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#PennedPossibilities 1098: What is a relatively recent invention that dramatically changed the world in your WIP?

Oddly enough, it is a world with an economy based on human labor. They've had railroads and paved roads for centuries and air transport for longer than that. Now someone has invented the road locomotive and gotten it licensed for lading. It fills the same ecological niche as an 18-wheel tractor trailer, but has power wheels similar to the ones on a steam locomotive. Oh, yeah, it's steam powered and can be piloted by a single individual rather than requiring a dozen. A shiny brass-appointed example figures prominently in a devil-girl story that takes place 200 years after the moonshot. It is so controversial that transportation unions have called strikes where they have been introduced for freight carriage. The one the devil-girl rides on was converted into an RV bus. The urbanized modern world in the Reluctance series is quite unlike ours.

The tech doesn't show up in the current WIP.

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#PennedPossibilities 1098: What is a relatively recent invention that dramatically changed the world in your WIP?

Oddly enough, it is a world with an economy based on human labor. They've had railroads and paved roads for centuries and air transport for longer than that. Now someone has invented the road locomotive and gotten it licensed for lading. It fills the same ecological niche as an 18-wheel tractor trailer, but has power wheels similar to the ones on a steam locomotive. Oh, yeah, it's steam powered and can be piloted by a single individual rather than requiring a dozen. A shiny brass-appointed example figures prominently in a devil-girl story that takes place 200 years after the moonshot. It is so controversial that transportation unions have called strikes where they have been introduced for freight carriage. The one the devil-girl rides on was converted into an RV bus. The urbanized modern world in the Reluctance series is quite unlike ours.

The tech doesn't show up in the current WIP.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#PennedPossibilities 1098: What is a relatively recent invention that dramatically changed the world in your WIP?

Oddly enough, it is a world with an economy based on human labor. They've had railroads and paved roads for centuries and air transport for longer than that. Now someone has invented the road locomotive and gotten it licensed for lading. It fills the same ecological niche as an 18-wheel tractor trailer, but has power wheels similar to the ones on a steam locomotive. Oh, yeah, it's steam powered and can be piloted by a single individual rather than requiring a dozen. A shiny brass-appointed example figures prominently in a devil-girl story that takes place 200 years after the moonshot. It is so controversial that transportation unions have called strikes where they have been introduced for freight carriage. The one the devil-girl rides on was converted into an RV bus. The urbanized modern world in the Reluctance series is quite unlike ours.

The tech doesn't show up in the current WIP.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

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#PennedPossibilities 1098: What is a relatively recent invention that dramatically changed the world in your WIP?

Oddly enough, it is a world with an economy based on human labor. They've had railroads and paved roads for centuries and air transport for longer than that. Now someone has invented the road locomotive and gotten it licensed for lading. It fills the same ecological niche as an 18-wheel tractor trailer, but has power wheels similar to the ones on a steam locomotive. Oh, yeah, it's steam powered and can be piloted by a single individual rather than requiring a dozen. A shiny brass-appointed example figures prominently in a devil-girl story that takes place 200 years after the moonshot. It is so controversial that transportation unions have called strikes where they have been introduced for freight carriage. The one the devil-girl rides on was converted into an RV bus. The urbanized modern world in the Reluctance series is quite unlike ours.

The tech doesn't show up in the current WIP.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

#PennedPossibilities 1098: What is a relatively recent invention that dramatically changed the world in your WIP?

Oddly enough, it is a world with an economy based on human labor. They've had railroads and paved roads for centuries and air transport for longer than that. Now someone has invented the road locomotive and gotten it licensed for lading. It fills the same ecological niche as an 18-wheel tractor trailer, but has power wheels similar to the ones on a steam locomotive. Oh, yeah, it's steam powered and can be piloted by a single individual rather than requiring a dozen. A shiny brass-appointed example figures prominently in a devil-girl story that takes place 200 years after the moonshot. It is so controversial that transportation unions have called strikes where they have been introduced for freight carriage. The one the devil-girl rides on was converted into an RV bus. The urbanized modern world in the Reluctance series is quite unlike ours.

