Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 05/08/2025This is a big deal apnews.com/article/sea-...apnews.comScientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea starsScientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion sea stars — also known as starfish — off the Pacific coast of North America. 010
Reposted by Keygan S. S. McClellanHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/05/2025Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.politico.com'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in MemphisThe company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations. 13872153368
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025The literal entire ending of this WRETCHED, BEAUTIFUL game (Journey) which made me sobmedia.tenor.coma person standing on top of a sand dune with the sun behind themALT: a person standing on top of a sand dune with the sun behind them 010
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025It is late. Please see the attached image for an unhinged list of potential audiences for THE TOWER'S BLOOD, my (querying soon) science fantasy about a fugitive blood mage who helps start a workers' revolution with the power of Heart and Bad Jokes (and flesh manipulation). #QuestPit #Q #A #SFF 093
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Everything from this zone in Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker. iykyk 😭media.tenor.coma man with gray hair and a black cloak stands in a dark roomALT: a man with gray hair and a black cloak stands in a dark room 000
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025A fugitive blood mage, trying to lay low, finds a new home (an organic, malevolent palace where the world's corrupt rulers dwell) and a new family (the four young revolutionaries infiltrating it). His power could be the revolution's salvation. His secrets could be its downfall. #QuestPit #Q #A #SFF 13014
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025About to finish Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell! 010
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025ECCO MY BELOVED????? (Okay I'm kind of latching onto the hype because I only ever PLAYED the ps2 spiritual successor, Defender of the Future, but I watched playthroughs of the ogs and think they're just wonderful) 010
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 04/05/2025I don't believe I have a choice in the matter. 120
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 04/05/2025I would love to transfer my desktop and plants and cats to some kind of nice cottage or office next to a woodland where I can disappear for a couple hours at a time between bouts of writing ^.^ 140
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025lol yes "reward" is pretty accurate. The closer I get to whatever the next Big scene is, the easier and faster the writing flows. Do you feel that way? 110
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025o.o "The longer he peers at the old map, the more unsettled he feels. There is a symbol he doesn’t recognize marking the Palace’s plateau, which isn’t that weird, but there’s also an identical symbol in the surrounding mountains. What could that mean?" #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #ScavengerHunt 130
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Well, I quite enjoy drafting very, very intense scenes. I love spectacle, and I love it even more when the accompanying character emotions are big. Writing them is exhilarating, and I CAN NOT STOP until I've finished writing the scene lol. I have two scenes in book 1 that especially fit that. 120
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Biology nerds who love horror, angst, and the "Eat the Rich" slogan 250
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Near the end, some Things happen. Horror-adjacent Things. #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #MoodboardTwist 180
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025heh I think that's me exactly. Lemme know when it's out 😄✨ 120
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Plus there's just, like, a LOT of active maintenance while the story/plant grows lol 110
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025When things are going well, it feels really nice!! I'm just vibing with my characters (the pokemon), feeling like I'm nurturing something green and growing ^.^ 110
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Angsty sessions:media.tenor.coma man is cutting purple flowers with a pair of scissorsALT: a man is cutting purple flowers with a pair of scissors 020
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025#CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #GifRevisions Good sessions:media.tenor.coma girl in a white dress is sitting next to a plant with blue berriesALT: a girl in a white dress is sitting next to a plant with blue berries 290
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025That was more fun that I expected! Some feedback on my 1st chapter was that I didn't explain enough about what was going on, and I edited accordingly. Looking at where I put cyan for backstory, I realized how useful that feedback was! There would've been way too little cyan before 230
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Confident MCs are so fun! Both to read and write 020
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Thank you! The "campfire story" version is kind of intentionally obscuring/simplifying them (ppl in-universe don't know how they work). I love fantasy worlds with deep dark secrets. 010
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Lol yes, I, too, have created magic system problems that I then also have to solve 010
