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  We sat down with Dr. Hana Bronikov, the physicist behind the Bronikov fissure - FTL travel in the Ballenverse. She was not thrilled to be there. https://davidmkelly.com/hana-bronikov/ #SciFi #IndieAuthor #SpaceOpera #satire

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  New free tool: QuickWrite — a simple WYSIWYG text editor for Android, built for writing fiction on the go. Bold, italic, font size, indents, saves straight to RTF. No Play Store listing, no account, no subscription. Just download the APK and use it. https://davidmkelly.com/quickwrite/ #writing #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #Android

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  It's always nice to finally hold your latest release in your hands (or paws). Bingo approves too! "A Crimson Void" launches on the 16th June. #newrelease #books #scifi #reading #dogs

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  Some men are defined by a single decision made in the heat of the moment. For Draeger, it cost him his career, his freedom, and three years of his life - and now someone desperate enough is handing him command of an obsolete ship, a mission deep in enemy territory, and a crew that despises him. A Crimson Void — Hellhound Series Book One — is out today. https://books2read.com/acrimsonvoid #scifi #books #newrelease See less

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  Big thanks to Alan R. Warren and Michael L Hawley for having me on House of Mystery Radio, and to epic fantasy author Richard H. Stephens for sharing the mic. Great conversation about A Crimson Void, Book One in my Hellhound Series and Richard's Witches and Wings series Listen here: https://shows.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio/episodes/richard-h-stephens-witches-and-wings #SciFi #IndieAuthor #SpaceOpera

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  Google's Android Developer Verification program requires government ID, signing key evidence, and a fee for any developer who wants their software installable on Android. The EFF calls app gatekeeping "a pathway to censorship." over 67 organizations have signed an open letter opposing it. @keepandroidopen #KeepAndroidOpen https://keepandroidopen.org

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  Jump Drives: How to break the speed of light, without telling the Universe https://davidmkelly.com/jdrives-how/ How travel between the stars works in my fictional universe. #scifi #worldbuilding #indieauthor #writingcommunity #reading #books

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  The route Draeger is expected to follow in A Crimson Void... he doesn't. This is from the 3D starmap I built to accompany the books. Join my newsletter for a chance to name a star in it. https://davidmkelly.com/a-crimson-void/ #SciFi #ScienceFiction #IndieAuthor #SpaceOpera #WorldBuilding #AmWriting #MilitarySciFi

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  DraftDetective - Free SmartEdit-Style Editing Macros for LibreOffice Writer https://davidmkelly.com/draftdetective/ #linux #tools #free #editing #writing #windows #author #libreoffice

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  Researchers propose a bold twist to dark matter. It may not be a single particle at all, but a mix of two different ones that interact with each other to produce detectable signals. #science #physics #astrophysics https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260409101101.htm

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  Targeted microbes to fight gum disease without killing beneficial bacteria? My Joe Ballen novels have a similar nanomite tooth scrubber called DentiKleen. Should I be worried my dentist is now living in my fiction? 🙂 #SciFi #science #healthcare https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260413043141.htm

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  Next, the Brundlefly! 😆 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260429102030.htm #science #physics #quantum

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  A supervolcano nearly wiped out humanity 74,000 years ago, but humans did something incredible https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260510234711.htm Yeah, they reacted like... humans...🙄 The bigotry of low expectations routinely applied to our ancestors is appalling. #science #history #fail

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  @WedaleBooks Been to Stow several times, lovely place to visit, as is the whole Borders area. Good luck!

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  In 2013 I wrote a cyborg character in "The Three Lives of Mary" (https://viewbook.at/TLOM) who could reverse her joints so she never had to turn around. Boston Dynamics just built exactly that. Amazing to see reality catching up! #SciFi #writing #engineering https://youtu.be/29ECwExc-_M?si=vhi6W25AH4Jcc3bx

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  Scientists have cracked 3D printing tungsten carbide-one of the hardest metals on Earth. In my novels, Joe Ballen is chief engineer on a 3D printed O'Neill cylinder. Two centuries later, habitats like it are standard across dozens of star systems. Turns out the future I've been writing is arriving ahead of schedule — again. https://tinyurl.com/3dpmetal #science #engineering #sciencefiction #scifi #writing #books

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  This is why I love physics-reality keeps finding ways to be stranger than anything we'd think to invent. A black hole and neutron star just collided in a strange oval orbit https://tinyurl.com/4xu47pkh #science #physics #astrophysics #blackhole #neutronstar

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  Scientists in Sweden have created a cartilage scaffold that guides the body to regrow bone. This is almost exactly how I imagined limb regeneration working in my books. One of the amazing things in writing #SciFi is that sometimes what you dream up actually becomes reality. #science #medicine #health https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260305223231.htm

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  Scientists mapped vast cosmic structures using hydrogen light emissions. I built my own starmap — only 1300 systems, considerably less impressive, but at least you can click on things 😀 #science #space #astronomy https://ziply.pk/a7YBnv

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  Cosmic voids may be driving the universe's expansion through dark energy. Even emptiness has power. Funny, I've been thinking about voids a lot recently. My novel "A Crimson Void" is out this spring. #science #space #scifi #writing #cosmology ziply.pk/cosmicvoids

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  Finished my final round of editing before sending my latest novel to my external editor! YAAY! 😊 #writing #books #sciencefiction #scifi

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  A black hole growing 13 times faster than it should? Very relatable, my current manuscript has the same problem 😀 #science #physics #astronomy #blackholes #writing https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260124003816.htm

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  Hey I am now on a new social network that is privacy focused, ad free, and a safe space to share. https://hey.cafe/r/davidmkelly_sf

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  With the length of time it's taken to write my latest book, A Crimson Void, I'll probably need one of these protein shakes before I'm done. 🙂 "Scientists discover protein that rejuvenates aging brain cells" #science #medicine #health #genome #stemcells https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260212025620.htm

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  I've added this to my phone calendar. New dark energy data suggests the universe may not expand forever after all, and ultimately end in a “big crunch” roughly 20 billion years from now. #science #astrophysics #cosmology #astronomy https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260215225537.htm