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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 28/09/2026

Men would rather talk to an AI agent than their wives.

Daniel Rausch broke down what's new with Alexa Plus. He's vice president of Amazon's Alexa and Echo.
You know, I always wanted to be able to plan a great date night out with my wife, say, with Alexa, and have her take care of coordinating calendars and then finding a restaurant, maybe buying some concert tickets, etc.

Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 26/09/2026

Love that they’re pulling our podcasts for “infringing” but you know what *is* still there? These ridiculous scams where they claim to offer the whole book text but if you play the preview it’s a voice singing that to download the book, visit the link in the description.

Screenshot of a spam piracy entry for The Mouse and the Motorcycle on Spotify.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 24/09/2026

It's funny how I feel like I've waited all this time and it's STILL two months until my book comes out. But two months it is! ETERNITY'S TOMB. November 24. Plenty of time to preorder a signed copy, ebook, or audiobook! Doesn't it look nice? dmoren.com/writing/eternitys-...

Me holding the first copy of Eternity’s Tomb!

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 16/09/2026

Thanks to vacation, start of school, and a bunch of other stuff, it took me longer than I'd hoped, and I ended up shooting past my initial estimated word count, but the first draft of the next book is...done. The words, there they are! Next up, the far harder task of making them the right ones.

A white pop-up window with a green checkmark in the center. The checkmark is inside a green circle. The window has text above and below the circle: 91,326 of 85,000 words.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 03/09/2026

@bencjenkins.bsky.social You have the opportunity to make the funniest audition tape of all time.

TELEVISION
Dungeons & Dragons"
'Ravenloft' Live-Action
Series From Alfonso Cuarón in the Works at
Netflix
The series will be an origin story for the classic 'D&D' baddie Count Strahd von
Zarovich.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 30/08/2026

Sigh. I see I need to pull this out again.

Simpsons sign meme: DO NOT LOOK TO CORPORATIONS FOR POLITICAL ACTIVISM

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 27/08/2026

Just as a reminder, if you're at Worldcon this week, I'll be around, so catch me if you can. That includes a live show of my nerdy quiz podcast Inconceivable! on Saturday at 3pm!

Where to find me at
Worldcon
Thursday, August 27, 2026 15:00 PDT 18:00 EDT
2 Are We Really Tired of Superhero
Movies?
256A (ACC North), Duration: 60 mins
Saturday, August 29, 2026
09:00 PDT 12:00 EDT
* The Future of Star Wars on
Television
263B (ACC North), Duration: 60 mins
15:00 PDT 18:00 EDT
* Inconceivable! The Game Show of •
Nerdery and Nonsense
259 (ACC North), Duration: 60 mins
18:00 PDT 21:00 EDT
* What the heck is Military Science
Fiction anyhow?
Redondo (Hilton), Duration: 60 mins

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 13/08/2026

My next book, ETERNITY'S TOMB, comes out in just a few months and I think it's pretty great, but you don't have to take my word for it. See what all these lovely people had to say! dmoren.com/writing/eter...

"A RAMBUNCTIOUS, SNARKY THRILL RIDE with enough creepy to raise goosebumps, and so much heart I couldn't stop myself from cheering on the idiots who thought the whole RAIDERS OF THE LOST TOMB thing was a good idea." -Adam Oyebanji, author of Esperance

"A rip-roaring space adventure full of found family, deadly traps
and bad decisions." - Cameron Johnston, author of First Mage On
The Moon

"THE SPACE CAPER TO BEAT THEM ALL, equal parts hilarious and heartfelt, with more TWISTS AND TRAPS than a mile-long escape room. My money's on THE MURDER BIRD!" -Helene Wecker, author of The Golem and the Jinni Trilogy

"Weaves together the best elements of HEIST and SCI-FI DUNGEON- CRAWL-a floating tomb, a black hole, traps and puzzles, a crew fueled by SNARK and old business-into a well-paced narrative that deftly balances real stakes and adventure. Moren spins his tale with WIT and HEART and HUMOR: I laughed out loud more than once." -K. Eason, author of The Thorne Chronicles

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 12/08/2026

Ah, yes, very clearly the weapon used by every fascistic police force in dystopian science fiction. Great to see they’re leaning into it.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2026 AT 12:58 PM
ICE wants to give agents electrified gloves that shock people into compliance
JESS WEATHERBED
THE VERGE

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 03/08/2026

My deepest darkest author desire? To have Billy Zane blurb one of my books so that my entire marketing plan is simply this GIF.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 01/08/2026

The only elected leader I recognize.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 31/07/2026

I’ll be at @laworldcon.bsky.social at the end of August; here’s where you can catch me, including a live performance of my nerdy game show Inconceivable!