The tech doesn't show up in the current WIP.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#sf #sff #sciencefiction
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Which President has the most profitable crime family? Here's the numbers. Surprising?

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/biden-vs-trump-family-corruption

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Which President has the most profitable crime family? Here's the numbers. Surprising?

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/biden-vs-trump-family-corruption

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Which President has the most profitable crime family? Here's the numbers. Surprising?

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/biden-vs-trump-family-corruption

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#uspol #trump #biden #corruption

Which President has the most profitable crime family? Here's the numbers. Surprising?

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/biden-vs-trump-family-corruption

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#uspol #trump #biden #corruption

#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.12 — How often do you take mental breaks from your creative work?

I sleep, often daily?

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#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.12 — How often do you take mental breaks from your creative work?

I sleep, often daily?

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#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.12 — How often do you take mental breaks from your creative work?

I sleep, often daily?

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#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.12 — How often do you take mental breaks from your creative work?

I sleep, often daily?

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.12 — How often do you take mental breaks from your creative work?

I sleep, often daily?

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.12 — What's the last museum you went to? Did it inspire you?

San Diego Model Railroad Museum. They have recreations of important California railroads, including the famous Tehachapi Loop. Inspired? Yes, to enjoy other people's model railway hobby and to not advance beyond my small set that circles the Christmas tree.

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.12 — What's the last museum you went to? Did it inspire you?

San Diego Model Railroad Museum. They have recreations of important California railroads, including the famous Tehachapi Loop. Inspired? Yes, to enjoy other people's model railway hobby and to not advance beyond my small set that circles the Christmas tree.

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.12 — What's the last museum you went to? Did it inspire you?

San Diego Model Railroad Museum. They have recreations of important California railroads, including the famous Tehachapi Loop. Inspired? Yes, to enjoy other people's model railway hobby and to not advance beyond my small set that circles the Christmas tree.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.12 — What's the last museum you went to? Did it inspire you?

San Diego Model Railroad Museum. They have recreations of important California railroads, including the famous Tehachapi Loop. Inspired? Yes, to enjoy other people's model railway hobby and to not advance beyond my small set that circles the Christmas tree.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.12 — What's the last museum you went to? Did it inspire you?

San Diego Model Railroad Museum. They have recreations of important California railroads, including the famous Tehachapi Loop. Inspired? Yes, to enjoy other people's model railway hobby and to not advance beyond my small set that circles the Christmas tree.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#WordWeavers 2026.08.12 — If your main character had a comfort food, what would it be?

Probably squid, but I haven't asked. Bolt grew up in a forest on a rocky coast with high cliffs and her mother used dried squid for teething. It was an inexpensive common seasonal food, so she ate it a lot. In the story, she does eat chopped squid grilled on a stick. The honey sesame tomato sauce brushed on becomes very gooey as it cooks, turns a deeply delicious ruddy brown chewy treat that is more savory than sweet.

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#WordWeavers 2026.08.12 — If your main character had a comfort food, what would it be?

Probably squid, but I haven't asked. Bolt grew up in a forest on a rocky coast with high cliffs and her mother used dried squid for teething. It was an inexpensive common seasonal food, so she ate it a lot. In the story, she does eat chopped squid grilled on a stick. The honey sesame tomato sauce brushed on becomes very gooey as it cooks, turns a deeply delicious ruddy brown chewy treat that is more savory than sweet.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
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#WordWeavers 2026.08.12 — If your main character had a comfort food, what would it be?

Probably squid, but I haven't asked. Bolt grew up in a forest on a rocky coast with high cliffs and her mother used dried squid for teething. It was an inexpensive common seasonal food, so she ate it a lot. In the story, she does eat chopped squid grilled on a stick. The honey sesame tomato sauce brushed on becomes very gooey as it cooks, turns a deeply delicious ruddy brown chewy treat that is more savory than sweet.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

#WordWeavers 2026.08.12 — If your main character had a comfort food, what would it be?

