Everett Linden Clark [he/him]
@everettwrites.bsky.social
Tired, trans autistic oddball writing SF/F stories about others like him. Loves animals. NO AI. The (2nd!) slowest cyclist in Minneapolis.
98k/100k on adult sci-fi dystopia, HUMAN-ISH.
88k/100k on adult solarpunk fantasy, THE KING IN THE MOUNTAIN.
98k/100k on adult sci-fi dystopia, HUMAN-ISH.
88k/100k on adult solarpunk fantasy, THE KING IN THE MOUNTAIN.
Sometimes I really am equal parts the kid screaming "NO! NO! I don't wanna, don't make me" and the parent going "you have to, though. You have to". To me. and it's not...*beautiful* but it sure is an experience 🫠
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sometimes I really am equal parts the kid screaming "NO! NO! I don't wanna, don't make me" and the parent going "you have to, though. You have to". To me. and it's not...*beautiful* but it sure is an experience 🫠
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My favorite tyrant joke: a man comes every day and peers at the front page of the newspaper without buying it.
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My favorite tyrant joke: a man comes every day and peers at the front page of the newspaper without buying it.
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
The newspaper vendor says, "what are you looking for?"
"An obituary."
"Obituaries aren't on the front page."
"This one will be."
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Been writing for thirty minutes and I just hit 90k words on The King in the Mountain! 🎉
Been writing for thirty minutes and I just hit 90k words on The King in the Mountain! 🎉
December 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Been writing for thirty minutes and I just hit 90k words on The King in the Mountain! 🎉
Been writing for thirty minutes and I just hit 90k words on The King in the Mountain! 🎉
Walking into 2026.........
December 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Walking into 2026.........
Completely at a loss for words as to how to explain to my coworker (who is from a different generation) that an email simply saying "THANKS........." is basically flipping me off by my generation's standards (millennial). 🥴
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Completely at a loss for words as to how to explain to my coworker (who is from a different generation) that an email simply saying "THANKS........." is basically flipping me off by my generation's standards (millennial). 🥴
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Upright would be Nicholas from The King In The Mountain. He was a king when he was human -- he's great at taking command of a situation and projecting authority but under the mask, he's more quiet and sweet.
The antagonist, Clarion, would be reversed for sure. 👀
Upright would be Nicholas from The King In The Mountain. He was a king when he was human -- he's great at taking command of a situation and projecting authority but under the mask, he's more quiet and sweet.
The antagonist, Clarion, would be reversed for sure. 👀
#DeckTheHalls
We're matching up our work to the Major Arcana Tarot Cards. Tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!
Today's card is: THE EMPEROR
Who or what from your writing would go on it and how does it fit?
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We're matching up our work to the Major Arcana Tarot Cards. Tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!
Today's card is: THE EMPEROR
Who or what from your writing would go on it and how does it fit?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
December 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Upright would be Nicholas from The King In The Mountain. He was a king when he was human -- he's great at taking command of a situation and projecting authority but under the mask, he's more quiet and sweet.
The antagonist, Clarion, would be reversed for sure. 👀
Upright would be Nicholas from The King In The Mountain. He was a king when he was human -- he's great at taking command of a situation and projecting authority but under the mask, he's more quiet and sweet.
The antagonist, Clarion, would be reversed for sure. 👀
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Here’s why you shouldn’t pull your punches as a writer:
A big part of the appeal of a book is how dedicated the author is to their idea.
That crackling energy only comes from compulsion, the true driver of creativity.
Restrain it at your own peril.
A big part of the appeal of a book is how dedicated the author is to their idea.
That crackling energy only comes from compulsion, the true driver of creativity.
Restrain it at your own peril.
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Here’s why you shouldn’t pull your punches as a writer:
A big part of the appeal of a book is how dedicated the author is to their idea.
That crackling energy only comes from compulsion, the true driver of creativity.
Restrain it at your own peril.
A big part of the appeal of a book is how dedicated the author is to their idea.
That crackling energy only comes from compulsion, the true driver of creativity.
Restrain it at your own peril.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Me at 1am, 3/4 of the way through this chapter, quoting this repeatedly while shaking myself:
Me at 1am, 3/4 of the way through this chapter, quoting this repeatedly while shaking myself:
Go to bed; tired is stupid.
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Me at 1am, 3/4 of the way through this chapter, quoting this repeatedly while shaking myself:
Me at 1am, 3/4 of the way through this chapter, quoting this repeatedly while shaking myself:
#WritingCommunity #PretendPanel
Finding the time and energy to write (almost) every day is by far the hardest part. 🫠 I work 40+ hours a week and do a lot of the executive functioning in my house. The little bit of 'me time' I get is always writing time. Hash tag the struggle.
Finding the time and energy to write (almost) every day is by far the hardest part. 🫠 I work 40+ hours a week and do a lot of the executive functioning in my house. The little bit of 'me time' I get is always writing time. Hash tag the struggle.
#pretendpanel, I hope you find today's question just as engaging as yesterday's, even if the emotions might be a bit more negative surrounding the question...
December 6th: What was the most challenging aspect of writing for you in 2025?
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December 6th: What was the most challenging aspect of writing for you in 2025?
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December 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Finding the time and energy to write (almost) every day is by far the hardest part. 🫠 I work 40+ hours a week and do a lot of the executive functioning in my house. The little bit of 'me time' I get is always writing time. Hash tag the struggle.
Finding the time and energy to write (almost) every day is by far the hardest part. 🫠 I work 40+ hours a week and do a lot of the executive functioning in my house. The little bit of 'me time' I get is always writing time. Hash tag the struggle.
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity...
December 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity...
