Michael T. Kuester

An agent’s guide to SEVEN DAYS ON SAMARKAND: A haunted survivor, a cynical astronaut, and a determined engineer hope to coexist with an alien biosphere. Will they prove humanity has evolved beyond its destructive ways…or die trying? #QuestPit #A #Q #SF

Nothing good ever happens on a Monday.

I love Tom Gauld. Here's hoping your upcoming holiday gatherings are a little easier to navigate.

Random thought: there is no more devastating implicit insult in college football than when your opponent fires a coach immediately after losing to you.

3k down in a new chapter of my WIP. I'm doing it. I'm back.

Time travel: it’s a staple of science fiction. But could we actually travel through time? And how would it work? What science has to say on the matter of time, in this month’s “Science in Fiction”. #WritingCommunity michaeltkuester.substack.com/p/a-matter-o...

Just found out about #ForestFriday. The Tongass National Forest, inspiration for the alien forest of my novel Seven Days on Samarkand.

Once again, I shouldn't be quite this relieved to make it to Friday.

Writers, sign the statement. AI is theft. authorsguild.org/news/austral...

One of the highlights of every fall is seeing the winners of annual photography contests. And this is one of the best.

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I love Tom Gauld. And I know a few readers who are (almost) this serious.

❤️‍🔥 OUT NOW! ❤️‍🔥 Secrets that refuse to stay buried. A darkness that is always hungry. One destiny that changes everything. She was born to free the dead. The darkness was born to feed on them. 💀 Free on KU📚🔗👇 mybook.to/Berkano #NewRelease #Fantasy #KindleUnlimited

Holy Jesus the Brewers swept the Dodgers

Having a “Platform Week” as I inch toward novel writing, in this week’s update from mission control. #WritingCommunity michaeltkuester.substack.com/p/mission-co...

I'd say this is right up there with Scottsdale Community College's "Fighting Artichokes".

I love Tom Gauld. Choose your own cozy fall mystery!

I love Tom Gauld. And I can only hope the first fully self-aware AI is this optimistic.

Writing short fiction is easy. Writing good short fiction is harder than it looks. How to write effectively while keeping things brief, in my latest ill-advised post on writing. #WritingCommunity michaeltkuester.substack.com/p/dont-liste...

Peter Sagal is a fucking treasure.

Today has been a stark reminder that agility is key to being a modern author.

I love Tom Gauld. Trust me.

Reader: I really like this character. I think if I met them in real life, we'd be friends. Me: buckle up as I spend the next 80,000 words torturing this person.

"Nobody elected you"...*snort*

I love Tom Gauld. Also, Hi. I'm Mike, and I'm an outlier.

I had a big week. Read about it, and what I'm currently up to, this week's update from mission control. #WritingCommunity michaeltkuester.substack.com/p/mission-co...

This was the roughest season of fantasy baseball I’ve ever had. Woven around a trip to LA, published author boot camp, an award show and a book release, signing events. But somehow, I still slipped through. The Evil Empire: undefeated since 2009.

If I may riff off an oft-repeated quote on writing: Being unpublished is hell. Having been published is hell. The only tolerable state is having something that will be published. Today, things are much more tolerable.

With pride and gratitude, I’m pleased to announce one of my stories will be appearing in an upcoming issue of @asimovssfmag.bsky.social!

Dream not of today.

The hitters on my fantasy team are 2/9 so far today. Woot.

A rebrand for my weekly newsletter: welcome to "Mission Control". michaeltkuester.substack.com/p/mission-co...

I love Tom Gauld. And it really is crazy how many stars there are.

Saw an ad for toilet bowl cleaner, which included a toilet bowl in need of cleaning, and honestly why have content warnings of not for this?

Feeling pretty positive about Kinda Charming right now 🤩🤩🤩 #amquerying #MG #YA #fantasy #adventure #comedy

I love Tom Gauld. And there's a joke about my writing process in here somewhere.

Earlier in the season I really felt like a successful thief for getting Dingler. I actually dropped him (I'm in a shallow league). Ran out of patience.

Nothing good ever happens on a Monday

Me: okay, time to log in to work. My computer: Update time! I know you scheduled this update for 4 AM and kept me on all night so it would happen, but I decided it would be funnier if I did it at 8:58. Don’t worry, though! This update will only take four hours!

Happy Star Trek day! Live long and prosper, my friends.

In honor of the late great Tim Curry, listening to one of my unofficial theme songs while submitting to @clarkesworldmagazine.com today. One of these days I will make it.

Just wrote 2k+ words of pulse-pounding cosmic horror and decided I'd earned come college football. So of course SMU @ FSU is delayed. Power failure of all things.

I love Tom Gauld. And I know that, when I was a kid, reverse psychology worked like a charm.

To everyone in the US, happy Labor Day. Solidarity forever.

Amid awards season, a look back at an enduring classic and the lingering question: is this biopunk? My take on Nancy Kress’s Hugo-winning story, in this month’s “Sci-Fi Reviewed”. #WritingCommunity #Books michaeltkuester.substack.com/p/sci-fi-rev...

All systems go. T-Minus three...two...one...liftoff! My next round of #query letters is away!

Tomorrow’s the day: I’m firing off my next round of queries! That and more in this week’s “Writer’s Desk”. #WritingCommunity #querying michaeltkuester.substack.com/p/writers-de...

I love Tom Gauld. Hope you (like me) enjoyed your summer reading. While it lasted.

Commencing preflight checks: #Query letter...check Synposis...check Bio...check... T-Minus 19 hours and counting.

Night falls, and the next leg of my querying mission is about to begin... T-Minus 84 hours and counting.

In the immortal words of Ian Malcolm, “Life finds a way.” But on an alien planet, which way it will go? What science tells the modern scifi writer about alien life, in this month’s “Science in Fiction”. #WritingCommunity michaeltkuester.substack.com/p/life-as-we...