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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

If you are generating novels with AI, you are objectively NOT the author of those novels, and you ARE harming other writers. Garbage books flooding algorithms make it more difficult for good books to be seen.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Me to myself just now: 🧠💡 That's a great story idea! But is it a short story idea or a novel idea? 🤔 Short story... I think.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. I have never identified with either party. If today, you are celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk, let me say the same thing to you that I said to those who celebrated the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. You are an awful person. Please unfollow me.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C. § 1385)Prohibits use of U.S. Army and Air Force (and by extension, Navy, Marine Corps, and Space Force) for domestic law enforcement unless expressly authorized by Congress.Applies to the National Guard only when federalized (i.e., under Title 10 status). GO READ IT!

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Agents and Editors, Should I mention my BA in Psychology or my MFA in Creative Writing in a query letter if the letter is strong without it? (I'm querying a YA/thiller that does involve mental illness.)

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Fellow mystery/thriller authors and horror folks, at this point, I think we can safely say that stabby is an adjective we all use. I think it should be in the dictionary. What say you?

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

youtube.com/shorts/ihlette… I don't know how it's possible for someone to be this old and this stupid at the same time. This person should not be allowed to vote. Ever. Not sorry.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Anyone else who grew up in the late 80's and 90's not know Gangster's Paradise sampled this: youtu.be/_H3Sv2zad6s?... Get outta here! My mind is blown right now!

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Stevie Wonder-Pastime Paradise

YouTube video by SpartanVc

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Let me get this straight... We basically lived through Contagion and every other apocalyptic pandemic movie ever made in 2020. Now, AI is running a muck and we're bringing back prehistoric wolves? Are we trying to live through Terminator and Jurassic Park next?

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Why do people who don't write think that writers view their undeveloped premise ideas as a valuable commodity? Having a story idea is NOT the hard part of writing. There aren't enough days left of my life to tell all the stories in my head. I don't need your ideas. None of us do.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Apparently, all it took to get rid of Musk was for Republicans to lose a State Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Who knew? 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I completed a graduate teaching certificate in online instruction and curriculum development today! #WritingCommunity

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

So, I was singing along with Beautiful Girls by Sean Kingston, and when I got to the "Suicidal... Suicidal ... 🎶" part, Alexa thought I summoned her, and she gave me the number to the suicide prevention hotline. Hahahahahahahaha! 🤣 🤣 🤣

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

The next time you hear a British person say we Americans speak English incorrectly, kindly inform them that they objectively pronounce many words incorrectly. Aluminum is not pronounced or spelled Aluminium. So sayeth the British chemist Humphry Davy who named it.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Next time someone tells you that Elon feeding social security numbers into an open source AI database isn't a problem because "smart people" know what they are doing, show them this article from 2023. People who work in IT see this ALL THE TIME. techcrunch.com/2023/09/18/m...

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Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed terabytes of internal sensitive data | TechCrunch

Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed tens of terabytes of sensitive data, including private keys and passwords, while publishing a storage bucket

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

"I hate writing, but I love having written." -- Dorothy Parker I'm with you, Dorothy.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Musk is now claiming that a bunch of gold is missing from Ft. Knox. I'll take Pretext to Justify a Federal Crypto Currency for 1000, Alex.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

More than one person has told me there is too much exposition in my stories, but I can't help but wonder how many times Chuck Palahniuk has heard the same criticism.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

#WritingCommunity Does anyone listen to the podcast Book Fight? It seems like they just stopped posting new episodes. I like Book Fight. Anyone know what the deal is or if it's ever coming back?

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Here it is... the secret formula for successfully marketing a self-published book: Step 1) Collect underpants Step 2) ??? Step 3) Profit!

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Is it just me, or is writing cover copy and a pitch for a query letter harder than writing the actual book? #writerslife

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Has anyone ever stopped to think that it's extremely weird that Elon Musk has never been to space on a space X rocket? I'll tell you a secret... It's because his employees hate him, and he knows there's a 0% chance he would come back alive.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Tell the truth. If you’re my age, when she says the thing about power ups we're all thinking of the same DBZ move. Extremely accurate!😆🤣https://youtu.be/CbnpX90hg1g?si=H0uNPUVtSmBmNMzO

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

#WritingCommunity What format do you prefer for podcasts? Video, audio only, or either?

