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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know what it's like to have an entire universe in my head and have an editor tell me I need to find the planet. I know they're right. I also know what it feels like to stand inside that universe, trying to figure out which planet they mean. www.storyblueprints.com #bookcoach #amwriting #editing

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cambodia 2003, with Global Medics and HALO Trust. I'm working on a journalist's memoir who worked in Vietnam in 1969, and it brought back memories. So young back then.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join me and @prowritingaid for Novel November. Live workshops with bestselling authors and industry experts. I'll be hosting From Story Idea to Story Blueprint on Nov 4. To sign up for free: prowritingaid.com/novel-november #NovelNovember

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Join 100k writers taking on Novel November. Write 50,000 words in 30 days, track your progress, and finish your novel. Register free.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Join my free session 'From Story Idea to Story Blueprint' with @prowritingaid for Novel November. Novel November is a free 30-day challenge to help you write your first draft, alongside tens of thousands of writers worldwide, beginning October 1. prowritingaid.com/novel-november #NovelNovember

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What happens when AI learns from humanity? Not what we tell it. But what we show it. “Then why betray everything we fought for?” “Because you did.” PARADIGM SHIFT The final book in the Time Ranger series. #MilitarySciFi #SciFi #ArtificialIntelligence

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You can create an incredible universe and still not have a story. Planets. Technology. Politics. Cultures. History. But what happens? Your world gives your story somewhere to happen. It isn't the story. #SciFi #SciFiWriters

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I had my first pumpkin spice latte of the season today. It's September. It's allowed. #pumpkinspice #starbucks #autumnlife

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Better stories aren't built by just collecting more writing tips. Learn. Write. Get feedback. Improve. Repeat. That's what we're building at Space Authors: a craft-focused community specifically for science-fiction writers. storyblueprints.com/space_authors #SciFiWriters #WritingCommunity

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There’s so much fakery online now that I’m afraid I’ll miss a great opportunity because I’ll assume it’s fake.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Breaking storytelling conventions can be creative. But first you need to understand why they exist. “I did it differently on purpose” and “I don't understand why this isn't working” aren't the same thing. Creativity doesn't replace craft, or a broken story. #SciFiWriters #WritingCommunity

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You built the planets. The technology. The politics. The cultures. Thousands of years of history. Great. But what's the story? Your world isn't your story. #WritingCommunity

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

No, babe, I NEED the $200 Le Creuset Star Trek shuttlecraft casserole dish for my banana bread.

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Sunk cost fallacy is a real thing and it takes courage to realise the story you’ve been #writing just doesn’t work, and to go back to the beginning.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Self-pub authors are constantly hit with 'hire me to market your book' offers. But it's not always about that. Sorry, but sometimes it's the story or the storytelling hindering sales. Marketing can get your book seen, but it can't make someone want to buy or like it. #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors

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Hooray for Paddy Pumpkinhead!!! @paddydoublems.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Finished. There were times I was laughing, saying "oh my god" to some of the moments and times when my head would spin at the government bureaucracy that was laid on some of the characters in the story. Time to take a few hours break before I start the next book. #Booksky

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If you're voting in the British Fantasy Awards, I'd like to gently remind you that my retrospective, career-spanning short fiction collection, Who Will You Save? from @titanbooks.bsky.social is on the shortlist in the Best Collection category, and it could use some love.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I remember when $5 got me into a movie, popcorn and a drink. Now $6 for a normal sized bottle of water…. #life #imold

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Larissa C Douglass @lcdouglass.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Explore the latest Sci Friday: a curated selection of science fiction and speculative fiction authors on Substack, plus sci-fi stories, podcasts, writing communities, and groups worth discovering. lcdouglass.substack.com/p/sci-friday...

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You’re the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen. Please don’t go.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I’m getting scam emails from radio hosts now. And one from Thomas Harris… lol

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Who invites Kelly Chambers to dinner just so she can feed your fish? IYKYK #masseffect #masseffect2 #gaming #scifi

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Huge fan of Murderbot, but I was a Martha Wells fan long before that when she wrote tie-ins for one of my fave franchises. #scifi #stargate #murderbot #scifibooks

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'm looking for book cover artists who don't use AI and can deliver realistic covers. Please let me know. I need a new book cover, and I'm also building Mission Support at Space Authors, which lists indie author services we don't provide. #scifi #writingscif #bookcovers

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Just a normal female military sci-fi author having a normal reaction to Martha Wells liking my post. AAAAAAAA! As a woman writing in the sci-fi genre, and seeing women like Martha Wells killing it inspires us all. Her noticing my tiny corner of the sci-fi universe? Yeah. I'm going to enjoy this one.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I also want to live 1000 years in the future. And since i can't live that long, writing about it lets me pretend I am.

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William C. Tracy @wctracy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's time for Thursday Tea once again, and this time we're talking about all the fun things we're planning to see and do while we're there! If you're coming, check out our panels! #Thursday #tea #indie #WorldCon #travel

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Started watching MURDERBOT and now I don't wanna go to work, I just want to watch MURDERBOT, which is pretty much the plot of MURDERBOT.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Sci-fi readers will forgive a lot. Universal translators? Somehow everyone has compatible gravity? FTL? We'll mostly allow it. But what's the one thing that makes you yell, "Oh, come on!"? #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SciFiBooks #SciFiWriting #SFF #SFFWriting #BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Why I Write Military Science Fiction. Soldier. Paramedic. University English and space-science nerd. I’ve spent a lifetime studying what happens when people are pushed into the unknown. Now I write about it. www.kpimpinella.com #MilitarySciFi #ScienceFiction #SciFiBooks #TimeTravel #BookSky

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Send in the Rangers. When history comes under attack, they answer the call. No reinforcements. No extraction. The most dangerous battlefield is yesterday. Available on Amazon. #MilitarySciFi #ScienceFiction #SciFiBooks #TimeTravel #BookSky #IndieBooks

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

People tend to always ask: what sci-fi TV show would you bring back? Firefly is a popular answer. But what about Avenue 5? Did anyone else watch that? I loved it! #scifi #sciencefiction

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Draft Station is Space Authors’ live monthly scene workshop for Premium members. It’s a chance to put a piece of your current work in front of fellow writers and get thoughtful, constructive feedback in a friendly environment: guided by an author and/or editor. www.storyblueprints.com/space-authors

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sci-fi writers! Looking for a place to hang with other sci-fi writers? Learn and explore specific sci-fi craft? Space Authors is waiting. www.storyblueprints.com/space-authors #scifiwriters #scifi #sciencefiction

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Love to see science fiction by women! It feels like I have to prove myself even more as a military sci-fi author.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Science fiction hasn't been around as long as other genres, so what do you consider Classic Sci-Fi?

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I like to think I struck gold by indie-publishing. That said, I use editors who work in the trad business. Developmental and copy.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Looking for more than an editor? I’m a writer too, and I coach writers through the messy work of finding what the story is really trying to say. Sometimes you need another writer beside you while you build it. www.storyblueprints.com #writing #bookcoaching #howtowriteanovel

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I've been working on several new books this past year. And one is nearing publication. A military science fiction novel about discovering who you really are when you're back is up against the wall. Who will Lt. Jason Ollerton be when it counts the most? #newscifi #newscifinovels #sciencefictiton

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Check it out at: www.storyblueprints.com/space-authors #SciFi #SciFiWriters #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #ScienceFiction

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I think it depends on if they knew what the other life-state was.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Always great to see another Canadian author! And fellow Torontonian.

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Why Space Authors? Bestselling science fiction author Christopher Hopper explains why he thinks SF writers should check out what we’re building. 🚀 Thanks for the kind words, Christopher! #ScienceFiction #WritingCommunity #SciFiWriters

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Where to find me. Author: K. Pimpinella www.kpimpinella.com Book Coaching: Story Blueprints www.storyblueprints.com Sci-fi Writing Community: Space Authors www.storyblueprints.com/space-authors Sci-fi is my life! #ScienceFiction #WritingCommunity #BookCoaching #SciFiWriters

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KPimpinella @kpimpinella.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Writers need editors... and ... editors need writers. #SciFiWriters #WritingCommunity #WritingCraft #SpaceAuthors

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