Snack is snoozing with @stephenking.bsky.social like any good cat should.

Snack has discovered my office and is making herself at home. Who needs to get any writing done? #catsofbluesky #cats #amwriting

#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy 🇺🇸US Senator Chris Murphy Just Released This Video🇺🇸

Snack hung out with me last night while I was reading THEY THIRST by Robert McCammon in bed. Vampires don’t scare her. 🧛‍♀️

I am very much enjoying Welcome to Derry. I sometimes wonder what is wrong with me. www.imdb.com/title/tt1924...

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

As a writer, I'm supposed to occasionally toot my horn. So consider this a toot. I have two series starters available free at your friendly neighborhood ebook retailer. Darker Things: books2read.com/Lockman1 Branded: books2read.com/Unturned1

Hey, yo. Joyce Carol Oates is dragging tech boys by their hair over on that weirdo app.

Nice!

Day 93 Pacing. Pacing. We all worry so much about pacing. Fast or slow? How!? Ask yourself — Where is the action? Where is the reflection? Action = movement, faster Reflection = processing, slower 600 words every day started Aug 3 to Dec 31 for a novel draft by end of year. #600x150

The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.

The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Oh, I am telling them. They know. And one of them has just reached voting age.

Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that. Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too. clarkesworldmagazine.com

Yes.

One more note before I TRULY try to get my chemo-cranky ass off the internet: If my vibe repels you, unfollow, but don't pretend it's skin off my back. I am not trying to "build a platform". I came here to find/follow a few people. I can't help but post. My posts resulted in followers. That's it.

31 hours left! The "Networking for System Administrators" #Kickstarter is now $153 from all backers getting FOUR #sysadmin books! mwl.io/ks Sponsoring new work aside, it's a heck of a deal.

There is a chance I might actually have some book news coming soon.

I think it’s Snack time. #SnackTheCat #cats

If only...

even the buns, dude...

There's a lot of concern about signing up for protests and putting your name and contact information on a list that the FBI can then subpoena. Which is why you should only sign up as your MAGA neighbors, members of the current administration, or dead pundits.

One of the best books on writing I’ve read in a while.

I hope we are amassing a stockpile of vaccines for when an outbreak of measles, Mumps or rubella reminds us that these can be dangerous. I think people may suddenly want to vaccinate. Want scary stuff? Look up what happens to an adult male when he gets Mumps and it descends into his testicles.

snort

Three of N.J.’s favorite things: memes, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and Stephen King.

What time is it? It’s Snack time! #SnackTheCat #caturday

Day 42 A few words each writing session adds up over time. If you can’t devote time to a long writing session now that’s fine. You don’t have to tackle it all at once. A little bit now. A little bit later. 600 words every day started Aug 3 to Dec 31 for a novel draft by end of year. #600X150

This Friday! I'm hosting a FREE reading in San Francisco, featuring some incredible trans and queer voices. We'll require masks and, weather permitting, have the whole giant balcony open so you can sit in the outside air. We'll be totally bonkular. www.eventbrite.com/e/writers-wi...

Zombies Need Brains is set up at Albacon in the lobby! Come on out and buy up all of the thingz! Not at the con, or doing the con virtually? You can get all of the books online at: tinyurl.com/ZNBstore #Convention #fantasy #sciencefiction #UrbanFantasy #scifi #albacon #readingsff #booksky

Oh man. How I wish I still lived in Chicago!

THE TIME TO WRITE IS NOW How can we think about writing fantasy stories when it seems that the world is collapsing around us? Well, first of all, the world isn’t collapsing around us, it’s just that bad guys have been given—or have taken—permission to be their worst selves right out in the open.…

Had lunch with fellow writer peeps @alexkourvo.bsky.social, @zzclaybourne.bsky.social, and @mwl.io. So good to see their smiling faces. They've convinced me to give BlueSky another try, so I'll start off with a kitty pic. This is Snack. We rescued her from the middle of a back road a few days ago.

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New Murderbot interview! collider.com/murderbot-fi...

From now on, whenever I need alone time I will say, “I need to check the perimeter,” and simply leave. #Murderbot #IYKYK

The United States summed up in two headlines.

Year 12 Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter is up. It's particularly important this year, since they've taken a 75% hit to subscription earnings due to a certain vendor. Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

The Strange Horizons Fund Drive is 83% funded! We've just crossed $16,000 of our $20,000 goal! But we still need your help. Donating to the Kickstarter keeps us publishing next year!

For Kindle users, THE THIRD RULE OF TIME TRAVEL is currently just $2.99 (US only). www.amazon.com/Third-Rule-T... "Fracassi weaves a tightly plotted story... a solid new entry into the time travel genre." — Kirkus

Since we're all going to be a lot poorer real soon, here's a #free #book. books2read.com/Lockman1

The singularity is awesome

Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!

Yep.

My new novel, exclusive to my store until the end of the month! Explosions! Aliens! Reagan wasn't the problem, he was a symptom! www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product/lase...