark side) if Luke strikes down the Emperor "in anger". Ok. But why wouldn't it be ok for him to do it dispassionately, as if blindly meting out justice? It's not unlike the end of Episode IX /7?

And C3PO would be constantly translating, which would be too much after all the subtitles (which were fine) in the first half. Thus we see the conflict between worldbuilding logic and storytelling/filmmaking logic. The former too often loses to the latter. /6

Yes, there's a reason no Star Trek show had yet starred an alien space octopus, though that'd be cool. The problem is that if the Ewoks had a thing for Chewie a big chunk of the movie would be Yub yub! --- Grrrrrrrr - yib yab? ---- Rrrrrrrowwwwl -- yum yim? Hhhrrrrooowww/5

I mean, the Ewoks totally ignore Chewie who's like a big version of them. If a team of space aliens came to Earth and one looked like a cuttlefish and one a sea scorpion and one a ten-foot tall human being, wouldn't we want to talk to the tall humanoid?/4

Were lactose-intolerant and had one molecule of alcohol dehydrogenase they passed around amongst them like those Graea women in Greek mythology who only had one eye they passed around. Leia could have killed Wicket! And then... why do the Ewoks take such an interest in C-3PO and not Chewbacca?/3

I mean, I can't just give any human food to our dogs. Chocolate is bad for them, as are peppers. Hell, when Europeans showed up in China they gave them prized cheeses and wines - to a bunch of people who were, unbeknownst to them --/2

Saw Return of the Jedi on the big screen tonight. Was both better and worse than I remembered. It's a perfectly cromulent movie (except for not one but two unnecessary and mood-breaking burp jokes). But it starts to fall apart when Leia offers that Ewok food. How does she know it's not toxic?/1

120 pushups for the day, up from 100 yesterday. 220 for the month so far, 2780 to go.

I got Swatted last week. Do they have any idea what family they are messing with? Liam Neison in “Taken” was NOTHING compared to what @frankwu.bsky.social is capable of.

I'm not officially doing the 3000 pushups in May challenge by St. Jude's. But I guess I'm doing it unofficially! 100 done, 2900 to go. If I succeed, you can unofficislly make a donation to St. Jude's.

I'm painting my first book cover in a looooooong time. I'm way out of practice so to get back in the swing - I'm doing a "paint sketch" every day - rules: a little (8x10) canvas board, only 1-2 hrs, copying a master to learn their style (here obviously Bob Eggleton). Feels great to paint again!

Is "bluesky" pronounced to rhyme with "shoo fly" because I kind of want to say it like "bloo-ski" so it rhymes with "brewski"

Another positive review of my military science fiction novella "Poison", written with @JayWerkheiser and appearing in the current (May/June) issue of Analog SF magazine. The review is from sfrevu.com and you can pick up the issue via the app or visit analogsf.com!

Well said.

I know it's not up to me, but I think everyone who has a cute dog (and isn't an asshat) should get an invite ftom bluesky.

Please allow me to introduce our dogs: Rocket, Kablam and Splat. One and a half bichons and one and a half Havanese. They are available for shredding services.