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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚

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Science fiction novelist and humorist. Get my books, free stories, and writing tips at https://dnschmidt.com. Sign up for email updates so you don’t miss a thing! Read The Hole In The Wall: https://dnschmidt.com/science-fiction-stories/hole-in-the-wall/

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 11d

‪Still miss Firefly and Cowboy Bebop? Try The Chained Space Series!

In The Screaming Void, a space junk salvage crew risks their sanity searching for a lost ship.

In The Stolen Planet, an ancient weapon points to the biggest theft in history.

#booksky 📚🪐

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The Chained Space Series

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 7h

Why stop at disappointing your family and friends? If you try hard and believe in yourself, you can disappoint people who’ve never even met you.

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 12h

"Sorry our AI tech curb stomped the economy and boiled the oceans. Please find a new job to pay for our bailout. Thx."

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 12h

The crowd of zombies was like a mass of giant #piranhas. It flowed through the city, stripping screaming civilians to the bone.

The CEO stopped the video. "They're guaranteed to rot in seven days, and then civilian property can be... repurposed."

The Senator nodded. "Cut them a check."

#vss365

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 15h

ACAB (All Cops Are Burgers)

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Miss Riss @missriss.bsky.social · May 27

*peels off resting bitch face to reveal an even more rested and bitchier face*

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 15h

You kids won't remember this, but back in the 70s, a creepy clown gnome would visit you on your birthday. Only kids could see it. If you tried to tell your folks, it would bite the head off your new Stretch Armstrong doll.

A table with a red, white, and pink striped tablecloth, a birthday cake, balloons, ice cream, and a tiny, creepy clown.

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 15h

Some spooky season reading for you all!

Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 1d

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 19h

A writer for The Telegraph referred to someone as "the genius mind behind a meme-filled presidential campaign", which is a painful thing to read.

"Genius" and "meme" should never appear together in the same sentence. They're like "hippopotamus" and "lingerie," or "perfume" and "dog farts."

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 20h

Is reviving an old science fiction TV series "nerdcromancy"?

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 1d

New research shows bedbugs date back to the time of the dinosaurs. Even more amazing: apparently dinosaurs had beds.

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 1d

Apparently they're doing Young Guns 3. Which is a pretty ballsy title, considering the last movie was 35 years ago.

Maybe they should do a prequel instead. "Baby Guns: Bullets & Binkies". Everybody run! It's Billy The Fetus!

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 1d

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People will love your work, sometimes in spite of the tiny flaws, but very often because of them. Keep growing your skills, but don't worry about every little flaw.

Find your readers, your audience, your fans. They'll love your work, mistakes and all.

D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 1d

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...handmade. The imperfections make his work feel "more real." The tiny flaws are charming. It feels like you can see the potter at work, almost like you're looking over his shoulder and watching him make the bowl.

So if you're a writer or an artist or whatever, don't worry so much.

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 1d

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When people go to an art fair or farmer's market and they see a "too perfect" bowl, they assume the potter is just reselling manufactured stuff. It feels "fake," like mass produced junk.

When he's a little less careful and leaves in some small imperfections, people know the bowl is...

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 1d

Here's a good lesson for creative folks:

My wife loves handmade bowls. At the last art fair we went to, we got to talking to a potter, and he admitted that the bowls he sells are intentionally "90% perfect."

He wasn't being lazy. He just knows that "too perfect" bowls actually sell less!

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 1d

Thanks! So nice to hear. 🙂

D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 1d

Some people collect books or stamps. Porter collects lonely people. He wears a long #raincoat, gray as a cloudy sky. He finds folks walking all alone and his magic coat pulls them inside.

I met all my friends inside these plastic pockets. It's nice to finally be included, isn't it?

#vss365

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 2d

Some spooky season reading for you:

A frustrated writer discovers a spell book that promises endless inspiration. Is the strange being she summons really a Muse, or something far more dangerous?

#booksky #kindle #horror

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Silverfish: A Fantasy Horror Story

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 2d

Yep, glad you got the reference! 🐸

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Professor Mitchell @professormitchell.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a reminder that this weekend you can supplement your reading list with the hidden gems in this bundle. There's over 60 stories to enjoy, including science fiction, fantasy, and more, so don't miss out.

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 2d

Let’s just all consider this huge, mostly unguarded pile of money “off limits,” okay?

D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 2d

Worried about pickpockets? Why don’t we just all give our wallets to the biggest, strongest guy?

Some people think a Designated Wallet Holder will inevitably get robbed, or that he’ll spend our money himself, but we’ll just put up a sign saying That’s Against The Rules.

Perfect plan, right?

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 2d

I imagine him with a confused “why are they asking me to do this?” look on his face the whole time, like that chef filming the video about how to mix cheese in a bowl.

D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 2d

Yup, you just need a really, really big blender.

D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 2d

A werewolf movie, except it’s a guy who turns into a corgi whenever his wife asks him to do the dishes.

“Sorry, hon, no opposable thumbs! Looks like I have to spend the afternoon napping in a sunbeam again.”

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