Every time I have more than three posts scheduled for my blog, I feel like I'm winning.

In this month's "Science in Fiction": Fusion power. How sci-fi has handled it, how it works, and how the modern science fiction writer can inject realism by harnessing the power of the sun. #WritingCommunity open.substack.com/pub/michaelt...

Fascinating research on some really cool little birdies.

It's Friday, #WritingCommunity! Got any big plans this weekend? Imma be on an interview with a couple of my #WOTF42 chums!

#UnhingedPit #F #Q

When you put wide-eyed scientists on a planet with alien dinosaurs, shit gets real. #UnhingedPit #A #Q #SF

This gorgeous illustration accomplishes two things: 1. teases the climactic scene of SEVEN DAYS ON SAMARKAND 2. proves I can't draw Scientists vs. alien dinosaurs! #unhingedpit #A #Q #SF

It’s even better than it looks

Mmm...shrimpy noods

You've cut your last crew.

GET IN BITCH—we’re taking a D&D-inspired road trip across a post-apocalyptic hellscape to save the world + kiss, maybe... I dunno, I hopped a ride with a 40y/o virgin who CAN drive + I'm putting all the moves on him but—wait, pull over I want corn nuts, PULL OVER 🎸💖⚔️ #A #LGBTQ #F #WIP #unhingedpit

THREAT VECTOR, a Crichton-style cyberthriller but with, y'know, realistic female characters. Set in Melbourne, Australia. #UnhingedPit #Q #T

GOOD BOYS DON'T HOWL Like this, but George is a vampire and the one tickling him is a werewolf. And they're in an S&M club full of sex machines. Available Now! #UnhingedPit #A #P #LGBT

This just sounds too bonkers to not be good

Evacuation? Nah. Curl up with a good book about: 🌺 Tropical Cyberpunk 🌀 Hurricane Parties 🦾 Vengeful Androids & Swamp Cults 🖐️ Palmistry 🐊 Taxidermied alligators So relaxing. Check out Natural Neon! #UnhingedPit #A #SF #Q

Me trying to pitch my vampyre series and find comps to land an agent~ It's a love story! With lots of action, warring clans, psychological character arcs, a series arc, and a literary thread on the relationship between freedom, power, and control....Let me draw you a chart. #UnhingedPit #PR #A

Love the song, so I bet I'd love the book.

Stefon on SNL: “This book has EVERYTHING… the ancient embodiment of rot, an animal-hoarding old woman, a sullen girl with a knife trapped in the woods by 5000-year-old mind-controlling tree, an irreputable wolf, a bear who lost a bet, two herds of bison, three happy endings…” #UnhingedPit #A #F #CS

THE SKY PEOPLE x JURASSIC PARK (in space) What happens when a bunch of geeks try to be friends with alien dinosaurs, but the alien dinosaurs try to eat them? Find out in SEVEN DAYS ON SAMARKAND. #UnhingedPit #Q #A #SF

You have heard of sibling rivalry, but you haven’t seen anything like this; sisters have an ultimate catfight, and the consequences are seen decades later, as Elizabeth tries to navigate family secrets and a ghost that won’t stay buried. #UnhingedPit #Q #A #PH #S

Best run of the season so far

It's also worth remembering that the vast majority of greenhouse emissions come from industry, not personal vehicles. Telling people to drive EVs to save the planet is like telling them to fight cancer by not personally smoking cigarettes.

So I just read about an Olympic race-walker facing a lifetime ban after his third doping violation, and what the fuck are we even doing?

Surviving the summer doldrums of the literary industry, in this week's "Writer's Desk". #WritingCommunity open.substack.com/pub/michaelt...

Nothing good ever happens on a Monday.

It's basically an open secret at this point: so many billionaires gleefully encouraging us to surrender our thinking and decision making to AI.

Happy Fathers Day to all my fellow dads. It's a tough gig sometimes, but man, it has its perks.

Finally pivoting back to my novel WIP, and it feels great to be reading my opening pages and thinking, "Hey, this is actually pretty good."

Writing can be a lonely profession, but it doesn’t have to be. The value of critique groups, how to find the right one, and how to be a good critique partner. #WritingCommunity open.substack.com/pub/michaelt...

Holy smokes! Bee's got a deal already!!!

*taps mic* uh…hi. I’m an author. And, um, set aside some time to read today. Okay thanks. *waves*

I ask all the time: is there anything graphene *can't* do?

How did I not think to look for our local zoo here before? Now I can clue Bluesky in on my long-running obsession with Rico!

It's World Sea Turtle Day. Sea turtles are my partner's favorite animal (though the loves pretty much all animals). But today they're under intense threat. Donate to ocean conservation efforts, and we can ensure there will never be a last World Sea Turtle Day.

It's hard to find encouragement in a rejection. But even great things start somewhere. @WritingCommunity #querying open.substack.com/pub/michaelt...

Nothing good ever happens on a Monday.

Time to talk about the subject every writer hates: building a platform. #WritingCommunity open.substack.com/pub/michaelt...

So...it's been a while...

Just benched Gunnar Henderson for tomorrow, and he responded by going 3/3 with a homer tonight. I should've benched his ass sooner.

Your readers don’t need to know every detail of what’s going on. Sometimes, it pays to “yadda yadda.” #WritingCommunity open.substack.com/pub/michaelt...

Dream not of today.

Do you live in Denver? Wanna meet a really cool author and read his work? Head to Sip & Shop this Sunday for your chance to meet the incomparable Mike Strickland! #WritersoftheFuture #WOTF42

For those who subscribe electronically, my story "Casual Brutality" is now available in the July/August issue of @analogsf.bsky.social!

Check out Zach's post on the wild pigs and the rise of AI!

Fascinating!

Exactly the sort of thing we need to keep people safe in a warming climate. We need to fix this, but it can't be fixed overnight. Until then, technology like this will be required.

A noble cause if ever there was one

A love letter to my adopted home, where I’ve received a warm welcome after winning #WritersofrheFuture: Cincinnati, where pigs can fly. #WOTF42 michaeltkuester.com/2026/06/09/f...

So I'm writing a first-person story about a mathematician using probability to travel through time and holy shit what the fuck is happening to me

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