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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wrigley sits silent as I bike by in the rain hoping for more games

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can't be as good as the skibidi translation.

A worksheet asking students to translate the prologue from Romeo & Juliet into their own words. The student has translated it into the language of skibidi rizz.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Day 19: “This was a terrible day for you and your family. I cannot change that. I did, actually, and it made things worse.” (from FROM NOW ON) #TimeTravelAuthors

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September 2026 prompts
Day 19: Saturday excerpt (optional word: change)

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We are just hitting all the sportsball this week.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Day 15: "Of course she would think it's happening to her." -the third sentence from page ten of FROM NOW ON #TimeTravelAuthors

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September 2026 prompts
Day 15: Third sentence from page ten

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Day 15: "Eddie closed his eyes." -the third sentence from page ten of BLUE SKIES #TimeTravelAuthors

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September 2026 prompts
Day 15: Third sentence from page 10.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

At the Fire game. I know it's not baseball, but they seem to be enjoying themselves.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Day 11: I don't think Eddie has ever been in a fight before the one in BLUE SKIES, which means his first fight happens while he's about 10,000 feet above ground and falling fast. I guess it's technically also his second fight. And third and fourth, too. #TimeTravelAuthors

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September 2026 prompts
Day 11: Has your MC ever been in a fight?

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Day 9: “Is this heaven? This can’t be heaven, can it?” Another long pause. “What is ‘heaven,’ Eddie Walters?” Eddie tried to sit up. His body stubbornly did nothing. “Where am I?” “New Jersey.” Eddie laughed. “Not heaven, then.” (from BLUE SKIES) #TimeTravelAuthors

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September 2026 prompts
Day 9: Wednesday post-sized snippet (optional word: laugh)

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Day 5: "But, this wasn’t bees or whatever it was at the top of that tree. This was a bullet, and after whizzing right by Eddie’s ear, it planted itself into Allison's forehead, or Trevor-14’s forehead, or whoever it was Eddie was still attached to." From BLUE SKIES #TimeTravelAuthors

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September 2026 prompts
Day 5: Saturday excerpt (optional word: plant)

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

See now I'm stumped on this one because it depends on the rest of the haiku

QUESTION 38 OF 60

poem
⚪ one syllable
⚪ two syllables

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Day 3: BLUE SKIES and FROM NOW ON both begin around now-ish (at the exact same moment, in fact). FROM NOW ON ends about fifty years later, and BLUE SKIES ends in 2142. #TimeTravelAuthors

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September 2026 prompts
Day 3: How much time passes in your story?

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Day 1: In BLUE SKIES, Eddie falls out of a plane. Then he falls out of the plane again. And again. Until he gets it right. In FROM NOW ON, Annie watches her dad fall out of a plane. Then she watches him fall again. And again. Until she gets her part right too. #TimeTravelAuthors

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September 2026 prompts
Day 1: Introduce your story (optional word: fall)

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is the page that made me fall in love with him forever.

The first page of The Stand by Stephen King, featuring quotes from Bruce Springsteen, Blue Oyster Cult, and Country Joe and the Fish

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I got this photo today right before this guy attacked me. Thought I was a goner for a minute there.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I gotta be honest, your email isn't finding me here.

Low tide rocky beaches on the coast of Maine

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

One of the fun things about writing @haikuformykids.bsky.social is that every time I take a picture, I think about where the #haiku is going to go. #haikuSaturday

Two kids sitting on rocks looking out at the Atlantic Ocean

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Here she is reading in a canoe on a sand bar about an hour north of Ogunquit.

A woman is sitting in a canoe on a sand bar in Maine, reading The Stand.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It is a perfect summer morning in Maine. Just absolutely perfect. We're going to get in that canoe over there and paddle across to our little low tide sand bar beach on the other side.

A small tributary of the Kennebec River, close to the Atlantic Ocean. A ramp leads down to a floating dock at low tide, with a canoe and dinghy tied up. Further out in the water, a motorboat is moored. A perfect blue sky with fluffy white clouds opens up behind a line of pine trees across the water.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We went to the Maine Maritime Museum today and happened to run into the Declaration of Independence.

