Shannon Rampe
@shannonrampeauthor.bsky.social
SFF author, ttrpg blogger @thenovelgamemaster.bsky.social, gamer, skeptical mystic, off-beat philosopher. SFWA. Repped by @susanvcolmant.bsky.social
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Here's what I've been up to recently:
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Writers & Robocats
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November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Here's what I've been up to recently:
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Final chapter on revisions of my novel WHITE BONE SPIRIT - I'm so excited to be finished with this project so I can move on to something new! It's great to be writing regularly again though. The last few months have been crazy!
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Final chapter on revisions of my novel WHITE BONE SPIRIT - I'm so excited to be finished with this project so I can move on to something new! It's great to be writing regularly again though. The last few months have been crazy!
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It was a pleasure to meet you at the JAB dinner last week @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social! Looking forward to checking out Sweep of Stars. I love a good space opera!
August 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It was a pleasure to meet you at the JAB dinner last week @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social! Looking forward to checking out Sweep of Stars. I love a good space opera!
Great meeting you and your spouse at the JAB dinner last week @aahabershaw.bsky.social! Hope you had a great worldcon!
August 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Great meeting you and your spouse at the JAB dinner last week @aahabershaw.bsky.social! Hope you had a great worldcon!
Hi @dmoren.com - nice to meet you at the JAB dinner last week! Hope you avoided the con crud!
August 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hi @dmoren.com - nice to meet you at the JAB dinner last week! Hope you avoided the con crud!
Great seeing you at the JAB dinner last week
@erinmevans.bsky.social
! It was super cool to bump into a fellow Rainforester and role-player and discover we're at the same agency!
@erinmevans.bsky.social
! It was super cool to bump into a fellow Rainforester and role-player and discover we're at the same agency!
August 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Great seeing you at the JAB dinner last week
@erinmevans.bsky.social
! It was super cool to bump into a fellow Rainforester and role-player and discover we're at the same agency!
@erinmevans.bsky.social
! It was super cool to bump into a fellow Rainforester and role-player and discover we're at the same agency!
Hey @kacealexander.bsky.social, thanks for being a great dinner companion last weekend and for allowing me to meet your animal companion. You both were the best!
August 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Hey @kacealexander.bsky.social, thanks for being a great dinner companion last weekend and for allowing me to meet your animal companion. You both were the best!
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I have now seen more than one 'TikTokers turning book writing into brand making' endeavours and I've noticed that all of them seem to a) value the story less than the brand, b) claim to be indie while looking down on actual indies and purporting their books as 'more akin to trad but ~BETTER~',
I have now seen more than one 'TikTokers turning book writing into brand making' endeavours and I've noticed that all of them seem to a) value the story less than the brand, b) claim to be indie while looking down on actual indies and purporting their books as 'more akin to trad but ~BETTER~',
August 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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I have now seen more than one 'TikTokers turning book writing into brand making' endeavours and I've noticed that all of them seem to a) value the story less than the brand, b) claim to be indie while looking down on actual indies and purporting their books as 'more akin to trad but ~BETTER~',
I have now seen more than one 'TikTokers turning book writing into brand making' endeavours and I've noticed that all of them seem to a) value the story less than the brand, b) claim to be indie while looking down on actual indies and purporting their books as 'more akin to trad but ~BETTER~',
Congratulations, @timchawaga.bsky.social - this sounds awesome and I can't wait to read it!
Happy #bookbirthday to SALVAGIA by @timchawaga.bsky.social! 🎉🤿
"This deft debut makes the perfect page-turner for anyone seeking a laugh, a thrill, and perhaps, even a cry."
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"This deft debut makes the perfect page-turner for anyone seeking a laugh, a thrill, and perhaps, even a cry."
—@bookstr.bsky.social
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Salvagia – JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
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August 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Congratulations, @timchawaga.bsky.social - this sounds awesome and I can't wait to read it!
I'll be @seattlein2025.org tomorrow for Worldcon! Hope to see some of you awesome folks there.
August 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'll be @seattlein2025.org tomorrow for Worldcon! Hope to see some of you awesome folks there.
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Some thoughts on artificial intelligence [sic] and its perils to tabletop gaming as a medium #osr #ttrpg
AI and Empty Art — Prismatic Wasteland
On the perils of artificial intelligence when it comes to the tabletop gaming medium.
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August 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A new edition of my newsletter, WRITERS & ROBOTS, is now available. And with it comes the release of my newly redesigned website!
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Writers & Robots Refreshed
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July 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A new edition of my newsletter, WRITERS & ROBOTS, is now available. And with it comes the release of my newly redesigned website!
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Do you like a side of witty banter and romantic tension with your adventure stories? Do you like beautiful illustrations and other deluxe additions to your books? Check out the Special Edition Kickstarter of my novel TIME TRAITORS.
July 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Do you like a side of witty banter and romantic tension with your adventure stories? Do you like beautiful illustrations and other deluxe additions to your books? Check out the Special Edition Kickstarter of my novel TIME TRAITORS.
