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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

DeAndra Davis, author of All the Noise at Once and The Lovers, the Liars, and Me, says that when you listen to an audiobook, it COUNTS. You are absorbing the information of that book. Listen to the whole episode or watch on YouTube: thefuturelab.redcupagency.com #books #booksky #audiobooks

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Funny... I was just re-reading it. But I will stop now before it's too late.

The novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven, with a bookmark in it.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hey, I accepted an award this weekend in Hollywood for my novel LIBERATION. First award I’ve won for science fiction. It was at the Los Angeles Book Awards. I got to thank the wonderful people who helped me. #awards #writing #sciencefiction #hollywood

Lee Schneider holding his book Liberation in the lobby of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

Lee Schneider talking about his book LIBERATION at the podium at the Los Angeles Book Festival.

Lee Schneider and Tabby Biddle at the step and repeat at the awards of the Los Angeles Book Festival. Lee is holding his book LIBERATION. He's dressed in black. Tabby is dressed in a red dress.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

DAYLOG Aug 10, 2026 at 12:06 PM After 12 years of riding a single speed bike, getting one with gears is a revelation.

A close-up view of a bicycle's rear cassette, chain, and wheel hub taken from above, with a tiled floor and a person's feet in black sneakers visible in the background.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Soon, I'll be starting HOLLYWOOD EXTINCTION EVENT. A made-for-Bluesky story series that gets to why Hollywood is coming apart and how it might be reborn. I'll start it up in a couple of weeks. Subscribe now so you don't miss the first story. 500-words.offprint.app/a/3mqrynaaxc... #microfiction

The Hollywood sign, after a storm, broken. Image is in color tinted black and white. The words Extinction Event appear below the sign.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Overcome with nostalgia for the clacky keyboard.

A mechanical keyboard with dark keycaps and an orange escape key sits on a black mat beside a wooden wrist rest, with a German-made black mechanical pencil above it and a laptop on a stand in the background.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It appears that I have been in a NY state of mind for the past few months.

A music listening history displays album covers and titles from artists including Beastie Boys, Sonny Rollins, feu doux, and Mischa Blanos.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I just won an award for science fiction writing! My novel LIBERATION is a runner up in the science fiction category in the Los Angeles Book Festival. Award ceremony coming this summer. #books #awards #LA #sciencefiction

The cover of the science fiction novel LIBERATION by Lee Schneider features Orcas and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge in two overlapping circles. At the center of the design is a blue eye with a tech graphic treatment.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

How to Choose—and Deliver—the Story That Gets Your Best Audience to Act I did a fun podcast interview with Park Howell for his show The Business of Story. businessofstory.com/podcast/busines…

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Old cars that are green can make good pictures. Working with some serious Fuji Provia simulation and a digital rangefinder. #fujifilm

A vintage lime green car photographed with a Fujifilm EX-4 using a film emulator to create a Provia film look

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Remember this. Good times. I miss the old wonky internet.

The old Twitter fail whale with a notation that Twitter is over capacity.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Told him that I couldn’t have him sit in my lap when I was working. So he decided to stare me down. #cats 🐈

A cat is sitting beneath a laptop that is elevated on a stand, staring hostility at the camera.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Storytelling for social impact is vital in these uncertain times. www.redcupagency.com/blog/storyte...

A young woman volunteer in a park, getting a petition signed.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The latest updates on how we’re coping with the LA fires and how you can help. Also, my next novel is almost ready and you can be an early reader. (And be a hero to me.) Plus a new masterclass for storytelling. Read 500 Words now

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Describing the LA fires: impossible. But I’ll try. Here are some inexpressible thoughts.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

California Redwoods. Lots of fire damage but the trees find a way to survive.

Towering redwood trees stretch upwards, forming a canopy that filters sunlight.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Water in Southern California! We went in a hike in Temescal Canyon and were we surprised to see running water for the first time in many months. 🌲

A person in a blue jacket stands on a trail beside a small stream surrounded by rocks and trees.🌲

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A love-hate relationship with this part of the #writingprocess. One last read, which isn’t really one last read, printed as a PDF to fool me into seeing it fresh, and always lots of handwritten notes.

A page from a book is heavily annotated with handwritten notes and edits.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Now I think Bluesky might make it.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Amazon gobbled up the wonderful Book Depository and then shut it down. Bigger companies buy and kill smaller ones all the time. This was like closing up a neighborhood book store. Lucky we still have bookshop.org and betterworldbooks.com H/t to @V_ for posting that series of bookmarks.

