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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Octoboo Freebee book through Oct 5. The Spartan Chimera - AU Mythology X Repeating Time X Shifters - Medusa is a heroine, Perseus is her best friend - FMC has MM parents Link www.amazon.com/Spartan-Chim...

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #relicoftimewar D1- On an island far away, two paleontology grad students meet a man they can't kill and are transported to the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, where a war between immortals threatens the future they are desperate to return to... www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSXRMSY1

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And for #Octoboo #octoberbooks freebees, Spartan Chimera- October 2-5 How to Become a Crazy Cat Lady to Survive the Zompocalypse - Oct 9-12 (happy #cattober) Revelation of A.S.H. - Oct 15-19 Ghost With Cats - Oct 23-27 www.amazon.com/stores/autho...

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Julie Bihn, author of Titanic Voyage @juliebihn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey, who's in for next month, #TimeTravelAuthors? It's a hashtag game where you only have to participate every other day, AND I don't have to make daily cards for it! In fact, we use the same card all month! Win win! You can even schedule all your posts in advance! Time travel!

#TimeTravelAuthors
October 2026

1. Introduce your story (optional: spooky and/or like a Twilight Zone episode)
3. Saturday excerpt (optional word: ghost/spirit)
5. Does anyone see any important and/or historic events?
7. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: embarrass)
9. Most cynical character
11. A non-book example of time travel that stands out to you? (Ewan Stone)
13. Would you like to be friends/hang out with any of your characters?
15. Weirdest marketing idea that worked
17. Saturday excerpt (optional word: trick/treat)
19. Would the story change substantially if the protagonist (or whole cast) was another gender? (QuasiTemporal)
21. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: alone/haunt)
23. Any monsters in your story?
25. Most and/or least attractive characters
27. Do any characters play pranks/tricks?
29. A scary moment (post-sized)
31. Author's choice/promo

To join, answer the prompts on odd days, hashtag #TimeTravelAuthors
Even days are for posting whatever!

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Get the whole Pagosa Stars series for Free leading up to the launch of the last book - Cards on the Table. www.amazon.com/dp/B093GR4LW...

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Julie Bihn, author of Titanic Voyage @juliebihn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Quirks? Liam uses a bad British accent through all of Titanic Voyage. Even in Immigrants' Journey, he still uses "yeah?" a lot. Neither Rocky nor Sahar generally like being touched. (Different reasons, likely not explained, not abuse.) Clara uses serial "and"s. #TimeTravelAuthors

#TimeTravelAuthors
August 2026

1. Introduce your story (optional: use the word "wish")
3. Where does your main character live/where are they from?
5. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: bitter/sour/mean)
7. If your work was an ice cream flavor, what would it be?
9. Why do you think people enjoy time-travel stories?
11. Character with tattoo/scar/distinguishing mark (Candace Hill)
13. Advice your character would give about time travel
15. Saturday excerpt (optional word: match/same)
17. Does anyone travel to the future? What did they (or would they) think of it? (NaraMoore)
19. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: many)
21. A character quirk (or your quirk!)
23. Pets or animals in your story (asked by popular demand)
25. Emojis your character/s would use
27. Something you'll write/publish in the future
29. Saturday excerpt (optional word: craft/project)
31. Author's choice/promo

All time-travel authors and published works, WIPs, etc. welcome!

Emotional time travel romance in an amusement park. Night sky background with a mountain maybe and a cactus, and water in the foreground, with a glowing poorly drawn Ferris wheel. Titanic Voyage by Julie Bihn, available now. Immigrants' Journey by Julie Bihn, preorder now.

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🎃 Dammit Janet Raye Stevens/👻Eerie Kelley @authorjrstevens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors Day 15 A #romance "match" for #bookstoreromanceday: “Pop taught me to throw a punch," Sully said. "Ma taught me how to duck.” Dark humor, my specialty. I began to suspect Glo had used one of those online dating apps that used 85 points of compatibility to match me up with him.

Text: #TimeTravelAuthors Day 15 A #romance "match" for #bookstoreromanceday:

“Pop taught me to throw a punch," Sully said. "Ma taught me how to duck.”

Dark humor, my specialty. I began to suspect Glo had used one of those online dating apps that used 85 points of compatibility to match me up with him.

Image: Image: the #TimeTravelAuthors hashtag and the time travel monthly writing prompts for August. All time travel authors are welcome to join in with excerpts and comments from their work on odd days throughout the month using the hashtag. The prompt for August 15th is: Saturday excerpt, optional word match.

Promo image for the book Beryl Blue, Time Cop, a romantic time travel adventure. Background is an array of pocket watches with the Beryl Blue book cover on the right; text on the left reads: Her mission, save the soldier, save the future. What happens when she falls in love?

