JS Clark, sci-fi/fantasy author
@jsclarkauthor.bsky.social
Author of the 900 Worlds series, husband, father, market-gardener. On the journey of Jewish conversion. Not the biggest fan of the modern world, but everything happens for the best.
Shabbat Shalom!
Time to step back to the real world of connection to HaShem, where there is Torah and candles and Challah and Kiddush and family and friends. To all who keep and who celebrate, may you have every good blessing with HaShem.
Time to step back to the real world of connection to HaShem, where there is Torah and candles and Challah and Kiddush and family and friends. To all who keep and who celebrate, may you have every good blessing with HaShem.
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Shabbat Shalom!
Time to step back to the real world of connection to HaShem, where there is Torah and candles and Challah and Kiddush and family and friends. To all who keep and who celebrate, may you have every good blessing with HaShem.
Time to step back to the real world of connection to HaShem, where there is Torah and candles and Challah and Kiddush and family and friends. To all who keep and who celebrate, may you have every good blessing with HaShem.
Struggling right now...
I killed off a character with poison when I wanted a really exciting action scene that makes no sense and would set up another line of tension that over complicates a story already spinning out of control...
But I went with poison because it made sense.
I killed off a character with poison when I wanted a really exciting action scene that makes no sense and would set up another line of tension that over complicates a story already spinning out of control...
But I went with poison because it made sense.
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Struggling right now...
I killed off a character with poison when I wanted a really exciting action scene that makes no sense and would set up another line of tension that over complicates a story already spinning out of control...
But I went with poison because it made sense.
I killed off a character with poison when I wanted a really exciting action scene that makes no sense and would set up another line of tension that over complicates a story already spinning out of control...
But I went with poison because it made sense.
My mantra for today:
Everything is from HaShem
Everything is happening the way it is supposed to.
Nothing is going wrong.
(I am not unaware that those are three different ways of saying the same thing)
Everything is from HaShem
Everything is happening the way it is supposed to.
Nothing is going wrong.
(I am not unaware that those are three different ways of saying the same thing)
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My mantra for today:
Everything is from HaShem
Everything is happening the way it is supposed to.
Nothing is going wrong.
(I am not unaware that those are three different ways of saying the same thing)
Everything is from HaShem
Everything is happening the way it is supposed to.
Nothing is going wrong.
(I am not unaware that those are three different ways of saying the same thing)
I have a mug that is nearly 20 years old and has crossed the Atlantic with me. It has a Crack but doesn't leak.
I look at that Crack and get sad that it tells me one day we will part...
I look at that Crack and get sad that it tells me one day we will part...
October 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I have a mug that is nearly 20 years old and has crossed the Atlantic with me. It has a Crack but doesn't leak.
I look at that Crack and get sad that it tells me one day we will part...
I look at that Crack and get sad that it tells me one day we will part...
Get the name of a Jewish electrician at another shul for a job that won't interfere with my conversion and text after Shabbat.
Week goes by. There's a visitor bc his son has a test.
Rabbi: "I want you to meet Asher! He's a convert too!"
It's my guy. He has extra work.
G-d runs the world.
Week goes by. There's a visitor bc his son has a test.
Rabbi: "I want you to meet Asher! He's a convert too!"
It's my guy. He has extra work.
G-d runs the world.
October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Get the name of a Jewish electrician at another shul for a job that won't interfere with my conversion and text after Shabbat.
Week goes by. There's a visitor bc his son has a test.
Rabbi: "I want you to meet Asher! He's a convert too!"
It's my guy. He has extra work.
G-d runs the world.
Week goes by. There's a visitor bc his son has a test.
Rabbi: "I want you to meet Asher! He's a convert too!"
It's my guy. He has extra work.
G-d runs the world.
Shabbat Shalom, peeps!
Another Shabbat and not yet a convert (le sigh). But if it means anything, I feel homesick that I won't be at shul tomorrow.
I'm 1.5 hours away, and drive, but HaShem has not yet given me a raise so I can go more. Or really, get a shabbos house.
Means I get to pray more!
Another Shabbat and not yet a convert (le sigh). But if it means anything, I feel homesick that I won't be at shul tomorrow.
I'm 1.5 hours away, and drive, but HaShem has not yet given me a raise so I can go more. Or really, get a shabbos house.
Means I get to pray more!
December 6, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Shabbat Shalom, peeps!
Another Shabbat and not yet a convert (le sigh). But if it means anything, I feel homesick that I won't be at shul tomorrow.
I'm 1.5 hours away, and drive, but HaShem has not yet given me a raise so I can go more. Or really, get a shabbos house.
Means I get to pray more!
Another Shabbat and not yet a convert (le sigh). But if it means anything, I feel homesick that I won't be at shul tomorrow.