A bookmark from the new-defunct bookdepository.com with colorful cartoon images of happy readers holding books.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

We’re not kidding around when it comes to English Breakfast. We buy restaurant-level amounts of it, from LA MILL in Alhambra. #tea

A two-pound bag of English Breakfast tea from Lamill.com in Los Angeles. Gray bag with lighter gray label.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

The Future Lab: A new episode today about climate fiction with Tory Stephens, the climate fiction creative manager for Grist. We talk about how fiction changes the mindset of both writers and readers. www.futurex.studio/tory-step…

Tory Stephens, a Black man, looking to the camera in the podcast cover art.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

With more AI-generated slop that I can handle on my screens these days, I say it’s time to issue online credentials that will prove that you’re a human being. Read more at the link, or listen to the post: buttondown.com/500words/…

A bold, black-and-white graphic featured 500 WORDS with the number creatively styled above the text.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

It’s time for … THE FUTURE LAB PODCAST. This week’s episode is an interview with Matt Gemmell, who writes techo-thrillers. Here’s the episode page with an audio player: www.futurex.studio/matt-gemm… The Future Lab is a series of interviews wit... opennotes.blog/2024/09/17/its-time-…

In this photo, author Matt Gemmell smiles at the camera. He is a white man with dark hair.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

Book group, book discussions, finding new books. That’s what I’m writing about this week: buttondown.com/500words/… Read or listen to me read it to you at the link.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

When is it right to clone the voice of an actor? Or to digitally copy their movements? The newsletter this week wonders aloud if producers will start to like AI actors more than humans. buttondown.com/500words/… #actors #AI #voiceactor #videogames

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 04/08/2024

I’ve been using our local library a lot, so I wrote an appreciation of librarians for the newsletter this week. 500 Words: Issue 84: Praise for Librarians. Read it at the link, or listen to me read it. buttondown.email/500words/…

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 02/08/2024

Advice to self: Just keep going. Also, listening to bombastic music helps. music.apple.com/us/album/…

A chart showing word count for a novel in the Scrivener app. The writer is about 81,000 words into a 120,000 word project, with a projected endpoint of May, 2025.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 29/07/2024

Rhode Island in the summer. Iconic. 📷

A lichen covered rock face over a green lawn. An American flag flies above.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Today’s the day. My science fiction novel Resist went live on Amazon. (More platforms to come.) Writing a book requires more than ideas – it requires steadfast friends. Thank you to all of you. #publishing #books #sciencefiction buttondown.email/500words/…

Two hands holding a novel called Resist by Lee Schneider. The cover art features an eye in the middle.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

There are good reasons to feel positive about climate solutions. buttondown.email/500words/…

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Happy Friday! My book is featured on the front page of Goodkindles today. (It’s available for preorder on Amazon.) #books #goodreads #kindle #sciencefiction

A screen capture of the goodkindles.net site, showing Resist, a science fiction novel by Lee Schneider. The cover art of Resist is a mostly an eye staring at you, with scenes from the book depicted in the background.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

Resist, my second novel, is starting ebook pre-sales today on Amazon. The proofs are coming in from Amazon for the paperback as well. Official publication date is June 30. 📚

The view on Amazon as the novel Resist goes into pre-sales mode.

The cover of Resist, a science fiction novel, shows a view of New York in 2052.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 21/05/2024

Issue 75 - Your Official Spokesperson is not Real, and that's OK: opennotes.blog/2024/05/21/issue-you…

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

In my eyes, it’s looking less like an all-powerful being and more like a bad intern whose work is so unreliable that it’s often easier to do the task yourself. – Julia Angwin, on AI hype.

A quote from Julia Angwin: In my eyes, it's looking less like an all-powerful being and more like a bad intern whose work is so unreliable that it's often easier to do the task yourself.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 20/04/2024

This is who is swatting at me as I remove tennis shoes. I may make him my new coach. #caturday

An orange tabby sitting on a bedpost looking regal.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

I keep black notebooks for daily journals and red notebooks for fiction work. I number each spine and index the contents by page number.

A row of mostly black and some red notebooks on a bookshelf. Each notebook spine is numbered.

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Lee Schneider @docuguy.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Writing the cover blurb for my next novel before I’ve written the novel. It’s hell, even though the scene looks peaceful.

A split keyboard on a white table with a notebook and part of a computer visible.

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