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

For the record, the word is important, not impor-ent. Why do so many Americans, from different dialectic regions, sound like Cockney chimney sweeps?

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm just gonna leave this here.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Dear spammers, Why bother at this point? Society's awareness of scams has progressed lightyears since the Nigerian princes emailed us needing help with international banking. We all see you. Who exactly is falling for it? Stop. It's just pathetic. Seriously.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I just attempted to watched a Fourth Wing review on YouTube. I know... I'm Late to the party. The video is over 2 hours long, and at the 10 minute mark, nothing had yet been said about the content of the book. This review did not know it was a review. 1 star. Not sorry.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

To those of you whose books I read who also happen to follow me(some of you know who you are): Please stop killing off my favorite characters. Real life is stressful enough without you giving me a panic attack over people you created who now live in my head. Signed, The 🌍's Biggest Hypocrite

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

@brynneweaver.bsky.social For the record, you didn’t ruin cookies and cream ice cream for me. I don’t eat it enough to have it ruined. You did, however, ruin Orzo pasta. I notice there's not even an over-the-shoulder acknowledgement of this in your trigger warnings. Not cool. 🤣 #ButcherAndBlackbird

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I just had to turn off Microsoft Copilot in Word because it offered to "help me write" my story! Damn this AI plague! Damn it straight to hell! And damn the soulless Silicon Valley troglodytes pushing it on us!!!!!!

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I'm sick of seeking YouTube ads for AI software that writes your book for you. I'm a writer because I enjoy writing. AI can fuck all the way off! Not sorry for the language.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

⚠️ Public Service Announcement: Some of you are supposed to be writing right now! Get to it!

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

This is the best PR ad I've ever seen for a municipality. Mayor Scott LeMay of Garland, TX is officially my new favorite person! youtu.be/XqZZ5VDyCVQ?...

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City Hall is in good hands this holiday season. Mayor Scott LeMay sends his greetings!

YouTube video by City of Garland,TX

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

As a story teller, I am extremely frustrated when someone tells a story on reddit about a problem they have to get advice, then they elect not to post an update on the resolution.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

I'm awake right now, and I don't mean to be.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

My nephew got a 3D printer for Christmas! I'm literally jealous of a 7 year-old right now.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Elon Musk has the unmitigated gall to threaten elected officials and gripe about unelected bureaucrats when he is, himself, an unelected bureaucrat.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

After the last decade of dumb political shit, covid, and various random news items that always make life less convenient for literally everyone on earth, if the weird drones turn out to be 👽's, my response is "Nope. Hard pass... unsubscribe!" #UFO #UAP

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Every time a conservative pundit says that Jill Biden is "not a real doctor," I wonder if their justification for this claim is because she's not a medical doctor or if they think an EDd is somehow less legitimate than a PhD. Psst... Doctor is Latin for educator. Not physician or philosopher.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

So... the new season of Squid Game drops December 26! My level of enthusiasm about it is a little ridiculous. Anybody else? Or is it just me?

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I'm making a prediction and stating it here, in writing, for posterity. Elon Musk will, some day very soon, be viewed as the greatest threat to civilization by both the left and the right of the political spectrum. I just hope it happens before he does something that gets us all killed.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Friendly reminder: Die Hard IS a Christmas movie. Any argument to the contrary is objectively wrong, and I will not hear it.

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I'm 3/4 of the way through an MFA in Creative Writing. How many of you who have an MFA feel like it was worth it? #WritingCommunity #academia

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Steve Hostetler @stevehostetler.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Ugh! Based on the absurd number of DMs I'm getting from weird accounts with poor grammar, I gotta say, I'm starting to wonder if this account is even worth having. I don't have time to vet my DMs and block every foreign scammer and bot. This is ridiculous.

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