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MattBille @mattbille.bsky.social · 12h

Archaeology isn't just about what happened centuries ago. It continues to explore the story of humanity up to the present day.

Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 13h

25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us about living and working in space 🧪 🏺 🔭 #SpaceArchaeology

25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us about living and working in space

Archaeologists have studied how astronauts use the International Space Station to improve its potential future successors.

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Jessica Irena smith @irenasmit59531.bsky.social · 2h

Writers, remember this: your story doesn’t have to be perfect to be powerful. Someone out there is waiting to feel seen through your words. Don’t hide your voice share it boldly.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AuthorLife #WritersOfBluesky #BookSky #WritersSupport #Storytellers

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Rik @rikohare.com · 2h

I think it's important to trust yourself as a writer. If your characters are doing something that you didn't expect - embrace it, that's your subconscious knowing how to fix the story.

#amwriting #writerslife #indieauthor

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Rik @rikohare.com · 1d

Just watched A House of Dynamite. Bloody hell! Tense or what? Particularly liked the closing credit soundtrack.

#Netflix

m.imdb.com/title/tt3237...

A House of Dynamite (2025) ⭐ 6.5 | Drama, Thriller

1h 52m | R

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Rik @rikohare.com · 2d

November newsletter is out. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can sign up on my website and get exclusive updates on my writing and access to a free micro-story set in the universe of Judgement.

#indieauthor #booksky

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- Rik O'Hare

Sci-Fi author Rik O'Hare writes gripping sci-fi and speculative fiction. Explore his work and join his newsletter for exclusive updates

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Rik @rikohare.com · 3d

It's Monster Night tonight. What monsters do you find most terrifying: supernatural, alien or...human?

#happyhalloween #booksky #booktok

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Rik @rikohare.com · 5d

Conflict and change are the engines if story. If a scene doesn't have these, it's just a diary entry.

#amwriting #indieauthor

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Rik @rikohare.com · 7d

"Ah, Vinr," Sheval clapped his hands, laughing. "This is going to piss off so many people."
Want to know more? Sign up for my newsletter and get access to a free micro-story set in the world of Judgement.

#scifi #booksky #amreading

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Addison Smith (Addi) @addi.social · 7d

"I can't afford an artist, so I used AI for my book cover, it was the only way." My dude, consumer AI is three years old and people have been releasing indie books for fucking ever. And I promise you, NOBODY undervalues their work the way artists do. You can get amazing work for beans. You're lazy.

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Rik @rikohare.com · 9d

One of my fave books. The chapter title 'The piper at the gates of dawn' always stuck with me.

#booksky

Stephanie Lisa Tara @stephanielisatara.bsky.social · 12d

🛶 “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” 🛶

~The Wind in the Willows 1908

#KennethGrahame #friendship #BookSky #WritingCommunity #KidLitSky #BookClub #childrensbooks #KidLitChat #KidLitCommunity #BlueSkyCommunity

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Rik @rikohare.com · 9d

Yep, definitely

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Rik @rikohare.com · 9d

Yes

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 10d

An old wildfowler told J Wentworth Day of a 'rum owd feller' who one night came to his hut on Canvey Island, #Essex (still rustic then). He was a tall man with a sword and a winged 'helm'. He sadly said he was searching for his ship back home, then wandered away across the mudflats.
#PhantomsFriday

A misty figure of a Viking gazes down at the rotting hull of a ship while the moon peeps from behind drifting clouds. The illustration is by Michael Ayrton.

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Tiff @tiff-d.bsky.social · 10d

Happy Friday! May today bring clarity to your words, warmth to your coffee, and good news to your inbox. ✨

#fridayvibes #writerlife #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting #amediting #amrevising #writer #author

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Rik @rikohare.com · 10d

A plea to my characters. Bloody behave, will you? Sheesh!!!

#amwriting #writerslife #indieauthor

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Bookshelfie @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 10d

#booksky

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 10d

If I ever had the money, I'd open a SFF&H bookshop in Bristol with a comprehensive selection of new and classic books, a comfy reading room, a log fire, and a variety of hot beverages. Maybe a couple of shop cats, and plenty of author events.

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Brantwijn Serrah, Artist and Author @brantwijn.bsky.social · 11d

#Writetip: To write good fiction you have to be a keen observer of reality. You have to understand how the world works in order to create your own fake one. Write stories that your readers can really connect with because a little truth goes a long way!

#amwriting #amreading

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 11d

I do not know why THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS ebook is on sale at all of your chosen electromagic bookmonger sites, but it is. So if you want a haunted house, a mysterious boulder field, a nightmare coal mine, a family under siege, and a disappearing serial killer — well, this might be the book for you.

Book cover text:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
THE
BOOK
OF
ACCIDENTS
A
NOVEL
CHUCK WENDIG
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WANDERERS

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Thomas Hanrath @astrocamp.bsky.social · 11d

Elephant’s Trunk Nebula in Cepheus, 2,400 ly away is best observed mid August.

▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF2 | Canon EOS R(a) '24
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

#astrophotography #astroimaging #astronomy #deepsky #nightsky #clearsky #telescope #photography #nature

astrocamp.eu/en/sharpless...

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Think Big (Peter Pat) @think-big.bsky.social · 11d

The Dragon's Egg Nebula.

This nebula in Norma is close to the famous "Fighting Dragons of Ara" hence its name. Captured from my Bortle 7-8 backyard in Sydney. This received a Highly Commended in the recent Astrophotography Prize & a top-pick on Astrobin: www.astrobin.com/qkmfea/ 🔭 #astrophotography

The Dragon's Egg. In the centre lies a compact pink, bipolar nebula with some intricate structure surrounded by a fainter, blue collar, or shell. Across the top of the frame is a red glow from interstellar hydrogen.

Technical details: 120 x 3 min exposures (nebula) & 60 x 30 sec exposures (stars)
Skywatcher 190MN on an AZ-EQ6 mount.
Antlia ALP-T dual-band filter (nebula), Optolong L-Pro broadband filter (stars)

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David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 12d

I'm sure you're all getting bored of the Magic, Maps, and Mischief promo, but with no publisher behind me, I have to do what I can!

The early reviews have been lovely to see... especially given this book's rough road to publication.

mybook.to/magicmapsand...

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Rik @rikohare.com · 12d

That's...weird

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 13d

What are you reading? I’ve just started the cosy sci-fi - The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers- Do share the #womenwriters whose pages you are turning. #amreading

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Rik @rikohare.com · 12d

I'm trying to get back into the habit of always having a book at hand. In a quiet 5 minutes, rather than looking at my phone, I pick up the book and read. Boy, do I feel better for it.

#booksky #amreading

Image of the book 'The Mountain In The Sea' by Ray Nayler

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