Got a nice shoutout for my RPG writing today. @questingbeast.substack.com.web.brid.gy featured my blog on how the initiative and combat system in Mothership RPG helps to turn every violent encounter into an opportunity for storytelling.
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Storytelling through Violence in Mothership RPG
We recently completed a short campaign of Mothership - Another Bug Hunt - the published adventure module that comes with the Mothership box ...
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June 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Got a nice shoutout for my RPG writing today. @questingbeast.substack.com.web.brid.gy featured my blog on how the initiative and combat system in Mothership RPG helps to turn every violent encounter into an opportunity for storytelling.
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I originally wrote this two years ago. It has only become more real (and more frightening) than I could have guessed at the time:
Three Weird Futures with Generative AI: A Thought Experiment
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Three Weird Futures with Generative AI: A Thought Experiment
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Three Weird Futures with Generative AI: A Thought Experiment
Given the “shitty AI” reality in which we find ourselves, here are three possible futures of Generative AI taken to extremes.
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June 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I originally wrote this two years ago. It has only become more real (and more frightening) than I could have guessed at the time:
Three Weird Futures with Generative AI: A Thought Experiment
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Three Weird Futures with Generative AI: A Thought Experiment
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Hello! I am now officially open to queries again on QueryManager. I have my very detailed MSWL for fic and non fic here susanvcolmant.com
Susan Velazquez Colmant
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June 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hello! I am now officially open to queries again on QueryManager. I have my very detailed MSWL for fic and non fic here susanvcolmant.com
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I’m officially open to queries today! My full MSWL and QueryManager link can be found on our agency website. Can’t wait to see you in the query box! 📚
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Christina Zobel – JABberwocky Literary Agency, Incjabberwocky-logo
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June 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I’m officially open to queries today! My full MSWL and QueryManager link can be found on our agency website. Can’t wait to see you in the query box! 📚
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Huge thanks to @ballastbookco.bsky.social for organizing an awesome event today with @mattdinniman.bsky.social and @djangowexler.bsky.social! I haven't laughed so hard since the last Dungeon Crawler Carl book I read!
June 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Huge thanks to @ballastbookco.bsky.social for organizing an awesome event today with @mattdinniman.bsky.social and @djangowexler.bsky.social! I haven't laughed so hard since the last Dungeon Crawler Carl book I read!
Proud to be part of the estimated 1600 people in little #portorchard protesting the insanity today #handsoff
#HandsOFF #PortOrchard #8647 - The People are awake/ The People are angry, and they haven't had their coffee yet! People and signs on each corner, and down quite a ways of Bethel/Tremont.
April 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Proud to be part of the estimated 1600 people in little #portorchard protesting the insanity today #handsoff
Truly excited and grateful to be part of this year's #Narratess indie book sale. Check out my collection Assistant to a Judge of Hell & Other Stories for a buck, or one of the many other titles available at indiebook.sale!
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April 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Truly excited and grateful to be part of this year's #Narratess indie book sale. Check out my collection Assistant to a Judge of Hell & Other Stories for a buck, or one of the many other titles available at indiebook.sale!
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You are likely going to have trouble writing as the news keeps rolling in. I have a free class for you about how to navigate wanting to write in the face of all of this bullshit.
Hey there... are you having a hard time writing right now? There's a lot of that right now. Weird, right?
So I'd like to offer you my Barriers to Writing class for free. This is about all the non-writing things that get between you and writing.
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So I'd like to offer you my Barriers to Writing class for free. This is about all the non-writing things that get between you and writing.
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Free Class: Barriers to Writing | Mary Robinette Kowal
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January 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
You are likely going to have trouble writing as the news keeps rolling in. I have a free class for you about how to navigate wanting to write in the face of all of this bullshit.
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The hardcover is now available for pre-order at most major retailers! This PRH link can direct you to the entries on Bookshop, Powell's, B&N, Amazon, and more! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/773374...
Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell: 9780756419547 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
This second novel from Nebula Award-winning John Wiswell brings a humanizing, redemptive touch to the Hercules story in this mythological fantasy for fans of Jennifer Saint and Elodie Harper Heracles...
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November 20, 2024 at 7:27 PM
The hardcover is now available for pre-order at most major retailers! This PRH link can direct you to the entries on Bookshop, Powell's, B&N, Amazon, and more! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/773374...
I opened Word and wrote Chapter 1 at the top of a blank page today, then proceeded to write a thousand words of new fiction. It feels great to start a new book! (Just trying to ride that feeling now cause I know it will be feel like the worst thing in the world pretty soon!) #amwriting
January 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I opened Word and wrote Chapter 1 at the top of a blank page today, then proceeded to write a thousand words of new fiction. It feels great to start a new book! (Just trying to ride that feeling now cause I know it will be feel like the worst thing in the world pretty soon!) #amwriting
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I love #mothership but I wanted more hooks for players to use when building characters, so I made a list!
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Mothership Player Character Hooks
Mothership is an awesome sci-fi/horror TTRPG echoing films like Alien, Event Horizon, and The Thing. The rules are fast and easy-to-learn, t...
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January 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I love #mothership but I wanted more hooks for players to use when building characters, so I made a list!
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