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I start with a basic premise and kind of add/edit rules as I go! I always end up discovering new things as I get further into the story, and I sometimes come up with ideas I think are cool after the fact, so I can't ever start with the whole thing lol. How do you address magic? 110
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025media.tenor.coma cartoon cat with a ladybug on its back saying okayALT: a cartoon cat with a ladybug on its back saying okay 010
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Oo I work tomorrow but possibly after 🍃 110
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Once, the world was fuller. Creatures roamed all the land, and vast forests and grasslands grew. People built great cities and knew luxuries we must only imagine. Then, the Maws came. As they spread, they swallowed everything, except when they spat out monsters. #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #CampMyth 160
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025From Chp 1: a little glimpse of how the magic works. "He reaches into his coat with his ungloved hand and touches a circular sigil drawn there in crystallized blood: the pattern vaporizes under his fingers, and a flood of strength hits his core and limbs." 140
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.media.tenor.coma cartoon character wearing a purple mask and a helmetALT: a cartoon character wearing a purple mask and a helmet 040
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025If I knew it was safe, I'd probably visit one of the spectral forests, which are deep woods full of inhuman "ghosts" (the ghosts are not really recognizable as creatures much of the time; they're like fragments of temporal echoes) 020
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Do you have any particular favorite songs that have inspired a lot? 110
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Foreground antagonists: this unprecedented disaster was a tragedy for diplomatic relations between the city-states Background antagonists: our plan for procuring a new, sustainable energy source is going really well, actually #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit #VillainVoices 170
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Oh no this is my ONE project where I haven't made the map yet T-T Maybe I'll do a little sketch this week lol 010
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025o.o I have ALSO read multiple papers on Nausicaa for a class project heheh (the two I ended up using for the project were by Bryant and Ledwon, if those names sound familiar) 120
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I have the manga omnibus, and it's one of my favorite pieces of media. It's such a compelling evolution of the movie, which I also love. Highly recommend. ^.^ 020
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Okay but TOMBI is SO good :D I also really love the instrumental version of Weight of the World from Final Fantasy XIV 010
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025That's a really cool idea! I've made maps to help me plot really general things, before, but it must be especially useful for something as intricate as a heist! 020
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Runner-up: "We can't keep ignoring people who need our help. We can do more. I *need* to do more." 100
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025MC's ally, nervous: "Do the paramilitaries have blood mages like you? Does the Sanguine Order?" MC, flippant: "Like *me*? No one does." #OneLineMC #CRPFireflies #CampRevPit 150
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025no, no, I think she's onto somethingmedia.tenor.coma man in a green sweater is holding a clipboard in front of a christmas tree .ALT: a man in a green sweater is holding a clipboard in front of a christmas tree . 010
Reposted by Keygan S. S. McClellanWikipedia @wikipedia.org · 22/04/2025Earth Day is a reminder that we only have one planet. Sometimes, it takes seeing Earth from space to truly grasp how precious it is. 🧵⬇️ (1/4) 12193391804
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Dreams do have the advantage of making the scene feel really visceral! Waking/creative mind is like, "we must replicate this!!!" In yours, did you dream you were one of the characters, or were you watching all the characters from outside? 110
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I'm not an expert, but I think you're doing great so far! ^.^ 110
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Thank you! Both for the encouragement and the tip lol. Bluesky's feed system isn't *quite* coming naturally yet haha. 120
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Sometimes there will be general concepts first (recent example: I wanted to write something about a witch; after that stuff just started igniting and bubbling from the darkness). Sometimes I'll see art that inspires something. I think human creativity is a beautiful thing! 160
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025It nearly always starts with a character, and they always come bundled with glimpses of scene, world, goals, or action. This is a little cliche, but I can't think of a single major character/work that hasn't just "come" to me. Sometimes even in dreams. 😅 180
Keygan S. S. McClellan @keyganssmcclellan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I made a "prettier" post on my main feed, but essentially I think I'm almost out of the Forest of Editing, possibly soon to reach the Sea of Querying. 010
