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Mike Diamond
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✍️ Writing YA Sci-Fi “Brilliance of Earth—Tangle and Tether” (sapphic and STEM)

📘 Nonfiction book on ethical phishing “Swim Like a Phish” (under consideration).

🤲 Excited to help build community! Especially in the arts 💖✨
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Mike Diamond @mikediamond.bsky.social · May 23
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The tangled mysteries of Dark meet the emotional resonance of A Wrinkle in Time, with the speculative science of The Three-Body Problem and the heartfelt tethers of His Dark Materials.

More below, also in the Alt text. Feedback appreciated, thanks!

#wippit #SF #YA #LGBT #LF #FBW
Brilliance Overland is a prodigy who craves answers and adventure. Her invention— latticed entanglement aperture passthroughs (LEAP)—opens a quantum-based wormhole to a world more advanced, yet far more backward than she imagined. With her best friend Annie, Brilliance enrolls at Avram Circle, the premier science academy in a system of interlinked worlds, hoping to unravel their origins. But in a place where every relationship is entangled, every truth is knotted with lies, and every discovery leads to deeper complexity, Brilliance finds that her will and scientific principles alone can’t untangle the mess. Brilliance relies on Annie’s empathy to navigate the social brambles rooted in this new world, but as Brilliance buries her own “unproductive” feelings, Annie’s patience frays. When their friendship is tested, Brilliance must confront the tethers that bind her: Unspoken grief for her mother, whose voice and lessons echo as AI in her mind; the causal chains that connect her actions to unintended consequences; and the realization that even in a universe of infinite possibility, some bonds—of love, loss, and home—are impossible to sever. To survive forces that want to control them, Brilliance must learn that true understanding isn’t just about unraveling mysteries, but about embracing the beautiful, messy tangle of relationships and the tethers that hold us together—even across worlds. Themes: - Quantum entanglement as a metaphor for the complexity and messiness of relationships, regardless of time or distance. - Tethering as both a source of strength (home, love, memory) and a challenge (grief, responsibility, causality) - The interplay between scientific genius and emotional intelligence - The search for origins—of worlds, of self, of the bonds that shape us
mikediamond.bsky.social
Be like a Roomba.
Wandering the same space, bumping into the same walls, sucking.
But when left alone, a chore done.

Or smeared cat shit.

Either way, a story 🤷‍♀️
adwills.bsky.social A.D. @adwills.bsky.social · 19h
If it sucks today, and it sucks tomorrow, and it sucks the next day, and sucks next week, and sucks next month, I keep going, and maybe eventually, it won't suck, but that shit doesn't happen if I give up. It's easier said than done. It is. But man, I've got to keep going. And I hope you do, too🍀
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
mikediamond.bsky.social
TBFW (to be finished writing):

Brilliance of Earth, Book One: Tangle and Tether
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TBR: Nothing planned, considering Coffeeshop was n an Alternate Universe by C B Lee, looks 🌈🚀😊
#Bookvember
woodenvelt.bsky.social Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 1d
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 29!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and discuss your reading habits.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Bookvember, a book share prompt game for writers and readers by @woodenvelt.bsky.social Day 29: What books are at the top of your current TBR (to be read) or TBW (to be written)? #Bookvember. Use alt text for images. Have fun and interact with others!
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
mikediamond.bsky.social
D&D Thanksgiving blessing:
May your troll turkey regenerate
Repeated deliciousness
May your family venerate
How you control your viciousness
As you flay it flawless
Quicker than it can heal
And may your diners’ bites haul ass
To consume their endless meal
#poetry #DandD #Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by Mike Diamond
juliemarchbooks.bsky.social
Y'know objectively my library kind of sucks. They've never once bought anything I've requested while blowing an unfathomable budget on Amish romances. But I'm still not gonna run out and pirate from indie authors
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
mikediamond.bsky.social
Not the wurst idea…
theworldsgreatestwriter.com June Martin @theworldsgreatestwriter.com · 8d
MTG is resigning from Congress because she has agreed to be my business partner in a cart selling the world's first alcoholic hot dogs
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
mikediamond.bsky.social
Seriously…
#StudentLoans #CancelStudentLoanDebt #FreeCollege
Just a big yellow box that has my foolish musing: “If the Dept. of Ed is dismantled, how can anyone default on a student loan? Asking for 43.4M friends...”
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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hillarymonahan.bsky.social
An illustration of a man holding a knife against a creature of roots and trees. Caption: when you find a year old potato in the farthest corner of your pantry The man says HOLY SHIT
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
mikediamond.bsky.social
My friend Jak’s helpful take on not just word count as a (sometimes) useful metric, but other ways to measure progress.

