This week on Planetside… Our series Writing from History continues with “Unearthing Timbuktu’s Legacy: Using West African Manuscripts in SFF Worldbuilding” by Jason Collins, read by @geekartzentner.bsky.social: sfwa.org/2026/05/19/u...

Time to write some classy sci-fi! #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub

Random migration shenanigans at the library... intergalacticlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/t... #5amwritingclub #writingclub #writingcommunity

Abbie's helping me beta read a great historical fiction. After all, it involves wolves. For all your beta needs visit: www.upwork.com/services/pro... #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writerscommunity

Here's a random blog I made for fun. It's not written to demean lit mags, but to humorously commiserate with the nerve-wracking process of writing and submitting. Maybe you feel similarly? #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #5amwritingclub intergalacticlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/h...

Hey all, check out my positive appraisal of Section 31! #writingcommunity #startrek #5amwritersclub warpfactortrek.com/re-assessing...

Writing Prompt: It's below freezing, but you see a stranger unconcious outside, needing rescue. You bundle up and drag the person inside. When you lay them on the couch, you notice that they have something that looks like vampire fangs. #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #writingPrompt

Yesterday, I went to pick up my wife from the airport. Driving over there, I saw a CH-47 Chinook flying north. I couldn't help but think that it was holding a bunch of soldiers being mobilized to wait for orders to lay siege to Minneapolis. Maybe it was going somewhere else. I hope it was.

Writing Prompt: Every couple of weeks or so, you drive your spouse to the airport at the crack of dawn for a work trip. You're not sure what they do on these trips, so you secretly install a tracking app on their phone to see where they go. #writingprompt #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub

Happy New Year! #writintcommunity #readingcommunity #5amwritersclub intergalacticlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/m...

Writing Prompt: The last message humanity receives from deep space isn’t a warning or a greeting, it’s a repair request. The coordinates lead to something impossibly ancient, still running, and clearly built for humans. #writingprompt #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity

Hey all, check out my short story about LIONS IN SPACE!!!! Available at www.amazon.com/dp/B0G48S183... #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity

Hey all! Are you looking for that weird sci-fi anthology that treads the line between Event Horizon and Firefly? Then look no further and check out a story I wrote for this anthology! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #scifi #sciencefiction www.amazon.com/dp/B0G48S183...

Writing Prompt: Your dead uncle leaves you a fortune in his will. The only stipulation is you have to be single to inherit it. Your spouse of ten years might not like your uncle so much. #writingprompt #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity

Writing Prompt: You get up really early, but realize you're out of coffee. You decide to go out into the world looking for a Cafe to get a cup. You run into obstacles like power outages, sick baristas, and, of course, vampires. #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writingPrompt

Hey all! I'll have another sci-fi/creeptacular story published soonish. Premise revolves around a creeptacular passenger liner.... IN... SPACE!!!!....... #sciencefiction #scifi #writingcommunity

Writing Prompt: You were in cryo on a colonial ship. But something went wrong in your ward, and your the only survivor. There's one other ward, filled with the opposite gender. Now, you're all that's left to produce the colony's next generation. #writingprompt #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity

Writing Prompt: You're a noble lord who runs a manor. You believe your subjects are happy enough. They continue to pay their dues, after all. Suddenly, rumors of a rebellion are on the horizon and you must discover why the people are discontent. #writingprompt #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub

A Day with John Scalzi and Joe Haldeman in Iowa City #5amwritingclub #writingcommunity #writingscifi #oldmanswar #theforeverwar intergalacticlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/a...

Writing Prompt: An alien being lands on Earth and enslaves humanity. This alien proclaims that he has discovered Earth and is the first Earthling. #writingcommunity #writingPrompt #5amwritersclub

Pro Tip: If you're ever talking up your trip to Universal Studios, just assume that your audience heard Disney come out of your lips. They won't think otherwise. 🤣 #travelling #travel #lovetotravel

Super excited for my copy of @scalzi.com's, The Shattering Peace. Can't wait to hear the author speak in Iowa!

Writing Prompt: Imagine the Greek gods and goddesses are now social media influencers. Describe a day in the life of a lesser-known deity as they navigate brand partnerships, online feuds, and the fickle nature of their followers. #writingprompt #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writerscommunity

5 Totally Unfair Ways I beat the Algorithm and Joined Amazon Vine! #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amazonvine intergalacticlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/5...

I just finished this magnificent book! Give it a try if you're interested in acting and all of its chaos. Give it a read if you're into anything Trek! @wilwheaton.net is an incredible writer and should teach classes on the subject! intergalacticlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/b...

Writing Prompt: You discover that you have the ability to naturally travel back and forward in time in your own life. What do you do? #writingprompt #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub

The other day, my daughter was scared of the zombie in "Wednesday," so afterwards, she sobbed, "Can you tell me about the Korean War." You know, to get the zombie out of her head. So we discussed the geopolitical events, starting with the Japanese conquest to the Cold War to the landing at Inchon.

Writing Prompt: You start dating someone who is very standoffish, very hesitant to get physical. You soon discover that you've been dating a ghost. #writingcommunity #writingprompt #5amwritingclub

Writing Prompt: You inherited a farm that have odd stones placed for miles. They get in the way of your tractor, so you moved a few. This extended your nation's borders as the stones are old markers. Now you are the in an international incident. #writingprompt #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub

Writing Prompt: You go to a ghost tour to slowly discover that you're the ghost everyone is talking about. #writingprompt #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub

Check out my book review of Strange New Worlds Toward the Night by @jmswallow.bsky.social warpfactortrek.com/snw-novel-in...

Writing Prompt: You live in the future, one ruled by a new religious order. What is it like? #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #writingprompt

Writing Prompt: You are elected town mayor. It was a write-in vote, and you weren't even running for office. #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #writingprompt

Writing Prompt: You're a ghost haunting a library. You dwell for nearly a century until one day you find another ghost with you. The only thing is, they would have had to die on the property, and you didn't see their death. So, what happened? #writingcommunity #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub

What's your favorite Sci-Fi book written after the twentieth century? #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

Writing Prompt: Write a self-help book from your own experiences. #WritingCommunity #5amwritersclub #writingprompt

Writing Prompt: You're the only cop on duty in a small town when someone reports a UFO crash site. When you investigate, there's no pilot. Someone in town is an alien. #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writingprompt

Writing Prompt: There's a minor tornado warning in you Midwest town, so you hunker down in a basement. When you emerge, the entire world was annihilated like an atomic explosion. What happened? #writingprompt #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity

Writing Prompt: You were raised and worked with robots all your life. Now, your employer has a weird project for you. Talk to a human. #WritingCommunity #5amwritersclub #writingprompts

Writing Prompt: You're new in town, but something is off. The residents don't seem to ever be out, except at night. #writingprompt #5amwritersclub #WritingCommunity

Expedition Noah: Stranded on an unsettled planet with all the amenities of a hyperactive Silicon Valley, Daavit struggles to find purpose. That is until he's attacked by something... alien. Comps: Murderbot Diaries X Mickey7 #questpit #amquerying #scifipitch #sf