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Julie Bihn, author of Titanic Voyage @juliebihn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I couldn't understand her brogue. Trying to be gracious, I gave her the #same smile I offer customers. "Beg your pardon, but would you please speak more slowly? My ears are ringing from the fog-horn." #TimeTravelAuthors Preorder Immigrants' Journey book.juliebihn.com/ij

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Day 1 #TimeTravelAuthors The most pervasive WISH throughout the later books is Daisy's wish she was still human, that she had never been changed, but then in the past events of A Huntsman's Hatred she learns the truth. #RelicofTimeWar is 13 Books of #SciFantasy www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSXRMSY1

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

All the Words August 2026 is coming. #ATWAugust is a writing or editing routine-building challenge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODnM...

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Julie Bihn, author of Titanic Voyage @juliebihn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Next month's prompts, #TimeTravelAuthors! If you wrote, write, or will write #TimeTravel stories or create other time travel media, you're welcome to join. Hope to see you then! #WritingQs #HashtagGames #TImeTravelAuthorsQs #TimeTravelAuthorsQ

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Julie Bihn, author of Titanic Voyage @juliebihn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I actually got more sales there (the #TimeTravelAuthors hashtag helped spawn three anthologies!). But I imagine it’s less helpful now. Even if I hadn’t stopped getting engagement, I couldn’t justify staying due to the voices the platform amplifies.

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A Huntsman's Hope Pre-sale $2.99 releases on July 17. The last #HuntsmanofAdamos and #RelicofTimeWar book release sale starts today. The end of a 1.4 million word and 10-year stroke recovery and writing journey. amazon.com/dp/B0BSXN2266 #NewBookRelease #IndieAuthor #SciFanBook #SciFanSeries

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Julie Bihn, author of Titanic Voyage @juliebihn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

One annoying thing about my cover designs is that if I look at Immigrants’ Journey so it’s most recent/directly to the left of Titanic Voyage, I feel like I have to open Titanic Voyage so Liam and Clara’s silhouettes will face each other. I may not be normal. 🤔 #TimeTravelAuthors

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

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Ellis Rosales @ellisrosales.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #AndinoAndina by Liz Rosales Out now #Neurodivergent Jac travels to a bucket list country to be the scribe of other-dimensionals, and experience life on another timeline who made different choices #AndinoAndina #WIPSnips #DisabledWriters #WritersonBlue #Specfic #Solarpunk

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What life in Colorado looks like this holiday week...

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Day 1 #TimeTravelAuthors #RelicofTimeWar is 13 Books of #SciFantasy #swordandplanet Their war started fifty thousand years ago. They fled to our world. Semi-immortals who lived among us became part of our mythology, and brought an enemy who existed beyond our reality. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSXRMSY1

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Julie Bihn, author of Titanic Voyage @juliebihn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Next month's prompts #TimeTravelAuthors! All stages and types of work are welcome. Hope to see you then! #TimeTravelAuthorsQs #TimeTravelAuthorsQ #TimeTravel #WritingCommunity #HashtagGames

#TimeTravelAuthors
July 2026

1. Introduce your time travel story (optional: like a summer action movie)
3. Main character's appearance
5. First time someone time travels
7. Memorable weather in your story
9. What's a lie a character believes about themselves?
11. Saturday excerpt (optional word: breathe/breath)
13. A character's favorite color
15. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: fail/loss)
17. How honorable are your characters?
19. Any similarities across your works?
21. Anything your characters time travel to fix?
23. Tip for writing time travel
25. Saturday excerpt (optional word: unite/together)
27. Does your story's time travel ever surprise you?
29. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: proof/prove)
31. Author's choice/promo

All time-travel authors and published works, WIPs, etc. welcome!
To join, just answer the prompts on odd days, using the hashtag #TimeTravelAuthors
Even days are for posting what you like!

Questions? @juliebihn.bsky.social or @juliebihn.mastodon.social

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I'm hosting BtB today! Words are HARD! Join us for all the #writerlychat and to share ideas when that #writerlylife is just being difficult. www.youtube.com/watch?v=obns...

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Join Kaufman on the WriteNow channel for his years long journey to write The Last Scarecrow and host 1000 daily live streams. www.youtube.com/@KauffmanWri...

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

New Release Stars Over Pagosa, Pagosa Stars#6 - www.amazon.com/Stars-Over-P... $0.99 Sale Anemones in the Wind : Pagosa Cliffs Anemones #4 www.amazon.com/Anemones-Win... $0.99 Sale Windswept Stars: Pagosa Stars #4 www.amazon.com/Windswept-St... #Newrelease #booksale #pagoacliffs #pagosastars

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Andy King @2primates.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I miss the innocent days of 1997 when “A deranged tycoon intent on destroying the world” was the premise for a far-fetched Bond movie rather than the bio of the richest man on earth in 2026.