#5amwritersclub #amwriting #writerslife #writing #WIP #poetry #wattpad #mustread #BookWorm #amreading #NaNoWriMo #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #weeknightwriters
Size Matters – Word Count
Dic-tion measuring contests are bad for writers
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November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Trust me, it will be obvious.
#redacted
Text on screen “For future reference: ████ = Trump”
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Trust me, it will be obvious.
#redacted
Text on screen “For future reference: ████ = Trump”
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
mikediamond.bsky.social
Greatest out-of-context Beatles lyric:

“I think I’m gonna be sad. I think it’s today.”

#sadsky
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
mikediamond.bsky.social
Who’s silly?
Fusilli
Corkscrew made of pasta?
Disasta!
Open a wine
You think you’ll drink?
Most misthunk
Noodle twisted
On misbelief,
Already drunk

#poetry #writingcommunity #writesky
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Reposted by Mike Diamond
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Brilliance Overland is always mucking about for the sake of science with only secondary concerns for rules or others 🤷‍♀️
#novmember 3
a woman in a white dress is holding a futuristic device in her hands and talking to a man .
Alt: The scientist girl from Black Panther is displaying a hologram and saying for research purposes. She’s implying that the Panther use something not allowed.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Reposted by Mike Diamond
sagetgreene.bsky.social
Happy Halloween 🎃

#Novmemeber starts tomorrow! Feel free to participate around holidays and life— take part whichever days suit you, and catch up/drop in whenever, if you like!

Prompts daily at 12 AM EST

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingQ
A prompt game for the month of November, titled #Novmemeber (as in meme). Hosted by @sagetgreene.bsky.social . The bottom says "Have fun, interact, and remember alt text!" There is a silly emoji face with wild eyes and tongue sticking out, and some fall-style leaves in the corners. Prompts: 1. Introduce yourself w/predictive text (e.g. “I’m _ and I write about...”) 2. With a GIF: the vibes of your WIP 3. A meme that summarizes your MC 4. Inside jokes/references in WIP 5. Your Antagonist’s green flags 6. A song that reminds you of your WIP 7. With a GIF: MC at the start of WIP 8. Write your WIP’s plot using only emojis 9. Draw your MC in 60 secs 10. Get to know the author: a fun fact about YOU 11. What is your MC’s fursona? 12. With a GIF: how do you feel about editing? 13. A meme that would make one of your characters laugh (who/why?) 14. Draw your Antagonist in 60 secs 15. Describe your MC’s home like a real estate listing 16. Anti-comps (what’s the OPPOSITE of your WIP?) 17. What subject could your MC info-dump about? 18. A meme that summarizes a secondary character 19. An alternate title for your WIP 20. With a GIF: out-of-context spoiler 21. A song you think your MC would like (purely vibes!) 22. Your MC’s red flags 23. With a GIF: MC at the end of WIP 24. What is your Antagonist’s fursona? 25. Anti-tropes (tropes you’ve purposely avoided or put a twist?) 26. A meme that summarizes your Antagonist 27. Fan-cast at least 1 character 28. A song on your writing playlist 29. With a GIF: how was your month? 30. Tell us where to buy/support and don’t be subtle!
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
mikediamond.bsky.social
Super curious and excited for the sci-fi comp finder :-)
aealexander.bsky.social Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · Oct 28
The fantasy comp-finder database has been updated with 2025 titles! Use it to find comps for your query letter or just to find awesome new books to read in your favourite subgenres.