Probably squid, but I haven't asked. Bolt grew up in a forest on a rocky coast with high cliffs and her mother used dried squid for teething. It was an inexpensive common seasonal food, so she ate it a lot. In the story, she does eat chopped squid grilled on a stick. The honey sesame tomato sauce brushed on becomes very gooey as it cooks, turns a deeply delicious ruddy brown chewy treat that is more savory than sweet.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

#WordWeavers 2026.08.12 — If your main character had a comfort food, what would it be?

Probably squid, but I haven't asked. Bolt grew up in a forest on a rocky coast with high cliffs and her mother used dried squid for teething. It was an inexpensive common seasonal food, so she ate it a lot. In the story, she does eat chopped squid grilled on a stick. The honey sesame tomato sauce brushed on becomes very gooey as it cooks, turns a deeply delicious ruddy brown chewy treat that is more savory than sweet.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

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#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

#PennedPossibilities 1097: Do you boost or share work from other creative individuals on Mastodon?

Take note: I boost author publication posts (not publisher posts) when I see them in my feed, as detailed in my introductory post. I boost interesting or masterful artwork and photo posts by the original artist or photographer (not their proxies) when I see them, usually but not always after favoriting them. Since I value my followers, I may choose not to boost if you are flooding the zone, posting nonsense, or posting something hurtful.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#RSdiscussion

#PennedPossibilities 1097: Do you boost or share work from other creative individuals on Mastodon?

Take note: I boost author publication posts (not publisher posts) when I see them in my feed, as detailed in my introductory post. I boost interesting or masterful artwork and photo posts by the original artist or photographer (not their proxies) when I see them, usually but not always after favoriting them. Since I value my followers, I may choose not to boost if you are flooding the zone, posting nonsense, or posting something hurtful.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#PennedPossibilities 1097: Do you boost or share work from other creative individuals on Mastodon?

Take note: I boost author publication posts (not publisher posts) when I see them in my feed, as detailed in my introductory post. I boost interesting or masterful artwork and photo posts by the original artist or photographer (not their proxies) when I see them, usually but not always after favoriting them. Since I value my followers, I may choose not to boost if you are flooding the zone, posting nonsense, or posting something hurtful.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#PennedPossibilities 1097: Do you boost or share work from other creative individuals on Mastodon?

Take note: I boost author publication posts (not publisher posts) when I see them in my feed, as detailed in my introductory post. I boost interesting or masterful artwork and photo posts by the original artist or photographer (not their proxies) when I see them, usually but not always after favoriting them. Since I value my followers, I may choose not to boost if you are flooding the zone, posting nonsense, or posting something hurtful.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#PennedPossibilities 1097: Do you boost or share work from other creative individuals on Mastodon?

Take note: I boost author publication posts (not publisher posts) when I see them in my feed, as detailed in my introductory post. I boost interesting or masterful artwork and photo posts by the original artist or photographer (not their proxies) when I see them, usually but not always after favoriting them. Since I value my followers, I may choose not to boost if you are flooding the zone, posting nonsense, or posting something hurtful.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#WordWeavers 2026.08.11 — Which shelved project are you itching to get back to?

Not scratching any itches, ignoring them best I can to concentrate on what's needful and necessary.

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#BoostingIsSharing

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#WordWeavers 2026.08.11 — Which shelved project are you itching to get back to?

Not scratching any itches, ignoring them best I can to concentrate on what's needful and necessary.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
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#WordWeavers 2026.08.11 — Which shelved project are you itching to get back to?

Not scratching any itches, ignoring them best I can to concentrate on what's needful and necessary.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
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#WordWeavers 2026.08.11 — Which shelved project are you itching to get back to?

Not scratching any itches, ignoring them best I can to concentrate on what's needful and necessary.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#WordWeavers 2026.08.11 — Which shelved project are you itching to get back to?