“A deranged tycoon intent on destroying the world… 007 to the rescue!” ITV X description of the 1997 Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies.

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Two days left until Stars Over Pagosa, PS #6 launches. A visually-impaired whistleblower hiding from assassins in Pagosa Cliffs helps the seventh McConnell sheriff hunt the May I.B. Chained Erotica Serial Killer. www.amazon.com/Stars-Over-P...

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Stars Over Pagosa: Pagosa Stars #6 (Pagosa Stars Series)

Amazon.com: Stars Over Pagosa: Pagosa Stars #6 (Pagosa Stars Series) eBook : Ward, M.M. : Kindle Store

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 08/06/2026

Just finished a blog on why writing Aro-Ace & Nonbinary characters matters to me. It spans my youth without seeing my queer identities in fiction, the power of fiction to understand yourself & others, countering allosexual & alloromantic 'norms,' & nonbinary rep as awareness & resistance. 💚🤍🩶🖤💜💛

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Why Writing Nonbinary, Aro-Ace Characters Matters to Me - Elise Carlson

As a nineties kid; I never saw myself in fiction. Never truly connected with characters and didn’t really have role models. I didn’t know why I liked alternating between writing male main characters a...

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Annabookbel @annabookbel.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

There's a scammer contacting indie authors pretending to be me - everything is spelt wrong, but it's close enough that you might be fooled, although I really hope you won't be. I'm always just the one word! Take care. Thank you, @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social, for contacting me to let me know.

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Julie Bihn, author of Titanic Voyage @juliebihn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

If you write any form of #TimeTravel, free to join us for #TimeTravelAuthors! It has 50% fewer questions than most writing hashtag games, which means more time for you to explore your mad experiments or whatever.

#TimeTravelAuthors
June 2026

1. Introduce your story (optional: use the word "break")
3. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: raise/rise)
5. A relationship you love in your story
7. Mundane/boring use for time travel?
9. Would it be better for your characters if time travel never existed? (Nathan Summers)
11. Robots, non-humans, etc. in your story
13. Saturday excerpt (optional word: rich/poor)
15. Characters' mental health
17. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: glimmer/shine)
19. Do characters travel through space, or just time?
21. Parents or mentors in your story
23. Do any characters use certain words/phrases/speech styles? (NaraMoore)
25. Youngest character
27. Saturday excerpt (optional wit’s: proud)
29. Author’s choice/promo

All time-travel authors and published works, WIPs, etc. welcome!
To join, just answer the prompts on odd days, using the hashtag #Time TravelAuthors On even days, post what you like!
Questions?@juliebihn.bsky.social or @juliebihn.mastodon.social

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I got an email, and a quick social media search proved my skepticism true. While the praise for my multiple finished series and lure of a trad house was nice for a hot minute, I know these scammers are counting on the IMP. Do your due diligence. Spread the word. #indieauthorsunite #writingcommunity

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Day 1 #TimeTravelAuthors #RelicofTimeWar is 13 Books #SciFantasy, #swordandplanet The risk of 'breaking the timeline' is real and actually happens a few times in the series. It's so hard to fix things when time goes awry, and some characters are broken to fix time. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSXRMSY1

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Join us on Rach's channel for Breaking the Block #Writerlychat this morning. www.youtube.com/live/U7e_Qz_... #WritingCommunity #Wrtersblock #indieauthors

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🎃 Dammit Janet Raye Stevens/👻Eerie Kelley @authorjrstevens.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors Day 17 Librarian Beryl Blue's usual 8 hours sleep and 2 cups of joe in the AM gets messed up when she's hurled back to 1943. Sully, the WWII soldier she's got to save from an assassin doesn't get much sleep, even less when he heads overseas--and into the Battle of the Bulge.

Square image with the #TimeTravelAuthors hashtag and the time travel monthly writing prompts for May. All time travel authors are welcome to join in with excerpts and comments from their work on odd days throughout the month using the hashtag. The prompt for May 17th is sleep habits/schedule.

Book promo image of a twenty-something woman with wavy dark hair, bright red lipstick, and wearing a long, olive green wool coat of World War II Army vintage. She looks anxiously over her shoulder at a cityscape at night, with searchlight beams cutting across a teal-colored sky and lighting up old-fashioned propellor-powered airplanes overhead. Text superimposed over the image reads: “Time has met its match in Beryl Blue.” At the foot of the image, on the right, are three book covers from various devices--tablet, phone, and print.

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Andrew Varga @andrewvargaauthor.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors D7 “Whatcha doing out of school, kid?” he asked in the accusing tone that all mall cops use with teenagers—the tone that implied he already knew I was up to something, even though I was just standing there minding my own business.

