Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Day 31: My show is coming up! Less than three weeks! There's food, there's songs, there's sketches, there's puppets... Seriously, it's going to be so much fun. I don't know if any of my fellow #TimeTravelAuthors are local to L.A., but I wish you could all join. I'm super excited. 3123
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Day 27: Depending on your point of view, within the lore of the story, we may all be living in an alternate timeline right now. But our heroes are working to prevent a much worse timeline, wherein the villain takes over the world. #TimeTravelAuthors 180
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Day 25: JINGLE WRITER: What sets the Cony apart? What is it that you do better than anyone else? PROPRIETOR: Well, that’s easy. Our rabbit stew is second to none. That’s where the name comes from. Cony. Short for Conyhooplane. Means rabbit. #TimeTravelAuthors 171
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Catching up, Day 23: The way the villain is ultimately defeated surprised me, because I struggled to figure it out for a long time, and it turned out to be super simple. Obviously that's a bit of a spoiler, so I can't go into too much detail. But it involves the robot. #TimeTravelAuthors 290
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Day 21, a day late. Interestingly enough, the only time the word "step" appears in my script is the same scene that I described in the previous prompt. #TimeTravelAuthors 060
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Day 19: I think the closest thing to a servant we have in the show is a robot who does dishes. He's supposed to be part of an "Automatic Dishwasher" demonstration, but he finds the whole thing quite demeaning. #TimeTravelAuthors 190
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Day 17, a day late: I've got one group of characters on a spaceship together, on an 18-month voyage to Mars, which tests all of their patience. And another group of characters who open a 5,000-year-old time capsule, which also takes a fair amount of patience. #TimeTravelAuthors 060
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Day 15: Most of the time travel is in order to track down the villain and thwart his evil plan. But our heroes do take a brief, recreational detour to the Globe Theatre to see a lost Shakespeare play. #TimeTravelAuthors 380
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Catching up, Day 13: At the beginning of the show, we get a glimpse of the canting language of the 19th century London underworld. Then later, we explore the day-to-day lives of a group of colonists on a spaceship headed for Mars. #TimeTravelAuthors 170
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Day 11: From the stage directions... "Betty sprinkles a few chopped leaves of some unfamiliar herb over her bowl of stew, then offers some to Nick and Justin, who gratefully accept." #TimeTravelAuthors 181
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Catching up, Day 9: 🕰️📱🔘💨🕳️⚔️🤖 #TimeTravelAuthors 170
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Day 7, a day late. Somehow, in 50 pages, the words "quiet" and "loud" don't appear in the script at all. However, here's an excerpt of announcements over a loudspeaker. From the song "200 Million Miles to Mars," about the first Martian colony's voyage to their new home. #TimeTravelAuthors 390
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Day 5: The story is full of apologies - mainly because things keep going wrong. The first one is when the cast tries to time jump back to the beginning of the show to fix something and end up accidentally taking the entire audience with them. #TimeTravelAuthors 260
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Day 3: They're not so much protecting things as trying to get them back, because they didn't realize the things needed protecting until they were already gone. Things that may or may not include a cookbook, some paper masks, and an assortment of campaign buttons. #TimeTravelAuthors 170
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 02/03/2026With a new stage project I'm working on, seems a good month to return to #TimeTravelAuthors. In "All the Time in the World," a ragtag theater troupe performs shows across time. If you're lucky, you might win a raffle prize. If you're unlucky, a madman from the future may try to take over the world. 180
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Implore is a strong word, but if you see this, I would wish you - or, I would request you - or, I would entreat you - to post a picture from whatever device you're using, without explanation. 020
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 01/12/2025'Twas the night before <spoiler>, and so MC knew He couldn't yet get there with his special shoes He counted the hours, all snug in his bed 'Til he could skip forward, just seven years ahead. Seven Year Boots #TimeTravelAuthors 180
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Day 29: Find me on Substack! Chapter 1 of Seven Year Boots is now live! Chapter 2 will be posted Monday, and Chapter 3 will go up Friday! Stay tuned! #TimeTravelAuthors temporamore.substack.com 061
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Day 27: "When you focus enough on a particular number, you start to see it everywhere." #TimeTravelAuthors 140
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Catching up, Day 25: MC regularly does his shopping a few years to a few decades in the past, when groceries were cheaper and package sizes were bigger. It also lets him get certain products that aren't available anymore. Sometimes you just need a bowl of Heavenly Hash ice cream. #TimeTravelAuthors 280
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Day 23: MC feels like a bit of a turkey at the end of chapter 1, after making a boneheaded mistake. In fact, he makes two boneheaded mistakes, one of which has him inadvertently traveling to Thanksgiving Day, in a random, future year. #TimeTravelAuthors 140
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Day 21: I'm thankful for research - and for good research tools. They not only make the writing process a lot of fun, they're a huge help when it comes to getting past blocks. There's so much research going into this story, but I'm loving every minute of it. #TimeTravelAuthors 130
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Day 19: I don't have just the word "thank" so far, but I do have this: “Tonight Only! Lapis Lazuli’s All-Singing, All-Dancing, Immersive Thanksgiving Special! Featuring the Kallichore Symphony Orchestra and Omega B- Robot Choir!” #TimeTravelAuthors 120
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Day 17: MC reads newspapers, as they're a great way to get a feel for an event before he visits it. Rosetta has some libraries she likes to visit, both past and future. Sometimes MC comes along, but he finds the Library of Alexandria a bit daunting. #TimeTravelAuthors 110
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 22/11/2025#TimeTravelAuthors Day 15. MC reflects on some advice he was given. 120
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Day 13: MC really likes street food, and there are some amazing dessert stands he frequents in both the past and future, including ancient Roman cheesecake bites, and some 25th century sweet dumplings he can't quite identify, but which are really good. #TimeTravelAuthors 120
