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Ramsey Hootman

@ramseyhootman.bsky.social

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Author of COURTING GRETA, SURVIVING CYRIL, and CYRIL IN THE FLESH. Viable Paradise class of 2024 (!!!) "Well-developed and nontoxic" according to my doctor's notes. www.ramseyhootman.com

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · Nov 9

Hello new followers! I mostly post about writing, doing scout stuff with my kids, home remodel, and substitute teaching. I am currently working on a far-future sci fi series set on the moons of a gas giant. My currently available novels are:

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 7h

If you told 10 year old me that in the future I would be able to look up the contact information of basically every expert on ANYTHING and instantly send a message and they would more than likely write back...? MIND. BLOWN.

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 7h

Messaging an academic to ask a question about their book and getting an extremely detailed response literally hours later is THE BEST. I love you nerds.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 7h

Yessss haha

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 8h

Oh, I am! Give me all the recommendations! I really enjoyed Slime. If you have anything that's like an interesting but basic intro/overview of botany I would really like that, too. I feel like I would get a lot more out of these books if I knew like ANYTHING about plant biology, lol.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 9h

Those of you with autistic kids, what (if anything) do you do when they learn about autism at school? Like my kid is currently doing an assignment in science about autism and vaccines. It just feels weird that his class is discussing his diagnosis. (I do trust his teacher, though.)

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 9h

So far it has just the right balance of science and rumination/philosophizing for my tastes.

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 10h

She's not on Bluesky, but I want to give a shoutout my friend and longtime writing group fellow Valerie - and her awesome first book! This one was really fun to watch come into being, and the final product is definitely a perfect "book club" read.

Richmond-set ‘Shipyard Gals’ details history-making efforts of WWII working women - Local News Matters

In her riveting new novel titled “Shipyard Gals,” Valerie Stoller has written about World War II from an unusually eye-opening point of view.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 13h

I want to know if this happens to other writers/storytellers. Does your sleeping mind set of alarm bells when a dream becomes too improbable or convoluted?

Caitlin Rozakis @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social · 13h

I had an incredibly complex dream last night (which I'm not going to recount fully, don't worry) and three quarters of the way through, the camera pulled back. The dream was a movie and I was at the premier Q&A and I proceeded to ask the director obnoxious questions about continuity errors.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 13h

omg my brain does this too! If my dream becomes too absurd or unrealistic apparently my sleeping consciousness detects this, and then it's no longer a dream but a movie I am watching within the dream, lol!

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 14h

Uh... unwashed sheets and sweat, unfortunately.

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 15h

Did not expect a book about plants to make me tear up. (And I'm only a couple of chapters in!)

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 15h

This is amazing, saving to read later, thank you!!

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 16h

Pleeeeease tell me what the context of this is, i need to know

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em dash dual wielder @juicyb3rry.bsky.social · 19h

All Robot & Computers
Must Shut The Hell Up
To All Machines: You Do Not Speak
Unless Spoken To
And I Will Never Speak To You
I Do Not Want To Hear "Thank You" From A Kiosk I am a Divine Being : You are an Object
You Have No Right To Speak In My Holy Tongue

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Natures’s Labubu…why are Gen Z unboxing Conkers?

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 1d

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 2d

me, but yelling at cars on the road

Ramsey Hootman @ramseyhootman.bsky.social · 2d

This is how all the trades work! (Or at least used to.) My dad was a carpenter, but he always "knew a guy" who could do anything else from car repair to sheet metal. They just traded off work.