Reposted by Marcus DouglasTony Pennino @beatnikprof.bsky.social · 04/05/2025#MusicSky #MayTheFourth 518132352055
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Spent an hour at Sprouts building the perfect cart. Employee thought it was abandoned (I was 2 feet away reading vitamin labels) and restocked it. I left with nothing but spite and a story. I will NOT shop there again. The worst part? They’re the only store in town that sells pumpernickel. 😣😔😭 150
Reposted by Marcus DouglasEmily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Kenyan #journalist Alvin Kaunda was reporting live from Nairobi when a curious baby #elephant, Kindani, decided to join the broadcast. The playful elephant stuck her trunk in Alvin's mouth, making for a hilarious moment! A joyful reminder of wildlife's charm and the work of the Sheldrick Trust! 431180243503
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Great day with @writingdaywksp.bsky.social in Tampa! I pitched four agents: 1) a very polite “not for me” 2) request for the full manuscript! 3) request to see the first few chapters! 4) a very polite”not for me” along with two names of agents who may like it! Very excited! #writersky #timetravel 151
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 12/04/2025I’m doing four agent pitches today for my book. In an industry with probably a 1% acceptance rate, my odds are low but my experience is increasing exponentially. Please send good vibes my way! 😃 #booksky #writingcommunity #writersky #timetravel #amwriting #amquerying #authors #sff #writers 040
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Today I'm dealing with the inkborn guilt of creating an interesting character knowing they will have a tragic end. #writingcommunity #timetravelauthors #sffwriters #writersky #amwriting #writers 010
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Writing a scene where my main character needs to take off his suit jacket. Then I realized he never took off his heavy coat. Had to go back three chapters where they came in out of the blizzard to basically add "he took off his coat" just so I could finish the scene in my head. Continuity matters! 010
Reposted by Marcus DouglasEmily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The internet has made it too easy to have an arch-nemesis. 101538
Reposted by Marcus DouglasMelissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Good 🧵 on which I will offer some commentary as reposts but you should read Rae's whole thing. 021
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Great thread with tips on live pitching your book. I’ll definitely be re-reading this thread and using these tips when I live pitch in April! #timetravelauthors #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying #authors #sff #sci-fi #writers #sffwriters 010
Reposted by Marcus DouglasRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 11/02/2025What if you built a billion-story building? Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with MinuteEarth! youtu.be/Z_xJ40QXu7Qyoutu.beWhat if you built a billion-story building?YouTube video by xkcd's What If? 603085311
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 31/01/2025#timetravelauthors This story has been in my head for many years, waiting. I’m surprised by how it’s evolved and changed since inception so long ago. Writing is truly an amazing and enjoyable experience. I waited so long to start, now I can’t wait to finish! #writingcommunity #authors #writers 140
Reposted by Marcus DouglasDave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 31/01/2025COMIC: Making Conversation 4622
Reposted by Marcus DouglasMatt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I can’t explain how much my soul needs to see Vincent D’Onofrio playing Kingpin again. 2181
Reposted by Marcus DouglasAmii Illustrates @amiiillustrates.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Take a deep breath and enjoy positive news from around the world 🌍 🌱 (a thread) 1/3 6501125
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Committee meeting in progress. I await their decision on several important household matters. #cats 050
Reposted by Marcus DouglasRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 30/01/2025Humidifier Review xkcd.com/3044 192237971821
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Nobody asked, but here are the differences between our two #cats 😸 Curry: yellow Pickles: B&W C: smol P: HUGE C: short, wiry hair P: long, fluffy hair C: all straws must die! P: the blue bird toy must die! C: likes nobody P: likes mama in day, papa at night C: do NOT pick up P: I will allow it 040
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 30/01/2025#timetravelauthors Day 29 He followed Spencer onto a rooftop terrace. Despite being open air, the temperature was comfortable. “It’s not cold out here,” Taylor remarked. “I have an atmosphere control dome over this part of the castle. Hexad tech, of course.” “Of course.” Taylor rolled his eyes. 140
Reposted by Marcus DouglasAuthor Adlin K.T. @adlinktauthor.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Visiting her abuelo, 10 year old Irene finds a portal to a new world & awakens an unspeakable evil. Aided by Taíno gods, newfound magic, & her little brother, Irene must walk the path of prophecy to undo her mistake & find her way home, or risk losing her parents forever. #2025Pit #MG #F #Q #Own 0416
Reposted by Marcus DouglasNan Bosch 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 @nanbosch.bsky.social · 27/01/2025A man from 2 worlds with 2 pasts faces those he wronged and the consequences of his terror. A sorceress queen, 6 modern-day teens and their magical allies are tasked to confront him lest he becomes too powerful. “The angels are watching,” ready to stop him if no one else can. #2025PIT #F #M #Q #YA 039
Reposted by Marcus DouglasMolly Henery @mollyhenery.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Holland, a PhD student, has made the archaeological discovery of a lifetime on a dig in the Philippines. When she’s abruptly sent back to her university with a gold coin from the dig, the mystery of the artifact threatens her career, sanity, and even her life. THE RUINS + UNSANE #2025pit #H #novella 1414