Not scratching any itches, ignoring them best I can to concentrate on what's needful and necessary.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.11 — When were you last a student?

Twenty years ago. I took two semesters of Japanese in 2006 in preparation for touring Japan before the 2007 WorldCon in Tokyo.

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.11 — When were you last a student?

Twenty years ago. I took two semesters of Japanese in 2006 in preparation for touring Japan before the 2007 WorldCon in Tokyo.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.11 — When were you last a student?

Twenty years ago. I took two semesters of Japanese in 2006 in preparation for touring Japan before the 2007 WorldCon in Tokyo.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSInklingsStory #RSReluctanceStory

#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.11 — When were you last a student?

Twenty years ago. I took two semesters of Japanese in 2006 in preparation for touring Japan before the 2007 WorldCon in Tokyo.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSInklingsStory #RSReluctanceStory

#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.11 — When were you last a student?

Twenty years ago. I took two semesters of Japanese in 2006 in preparation for touring Japan before the 2007 WorldCon in Tokyo.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
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#sf #sff and historic #fantasy authors in the #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon, here's some light #science reading you might find thought provoking.

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https://dino-world.com/17-facts-about-the-ancient-world-scientists-have-quietly-revised-1-77131/

#sf #sff and historic #fantasy authors in the #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon, here's some light #science reading you might find thought provoking.

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https://dino-world.com/17-facts-about-the-ancient-world-scientists-have-quietly-revised-1-77131/

#sf #sff and historic #fantasy authors in the #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon, here's some light #science reading you might find thought provoking.

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https://dino-world.com/17-facts-about-the-ancient-world-scientists-have-quietly-revised-1-77131/

#sf #sff and historic #fantasy authors in the #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon, here's some light #science reading you might find thought provoking.

#boostingIsSharing

https://dino-world.com/17-facts-about-the-ancient-world-scientists-have-quietly-revised-1-77131/

#sf #sff and historic #fantasy authors in the #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon, here's some light #science reading you might find thought provoking.

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https://dino-world.com/17-facts-about-the-ancient-world-scientists-have-quietly-revised-1-77131/

#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.11 — Do you feel like a different person when you're doing your creative work?

I'm an author, a prosaist, a literary shaman. When it is all working, I become the character, experience the sweat bead on their skin, see an alien world through their eyes, feel their head throb, breathe their air, speak their words, and narrate their hell and heaven as they live it. I channel spirits of the who-could-have-been. I gets lost in them. Can't become more of a different person than that!

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#BoostingIsSharing
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photographer chef cooking
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#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.11 — Do you feel like a different person when you're doing your creative work?

I'm an author, a prosaist, a literary shaman. When it is all working, I become the character, experience the sweat bead on their skin, see an alien world through their eyes, feel their head throb, breathe their air, speak their words, and narrate their hell and heaven as they live it. I channel spirits of the who-could-have-been. I gets lost in them. Can't become more of a different person than that!

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.11 — Do you feel like a different person when you're doing your creative work?

I'm an author, a prosaist, a literary shaman. When it is all working, I become the character, experience the sweat bead on their skin, see an alien world through their eyes, feel their head throb, breathe their air, speak their words, and narrate their hell and heaven as they live it. I channel spirits of the who-could-have-been. I gets lost in them. Can't become more of a different person than that!

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.11 — Do you feel like a different person when you're doing your creative work?

I'm an author, a prosaist, a literary shaman. When it is all working, I become the character, experience the sweat bead on their skin, see an alien world through their eyes, feel their head throb, breathe their air, speak their words, and narrate their hell and heaven as they live it. I channel spirits of the who-could-have-been. I gets lost in them. Can't become more of a different person than that!

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.11 — Do you feel like a different person when you're doing your creative work?

