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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Daffy Duck. He's a duck, and he's black. DEI initiative fulfilled.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Category: Adult Genre: Science Fiction

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Stay tuned for a fun announcement next week, Monday, July 13, 2026! Hint: Make sure to shine up your queries! #dvpit

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Found a great 1990 concert from Squeeze on YouTube. If I one day write a novel the way @chrisdiffordlyrics.bsky.social and Glenn Tilbrook crafted 3-minute pop masterpieces, I'll die a happy man. Need inspiration #writingcommunity? You might also find forgotten joy in your old records, too.

Vinyl album cover of East Side Story by Squeeze, released 15 May 1981.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

It's amazing to return to a favorite #sci-fi series after eight years of writing. For me, it's #Stargate. I can't find fault with it: story structure & acting performances are all flawless. Glassner and Wright wrote with heart, precision and depth. IMO, the show is a sci-fi benchmark for novelists.

Promotional still of the TV series "Stargate SG-1", starring Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping and Michael Shanks.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

To re-charge after a day of editing, I love to jump to my favorite hobby; it's a great release, but a different kind of creative outlet. How you you folks in the #WritingCommunity re-set your brains after a day of writing? #writerslife #Amquerying #amwriting

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Marauder Shields @maraudershields16.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

25. Mars Express (Jérémie Périn) Historia interesante, diseños guays, robots, detectives, robots detectives y muchos homenajes a pelis, series y animes de sci-fi. ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Is there anyone else choking back tears watching #OnePieceNetflix, S2 E7 "Reindeer Shames? Look behind the animation, CG and outrageous costumes from the show and you will see that Chopper is not only adorable, it is character arc writing at its finest. #Amwriting #OnePiece

Chopper, the talking reindeer. From Netflix's "One Piece" live action series.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

What ate up my time was the Onboarding; being forced to add emails, etc. Then I got caught in a Reader loop instead of Author. I created the publication, but Substack could not link it to my profile and it then duplicated my profile. Nonsense like that (and much, much much more).

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This is will be my only rant post. Spent 2 mornings setting up my SubStack. THE ONBOARDING IS A FARCE. THE USER INTERFACE IS A FARCE. Menu bars? A joke. If #Substack wanted money to use, I wouldn't. This site uses the 90s Microsoft mentality: release half-assed, fix it later. Or maybe never fix it.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Stunning photography. I don't know how you capture these moods so consistently, but keep it up.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

While we celebrate spring, Sci-Fi fans celebrate the visionaries. 🚀 Isaac Asimov (who passed in April 6, 1992) once said, "The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." 📚 #Asimov

Book cover of Isaac Asimov's "The Caves of Steel", published October, 1953

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

As if "Judge Dee's Mystery" and Unveil: Jadewind" weren't enough, this series demonstrates that China leapfrogged Hollywood as masters in visual storytelling ages ago. If they make a Chinese GoT, American cable TV shows are doomed. #veilofshadows #movies #storytelling #amwriting

Promo still for Veil of Shadows, a new fantasy limited series on Netflix Germany.

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social The Internet Con by @doctorow.pluralistic.net Silicon Values by @jillian.bsky.social The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social & @alexhanna.bsky.social Blood in the Machine by @bcmerchant.bsky.social

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Tintin magazine, cover dated April 9, 1952.

The cover has an Easter theme, with Tintin, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, Thomson, and Thompson in a field with several Easter eggs on the ground or in a basket. However, a rocket ship has burst through the page, sending them running, and we can see images through the hole it went through, as if we are seeing the interior of the magazine. It says “Joyeuses Paques!” (Happy Easter)

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Amazing Digital Carcass @amagire.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

genuinely I am still mad about this

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The calcium in your bones and the iron in your blood were forged in the heart of a dying star billions of years ago. We aren't just in the universe; the universe is in us. Happy Easter to all you sentient pieces of stardust. ✨ #Cosmos #Science #Stardust

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Fun Science Fact for Easter: Every rabbit, every egg, and every human watching the spring bloom is made of "recycled" materials. ⚛️

Astronaut on a planet surface holding an easter basket full of eggs

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The version shown at the premiere was 19 minutes longer. After the D.C. and the subsequent New York premiere (April 3), Stanley Kubrick spent the next few days re-editing the film, cutting the "excess" to create the tighter, more atmospheric cut that eventually became a hit.

Movie still of space station from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The movie premiered on April 2, 1968, in Washington, DC, at the Uptown Theater. During the premiere, 241 people walked out of the theater. Among them was movie star Rock Hudson, who reportedly stood up and famously asked, "Will someone tell me what the hell this is about?"

Movie still from 2001: A Space Odyssey. HAL lip reads the astronaut's conversation.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

April 1968: The world changed when Kubrick’s '2001: A Space Odyssey' premiered. 🎥 Before we even landed on the Moon (July 16, 1969), we had a film that predicted tablets, video calls, & the threat of sentient AI. 🤖 What’s your favorite "HAL 9000" quote? #SciFi #2001ASpaceOdyssey #Kubrick

Movie still from the 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Effects on the human body during depressurization in an enclosed chamber are the stuff of nightmares. www.youtube.com/watch?v=01oC... www.popularmechanics.com/space/a24127... Didn’t know ebullism can make your spit cold boil. Thanks #NASA for the inspiration as I write. #WritingCommunity #SFF

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The Only Man Who Survived Space Exposure | True NASA Story of Jim LeBlanc

YouTube video by The Fact Vault

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Machines flying ships would cost millions in hardware and R&D. But chilling to think a military would value life so low. Excluding the sales of black market organs, the total chemical value of all the elements in a human body—carbon, calcium, and trace metals—maxes out at about $200-$500.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The MC’s mass is definitely still 80kg, but his scale on Circulus Station is calibrated for Earth-normal (1g). On Mars, his knees only feel the weight-force of 30.4kg. I was referring to local weight, not invariant mass. Thanks for keeping the science tight!