I'm updating the sci-fi one next.

www.aealexander.com/comp-finder-... #Querying #Writing #Reading #Fantasy
Comp-Finder Databases — Allison Alexander
Looking for comparative titles for your query letter? Access these databases of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror novels published in the last five years.
www.aealexander.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
mikediamond.bsky.social
I’m even ok with a posthumous trial.
oakbrook.bsky.social 💚🧡💙Oakbrook❤️💛💜 @oakbrook.bsky.social · Oct 21
I'm looking forward to turning the orange felon murderer over to the ICC for international trial! The whole world will cheer!
jessicatarlov.bsky.social Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · Oct 21
The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no evidence they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had proof, they’d face a court, not a drone.

The law still applies, even to suspected drug traffickers, and right now, the Administration’s story isn’t adding up.
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Gendarmes involved in the case debate relevance of receipt for ladder (taped to ladder) and note on receipt: “Return to ladder store after jewel heist.“
October 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
mikediamond.bsky.social
Better survival rates! Go mRNA!
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
mikediamond.bsky.social
A poem in 3 parts:
Dreamiest God Bod by Creamiest Nut Pods

I’ve sworn a stand against the bland.
Those grand aloof, forlorn
By tooth worn 🦷
Or gums torn
And youth already mourned,
Shorn so soon past being born
Would scorn this toffee coffee porn. ☕️

1/3
#Poetry
A candy corn flavored coffee creamer from nut pods.
October 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
mikediamond.bsky.social
I cut myself on a piece of writing today, it stung! Sobbed a bit. Then I remembered, that’s the point.
#writincommunity #writerscommunity
October 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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If you see this, post a robot
October 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
mikediamond.bsky.social
If you write poorly, you suffer the slow improvement of practice AND the struggle to shape what you feel.

If you write well, you suffer that same practice, that same struggle, AND reliving your artful embodiment of emotions.

#writingcommunity
October 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
mikediamond.bsky.social
Let’s not try to be
Right or wrong
Let’s not try to be
Weak or strong
Let’s just try to move along
Together

Let’s not try to be
Last or first
Let’s not try to be
Best or worst
Let’s stop moving in reverse
Together

#poetry
October 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
mikediamond.bsky.social
Writing as a pilgrimage…

…may not necessitate deep suffering—but discomfort?
Ch-yeah.
It’s a journey to, in part, develop patience. A cerebral lurch to the church. Ego’s skin baking in the sun, flayed in the wind. Nourishing the soul in lieu of the flesh (coffee over food 😅).
#writingcommunity
September 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
mikediamond.bsky.social
Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?
#existentialdreadcommunity
mikediamond.bsky.social Mike Diamond @mikediamond.bsky.social · Sep 30
Challenge accepted
A paper flyer pinned to a corkboard in a coffee shop. From a distance, it looks like a lost cat flyer was little phone number tabs at the bottom that people can tear off, which some people already have done. By upon reading the flyer, it’s something much deeper. Here’s the text: LOST! Are you lost? Depressed? Hopeless about the climate crisis, rising fascism, and the possibility of a lost future? This is your sign to join Sunrise Movement. Sunrise is building a movement of young people across race and class to stop the climate crisis and win a Green New Deal. We will force the government to end the reign of fossil fuel elites, invest in Black, brown and working class communities, and create millions of good union jobs. We're on a mission to put everyday people back in charge and build a world that works for all of us, now and for generations to come. This cat's name is Remi. She's fine. But are you? SUNRISE MOVEMENT smymt.org/pdxlink I need hope Billionaires can eat my *** Anything for comrade Remi I'm about to be so optimism pilled This movement will change me forever
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM