JP Spalding - #amQuerying SciFi 🪐
@jpspalding.com
Scifi writer working on a trilogy about terraforming and the consultants who are supposed to help.
Forthcoming work in Schlock! Magazine, Club Chixculub, and the Tangled Roots Anthology.
Buy my novella about birds. Mybook.to/BTBW
JpSpalding.com
Forthcoming work in Schlock! Magazine, Club Chixculub, and the Tangled Roots Anthology.
Buy my novella about birds. Mybook.to/BTBW
JpSpalding.com
Last book read: The Stars Will Be Our Ocean (beta read) by @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social
Current read: Bee 🐝 Speaker by @aptshadow.bsky.social
Newest on TBR: Light from Uncommon Stars
Next Read: Down Below Station by CJ Cherryh
#bookSky #amReading
Current read: Bee 🐝 Speaker by @aptshadow.bsky.social
Newest on TBR: Light from Uncommon Stars
Next Read: Down Below Station by CJ Cherryh
#bookSky #amReading
- Last book read: LEVEL UP by @paisley-rose.bsky.social
- Current read: LIGHTS OUT by Navessa Allen
- Newest on TBR: LIES AND WEDDINGS by Kevin Kwan
- Next read: ??? I'm a mood reader, I'll decide later
#Booksky #AmReading #TBR
- Current read: LIGHTS OUT by Navessa Allen
- Newest on TBR: LIES AND WEDDINGS by Kevin Kwan
- Next read: ??? I'm a mood reader, I'll decide later
#Booksky #AmReading #TBR
Halt! This is a bookish checkpoint.
Last book read: Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews
Current read: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Newest on TBR: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Next Read: Shift by Hugh Howey
#booksky #amreading #TBR
Last book read: Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews
Current read: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Newest on TBR: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Next Read: Shift by Hugh Howey
#booksky #amreading #TBR
January 29, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Last book read: The Stars Will Be Our Ocean (beta read) by @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social
Current read: Bee 🐝 Speaker by @aptshadow.bsky.social
Newest on TBR: Light from Uncommon Stars
Next Read: Down Below Station by CJ Cherryh
#bookSky #amReading
Current read: Bee 🐝 Speaker by @aptshadow.bsky.social
Newest on TBR: Light from Uncommon Stars
Next Read: Down Below Station by CJ Cherryh
#bookSky #amReading
I’m signed up for the @writingdaywksp.bsky.social Seattle writers conference in May! Love the scifi representation among the agents!
I went once a few years ago and it was life changing, really spectacular for a single day event. It’s worth it, I’m flying out for it!
#WritingCommunity
I went once a few years ago and it was life changing, really spectacular for a single day event. It’s worth it, I’m flying out for it!
#WritingCommunity
January 29, 2026 at 4:59 AM
I’m signed up for the @writingdaywksp.bsky.social Seattle writers conference in May! Love the scifi representation among the agents!
I went once a few years ago and it was life changing, really spectacular for a single day event. It’s worth it, I’m flying out for it!
#WritingCommunity
I went once a few years ago and it was life changing, really spectacular for a single day event. It’s worth it, I’m flying out for it!
#WritingCommunity
Update: the first draft is finished! A wild ride of 3 months, perhaps the fastest I’ve finished a draft.
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
As I write the epilogue to my fun space opera book about terraforming gone wrong, I return to the tried and true music track that I’ve probably listened to 100 times over the course of crafting this story~
#amWriting #WriteSky
#amWriting #WriteSky
VERMILLION - ( NO AI Music) Epic Cinematic Space Journey Music | Sci-Fi Ambient Cinematic
YouTube video by AMBIENT CIVILIZATION
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January 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Update: the first draft is finished! A wild ride of 3 months, perhaps the fastest I’ve finished a draft.
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
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I think my favorite thing about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the relationship between Odo & Quark. Like they fight all the time but they enjoy it. You know if one of them left the station, the other would be totally lost.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I think my favorite thing about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the relationship between Odo & Quark. Like they fight all the time but they enjoy it. You know if one of them left the station, the other would be totally lost.
As I write the epilogue to my fun space opera book about terraforming gone wrong, I return to the tried and true music track that I’ve probably listened to 100 times over the course of crafting this story~
#amWriting #WriteSky
#amWriting #WriteSky
VERMILLION - ( NO AI Music) Epic Cinematic Space Journey Music | Sci-Fi Ambient Cinematic
YouTube video by AMBIENT CIVILIZATION
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
As I write the epilogue to my fun space opera book about terraforming gone wrong, I return to the tried and true music track that I’ve probably listened to 100 times over the course of crafting this story~
#amWriting #WriteSky
#amWriting #WriteSky
Reading The Count Of Monte Cristo and there’s a line that goes:
“the expression on Signor Pastrini’s face… would be impossible to describe”
And apparently the greats can get away with anything 😆
#BookSky #BookTok #amReading
“the expression on Signor Pastrini’s face… would be impossible to describe”
And apparently the greats can get away with anything 😆
#BookSky #BookTok #amReading
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Reading The Count Of Monte Cristo and there’s a line that goes:
“the expression on Signor Pastrini’s face… would be impossible to describe”
And apparently the greats can get away with anything 😆
#BookSky #BookTok #amReading
“the expression on Signor Pastrini’s face… would be impossible to describe”
And apparently the greats can get away with anything 😆
#BookSky #BookTok #amReading
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By the way the audiobook of my Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning novella AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT is still 85% off (!!) at @libro.fm for seven more days! They got a little countdown there! :)
Death! Revenge! Feminine rage! Weird canal fish!
Death! Revenge! Feminine rage! Weird canal fish!
And What Can We Offer You Tonight Audiobook on Libro.fm
In a far future city, where you can fall to a government cull for a single mistake, And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed tells the story of Jewel, established courtesan in a luxurious H...
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January 26, 2026 at 6:51 PM
By the way the audiobook of my Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning novella AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT is still 85% off (!!) at @libro.fm for seven more days! They got a little countdown there! :)
Death! Revenge! Feminine rage! Weird canal fish!
Death! Revenge! Feminine rage! Weird canal fish!
My first time diving into a sequel as part of a planned trilogy and it is so difficult to wrap my head around 😵💫 so far I’ve got a list of ‘unresolved conflicts’ and the starting conditions for each character.
I just hope I can match the tension and twists of the first book 🚀
#WritingCommunity ✍️
I just hope I can match the tension and twists of the first book 🚀
#WritingCommunity ✍️
January 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM
My first time diving into a sequel as part of a planned trilogy and it is so difficult to wrap my head around 😵💫 so far I’ve got a list of ‘unresolved conflicts’ and the starting conditions for each character.
I just hope I can match the tension and twists of the first book 🚀
#WritingCommunity ✍️
I just hope I can match the tension and twists of the first book 🚀
#WritingCommunity ✍️
“…as a writer you don’t have to explain everything—you don’t have to recruit your character’s feelings and line them up across from your character’s actions, with the black-and-white symmetry of a chess game.”
-Karen Russell
Read this for a writing workshop and it really spoke to me 🧵
#WriteSky ✍️
-Karen Russell
Read this for a writing workshop and it really spoke to me 🧵
#WriteSky ✍️
January 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM
“…as a writer you don’t have to explain everything—you don’t have to recruit your character’s feelings and line them up across from your character’s actions, with the black-and-white symmetry of a chess game.”
-Karen Russell
Read this for a writing workshop and it really spoke to me 🧵
#WriteSky ✍️
-Karen Russell
Read this for a writing workshop and it really spoke to me 🧵
#WriteSky ✍️
While it was still sort of nice out, we took Fig to wash park for her first time—needless to say she was overstimulated by the smells and the people and the squirrels.
A good breather from writing to reset and digest the fresh outlines before I dive in.
#DogsOfBsky 🐕 #WritingCommunity
A good breather from writing to reset and digest the fresh outlines before I dive in.
#DogsOfBsky 🐕 #WritingCommunity
January 26, 2026 at 12:50 AM
While it was still sort of nice out, we took Fig to wash park for her first time—needless to say she was overstimulated by the smells and the people and the squirrels.
A good breather from writing to reset and digest the fresh outlines before I dive in.
#DogsOfBsky 🐕 #WritingCommunity
A good breather from writing to reset and digest the fresh outlines before I dive in.
#DogsOfBsky 🐕 #WritingCommunity
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The sci-fi art of John Berkey
Berkey, along with Burns, Foss, Harris, Whelan and Mead defined sci-fi art for me growing up.
Berkey, along with Burns, Foss, Harris, Whelan and Mead defined sci-fi art for me growing up.
January 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The sci-fi art of John Berkey
Berkey, along with Burns, Foss, Harris, Whelan and Mead defined sci-fi art for me growing up.
Berkey, along with Burns, Foss, Harris, Whelan and Mead defined sci-fi art for me growing up.
Today’s random writing research search terms:
Plant endosperm
inertial frame
Mise-en-scéne
Earth Harp
Dog Star, Sirius
#amWriting #WriteSky #SciFi
Plant endosperm
inertial frame
Mise-en-scéne
Earth Harp
Dog Star, Sirius
#amWriting #WriteSky #SciFi
January 22, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Today’s random writing research search terms:
Plant endosperm
inertial frame
Mise-en-scéne
Earth Harp
Dog Star, Sirius
#amWriting #WriteSky #SciFi
Plant endosperm
inertial frame
Mise-en-scéne
Earth Harp
Dog Star, Sirius
#amWriting #WriteSky #SciFi
Continuing to fill out my character chart for PlanetSide 🪐 even as I hit 57k words on the manuscript itself.
