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P.G. Sundling

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A genre-bending #writer with a terse cinematic style. My #sci-fi #thrillers have a dose of hilarious political #satire. 💙📚 🪐📚 #5amWritersClub #ADHD #gamer #dnd Animal lover Give me the benefit of doubt& I will too. Storygraph: pg_sundling Former coder

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · Nov 13

I finished the 2nd edition of my award-winning novel, The Internet President: None of the Above. Let me know if you'd like to read it before publication.

Aliens watch over the election before doomsday. A non-politician changes their name to None of the Above and runs for president.

Book cover of The Election Before Doomsday: A Sci-Fi Political Thriller (None of the Above Book 1) by P.G. Sundling

Cover has a circular opening between two ice caverns. A large vault door is open as two people walk towards the opening towards the Capital Building in the other cavern. A mysterious blue fog glows behind it.

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 31m

That's one way to celebrate a birthday. 😆

Probably better than a butday, a day filled with excuses.

I wanted to give you a birthday card, but...
I knew that I was supposed to have that done today, but...
I was going to come up with a third thing, but...

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 37m

Never. 🙄

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 38m

It may take a while, but I eventually come up with good titles. Your article is solid advice.

Starting with a pitch and title is a good approach for a marketable story.

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 56m

The title evokes this music in my head.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Btw...

John Williams: The Witches of Eastwick: Devil's Dance (Arr. Williams)

YouTube video by Gil Shaham - Topic

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 1h

Now I can finally throw away the scrap of paper that said:

Frenetic kinetic
Bullets speed time slows

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 1h

#5amWritersClub
Becoming the one
Go Instant Education
Insert combat skills

Betrayal inbound
Agents glitch, it's deja vu
Find hero within

Bullets speed time slows
Shoot frenetic kinetic
Matrix overflow

#writingCommunity #writerSky #authorSky #poetry #haiku #poetrySky

a man in a cape is flying through the air

Alt: Neo is dodging bullets in The Matrix, dressed all in black on a rooftop.

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 15h

It's shocking you have less than 100 followers, given your important work in cognitive health.

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 20h

My biggest contrast is all the big plans in the head and all the small amounts on paper.

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 20h

I have a series where the first two books with have "good, you're both here." And "we've got a situation" and the third book is like the punchline. So repeating stuff can have Easter egg uses.

At least that's what I've had planned. Penguins. 🤔

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 20h

Congratulations 🎉 👏 so 😎.

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 21h

Even blah blah blah coffee would have been better. 😆

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 21h

#5amWritersClub
It's one of those morning's where the best I got is blah blah coffee.

#writingCommunity #writerSky #authorSky

a fluffy kitten sitting next to a cup of coffee with steam coming out of it

Alt: a fluffy kitten sitting next to a cup of coffee with steam coming out of it

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 1d

Yep! They're still cops and like customer service reps it's mostly unhappy customers. 😂

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 1d

Joined, but the general channel is overrun with wordle. Other servers often have a chanel for that sort of stuff. Like the Beta Reader Bazaar has one called spam-and-systems for it.

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 2d

I think there was an inkpot group for screenplays that I used go to in LA. Any relationship to that?

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely. And I also skip around in my series too.

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 2d

#5amWritersClub I saved research links into the scenes they relate to.

Not much writing progress, but I started traffic school and paid extra for the Erik Estrada one (classic 70s cop show CHiPs set in my hometown LA). Seems very fitting.

#writingCommunity #writerSky #authorSky

Ponch Chips GIF

Alt: Ponch Chips GIF

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 2d

Woohoo! That makes my day.

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 2d

It's definitely my sensibility. I likely am, although my sense of humor is all over the place. The 2nd edition is darker, but there are still a number of hilarious moments.

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 3d

#5amWritersClub PG and the brain.

Me: OK 🧠, time for sci-fi class assignments.

🧠: Nah.

Me: How about book 1 edits? Work on book 2?

🧠: Double nah. Here's a 534 word short story.

Me: 🤣 well at least I finished something.

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 3d

I'm a novelist working on a 5-novel epic sci-fi series that starts with a non-politician who changes their name to None of the Above and runs for president. Aliens watch Earth slide towards doomsday.

Series escalation is national
-> international
-> interstellar
-> intergalactic
-> multi-verse

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 3d

The way I do it is to have a separate copy of the music with filenames prefixes. I use 0car- prefix for music I listen to in the car. The number is to make it sort right.

Sometimes I list add music to scene notes in Scrivener. I have separate playlist for writing and non-writing.

P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 3d

It's been getting chilly here at night, which is low 50s for those of us spoiled by Los Angeles weather.

Cold enought to get my family is sick though.

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 3d

aww, shucks, P.G.! 🥰♥️

My compression socks have kooky dancing skeletons on them.

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P.G. Sundling @pgsundling.bsky.social · 3d

😍💕 Glorious and calendar appropriate.

You wear colorful compression socks too? That would be yet one more thing we have in common.