Where to find me at
Worldcon
Thursday, August 27, 2026 15:00 PDT 18:00 EDT
* Are We Really Tired of Superhero
Movies?
256A (ACC North), Duration: 60 mins
Saturday, August 29, 2026
09:00 PDT 12:00 EDT
* The Future of Star Wars on
Television
263B (ACC North), Duration: 60 mins
15:00 PDT 18:00 EDT
* Inconceivable! The Game Show of •
Nerdery and Nonsense
259 (ACC North), Duration: 60 mins
18:00 PDT 21:00 EDT
* What the heck is Military Science
•
Fiction anyhow?
Redondo (Hilton), Duration: 60 mins

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 22/07/2026

I was thinking very Bill Hader.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 21/07/2026

Hey, you. Yeah, you. You look like the kind of person who likes a good deal. Well, until Friday, you can pre-order my upcoming sci-fi heist caper, ETERNITY'S TOMB for 25% off at Waterstones. Just use code SUMMER26. www.waterstones.com/book/eternit...

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 14/07/2026

This is my new favorite instance of book marketing spam. Ah, yes, the line that really stuck with you is THE ENTIRE DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK.

MS
Maya Smith
To: Dan Moren >
10:21 PM
Eternity's Tomb
Dear Dan Moren,
There's a line from your description of
Eternity's Tomb that I haven't been able to
stop thinking about: that the score of a lifetime
is out there, just waiting to be claimed, and
that millennia ago, an advanced civilization
sent its entombed king hurtling through the
stars to a supermassive black hole, with his
riches buried with him, and now a ragtag
group of five treasure hunters and thieves
comprising various species must find and
break into this tomb while navigating their
complicated relationships with each other,
surviving its deadly defenses, and getting out
with the treasure, all without dying. I've
worked with a lot of novels for what I do, and
that sentence describes something genuinely
rare. Most books in this space do exactly the

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 05/07/2026

Turned in copy edits on my latest book this week so I should probably remind people I have a book coming out later this year. It’s called ETERNITY’S TOMB and it answers the question we’ve all asked ourselves: what if we were robbing a space tomb heading for a black hole?! dmoren.com/writing/eter...

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 01/07/2026

In my latest Back Page column for @sixcolors.com subscribers, will we uncover the mystery of who murdered Apple’s gross margins?! sixcolors.com/member/2026/...

BY DAN MOREN
June 30, 2026 2:49 PM PT
• THE BACK PAGE
The Back Page:
Murder on the Cupertino Express
I'm sure you're wondering why I've called you all here to this elegant dining car. It's simple: one of you-yes, one of you-is a murderer.
Spare me your protestations! One of you has brutally killed Apple's profit margins in cold blood. A detestable crime, in this day and age. If we cannot protect shareholder value, what, then is sacred?
So you will permit me, before identifying the guilty party, to say a few words? Thank you. For it will surprise none of you, certainly, that Apple's margins had no shortage of enemies.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 26/06/2026

It's also nice when I read something I wrote and it makes me laugh. What else is the point if not to amuse myself?!

I'd had about enough of being slagged off by Cabby Price, whether or not I needed his help, and I ripped a deep snort at that line. "Jesus Christ, do you ever stop to listen to yourself? You get off on these power trips, like you're the king of the castle, but first off," I said, ticking items off on my fingers, "the only reason you're here is because you happened to get born to the right family at the right time, so congratulations on being born with a whole silver spoon stuck up your ass. Second, because your daddy finally deigned to hand the keys to the kingdom after several years of you demonstrating that you couldn't even be trusted to run a charity egg and silver spoon race. And third, third," I said, jabbing at my ring finger, "I forget what third was, but it was going to pay off
that whole spoon motif, and it was really fucking good."

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 25/06/2026

Trying to figure out what's going on today via BlueSky trending topics and it's like the cast of the next Expendables movie or something.