One of 26 surviving copies of the Dunlap broadside, the printing of the Declaration of Independence that was sent to states to review before signing. It's in a glass case, with the Kennebec River visible through windows in the background.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I know the air quality was rough in some places yesterday, but it did make the Salem Witch Museum look really cool.

The Salem Witch Museum in a strange orange light

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Me: Biking home, wondering how the Cubs did today. Wrigley Field:

The back of the scoreboard at Wrigley Field. A white flag with a blue W flies at the top of a flagpole, letting neighbors know the Cubs won today.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

My daughter got to be the honorary manager at the Quad Cities River Bandits game tonight! Also, it's a beautiful night for baseball.

My daughter shaking the umpire's hand during the pregame meeting on the field.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Day 9: If the Professor had never discovered time travel in BLUE SKIES and FROM NOW ON, I guess it would be better for Eddie. But it would be a lot worse for all of the rest of us. #TimeTravelAuthors

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June 2026 prompts
Day 9: Would it be better for your characters if time travel never existed?

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A couple of months ago, I wrote a short bedtime story for my daughter to discover on a school camping trip. Today, I discovered that she's taped the story up on the wall in her bedroom. And that's my favorite review ever.

A bedtime story, printed on paper, taped to a wall.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I wrote this as a reminder but it accidentally became a poem.

the last of winter
is on the drying rack

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Day 3: He raised another hand, and that one wasn’t his either. He looked down, hoping to see familiar legs but knowing better. Eddie stood up. Whoever’s body this was, he was in control of it now. -from BLUE SKIES #TimeTravelAuthors

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June 2026 prompts
Day 3: Wednesday snippet (optional word "raise")

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Day 1: (spoilers! 😯😁) In the opening scene of BLUE SKIES (and its companion piece, FROM NOW ON), Eddie jumps out of an airplane without a parachute, and he dies before he hits the ground. That turns out to be a lucky break for Eddie. For all of us, really. #TimeTravelAuthors

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June 2026 prompts
Day 1: Introduce your story (optional: use the word break)

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Day 31: My choice is for you to read BLUE SKIES, and then read FROM NOW ON, and then read them both together page by page. Because I seriously wrote them so they would work that way. I hope. #TimeTravelAuthors

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May 2026 prompts
Day 31: Author's choice/promo

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Day 21: In SEVENTEEN MINUTES OF RAIN, Hannah meets her dad when she travels from 2016 to 1984, when he was about the same age she is now. She plays baseball with him. Hangs out at his house. His mom (her grandma) makes them snacks. He doesn't know who she really is. #TimeTravelAuthors

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May 2026 prompts
Day 21: Do characters meet any relatives when they time travel?

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I figured out how to make a story work this morning and I wrote this note to help me remember, but it's a total spoiler so I'm going to need you to forget you ever saw this.

A note that says

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE FUTURE BUT IT'S NOT

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

My daughter read Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret recently and the new cover design shook me.

New cover of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. The title is written as text bubbles, and it's followed by a ... from the other person in the chat.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Chicago. We've got Hamm's on tap and poetry on the walls. I love this city.

A brick wall, one side of a neighborhood bar in Chicago. Carl Sanburg's poem Chicago is painted on the wall.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Day 19: I'm not sure how organized Annie is when we first meet her as a kid in FROM NOW ON (and BLUE SKIES too), but by the end of the story she has to organize a global response to an existential crisis (um, several times) so I hope she's more organized than I am. #TimeTravelAuthors

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May 2026 prompts
Day 19: How organized are your characters?

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Update: we're up 4-1 (I think), and I've got a new story. I'll type it up and post it on my Patreon when we get home.

I'm holding a prompt journal, open to a new story I've just written, as kids play baseball in the background.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Time to pick a prompt and watch some baseball.

I'm holding a book (Create A Story: a prompt journal to help you write a story) while kids play baseball in the background.

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Day 13: I looked through all my stories, and surprisingly found no peace. Not sure what to make of that. #TimeTravelAuthors

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May 2026 prompts
Day 13: post-sized snippet (optional word "peace")

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