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

One Piece is visually stunning. Eiichiro Oda's started the manga in 1997, when he was 22. The live-action series has extravagant #worldbuilding film sets. It's a masterclass in character writing, even if Luffy and his foes are over-the-top. Perfect Monday nite viewing. #writerslife

Netflix "One Piece" promotion still, Season One

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I recommend watching the Lucas interview in "Making of Star Wars I-III", where he explains that the films were about father-son relationship & family legacies, "not spaceships". Even non #SFF fans can recognize masterful storytelling when they see it. #Writerlift #writerslife #WritingCommunity

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

In Germany, banks moved to 2-factor ID, requiring smartphones. tinyurl.com/2zh4bmktng. A chip is the next logical step. This sounds bad, but might eliminate identity theft. To answer your question, I'd take the good (access) with the bad (surveillance). Why? Fight only the battles you can win.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

If I let elves finish my stories for free, ICE will come get them. If I pay the elves to finish my stories, ICE will come get them. 👮‍♂️

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Maya Martin (Special Intelligence): Everything my father hates about men. Which makes him... attractive. Benjamin Rix (Captain of the Ulysses): Loyal and honest. A rare trait among Haulers. Both might get him killed. #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #Worldbuilding #SpecFic #SFF #WriterLift

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Jay (Pilot): Ransom is a great captain. I trust him. Dubois (Station Chief): Monsieur Ransom is a criminal. I’d just as soon strand him on Pluto. Didier Martin (ISF Director): Le capitaine? One word: expendable. #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #SFF #SpecFic #WorldBuilding

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Helen (Ex-wife): Irresponsible. Doesn't keep promises. Maddy (Daughter): A bit childish, but still my hero. Veronica (Partner): Childish and irresponsible. Oh God, now I sound like his ex. #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #SFF #SpecFic #WorldBuilding

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Following up on the Whipple Shield: at hypervelocity (think 17,000 mph+), physics changes. Solid projectiles undergo a phase transition. 📽️YouTube: Testing at the White Sands Test Facility (14:08). bit.ly/4uqh1G4 www.nasa.gov/centers-and-... #SpacePhysics #TheShatterRegime #WhippleShield #NASA

NASA's micrometeroid and orbital debris (MMOD) test results from the White Sands Facility.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The Ithaca in better times—before the solar storm and the 1.2 gravity of Zethera, a desert planet. Before Dale Ransom hung up his medals for a life of smuggling. Now ankle-monitor free, can he erase his past and shore up his daughter's future? #HardSF #DeepOrbit #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity

The Ithaca, a Monolith-class freighter. Currently docked in Bay 12 on Circulus Station orbiting Mars.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I'm a huge fan of William Gibson @ greatdismal.bsky.social and other cyberpunk authors, so I like a blend of technology 🖥️but with a character-driven plot. I'm a sucker for almost anything dystopian with great prose, as many of these novels have foreseen our present day world. How about you?

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Just started reading the novella by @nessthenovelist.bsky.social "The Scourge Between Stars." The opening two paragraphs are killer—atmospheric and immediate. Can't wait to see how the rest of this mission develops. 🚀 #BookSky #ReadingCommunity #SFF #HardSF #SciFi

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I love it. For me, it's all about that right/left brain getting exercised. Marketing for me = the synopsis, loglines, the pitch. It's a great navigating star or compass to use to see if you are delivering on your "promise" to the reader. I write those first before I start a first draft.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

As on Earth, #water on a space freighter with a six-man crew is precious. The Ithaca runs on a closed-loop system with a 98% recovery rate—the rest is lost to airlock purges and suit sublimation. But once you’ve drank the whiskey, it’s gone. #water #HardSF #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

How are the endings in your fantasy novels? 🧙‍♂️ Do you know in advance how it will, or does it change by the last manuscript draft? Wish I could do the Stephen King "wing it" method, but I like writing the synopsis & book blurb first, then trying to deliver on that promise to the reader.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Fri nite's program: re-watching Exception (2022), the SyFy anime masterpiece written by Hirotaka Adachi. The soundtrack, composed by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto-san, is breathtaking. Tatsunoko Prod & Studio 5 outdid themselves on the char. designs. #SciFiAnime #SFF #ExceptionNetflix #scifihorror

Exception anime series movie/promo poster. #SFF #Anime #Japanese

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I prefer the bittersweet endings, where the victory comes at some small price to the MC. Life = tradeoffs and choices.

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Dale Ransom is a man of systems, and right now, every system in his life is failing. A failed father and ex-pilot turned convicted smuggler, Ransom is on house arrest on a station orbiting Mars and a debt list longer than a shuttle’s flight manual. #Technothriller #HardSF

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It’s 9pm in Berlin. Does anyone else feel like a neurosurgeon leaving the operating room after two full days of line editing? 🩺 I hear a glass of Pinot Grigio screaming my name. 🍾 #amwriting #WritingCommunity #SyFy

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This is a great way to visualize your notes. It reads like a Story Bible... do you create and organize this way for all your stories?

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

There's something very gratifying at seeing a finished manuscript taking shape in #Scrivener software. Anyone else get the same chills in a good way using the software? #WritingCommunity #SFF #HardSF #amediting

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L.T. McQueen @ltmcqueen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The 1.2 gravity indeed amplifies the characters: their moods, doubts, fears. I'm more character-driven as author, so the setting is still a "co-star"/silent antagonist. I think that's why disaster movies are so fun to watch.

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