I'm an author, a prosaist, a literary shaman. When it is all working, I become the character, experience the sweat bead on their skin, see an alien world through their eyes, feel their head throb, breathe their air, speak their words, and narrate their hell and heaven as they live it. I channel spirits of the who-could-have-been. I gets lost in them. Can't become more of a different person than that!

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing
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photographer chef cooking
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

#PennedPossibilities 1096: MC POV: When was the last time you got lost?

Kinda hard when you have these babies since I can fly anywhere above the city. [Bolt flexes her blue-feathered wings, inadvertently knocking a box off a high shelf in her teeny-tiny aerie apartment.] Anyway… When? Probably taking the metro midcity where it's all underground, but I only take it when my companion can't fly cross town with me. When he gets lost… [Scratches the back of her neck, glancing away with a sheepish grin.]

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#PennedPossibilities 1096: MC POV: When was the last time you got lost?

Kinda hard when you have these babies since I can fly anywhere above the city. [Bolt flexes her blue-feathered wings, inadvertently knocking a box off a high shelf in her teeny-tiny aerie apartment.] Anyway… When? Probably taking the metro midcity where it's all underground, but I only take it when my companion can't fly cross town with me. When he gets lost… [Scratches the back of her neck, glancing away with a sheepish grin.]

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

#PennedPossibilities 1096: MC POV: When was the last time you got lost?

Kinda hard when you have these babies since I can fly anywhere above the city. [Bolt flexes her blue-feathered wings, inadvertently knocking a box off a high shelf in her teeny-tiny aerie apartment.] Anyway… When? Probably taking the metro midcity where it's all underground, but I only take it when my companion can't fly cross town with me. When he gets lost… [Scratches the back of her neck, glancing away with a sheepish grin.]

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
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#PennedPossibilities 1096: MC POV: When was the last time you got lost?

Kinda hard when you have these babies since I can fly anywhere above the city. [Bolt flexes her blue-feathered wings, inadvertently knocking a box off a high shelf in her teeny-tiny aerie apartment.] Anyway… When? Probably taking the metro midcity where it's all underground, but I only take it when my companion can't fly cross town with me. When he gets lost… [Scratches the back of her neck, glancing away with a sheepish grin.]

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#PennedPossibilities 1096: MC POV: When was the last time you got lost?

Kinda hard when you have these babies since I can fly anywhere above the city. [Bolt flexes her blue-feathered wings, inadvertently knocking a box off a high shelf in her teeny-tiny aerie apartment.] Anyway… When? Probably taking the metro midcity where it's all underground, but I only take it when my companion can't fly cross town with me. When he gets lost… [Scratches the back of her neck, glancing away with a sheepish grin.]

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#EroticMusings 2026.08.10 —Week 63 (August 9-15) Setting: Do you create cultures, ethnicities, or even sentient species for your work? How do you go about it?

It shouldn't be surprising that I answer "yes" and "all of the above" since I write #sf and #sff stories. That they are spicy at times is important to the story, not an end in itself. That sex ends up being important is that, for most humans, it's important either personally or politically. I like making it a feature, with the above caveat, that readers will enjoy. That gives a clue as how I develop these things.

I generally want to point out gender inequities. In stories, as well as in photography, extremes in contrast often highlight specifics. I once created an alien species where the death of one gender was part of the natural life cycle, but humans marooned on the the planet quickly saw a technological solution, to save friends they'd met, unthinkable to the equally but differently technological sentients, disrupting every level of the alien and human societies. This singular detail let me address religious hypocrisy, morals, ethics, gender, overcomplicating sex, and violence against women. The story came together neatly, and it's another case where one of my stories inadvertently predicted something mostly below the radar at the time (1990s): artificial meat. Impossible Burger, anybody?