~ Trending
1. Stephen Miller
2. Nixon and Trump
3. Ted Cruz
4. Supergirl
5. StarFox

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 17/06/2026

Oh, yeah? A lot of you read the book that I just turned edits in for like two weeks ago? Are you INSIDE MY COMPUTER?

A number of our members recently read Eternity's Tomb,
and it led to some thoughtful discussions within the group. Readers were especially drawn to the novel's blend of space adventure, mystery, and humor, as well as the relationships between its characters and the challenges they face across
the galaxy. I wanted to reach out and let you know how much the book was appreciated. If you're available, we'd love to have you join us for a conversation about the book and hear your
thoughts on it.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 25/05/2026

Incidentally, I googled that line to make sure I’d gotten it right and Jesus H. Christ, Google, what the fuck are you doing to your biggest brand?!

Google AI results where it responds to a question in a movie quote like it has been asked that question.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 13/05/2026

I was just there a couple weeks ago! My wife and my son did the thing where you can walk the "rope bridge" between the various pylons and dear god you could not pay me enough.

Dan taking a selfie from a bus with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

Rope bridge stretching between two legs of the Eiffel Tower.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 13/05/2026

UK friends! This week, you can pre-order ETERNITY'S TOMB at 20% off *and* support local independent bookstores by using code PREORDER20 over at Bookshop.org! Why would you not? It's a no-brainer! (Well, technically there is a brain in the book.) uk.bookshop.org/p/books/etern...

DAN MOREN
ETERNITY'S TOMB
20% OFF WITH CODE: PREORDER20
13-17 MAY supporting indie bookshops

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 11/05/2026

Massachusetts in one picture.

Two turkeys in a parking lot in front of a Dunkin’

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 11/05/2026

Somehow forgot that last week was the one year anniversary of being on Jeopardy! It is bittersweet being this far on the other side of it, but at least I'll always have my tremendously weird facial expressions (thanks, @liss.bsky.social) and Pike('s) Place (thanks @kenjennings.bsky.social 😐).

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 01/05/2026

After a longer than expected absence, your Star Wars pals @dmoren, @tsindelar and Kat return to cover not two but *four* episodes of Maul - Shadow Lord. We discuss keeping car chases interesting, Inquisitor nomenclature and the five successful habits of Sith Lords. theincomparable.com/acp/110

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 30/04/2026

I saw a copy face out at Shakespeare and Company in Paris last week! Congrats!

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 28/04/2026

Tale as old as time.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 27/04/2026

I'd been aiming to hit the 50,000-word mark on the current novel before my vacation last week, but fell a little short. A solid 1500-word session today put me over the top. Slowly but surely, progress is being made.

Progress dialog showing a pie chart more than half filled in: “50,013 of 85,000 words.”

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 26/04/2026

When in Europe, take the opportunity to buy yourself some much anticipated books that aren’t available in the US yet, such as these fine works by @abeewords.bsky.social and @nickharkaway.com.

The Grapples of Wrath by Alice Bell and Sleeper Beach by Nick Harkaway.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 20/04/2026

Seriously. It’s really big. Took like 30 years to build.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 09/04/2026

Fucking hell, he's going to barricade himself in this ballroom in January 2028, isn't he?

"This order is untenable and must be stayed in that the building is under construction, with deep Top Secret excavations, foundations, and structures, already built, and ready to receive heavily fortified, for security reasons, steel, bullet, ballistic, and blast proof glass, and drone proof roofing materials, which must be finished quickly, and not allowed to be exposed to the conditions and elements of an open construction
site," the administration's filing said. "Time is of the essence!"

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 06/04/2026

I want to retract my snark about that NYT article on Gregg Phillips's teleportation claims because I finally got a chance to read it and it is, frankly, hilarious in an extremely dry, intentional way. They reworked the headline to be more indicative of the tone. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

NYT Headline: No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In

At the Waffle Houses of Rome this week, Mr. Phillips's assertion of
supernatural travel was met with skepticism. At the branch on U.S. Route 411, close to a Quality Inn and a pest control company, Estelle Mandeville, 27, was finishing up breakfast. Ms. Mandeville, a North Carolinian who was traveling for work, described herself as "uncomfortably atheist," and noted that she, personally, had
come to Rome in a 2018 Kia Niro.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 02/04/2026

An important new job on a farm upstate. Run by Kristi Noem.