All these insights in how characters are similar or different, how they see each other and why they butt heads, I’ll need l for the sequels~
#amPlotting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
All these insights in how characters are similar or different, how they see each other and why they butt heads, I’ll need l for the sequels~
#amPlotting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
January 22, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Continuing to fill out my character chart for PlanetSide 🪐 even as I hit 57k words on the manuscript itself.
All these insights in how characters are similar or different, how they see each other and why they butt heads, I’ll need l for the sequels~
#amPlotting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
All these insights in how characters are similar or different, how they see each other and why they butt heads, I’ll need l for the sequels~
#amPlotting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Happy #WetChickenWednesday 🐓 from Jemma who is mad cause he’s gotta be locked up while we drive to Colorado Springs. But that didn’t stop him from having a bath 🛁 in his fresh water bowl
#ParrotsofBsky 🪶
#ParrotsofBsky 🪶
January 21, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Happy #WetChickenWednesday 🐓 from Jemma who is mad cause he’s gotta be locked up while we drive to Colorado Springs. But that didn’t stop him from having a bath 🛁 in his fresh water bowl
#ParrotsofBsky 🪶
#ParrotsofBsky 🪶
First draft done on a 3500 word short story today, it needs work, I want to change the beginning, I hate the middle, and the ending leaves much to be desired, but the first draft is there~
#AmWriting #WriteSky
#AmWriting #WriteSky
January 21, 2026 at 5:21 AM
First draft done on a 3500 word short story today, it needs work, I want to change the beginning, I hate the middle, and the ending leaves much to be desired, but the first draft is there~
#AmWriting #WriteSky
#AmWriting #WriteSky
Warming up before tonight’s short story workshop with see inspo from @clarkesworldmagazine.com at Corvus coffee ☕️
#shortFiction #amReading #BookSkyo
#shortFiction #amReading #BookSkyo
January 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Warming up before tonight’s short story workshop with see inspo from @clarkesworldmagazine.com at Corvus coffee ☕️
#shortFiction #amReading #BookSkyo
#shortFiction #amReading #BookSkyo
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Fiction submissions are open now!
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Fiction submissions are open now!
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
January 19, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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Blueskis, studies have shown that when folks see or hear about a book more than five times, they are likely to check it out, and buy it.
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
January 18, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Blueskis, studies have shown that when folks see or hear about a book more than five times, they are likely to check it out, and buy it.
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
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I love the USS Athena #StarfleetAcademy
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 AM
I love the USS Athena #StarfleetAcademy
Today’s writing session random research Google terms:
“Polynesia”
“What is Newtons 2nd Law”
“Barnard’s Star”
“What is Upmarket Fiction”
“Innate Language”
“Planetary names”
#amWriting #WriteSky
#DontJudgeMe ✍️
“Polynesia”
“What is Newtons 2nd Law”
“Barnard’s Star”
“What is Upmarket Fiction”
“Innate Language”
“Planetary names”
#amWriting #WriteSky
#DontJudgeMe ✍️
January 17, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Today’s writing session random research Google terms:
“Polynesia”
“What is Newtons 2nd Law”
“Barnard’s Star”
“What is Upmarket Fiction”
“Innate Language”
“Planetary names”
#amWriting #WriteSky
#DontJudgeMe ✍️
“Polynesia”
“What is Newtons 2nd Law”
“Barnard’s Star”
“What is Upmarket Fiction”
“Innate Language”
“Planetary names”
#amWriting #WriteSky
#DontJudgeMe ✍️
Just finished book one and started the series (just bought book two in hardcover but I will be getting the paperback when it comes out in August)
The hype is REAL. This was so much fun, so honestly thrilling and twisty it was everything I wanted and more
#BookSky #BookTok #amReading 💙📚
The hype is REAL. This was so much fun, so honestly thrilling and twisty it was everything I wanted and more
#BookSky #BookTok #amReading 💙📚
January 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Just finished book one and started the series (just bought book two in hardcover but I will be getting the paperback when it comes out in August)
The hype is REAL. This was so much fun, so honestly thrilling and twisty it was everything I wanted and more
#BookSky #BookTok #amReading 💙📚
The hype is REAL. This was so much fun, so honestly thrilling and twisty it was everything I wanted and more
#BookSky #BookTok #amReading 💙📚
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Maybe an unpopular opinion:
Despite it's name, Space Opera has far too little singing.
Despite it's name, Space Opera has far too little singing.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Maybe an unpopular opinion:
Despite it's name, Space Opera has far too little singing.
Despite it's name, Space Opera has far too little singing.