In a sense, what you want to show—act as a foil for what you want to say, or make possible to happen—gives clues to the culture or ethnicity you want to create. I wanted to depict a culture where patriarchy never existed. To a large extent, I made this work by making it impossible to inherit property, or power since it usually requires property. This implied family would be predicated primarily on who your mother is, and who her siblings were. In a pre-gene savvy world, it's a failsafe method that doesn't require one gender sequestering and oppressing the other. Doesn't create a utopia—humans don't work that way—but it does change perceptions, significance, and emotions tied up with gender, sex, and engaging in sex. Dramatically. Throws a monkey wrench into concepts tied to fidelity. Turns out culture and ethnicity write themselves when you posit something like this.

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#EroticMusings 2026.08.10 —Week 63 (August 9-15) Setting: Do you create cultures, ethnicities, or even sentient species for your work? How do you go about it?

It shouldn't be surprising that I answer "yes" and "all of the above" since I write #sf and #sff stories. That they are spicy at times is important to the story, not an end in itself. That sex ends up being important is that, for most humans, it's important either personally or politically. I like making it a feature, with the above caveat, that readers will enjoy. That gives a clue as how I develop these things.

I generally want to point out gender inequities. In stories, as well as in photography, extremes in contrast often highlight specifics. I once created an alien species where the death of one gender was part of the natural life cycle, but humans marooned on the the planet quickly saw a technological solution, to save friends they'd met, unthinkable to the equally but differently technological sentients, disrupting every level of the alien and human societies. This singular detail let me address religious hypocrisy, morals, ethics, gender, overcomplicating sex, and violence against women. The story came together neatly, and it's another case where one of my stories inadvertently predicted something mostly below the radar at the time (1990s): artificial meat. Impossible Burger, anybody?

In a sense, what you want to show—act as a foil for what you want to say, or make possible to happen—gives clues to the culture or ethnicity you want to create. I wanted to depict a culture where patriarchy never existed. To a large extent, I made this work by making it impossible to inherit property, or power since it usually requires property. This implied family would be predicated primarily on who your mother is, and who her siblings were. In a pre-gene savvy world, it's a failsafe method that doesn't require one gender sequestering and oppressing the other. Doesn't create a utopia—humans don't work that way—but it does change perceptions, significance, and emotions tied up with gender, sex, and engaging in sex. Dramatically. Throws a monkey wrench into concepts tied to fidelity. Turns out culture and ethnicity write themselves when you posit something like this.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#EroticMusings 2026.08.10 —Week 63 (August 9-15) Setting: Do you create cultures, ethnicities, or even sentient species for your work? How do you go about it?

It shouldn't be surprising that I answer "yes" and "all of the above" since I write #sf and #sff stories. That they are spicy at times is important to the story, not an end in itself. That sex ends up being important is that, for most humans, it's important either personally or politically. I like making it a feature, with the above caveat, that readers will enjoy. That gives a clue as how I develop these things.

I generally want to point out gender inequities. In stories, as well as in photography, extremes in contrast often highlight specifics. I once created an alien species where the death of one gender was part of the natural life cycle, but humans marooned on the the planet quickly saw a technological solution, to save friends they'd met, unthinkable to the equally but differently technological sentients, disrupting every level of the alien and human societies. This singular detail let me address religious hypocrisy, morals, ethics, gender, overcomplicating sex, and violence against women. The story came together neatly, and it's another case where one of my stories inadvertently predicted something mostly below the radar at the time (1990s): artificial meat. Impossible Burger, anybody?

In a sense, what you want to show—act as a foil for what you want to say, or make possible to happen—gives clues to the culture or ethnicity you want to create. I wanted to depict a culture where patriarchy never existed. To a large extent, I made this work by making it impossible to inherit property, or power since it usually requires property. This implied family would be predicated primarily on who your mother is, and who her siblings were. In a pre-gene savvy world, it's a failsafe method that doesn't require one gender sequestering and oppressing the other. Doesn't create a utopia—humans don't work that way—but it does change perceptions, significance, and emotions tied up with gender, sex, and engaging in sex. Dramatically. Throws a monkey wrench into concepts tied to fidelity. Turns out culture and ethnicity write themselves when you posit something like this.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#EroticMusings 2026.08.10 —Week 63 (August 9-15) Setting: Do you create cultures, ethnicities, or even sentient species for your work? How do you go about it?