Reposted by Marcus DouglasPaul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 27/01/2025GUMSHOE FRANKENSTEIN: Hardboiled 1955 Hollywood detective noir, where the detective is a real-life Frankenstein's monster. Punchy, breakneck-paced, and snarky. 68K words. Will appeal to Jim Butcher fans, and would fit inside the world of Guillermo Del Toro's The Shape of Water. #2025Pit #A #H #M 0310
Reposted by Marcus DouglasKris @krismclain.bsky.social · 27/01/2025A mercenary ended the world, once. Now that it’s happening again, she must discover the lost, embrace magic, and champion her goddess—before time runs out. Title: Feather Fall #2025Pit #A #F #LGBTQ #RM 0210
Reposted by Marcus DouglasWill Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 27/01/2025#2025pit When a great magician dies, Kess is left in charge of his old magic shop. Kess can't do real magic, but with help from the magician's vain prodigal son (and some rabbits, summoned accidentally,) she has to keep the shop open. Kate Leh's SNAPDRAGON + Alison McGhee's DEAR BROTHER #MG #GN 1840398
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Time Travel Authors Day 27 #timetravelauthors Would chars like to meet fictional time travelers? The grounded and practical chars would say that’s frivolous but the rogues would say heck yeah! #booksky #writingcommunity #writersky #timetravel #amwriting #authors #sff #sci-fi #writers #sffwriters 130
Reposted by Marcus DouglasC. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Writer's block is usually one of two things: 1) You haven't figured out what to write. If this, step away. Go to a quiet place & think. 90% of writing happens away from your desk. 2) Fear what you write will suck. If this, accept that it will & remember no one gets to see it until it's finished. 21502102
Reposted by Marcus DouglasKerry P (Author & Editor) @kerrypwrites.bsky.social · 25/01/2025No edits of my own today... ...But I did start start some for a client as his publication day is fast approaching. Prologue and two chapters done... Looking good. No snippet, obviously, so here, have some editor humour instead. 💜💜 #WritingCommunity #SkyWriters #BookSky #Romancelandia #Authors 47019
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 26/01/2025When I see tomorrow’s #2025pit posts, this will be the hardest part - as a writer, NOT liking fellow writers’ pitches! (I may or may not have liked posts in a previous pit before I knew the rules. 😬) Good luck, everyone. Have fun! 050
Reposted by Marcus DouglasPaul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Stunning reaction to my new #StarterPack But still lots of space left. Just ask if you'd like to be included. Otherwise, please help out these fine writers by liking and circulating widely. And they're all terrific and well worth following #booksky #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #writers #agents 6415464
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Time Travel Authors Day 25 #timetravelauthors A snippet with the word “hold”. Agent Taylor goes home for a change of clothes. Aimee needs a coat. I wonder whose coat it is? Hmmmmmm #booksky #writingcommunity #writersky #timetravel #amwriting #amquerying #authors #sff #sci-fi #writers #sffwriters 170
Reposted by Marcus DouglasJulie Bihn, author of Titanic Voyage @juliebihn.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Next month's prompts, #TimeTravelAuthors! If you wrote, write, or will write time travel fiction (or comics, or movies, or radio plays, or whatever), I hope you'll join us! #TimeTravelAuthorsQ 365
Reposted by Marcus DouglasVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 24/01/2025PSA for writers: if a publisher dangles a contract offer but first wants to know how many of your own books you plan to buy...your answer will 100% determine whether you actually get the contract. Along w/ things like not paying royalties till production costs recouped, this is stealth vanity pub 7437109
Reposted by Marcus DouglasHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night. I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone. 2205630953079
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 24/01/2025I'm going to the 2025 Florida Writing Workshops. Anybody else? One-day conferences April 11 in Orlando and April 12 in Tampa. There are attending literary agents, classes, critiques, and more: floridawritingworkshops.com #writers #writersky #timetravelauthors #amquerying #authors #amwriting #sfffloridawritingworkshops.comThe 2025 Online Florida Writing WorkshopsGet Your Writing Published: April 11-12, 2025 110
Reposted by Marcus DouglasThe Onion @theonion.com · 23/01/2025CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Yearstheonion.comCIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These YearsLANGLEY, VA—A report released Tuesday by the CIA’s Office of the Inspector General revealed that the CIA has mistakenly obscured hundreds of thousands of pages of critical intelligence information wit... 88110341072
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 23/01/2025This is the kind of content I'm looking for!media.tenor.coma cartoon character giving an ok sign with his handAlt: a cartoon character giving a chef's kiss 000
Marcus Douglas @mdouglas3.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Time Travel Authors Day 23 #timetravelauthors Disasters? We have a timeline where humans are extinct, another where the Nazis nuke Chicago in 1930, and … that’s enough spoilers. 😊 #booksky #writingcommunity #writersky #timetravel #amwriting #amquerying #authors #sff #sci-fi #writers #sffwriters 351
Reposted by Marcus DouglasRichard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Loads of spelling mistakes in this. 48810715969
Reposted by Marcus DouglasAnna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 22/01/2025love when you put the draft away for a long while & then read it fresh & find out you still like it 41224
Reposted by Marcus DouglasRyan Reads and Writes 📚✨ @ryanreadsandwrites.me · 21/01/2025I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋 1084127322904
Reposted by Marcus DouglasMike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 08/11/2024A while back I learned something mindblowing about the geological history of the Mediterranean Sea, and I just can't get it out of my head. Now I'm going to make it *your* problem too. Sorry. Hang onto your hat. This is wild. 1/ 341342424