"We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and
important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date
in the near future," Mr. Trump wrote.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 01/04/2026

My very first novel had a character (sort of a tormented Obi-Wan Kenobi) named Toshiro Sharif, after two of my favorites.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 30/03/2026

I dunno, there’s good reason to at times. (January 2017)

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 24/03/2026

Hey you—yeah, YOU. You like saving money, right? Well, right now you can preorder my new novel, ETERNITY'S TOMB, for 25% off at Barnes & Noble, along with *any other preorders*, so basically you should buy a lot of books. Use code PREORDER25. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/eter...

BARNES NOBLE
PREORDER BOOK SALE
25%
OFF
DAN MOREN
ETERNITY'S
TOMB

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 21/03/2026

So, uh, now you’re willing to admit we’re at war?

The Trump administration has declared a wartime emergency to bypass Congress and push through more than $23 billion in weapons sales to allies in the Middle East, the second time since the start of the war with Iran that it has circumvented the normal congressional approval process.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 08/03/2026

Interesting change between the M4 and M5 generations of MacBook: Apple's replaced some of the keyboard labels with glyphs alone: tab, caps lock, shift, delete, and return. Fn, Control, Option, Command, and esc all retain their labels.

Two MacBook keyboards. Top, M4 Air where several keys like tab, shift, delete, and return have labels. Bottom, M5 Air, where those keys are represented only by glyphs.

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 02/03/2026

Administrations generally being so good at timelines for the longevity of the wars they start.

In an interview last night, President Trump told The Times that the assault could last "four to five weeks."

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 27/02/2026

Look, I try not to be swayed by petty contests like sales charts, but it's always nice to pop in there in during pre-order week and find myself squeezed between Brandon Sanderson and Sarah J. Maas, no matter how fleeting. (Thanks, preorderers, you're swell.)

BRANDON
SANDERSON
MISTBORN
山
DAN MOREN
ETERNITY'S
TOMB
SARAH J.
MAAS
¥
HEIR
FIRE
19. Mistborn
Brandon Sanderson
* 4.7 (4.4K)
20. Eternity's Tomb
Dan Moren
21. Heir of Fire
Sarah J. Maas
* 4.7 (6.5K)

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 27/02/2026

Milestone on the *next* project today. I'd been hoping to hit this point last week, but snow days and an illness rampaging through our household have conspired to slow me down.

TARGET
Draft
30,000 of 85,000 words
Minimum
85,000
Words
Maximum
95,000

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 26/02/2026

What happens when a motley group of thieves sets out to rob an ancient spacefaring tomb before it falls into a black hole? Find out this November in ETERNITY'S TOMB. dmoren.com/writing/eternitys-...

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 22/02/2026

Recording the latest episode of my nerdy trivia show Inconceivable! at the top of the hour. And you can tune in to listen live! www.theincomparable.com/live/

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 20/02/2026

Free headline: "President determined to ruin American businesses any way he can."

POLITICS
Trump announces new 10% global
tariff after raging over Supreme Court
loss

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 20/02/2026

Something's brewing for next week. 👀 Want to be the first to know? Sign up for my low, low, low volume newsletter. dmoren.com/subscribe/

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 13/02/2026

Oh and the ebook of my supernatural detective novel ALL SOULS LOST is currently just $4.99 at a variety of stores. It was a book of the year on The Verge! Amazon: www.amazon.com/All-Souls-Lost... Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/all-... Apple Books: books.apple.com/us/book/all-s...

DAN MOREN
ALL
SOULS
LOST
"A delicious
mashup of old-
fashioned noir,
skin-crawling
necromancy, and
modern espionage,
with a fistful of
Boston attitude for
good measure."
-Helene Wecker,
author of The Golem and the Jinni
Available now!

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 13/02/2026

If you're at Boskone this weekend, you can come catch me on a variety of panels, talking about everything from magic to heists, and, of course, Star Wars. Here's my full schedule. Come say hi or bring a book to sign!

Did Andor Live Up to Your Expectations?
Friday 2/13, 4PM
Harbor II
Magic: Wonder or Mechanics?
Friday 2/13, 7PM
Harbor II
Best SF/Fantasy Movies/TV Productions Based on
Published Speculative Fiction
Sunday 2/15, 10:00AM
Harbor III
The Lure of the Heist
Sunday 2/15, 11:30AM
Burroughs

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