So I used to go around local cons with a white hand puppet mouse (meant for kids, but I have small hands) and it was amazing the amount of people, even with me CLEARLY speaking for it with no real attempt at ventriloquism, who just addressed the puppet like he was real once I started working it
![Modified version of the below comic
SCIENCE FICTION WRITER'S Problem-Solving Flowchart.
[Start→Could we solve this problem by building giant airships again?
→(No)
→ARE YOU DOING IT ANYWAYS?
→(four arrows leading off-panel)]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jg6dgnw4sexm4tug6c3kdf32/bafkreiafj5pfjwht3jyalstxt4y44ne7m34cb6sq6pofdanw3isei2a3ma)