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Bob Mayer @bobmayer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Six missions. Same day. Different years. Our history remain the same. The Time Patrol guards our timeline. #timetravel #TimeTravelAuthors #AlternateUniverse #scifibooks amzn.to/3X8eLSN

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NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Bluesky @naramoore.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Bijou the #TimeTravelingGhost #TimeTravelAuthors A #sapphic #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy reminiscent of Edgar Rice Burroughs without the baggage #PIXIV www.pixiv.net/novel/show.p... #AO3 archiveofourown.org/works/83396596 Art @maisart.bsky.social #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #Romance #Queer #Serial

# Bijou the #TimeTravelingGhost
#TimeTravelAuthors 1. Introduce your story

Meet Bijou, a time-tripping “ghost” without a past and her companion Emily, late of the Hindenburg disaster, as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of #TimeTravel, #Illuminati, #KnightsTemplar, and Lapan Cabal.

Meet Amelia Earhart, Nostradamus, Faust, and others in a landscape spanning from the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event to the wastelands of the future, with stop-offs on the Hindenburg, Titanic, and Crusader Cyprus.

It’s a #sapphic sophisticated pulp-inspired story reminiscent of Edgar Rice Burroughs, without the baggage.

Revised, edited, and retconed.

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Julie Bihn, author of Titanic Voyage @juliebihn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Normally your holoactor is #hidden in the crowd but now she's close to our lift, chatting with a whole family of redheads. It seems as though she's made friends with them in an instant. That seems like something you'd do, yeah? #TimeTravelAuthors

#TimeTravelAuthors
May 2026

1. Introduce your story (optional: use the word "may")
3. Old buildings in your story
5. A character's favorite snack
7. First lines spoken by an unimportant, non-major, or unnamed character
9. Saturday excerpt (optional word: hide/hidden)
11. Do your characters ever undo anything?
13. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: peace)
15. What might change if your story started in a different year?
17. Sleep habits/schedule
19. How organized are your characters?
21. Do characters meet any relatives when they time travel?
23. Saturday excerpt (optional word: rescue/save)
25. Something pretty/beautiful in your story
27. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: clever/smart)
29. A weird comp (any medium) for your time travel story
31. Author's choice/promo

To join, just answer the prompts on odd days, using the hashtag #TimeTravelAuthors
On even days, post what you like!

Questions? @juliebihn.bsky.social or @juliebihn.mastodon.social

The next scene is a crowd at the Queenstown docks, with the Titanic anchored some distance away.

Melia points. "There."

Normally your holoactor is hidden in the crowd but now she's close to our lift, chatting with a whole family of redheads. It seems as though she's made friends with them in an instant. That seems like something you'd do, yeah?

Titanic Voyage by Julie Bihn, available at major retailers and on Hoopla

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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger @pamportland.org · 14/05/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day13 #Chapter4 The beauty of the surrounding landscape must have been the missing ingredient in providing her the first shred of #peace over the past several days.

Time Travel Authors – 13 May prompt: Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: peace)

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

#writerreading podcast "How to Become a Crazy Cat Lady to Survive the Zombpocalyse" starts today to celebrate Zombie Survival Awareness month. youtu.be/llBw50K3-68 FREE EBOOK - Get HTBACCLTSTZ for free from May 3-8th. On sale for $2.99 until May 31. www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9TP22RT/

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Day 1 #TimeTravelAuthors #RelicofTimeWar book 13 #TheShadowHunt released 3.20. It's #SciFantasy, #swordandplanet without damsels, and #Immortals at war to save everything from being consumed. "Those who control time, control the fate of all life, all love, all light." www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSXRMSY1

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Day 1 #TimeTravelAuthors #RelicofTimeWar is 13 Books #SciFantasy, #swordandplanet Through time, #Immortals and humans fight to save everything from being consumed by an interdimensional entity. "Those who control time, control the fate of all life, all love, all light." www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSXRMSY1

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Julie Bihn, author of Titanic Voyage @juliebihn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Woodrow Wilson, 1915. I think I'm gonna go cry. www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ad...

My urgent advice to you would be, not only always to think first of America, but always, also, to think first of humanity. You do not love humanity if you seek to divide humanity into jealous camps. Humanity can be welded together only by love, by sympathy, by justice, not by jealousy and hatred. I am sorry for the man who seeks to make personal capital out of the passions of his fellow-men. He has lost the touch and ideal of America, for America was created to unite mankind by those passions which lift and not by the passions which separate and debase. We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite. It was but an historical accident no doubt that this great country was called the "United States"; yet I am very thankful that it has that word "United" in its title, and the man who seeks to divide man from man, group from group, interest from interest in this great Union is striking at its very heart.

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