I'm 1.5 hours away, and drive, but HaShem has not yet given me a raise so I can go more. Or really, get a shabbos house.
Means I get to pray more!
Great reminder from Rabbi Singer today.
The inclination you have to sin is not a defect in you, to be ashamed of.
It is the source of your reward. How great is the merit of one who wants to sin, but chooses not to because HaShem commands?
The inclination you have to sin is not a defect in you, to be ashamed of.
It is the source of your reward. How great is the merit of one who wants to sin, but chooses not to because HaShem commands?
December 5, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Great reminder from Rabbi Singer today.
The inclination you have to sin is not a defect in you, to be ashamed of.
It is the source of your reward. How great is the merit of one who wants to sin, but chooses not to because HaShem commands?
The inclination you have to sin is not a defect in you, to be ashamed of.
It is the source of your reward. How great is the merit of one who wants to sin, but chooses not to because HaShem commands?
Where do your stories fall?
If I have to choose one, grimbright is probably it. But I feel it lacks the nobility of the struggle...
If I have to choose one, grimbright is probably it. But I feel it lacks the nobility of the struggle...
December 3, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Where do your stories fall?
If I have to choose one, grimbright is probably it. But I feel it lacks the nobility of the struggle...
If I have to choose one, grimbright is probably it. But I feel it lacks the nobility of the struggle...
It's amazing how you can read different books by the sages and find they seem to be talking to you about the same things.
Currently:
Crossing the Narrow Bridge
And
Path of the Just
Currently:
Crossing the Narrow Bridge
And
Path of the Just
December 3, 2024 at 8:26 PM
It's amazing how you can read different books by the sages and find they seem to be talking to you about the same things.
Currently:
Crossing the Narrow Bridge
And
Path of the Just
Currently:
Crossing the Narrow Bridge
And
Path of the Just
Ever notice how everyone gets mad when a normal person does have compassion for a person with issues,
But no one has compassion for the normal guy having to carry the load of other people's issues?
But no one has compassion for the normal guy having to carry the load of other people's issues?
December 3, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Ever notice how everyone gets mad when a normal person does have compassion for a person with issues,
But no one has compassion for the normal guy having to carry the load of other people's issues?
But no one has compassion for the normal guy having to carry the load of other people's issues?
About 25% through updating files for Evangeline (GWL2 edition), and after about a decade on this story, I'm thinking of advertising it:
"Now! With fewer words!"
"Now! With fewer words!"
December 3, 2024 at 1:35 PM
About 25% through updating files for Evangeline (GWL2 edition), and after about a decade on this story, I'm thinking of advertising it:
"Now! With fewer words!"
"Now! With fewer words!"
Enough with tribalism over the oxford comma. The heretics are a lost cause.
Today's fight is about keeping subjunctive mood in use!
Today's fight is about keeping subjunctive mood in use!
December 1, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Enough with tribalism over the oxford comma. The heretics are a lost cause.
Today's fight is about keeping subjunctive mood in use!
Today's fight is about keeping subjunctive mood in use!
I have a confession.
In my mind, Ben Hur ends after the chariot race.
I know the story needs resolution and that's why the story goes on, but that one doesn't feel like it's a part of the movie. It's glued on to the back end.
It's real ending is still out there. Just waiting for public domain...
In my mind, Ben Hur ends after the chariot race.
I know the story needs resolution and that's why the story goes on, but that one doesn't feel like it's a part of the movie. It's glued on to the back end.
It's real ending is still out there. Just waiting for public domain...
December 1, 2024 at 11:56 AM
I have a confession.
In my mind, Ben Hur ends after the chariot race.
I know the story needs resolution and that's why the story goes on, but that one doesn't feel like it's a part of the movie. It's glued on to the back end.
It's real ending is still out there. Just waiting for public domain...
In my mind, Ben Hur ends after the chariot race.
I know the story needs resolution and that's why the story goes on, but that one doesn't feel like it's a part of the movie. It's glued on to the back end.
It's real ending is still out there. Just waiting for public domain...
Shabbat Shalom!
November 29, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Shabbat Shalom!
I confess...
In my mind, Ben Hur ends after the chariot race.
I know the story needs resolution and that's why the story goes on, but that resolution just doesn't feel like it's a part of the movie. It's glued on to the back end.
It's real ending is out there. Just waiting for public domain...
In my mind, Ben Hur ends after the chariot race.
I know the story needs resolution and that's why the story goes on, but that resolution just doesn't feel like it's a part of the movie. It's glued on to the back end.
It's real ending is out there. Just waiting for public domain...
November 29, 2024 at 6:45 PM
I confess...
In my mind, Ben Hur ends after the chariot race.
I know the story needs resolution and that's why the story goes on, but that resolution just doesn't feel like it's a part of the movie. It's glued on to the back end.
