Elton
@andscifi.bsky.social
Science Fiction and Fantasy writer who likes to imagine what the world could be like because I believe that the first step to getting somewhere is believing it can exist.
There is a style of how to books out there that tell you what to do, but give absolutely no advice on how to do it.
It kind of makes me want to write a mystery novel except it just ends after the murder.
#reading
It kind of makes me want to write a mystery novel except it just ends after the murder.
#reading
December 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
There is a style of how to books out there that tell you what to do, but give absolutely no advice on how to do it.
It kind of makes me want to write a mystery novel except it just ends after the murder.
#reading
It kind of makes me want to write a mystery novel except it just ends after the murder.
#reading
Georgia's Medicaid work requirements: $2,490 per person. Regular expansion: $496 per person. We pay 5x more to prove people "deserve" healthcare than we would to just give it to them.
If it's not about saving money then what do they really want?
If it's not about saving money then what do they really want?
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Georgia's Medicaid work requirements: $2,490 per person. Regular expansion: $496 per person. We pay 5x more to prove people "deserve" healthcare than we would to just give it to them.
If it's not about saving money then what do they really want?
If it's not about saving money then what do they really want?
People can change and they can change for the better.
If you don't believe that it says more about you than anyone else.
If you don't believe that it says more about you than anyone else.
December 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
People can change and they can change for the better.
If you don't believe that it says more about you than anyone else.
If you don't believe that it says more about you than anyone else.
You can get a copy of my short story "Escape to Earth's Wonders" and a digital signature free this week.
It's the story of a mother and son at a futuristic amusement park going on a ride that explores the 21st century.
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It's the story of a mother and son at a futuristic amusement park going on a ride that explores the 21st century.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
You can get a copy of my short story "Escape to Earth's Wonders" and a digital signature free this week.
It's the story of a mother and son at a futuristic amusement park going on a ride that explores the 21st century.
dl.bookfunnel.com//events/i40x...
It's the story of a mother and son at a futuristic amusement park going on a ride that explores the 21st century.
dl.bookfunnel.com//events/i40x...
Echo chambers are bad. Even yours.
I know it's nice to hear people support your beliefs, but you can find people who disagree with you who aren’t spreading lies or being stupid if you put in the effort.
I know it's nice to hear people support your beliefs, but you can find people who disagree with you who aren’t spreading lies or being stupid if you put in the effort.
December 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Echo chambers are bad. Even yours.
I know it's nice to hear people support your beliefs, but you can find people who disagree with you who aren’t spreading lies or being stupid if you put in the effort.
I know it's nice to hear people support your beliefs, but you can find people who disagree with you who aren’t spreading lies or being stupid if you put in the effort.
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The Patron Exclusive short story "Broken, Buc Can be Fixed" is now up.
Aliens have arrived on Earth and they are most interested in our trash.
#booksky #patron #amwriting
The Patron Exclusive short story "Broken, Buc Can be Fixed" is now up.
Aliens have arrived on Earth and they are most interested in our trash.
#booksky #patron #amwriting
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December 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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The Patron Exclusive short story "Broken, Buc Can be Fixed" is now up.
Aliens have arrived on Earth and they are most interested in our trash.
#booksky #patron #amwriting
The Patron Exclusive short story "Broken, Buc Can be Fixed" is now up.
Aliens have arrived on Earth and they are most interested in our trash.
#booksky #patron #amwriting
Everyone wrong thinks they’re right. Growth starts when you admit you could be wrong about something too.
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Everyone wrong thinks they’re right. Growth starts when you admit you could be wrong about something too.
My story "One Small Step For Humanity' is free this week.
A story about a human who accidentally books a cruise on an alien spaceship becoming the first human to take the alien vacation.
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#booksky #freestory
A story about a human who accidentally books a cruise on an alien spaceship becoming the first human to take the alien vacation.
buy.bookfunnel.com/achvuhcrc5
#booksky #freestory
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
My story "One Small Step For Humanity' is free this week.
A story about a human who accidentally books a cruise on an alien spaceship becoming the first human to take the alien vacation.
buy.bookfunnel.com/achvuhcrc5
#booksky #freestory
A story about a human who accidentally books a cruise on an alien spaceship becoming the first human to take the alien vacation.
buy.bookfunnel.com/achvuhcrc5
#booksky #freestory
Nothing frustrates me more than people who try one thing that doesn’t work and then decide it’s impossible. That’s not failing. That’s quitting without even trying.
December 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Nothing frustrates me more than people who try one thing that doesn’t work and then decide it’s impossible. That’s not failing. That’s quitting without even trying.
Before you write your novel write a short story or two with the characters. I find I never really know what a character is like until I've written something. And if it's good it makes a fun extra for readers.
#booksky #writingadvice #writing
#booksky #writingadvice #writing
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Before you write your novel write a short story or two with the characters. I find I never really know what a character is like until I've written something. And if it's good it makes a fun extra for readers.
#booksky #writingadvice #writing
#booksky #writingadvice #writing
Most days it feels like following the news does nothing but make me angry.
I think the need for content has simply made it so there is too much.
I think the need for content has simply made it so there is too much.
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Most days it feels like following the news does nothing but make me angry.
I think the need for content has simply made it so there is too much.
I think the need for content has simply made it so there is too much.
My story “The Weight of What Isn’t Said” is free this week. A story about the weight of lies, even when they're told to help people.
