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@ckanomalies

πŸ‘»Writing spooky mysteries from a treehouse. 🌠Check out my newsletter on Substack and Patreon. πŸ”McSweeney's. Points in Case. Slackjaw. 🍩Let's delve into the strange, heavily frosted mysteries of the universe. Read here πŸ‘‡ https://linktr.ee/chriskeilman

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The catch 22 of SEO is that I’m not actually sure anyone is looking for what I’m making.

11.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love it

11.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm just glad metal and punk and heavy music genres are cool again. In the 2010s you'd get weird looks if you weren't dressed like an Amish trust fund baby.

11.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The lady in front of me on the bus has really important plastic bag rustling to do.

10.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wasn't expecting the dystopia to have cute little hearts and thumbs up signs.

10.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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But what are the IMPLICATIONS OF THE DARK ORB

10.03.2026 08:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lol.
#writer #amwriting

10.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When you’re listening to the MOHELA hold music.

10.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Enough with the burgers.

When will the AI CEOs eat their data centers?

It’s the only way to show they are committed to the product.

#AI

10.03.2026 00:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When you lose a substack subscriber

09.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm not a huge AI person but I am enjoying google's summation of my characters. Also, whoops, the names Knuckles & Braeburn are already taken.

Knuckles = a fun play on β€œScully,” suggesting bones and medicine, logic.

Braeburn = A quote from Dale Gribble + knowledge, mythology.

09.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no, the McDonald's CEO is ALSO Chris K. This will not stand.

09.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thoughts at the climax of my novel. I'm three scenes away from finishing my middle grade paranormal mystery. Here's what's on my mind.

I wrote 60,000 words of a novel. (By hand.)

I'm now working on the climax.

These are my thoughts on what it feels like to be here, and the anxiety of getting it right.

#amwriting #writersky #writer

open.substack.com/pub/ckanomal...

09.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"What problem are you trying to solve?"

"That would be the devastating lack of WHIMSY in the world, my friend."

09.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.03.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Loftiest trucks were made for wildest winds, and this brain-truck of mine now sails amid the cloud-scud.

09.03.2026 06:47 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Is this a good time to talk about banning vape shops

09.03.2026 06:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thoughts at the climax of my novel. I'm three scenes away from finishing my middle grade paranormal mystery. Here's what's on my mind.

I've written 60,000 words of a novel, mostly by hand.
(And it kicks ass.)
These are my thoughts.

#writer #writinganovel

open.substack.com/pub/ckanomal...

09.03.2026 06:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When someone asks me about my five year plan.

#matteolane

09.03.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wasn't expecting to list β€œdeodorant is behind glass” as one of the dystopian horrors of our time, but here we are.

08.03.2026 05:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The park looking beautifully dreamy this evening.

08.03.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From the 2nd act of my novel (in progress). It's a paranormal mystery for kids. It's called Knuckles & Braeburn: the Case of the Cursed Bonanza and I think it's really great.

#writer #amwriting

08.03.2026 03:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Writing the beginning of your novel.
Writing the end of your novel.

07.03.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did not know Bass Pro shops were just red pilled Adventureland.

07.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i feel like this is all happening cause we stopped pumping up the jam

07.03.2026 03:34 πŸ‘ 1472 πŸ” 361 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 0

Something about trying to read an article from 2022 to understand β€œmultiple slurp juices on a single ape” only to find that the tweets referenced have been deleted because the accounts associated with them have been... β€œmilkshake duck'd"?

Just trying to do the cromulent thing here.

07.03.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW THINGY
#WRITER

07.03.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thoughts at the climax of my novel. I'm three scenes away from finishing my middle grade paranormal mystery. Here's what's on my mind.

open.substack.com/pub/ckanomal...

07.03.2026 03:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Not judging, but--"
[Judges profoundly]

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