It's real ending is out there. Just waiting for public domain...
In my mind, Ben Hur ends after the chariot race.
I know the story needs resolution and that's why the story goes on, but that resolution just doesn't feel like it's a part of the movie. It's glued on to the back end.
It's real ending is out there. Just waiting for public domain...
I have just finished my last red ink of the new Evangeline edition.
My writer self feels like this is an accomplishment. My practical self says until it's in the file and uploaded... I really haven't.
My writer self feels like this is an accomplishment. My practical self says until it's in the file and uploaded... I really haven't.
November 28, 2024 at 8:52 PM
I have just finished my last red ink of the new Evangeline edition.
My writer self feels like this is an accomplishment. My practical self says until it's in the file and uploaded... I really haven't.
My writer self feels like this is an accomplishment. My practical self says until it's in the file and uploaded... I really haven't.
Anti-raw-milkerists, I get it if you don't want to try it. You grew up hearing hymns to antibacterial soap while watching Garfield and Friends. Progress is measured by how many germs we've killed.
But talking like raw milk is diseases riddled is...it doesn't make you look smart. 1/2
But talking like raw milk is diseases riddled is...it doesn't make you look smart. 1/2
November 27, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Anti-raw-milkerists, I get it if you don't want to try it. You grew up hearing hymns to antibacterial soap while watching Garfield and Friends. Progress is measured by how many germs we've killed.
But talking like raw milk is diseases riddled is...it doesn't make you look smart. 1/2
But talking like raw milk is diseases riddled is...it doesn't make you look smart. 1/2
Got stressed recently. And I started to ask myself why. It occurred to me, stress is my mind telling my soul, "something has gone wrong and it's barreling toward you!"
I live by the mantra that everything is from HaShem. And everything is for the best.
How then can anything "go wrong"?
I live by the mantra that everything is from HaShem. And everything is for the best.
How then can anything "go wrong"?
November 26, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Got stressed recently. And I started to ask myself why. It occurred to me, stress is my mind telling my soul, "something has gone wrong and it's barreling toward you!"
I live by the mantra that everything is from HaShem. And everything is for the best.
How then can anything "go wrong"?
I live by the mantra that everything is from HaShem. And everything is for the best.
How then can anything "go wrong"?
My fantasy hot take: your fantasy characters should not easily go on a quest.
What, the good guy leaves home and no one is left scrambling to pick up the slack? He's a hero but made no difference to his community? And where's the money coming from?
What, the good guy leaves home and no one is left scrambling to pick up the slack? He's a hero but made no difference to his community? And where's the money coming from?
November 25, 2024 at 9:58 PM
My fantasy hot take: your fantasy characters should not easily go on a quest.
What, the good guy leaves home and no one is left scrambling to pick up the slack? He's a hero but made no difference to his community? And where's the money coming from?
What, the good guy leaves home and no one is left scrambling to pick up the slack? He's a hero but made no difference to his community? And where's the money coming from?
Being Dad means telling you're kids no matter they achieve they will always have something that they want and can't have.
November 24, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Being Dad means telling you're kids no matter they achieve they will always have something that they want and can't have.
Shabbat Shalom.
If you're Jewish light some candles and daven to HaShem.
Turn off the electronics for a bit.
If you're Jewish light some candles and daven to HaShem.
Turn off the electronics for a bit.
November 22, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Shabbat Shalom.
If you're Jewish light some candles and daven to HaShem.
Turn off the electronics for a bit.
If you're Jewish light some candles and daven to HaShem.
Turn off the electronics for a bit.
Where are my Jewish sci-fi/fantasy authors at?
I'm still on the conversion journey, but wave if you're out there!
I'm still on the conversion journey, but wave if you're out there!
November 22, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Where are my Jewish sci-fi/fantasy authors at?
I'm still on the conversion journey, but wave if you're out there!
I'm still on the conversion journey, but wave if you're out there!
I had to join #WritingCommunity before I had any mental list or radar of tropes. I troglodyte.
So imagine my surprise when my radar just told me that I'm headed right towards the "birth in climax of crisis" trope (did I use that right?).
Have to say, it is set to pose a plot problem for me...
So imagine my surprise when my radar just told me that I'm headed right towards the "birth in climax of crisis" trope (did I use that right?).
Have to say, it is set to pose a plot problem for me...
November 21, 2024 at 8:56 PM
I had to join #WritingCommunity before I had any mental list or radar of tropes. I troglodyte.
So imagine my surprise when my radar just told me that I'm headed right towards the "birth in climax of crisis" trope (did I use that right?).
Have to say, it is set to pose a plot problem for me...
So imagine my surprise when my radar just told me that I'm headed right towards the "birth in climax of crisis" trope (did I use that right?).
Have to say, it is set to pose a plot problem for me...