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#booksci #scifi
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December 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
My story “The Weight of What Isn’t Said” is free this week. A story about the weight of lies, even when they're told to help people.
buy.bookfunnel.com/7nrnlfhekb
#booksci #scifi
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#booksci #scifi
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts' www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
The problem with people having this much money is even when they do good things with it the amount of influence it gives them is dangerous.
The problem with people having this much money is even when they do good things with it the amount of influence it gives them is dangerous.
MSN
NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to provide 25 million American children under 10 an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for children created...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts' www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
The problem with people having this much money is even when they do good things with it the amount of influence it gives them is dangerous.
The problem with people having this much money is even when they do good things with it the amount of influence it gives them is dangerous.
You don't need to hoard ideas or hold back. Use your best ideas and trust you'll have more. It's more fun and you learn faster.
#amwriting #author #writing #booksky
#amwriting #author #writing #booksky
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
You don't need to hoard ideas or hold back. Use your best ideas and trust you'll have more. It's more fun and you learn faster.
#amwriting #author #writing #booksky
#amwriting #author #writing #booksky
Berkshire Hathaway star followed Warren Buffett's advice: Read 500 pages a day www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/w...
This is great. And if I had enough money I'd love to read 6 hours a day, but it might not be the most practical advice for the average person.
This is great. And if I had enough money I'd love to read 6 hours a day, but it might not be the most practical advice for the average person.
Berkshire Hathaway star followed Warren Buffett's advice: Read 500 pages a day
"That's how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest," Warren Buffett told Todd Combs' class at Columbia Business School before Combs went to work at Berkshire.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Berkshire Hathaway star followed Warren Buffett's advice: Read 500 pages a day www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/w...
This is great. And if I had enough money I'd love to read 6 hours a day, but it might not be the most practical advice for the average person.
This is great. And if I had enough money I'd love to read 6 hours a day, but it might not be the most practical advice for the average person.
We live in a world of seasons. We are in winter, but spring always comes.
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We live in a world of seasons. We are in winter, but spring always comes.
I write stories about impossible choices and complex ideas.
I also desperately wish writing came with simple, binary rules.
#WritingLife #WritersOfBluesky #CreativeProcess #StoryIdeas #StorytellingTips
I also desperately wish writing came with simple, binary rules.
#WritingLife #WritersOfBluesky #CreativeProcess #StoryIdeas #StorytellingTips
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I write stories about impossible choices and complex ideas.
I also desperately wish writing came with simple, binary rules.
#WritingLife #WritersOfBluesky #CreativeProcess #StoryIdeas #StorytellingTips
I also desperately wish writing came with simple, binary rules.
#WritingLife #WritersOfBluesky #CreativeProcess #StoryIdeas #StorytellingTips
I am testing bookfunnel's new digital book singing feature. So I need some people to help me out by accepting a free book at this link.
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you'll get a free book and help me out.
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you'll get a free book and help me out.
Book Signing for Apprentice
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December 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I am testing bookfunnel's new digital book singing feature. So I need some people to help me out by accepting a free book at this link.
dl.bookfunnel.com//events/1tgn...
you'll get a free book and help me out.
dl.bookfunnel.com//events/1tgn...
you'll get a free book and help me out.
Sometimes the deeper theme of a story only becomes clear in editing—and those stories often end up the most profound.
#WritingProcess
#AmWriting
#WritersOfBluesky
#WritingProcess
#AmWriting
#WritersOfBluesky
November 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Sometimes the deeper theme of a story only becomes clear in editing—and those stories often end up the most profound.
#WritingProcess
#AmWriting
#WritersOfBluesky
#WritingProcess
#AmWriting
#WritersOfBluesky
Having to replace a starter in my shouldn't have be this stressed, but my economic safety net is nonexistent so even small issues become big.
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Having to replace a starter in my shouldn't have be this stressed, but my economic safety net is nonexistent so even small issues become big.
In the current world, choosing to be apolitical is a de facto endorsement of systemic oppression, environmental destruction, and other forms of harm. Politics doesn’t have to consume your life, and it’s not healthy if it does—but there is a line where disengagement becomes complicity.
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In the current world, choosing to be apolitical is a de facto endorsement of systemic oppression, environmental destruction, and other forms of harm. Politics doesn’t have to consume your life, and it’s not healthy if it does—but there is a line where disengagement becomes complicity.
My only issue with the term AI slop is the focus on the AI instead of the slop. The biggest change is the scale. They used to have to hire people to write a hundred different 'articles' about the same subject for a few cents each.
The effort is what makes the difference not the tool.
The effort is what makes the difference not the tool.
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
My only issue with the term AI slop is the focus on the AI instead of the slop. The biggest change is the scale. They used to have to hire people to write a hundred different 'articles' about the same subject for a few cents each.
The effort is what makes the difference not the tool.
The effort is what makes the difference not the tool.
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The patron exclusive story this week is a post apocalyptical story about a world where humans have genetically augmented themselves to survive and kids bridging the gap of fear created by it.
#patron #books #booksky
The patron exclusive story this week is a post apocalyptical story about a world where humans have genetically augmented themselves to survive and kids bridging the gap of fear created by it.
#patron #books #booksky
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/swim-w...
The patron exclusive story this week is a post apocalyptical story about a world where humans have genetically augmented themselves to survive and kids bridging the gap of fear created by it.
#patron #books #booksky
The patron exclusive story this week is a post apocalyptical story about a world where humans have genetically augmented themselves to survive and kids bridging the gap of fear created by it.
#patron #books #booksky