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Day 11: Minutes and hours always flow normally, but when you move seven years with every step, you can see how a single area changes and evolves over decades, even centuries, in just a few moments. #TimeTravelAuthors 210
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Day 9: Strangest? Hard to say. For chapter 1, I did some really cool research on the life and career of Edwin Booth and the plays he produced at the Winter Garden Theater - most of which I didn't even use. I think Booth may need to become a more prominent character. #TimeTravelAuthors 120
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Day 7: Well, chapter 3 takes place at an auto racing track, though not during any actual auto racing. I'm not much of a sports person, to be honest, but an exploration of either past sports of future sports could be interesting, down the line. #TimeTravelAuthors 120
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Catching up, day 5: "How is there nothing to eat in this entire park? 300,000 people, 100 bathrooms, and not a sandwich to be seen. I wish I'd known. I could have set up a cart or something. A food truck would make a killing here. OK, poor choice of words." #TimeTravelAuthors 250
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Day 3: MC travels forward frequently, even when he's actually trying to travel backward, as transportation in the 23rd century is easier and more convenient than in most other eras. He also does a fair bit of exploration and time tourism. #TimeTravelAuthors 130
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Switching projects as motivation for my launch goal. Seven Year Boots is about a man who traverses the timeline in 7-year increments. In so doing, he rescues a woman stranded in the future and uncovers a vast temporal conspiracy. Coming this Thanksgiving! I hope! #TimeTravelAuthors 350
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Day 31: Sadly, my adventures still aren't available for public consumption in 2025. But if you're reading this in 2026 or beyond, hopefully you'll be able to find Time Jumpers on your preferred podcast medium. And after you do that... Come and rescue me! -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 010
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Day 29: "That’s better. Wow, that’s a LOT better! The metallic gray buildings are all different colors, now! There's a dark blue one and a forest green one… And there are signs on all the storefronts. Mahler’s Hoverparts... The Fruitorium…" -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 110
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Day 27: I'll admit, time travel was fun when I was in control. Explore eras, past and future - who wouldn't love that? Some of the tech gives me awful headaches, though. And the disorientation of bouncing around indiscriminately... I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 130
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Day 25: Another excerpt from the 1940s radio show, detailing my adventures. I'll admit I took a few creative liberties with the dialogue, but the actual event unfolded mostly this way. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 120
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Day 23: There's a corporation called Morrigan Industries, run by generations of time travelers, which has been controlling history for 300 years. I'm not supposed to know about them. Nobody is. But when you see the name spanning across eras, you start to put things together -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 110
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Day 21: If I got to write the story, it would be about how Gray Merrick had a very nice, boring life and did not travel through time. I suppose that wouldn't sell, though, so I guess I'd write an epic rescue, before the desperation and loneliness start to set in. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 110
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Day 19: I got to record the first ever audio recording, on phonautograph with Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville in 1857! I'm told the recording has since been lost to time, but still, it was a pretty epic moment. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 110
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Catching up, Day 17: Always be ready to roll with the punches. You never know when this adventure will end and the next one will begin. You also never know when you might have to run from a robot or a dinosaur. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 230
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Day 15: "Gray, I’m giving you a lot of leeway here. Much more than I normally give my writers... I didn’t even say anything when you wanted to name the main character after yourself, even though I thought it was pretentious." #TimeTravelAuthors 1101
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Day 13: Most of the people I encounter across time think I'm nuts. I had thought that Dr. Flynn thought well of me, respected me, had my back. But the longer I go on without anyone coming to rescue me, the less sure I am of any of it. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 050
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Day 11: I tried to write some foreign phrases into a radio script in the 1930s. The producer was worried about my motives, but ultimately understanding. The real problem was getting the actors to pronounce the phrases correctly. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 170
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Day 9: I have great respect for my mentor, Dr. Albert Flynn, inventor of time travel and founder of the Temporal Institute. But right now, I think my favorite person is whoever has been leaving me messages at different points across the timeline about possible rescue. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 240
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Day 7: Odd is relative when you're jumping around the timeline, but in one era, there was a hologram who knew my name and tried to sell me a weekend at an ultra-luxury resort. The advertising in that era integrated directly with your brain, which was disconcerting. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 270
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Day 5: I had hoped I might be the main character, but as the story progresses it seems I'm less and less so. But my plight is the driving force for the MC (I'm not sure if I've met her or not; she seems vaguely familiar) as well as for the villains, who want to stop us both. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 160
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Day 3 - (Is it a day late, or did I jump to the wrong day? At this point, I'm lucky just to be in the right century) Ironically, though this is my first line of dialogue, it's actually one of my last field reports, before things go completely off the rails. -Gray #TimeTravelAuthors 050
Steve Alloway @ingrediments.bsky.social · 02/10/2025New month of #TimeTravelAuthors prompts. Since Steve has been slacking, I'm taking over. I'm Grey Merrick, of the Temporal Institute. I've been field testing their new time travel technology, but something has gone wrong. Now I'm being catapulted from era to era completely at random. A Time Jumper. 270
