Claude says "Good catch!" That's what I do now. I train Claude.

This is it: the final chapter of Part One and the final installment of my teaser for Food: Generation Mars, Book Four. Parents doing all they can for their kids. All. They. Can. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-17 (1/4)

It’s #FridayReads time and Hispanic/Latine Heritage month! Let’s boost all signals. This month is great, but I write with an accent every month. Here’s a (45% off!) novel full of sazón and magic, waves and monsters, storms and revenge, crime and friendship. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

The exciting final chapter of Part One, and the conclusion of my teaser for Food: Generation Mars, Book Four, comes out Saturday, 9/27. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/table-of-c... #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #freeread

Chapter 16 is up! This is the penultimate chapter of my teaser for Food: Generation Mars, Book Four, coming soon. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-16 (1/3) #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

Chapter 15 of my teaser for Generation Mars, Book Four, is up! Define "right" douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-15 If you’re enjoying this teaser, please share widely! #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

It doesn't feel much like fall yet where I live, but this story caused a brief crisp breeze to pass through.

Here's a pleasant read for a Sunday afternoon. Bravo!

Chapter 14 of my teaser for Generation Mars, Book Four, is up! Boy meets girl douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-14 #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

Did Perseverance just discover evidence of life? Well, maybe... www.nature.com/articles/s41... "..our analysis leads us to conclude that the Bright Angel formation contains textures, chemical and mineral characteristics, and organic signatures that warrant consideration as ‘potential biosignatures’

Chapter 13 of my teaser for Book Four, is up! A new possibility emerges. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-13 If you’re enjoying this teaser, please share widely! #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

Chapter 12 of my Book Four Teaser is up! Nefarious activity in the night douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-12 #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

Chapter 11 of the Book Four Teaser is up! Fatherly advice? douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-11 #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

QTP with an album you'd rate a perfect 10/10 🎶

Chapter 10 of my teaser for Food: Generation Mars, Book Four is up! This one gets a little heavy. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-10 #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

Chapter 9 of my teaser for Food: Generation Mars, Book Four is live! Whaaaat is happening right now? douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-9 #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

Chapter 8 of my teaser for Food: Generation Mars, Book Four is up. I think something bad is about to happen in the commissary. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-8 #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

Thanks Gabino! I launched a newsletter of my fiction and culture-journalism a couple months ago. Would love to get some more eyes on my short story THE CHILL OF SPACE, about asteroid mining, environmental justice, and the end of all things.

Thanks, Gabino! I'm currently serializing Part One of my next book, Food: Generation Mars, Book Four over on Substack. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/table-of-c... Give it a read and let me know what you think. #FridayReads

Chapter 7 of the Book Four Teaser is up! A lunar standoff douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-7 #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

The next installment of the teaser for Book Four is up. What is wrong with these people? douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-6 #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

The next installment of my teaser for Food: Generation Mars, Book Four is up! Dissension in the ranks. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-5 #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

The next installment of my Book Four Teaser is up. Keiron copes as things get worse. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-4 #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

AI angst "I am a disgrace to my profession," Gemini continued. "I am a disgrace to my family. I am a disgrace to my species. I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe...

The next installment of my teaser for Book Four is up on Substack. The situation on Luna is not good. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-3 #amwriting #scifi #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #booksky #freeread

Post someone who looks good in a hat

Tune in for the next installment of the Food: Generation Mars, Book Four teaser! douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-2 #scifi #mars #childrensbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #middlegrade #mglit #middlegradescifi #middlegradeseries #middlegradewriter #booksky #freeread

#CraftingGenMars 17 (illustration) In negotiating payment, my advice is to forget about profit-sharing arrangements. My gosh, do you really want to be keeping track of that? *shudder* Just negotiate a fixed fee and be done with it. #onwriting #kidlit #mglit #writingcommunity #illustration

The next installment of my teaser for Book Four is up! "The data that is fed to an AGI, no matter how carefully curated, will always contain food for the wrong wolf." douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-1b #amwriting #mglit #scifi #KidLit #freeread #ai #middlegradebooks #childrensbooks

#CraftingGenMars 16 (illustration) Share examples of your ideas with your illustrator. Make mockups: physical, existing imagery, AI (if, like me, you can't draw). (1/3) #onwriting #kidlit #mglit #writingcommunity #illustration #mars #childrensbooks #middlegradebooks

The next installment of the teaser for Food: Generation Mars, Book Four is up on Substack. Go check it out! And subscribe. That way, you'll receive updates even if I forget to post here. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/chapter-1a #amwriting #mglit #scifi #KidLit #freeread

#CraftingGenMars 15 (illustration) You have to give your illustrator creative freedom, but remember that this is your project, and you are the creative director. (1/2) #onwriting #kidlit #mglit #scifi #writingcommunity #illustration

#CraftingGenMars 14

Book Four is coming! In anticipation, I'm serializing several chapters of Part One on Substack over the coming weeks. Be sure and subscribe to get the latest delivered straight to your inbox. douglasdmeredith.substack.com/p/table-of-c... #mglit #kidlit #scifi #amwriting #serialfiction #freereading

CraftingGenMars 14 (illustration) It’s important to own the copyright on your illustrations. You want to be able to remix them yourself and use them for future purposes (promos, merch, whatever), without having to ask permission. #onwriting #kidlit #mglit #scifi #writingcommunity #illustration

Rewatching Dead Like Me and stumbled across this prophetic gem (from 2004). youtu.be/ON9_5QEwPFs?...

#CraftingGenMars 13 (illustration) My current WIP is now in illustration. Since Generation Mars is a children’s book series, this means more than just a cover. How much more has been evolving along with my books. (1/3) #onwriting #kidlit #mglit #writingcommunity #illustration

While vacationing in San Francisco, I picked up some haw flakes in Chinatown. A fun little confection for me; a conflict trigger for the kids in the next Generation Mars book. (1/3) #amwriting #mglit #scifi #snacks #yummy

Since people were asking about the words I shared today at the no kings protest, here's the full text. Thanks @indivistwincities.bsky.social and @mn50501.bsky.social. Wrote it last week, but because it ended up being about how we carry grief and what we might do with it, it felt appropriate:

#CraftingGenMars 12 For the current WIP (Food: Generation Mars, Book Four), I also have someone providing sensitivity notes. This is a new thing for me. (1/2) #onwriting #mglit #scifi #writingcommunity

“Just say ‘higher’ and throw the peace sign up. It’ll do you no harm."

#CraftingGenMars 11 I was not completely truthful in the last post. I use editors, sort of. When the time is right (gut feeling), I give the manuscript to my wife. #onwriting #mglit #scifi #writingcommunity

#CraftingGenMars 10 Now, for a controversial reveal: I don't use editors. I will say this is for financial reasons, and that is certainly true. But it's not the only reason. #onwriting #mglit #scifi #writingcommunity

#WIPSnips excerpt for June 5 word: "point" from Food: Generation Mars, Book 4 #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips excerpt for June 4 word: "check" from Food: Generation Mars, Book 4 #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips excerpt for June 3 word: "wait" from Food: Generation Mars, Book 4

#CraftingGenMars (interlude) I drink coffee. Not an unreasonable amount, but... enough. And I'm picky about it. I have a nice, midrange espresso machine, and I roast my own beans using a hand-crank popcorn popper on an old white gas Coleman stove. #onwriting #scifi #mglit #writingcommunity #coffee

*Eagle screech* 🦅🏳️‍🌈