It shouldn't be surprising that I answer "yes" and "all of the above" since I write #sf and #sff stories. That they are spicy at times is important to the story, not an end in itself. That sex ends up being important is that, for most humans, it's important either personally or politically. I like making it a feature, with the above caveat, that readers will enjoy. That gives a clue as how I develop these things.

I generally want to point out gender inequities. In stories, as well as in photography, extremes in contrast often highlight specifics. I once created an alien species where the death of one gender was part of the natural life cycle, but humans marooned on the the planet quickly saw a technological solution, to save friends they'd met, unthinkable to the equally but differently technological sentients, disrupting every level of the alien and human societies. This singular detail let me address religious hypocrisy, morals, ethics, gender, overcomplicating sex, and violence against women. The story came together neatly, and it's another case where one of my stories inadvertently predicted something mostly below the radar at the time (1990s): artificial meat. Impossible Burger, anybody?

In a sense, what you want to show—act as a foil for what you want to say, or make possible to happen—gives clues to the culture or ethnicity you want to create. I wanted to depict a culture where patriarchy never existed. To a large extent, I made this work by making it impossible to inherit property, or power since it usually requires property. This implied family would be predicated primarily on who your mother is, and who her siblings were. In a pre-gene savvy world, it's a failsafe method that doesn't require one gender sequestering and oppressing the other. Doesn't create a utopia—humans don't work that way—but it does change perceptions, significance, and emotions tied up with gender, sex, and engaging in sex. Dramatically. Throws a monkey wrench into concepts tied to fidelity. Turns out culture and ethnicity write themselves when you posit something like this.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#EroticMusings 2026.08.10 —Week 63 (August 9-15) Setting: Do you create cultures, ethnicities, or even sentient species for your work? How do you go about it?

It shouldn't be surprising that I answer "yes" and "all of the above" since I write #sf and #sff stories. That they are spicy at times is important to the story, not an end in itself. That sex ends up being important is that, for most humans, it's important either personally or politically. I like making it a feature, with the above caveat, that readers will enjoy. That gives a clue as how I develop these things.

I generally want to point out gender inequities. In stories, as well as in photography, extremes in contrast often highlight specifics. I once created an alien species where the death of one gender was part of the natural life cycle, but humans marooned on the the planet quickly saw a technological solution, to save friends they'd met, unthinkable to the equally but differently technological sentients, disrupting every level of the alien and human societies. This singular detail let me address religious hypocrisy, morals, ethics, gender, overcomplicating sex, and violence against women. The story came together neatly, and it's another case where one of my stories inadvertently predicted something mostly below the radar at the time (1990s): artificial meat. Impossible Burger, anybody?

In a sense, what you want to show—act as a foil for what you want to say, or make possible to happen—gives clues to the culture or ethnicity you want to create. I wanted to depict a culture where patriarchy never existed. To a large extent, I made this work by making it impossible to inherit property, or power since it usually requires property. This implied family would be predicated primarily on who your mother is, and who her siblings were. In a pre-gene savvy world, it's a failsafe method that doesn't require one gender sequestering and oppressing the other. Doesn't create a utopia—humans don't work that way—but it does change perceptions, significance, and emotions tied up with gender, sex, and engaging in sex. Dramatically. Throws a monkey wrench into concepts tied to fidelity. Turns out culture and ethnicity write themselves when you posit something like this.

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#Writephant 2026.0810 — A4. For the Americans, aye or nay on s’mores? For international peeps, what outdoor treat do you like best?

I say YAY!

The photo was from Kings Canyon National Park in June. It's where I learned that starting and maintaining a campfire is relatively easy if you have the right kindling. Keeping it blazing (fiery not smoldery), however, takes constant vigilance and work. I appreciate my kitchen appliances that much more, now. Tasty s'more, btw.

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