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The vitamin d3 and magnesium in my stomach, knowing that they're the only things keeping me sane while I finish this freaking draft:
The vitamin d3 and magnesium in my stomach, knowing that they're the only things keeping me sane while I finish this freaking draft:
a hand is reaching out towards another hand in a pile of leaves with the name tanner on the bottom
Alt: Buzz and Woody reach for each other with solemn faces and hold hands as they slide deeper into a trash compactor.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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The vitamin d3 and magnesium in my stomach, knowing that they're the only things keeping me sane while I finish this freaking draft:
The vitamin d3 and magnesium in my stomach, knowing that they're the only things keeping me sane while I finish this freaking draft:
There really IS no socially acceptable way to ask, "are you being sincere right now or just giving me one of those platitudes I'm supposed to pretend to accept but never actually take you up on", is there?
Hashtag... I love being autistic...... 🥲
Hashtag... I love being autistic...... 🥲
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
There really IS no socially acceptable way to ask, "are you being sincere right now or just giving me one of those platitudes I'm supposed to pretend to accept but never actually take you up on", is there?
Hashtag... I love being autistic...... 🥲
Hashtag... I love being autistic...... 🥲
Me two years ago, a lifelong Texan who'd never lived anywhere cold: oh my gosh!! How does anybody exercise in the winter up there?
Me today: you ever heard of SNOW SHOVELING??? 🥶
Me today: you ever heard of SNOW SHOVELING??? 🥶
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Me two years ago, a lifelong Texan who'd never lived anywhere cold: oh my gosh!! How does anybody exercise in the winter up there?
Me today: you ever heard of SNOW SHOVELING??? 🥶
Me today: you ever heard of SNOW SHOVELING??? 🥶
#WritingCommunity #WritingQ
"The best thing you can do for your writing is get a creative writing degree", LOL.
The best thing I've done for my writing is read, examine story structures, listen to my beta readers, and - most importantly - just write a lot.
"The best thing you can do for your writing is get a creative writing degree", LOL.
The best thing I've done for my writing is read, examine story structures, listen to my beta readers, and - most importantly - just write a lot.
What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever received? The write what you know quip doesn’t work out well when readers don’t like what you know 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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"The best thing you can do for your writing is get a creative writing degree", LOL.
The best thing I've done for my writing is read, examine story structures, listen to my beta readers, and - most importantly - just write a lot.
"The best thing you can do for your writing is get a creative writing degree", LOL.
The best thing I've done for my writing is read, examine story structures, listen to my beta readers, and - most importantly - just write a lot.
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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Yeah, I write for myself. But I also write because I want to hopefully one day give someone the same feeling I have when reading Lord of the Rings, A Song of Ice and Fire, Berserk, One Piece. Things that give me life. Even just giving a fraction of that feeling to someone else would be worth it.
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Yeah, I write for myself. But I also write because I want to hopefully one day give someone the same feeling I have when reading Lord of the Rings, A Song of Ice and Fire, Berserk, One Piece. Things that give me life. Even just giving a fraction of that feeling to someone else would be worth it.
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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Clarion is *wildly* ambitious. The head of the Magna Elysium program, he selects great leaders of history to be preserved through vampirism for a time when humanity may need them -- he desperately hopes to be the next one turned, and he will do anything to make it so.
Clarion is *wildly* ambitious. The head of the Magna Elysium program, he selects great leaders of history to be preserved through vampirism for a time when humanity may need them -- he desperately hopes to be the next one turned, and he will do anything to make it so.
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Clarion is *wildly* ambitious. The head of the Magna Elysium program, he selects great leaders of history to be preserved through vampirism for a time when humanity may need them -- he desperately hopes to be the next one turned, and he will do anything to make it so.
Clarion is *wildly* ambitious. The head of the Magna Elysium program, he selects great leaders of history to be preserved through vampirism for a time when humanity may need them -- he desperately hopes to be the next one turned, and he will do anything to make it so.
Had to make a trip to the Fancy Menards® where they have a piano player on weekends.
Was wandering through the aisles with my husband when a new song started and my head shot up like a sleeper agent hearing their code word, because it was *the freaking Animal Crossing New Horizons theme song*
Was wandering through the aisles with my husband when a new song started and my head shot up like a sleeper agent hearing their code word, because it was *the freaking Animal Crossing New Horizons theme song*
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Had to make a trip to the Fancy Menards® where they have a piano player on weekends.
Was wandering through the aisles with my husband when a new song started and my head shot up like a sleeper agent hearing their code word, because it was *the freaking Animal Crossing New Horizons theme song*
Was wandering through the aisles with my husband when a new song started and my head shot up like a sleeper agent hearing their code word, because it was *the freaking Animal Crossing New Horizons theme song*
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I know I'm writing the right stuff because I get all hyped and excited thinking about it and doing it
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I know I'm writing the right stuff because I get all hyped and excited thinking about it and doing it
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You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
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buckaroos know this classic way
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
buckaroos know this classic way
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I love that my very sweet polite Minnesotan coworkers are all corroborating my story that I'm going back to "Hell" (Texas) this weekend, to the point where someone said "oh yeah Everett's going to Hell" very casually and my boss was horrified LMAO
Jokes aside I REALLY don't want to go back though 🫠
Jokes aside I REALLY don't want to go back though 🫠
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I love that my very sweet polite Minnesotan coworkers are all corroborating my story that I'm going back to "Hell" (Texas) this weekend, to the point where someone said "oh yeah Everett's going to Hell" very casually and my boss was horrified LMAO
Jokes aside I REALLY don't want to go back though 🫠
Jokes aside I REALLY don't want to go back though 🫠