So, I've been reading Daddy School to my son's 2nd grade class (it's free on Patreon if you want to read along), and I just agreed to come in tomorrow to read chapter 5 & 6. 5 is mostly a video that the character watches. It's really cool. 6 is... well, I haven't finished writing 6 yet.

"Oh no, not again," Eddie thought.

New post - a little poem about the people on their way home up there and maybe a little bit about the rest of us too.

It's a lot. We love them a lot.

I have not been secret about this at all.

Also if you follow writers they totally just share their writing with you. All the time. It's wild.

Can confirm. It's totally bonkers.

My 8-year-old son, speaking with more wisdom than he knows: "Sometimes it's not just a cliffhanger for the reader, sometimes it's a cliffhanger for the author, too!"

Lunch break poetry - I'll clean it up a little, but I really like the rough draft.

No particular reason, but I think everybody in Congress should read this great old comedy about a dying madman and his family - who spent his last twenty years letting him believe he's a Roman Emperor. It's a funny play. Well, it was.

Help me satisfy an evil corporate overlord? Or just buy me a coffee!

I keep thinking about that Bradbury story, "There Will Come Soft Rains." It's dated for August 2026. You were off by four months, Ray. www.libraryofshortstories.com/storiespdf/t...

Lunch break poetry - I'll clean it up a little, but I really like the rough draft.

If you're in Illinois and you are arrested protesting Trump's illegal war and threats of genocide, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

My 8-year-old son, speaking with more wisdom than he knows: "Sometimes it's not just a cliffhanger for the reader, sometimes it's a cliffhanger for the author, too!"

y'all.

Earthset.

Just remembered I did write a moon haiku

No matter how you feel about DraftKings, its use is growing more widespread and it's important that educators understand how they could integrate it as a tool in their classrooms.

Usagi forbade travel for at least that long.

They found out there aren't any whales on the Moon.

Because Stanley Kubrick died.

Aliens duh

Because they didn't want to ruin the cheese market.

My favorite conspiracy theory is that they hired Kubrick to fake the moon landing and he said okay but insisted on filming on location. On the moon.

Old Ben Kenobi said that's no moon

So why haven't we been back to the moon in fifty years? (wrong answers only - I mean I guess I don't really know what the right answer is but I think wrong answers will be more fun)

Just remembered I did write a moon haiku

Earthrise.

They're back!

When I was writing THE FIRST KID ON MARS, I spent a chapter imagining the time when the rocket loses radio contact with the Earth. I couldn't imagine anything more lonely. They're on their own for the next forty minutes up there. Can't wait to see them again.

So why haven't we been back to the moon in fifty years? (wrong answers only - I mean I guess I don't really know what the right answer is but I think wrong answers will be more fun)

HEY EVERYONE, READ NAT SWIFT'S STUFF! HE'S VERY VERY VERY VERY GOOD!

"I had an overwhelming sense of being moved by the moon...it is a real place, and when we have that perspective and we compare it to our home of the Earth it just reminds us how much we have in common - everything we need the Earth provides, and that is in and of itself somewhat of a miracle."

Well now I want to know too - what are some of your favorites, friends? A few of mine off the top of my head... Fahrenheit 451 The Parable of the Sower The Long Walk The Hunger Games (I also added The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, but that was mostly a joke)

Hey if you're curious, I've been posting some stories and poems (free to read) on my Patreon page...

Keep me small, once more around the sunrise - let us float away on music that only we can hear, us, and the little birds, that sing as though the world is worth saving. #Poem

That moment when I remember I'm writing a children's book. 😳😂

I just think it's really cool I can watch live as astronauts fly by the moon 😍 www.youtube.com/live/z-j1uxB...

There are all kinds of cool things happening in space today but the solar eclipse at 8:35pm ET is going to be wild.

Right about... now.

Go outside. Look up. There are four human beings up there, and they're about to be further away from our home than any human being has ever been before. That's pretty cool.

NASA #Artemis II flyby coverage schedule; all times in Eastern. You can follow along live on NASA+ (plus.nasa.gov) or on the NASA YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@NASA). It should be amazing to watch!

Hey, that's us!

Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)

Be careful, friends. Words can be dangerous.

Happy #haikuSaturday!

I swear it's not what it sounds like