MattBille

Hi! A fan of your books.

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Immature, certainly. I assume Napoleon was interested only if it was ready for war.

I grew up fishing here. I can't say I caught anything more interesting than snapper, sea trout, or very small grouper, though.

Who doesn't?

Very cool. I collect all things Dunk and have a second Prehistoric Times article on it in draft.

My favorite prehistoric creature has inspired people who unlike me can actually make art.

Wow

My favorite creature. A follow-up to my article on it on Prehistoric Times is in work because we're learning so much.

Agreed. Having written on these for years in P Times and elsewhere, there might be sone surface hints of the edge of the armor, it it would be pretty smooth.

That depends on the orbits used, but I agree they may be a problem.

P.S. this is not about Megalodon :)

Oh, no....

For what it's worth, having been in and around commercial space for sone decades, I don't think they can make a case that will attract billions in investment for lighting up Earth even if they could solve the huge engineering and logistical challenges.

We're still many years from being able to make use of H-3 on a large scale. Given the problematic nature of getting agreement among spacefaring powers on the rights of objects, a new push for the Moon Treaty might have a better chance and would at least create a regime.

It's interesting that Napoleon was desperate to match Britain at sea and was generally very open to new ideas, but dismissed Fulton's idea for steam-powered warships as "nonsense."

@whitenacklab.bsky.social We know some sharks adapted to fresh water. For fiction: Do you have a guess how many years/generations it would take for a large historically pelagic species (no prior adaptation) being pushed upriver towards a lake by competition to become a freshwater species? Thanks!

Bus dispatcher but lifelong Maine hunter, trapper, outdoorsman, VERY rugged: vs. merchant mariner who volunteered for war despite being over-age due to personal problems that eventually led to being shot by young mistress- evaluate that as you will.

Called the Vexis! Ray befriended it of course.

If you are petite like my wife (usually stated as under 5 feet 4 inches), she had to go petite shops in cities for nice dresses.

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A patriot doesn't close their eyes and say "My country is perfect." A real patriot says "My country is worth perfecting."

Weirdly (since this is a romance and I only read them when asked for feedback) I did read that. I borrowed the definitely-dead lover trick for my 2018 fantasy Raven's Quest.

Something involving a whole planet, many nations, and a long period of history. I know the political and technology levels and can explore it in my head, but it's really daunting.

I've recent experience if you want to talk about it. So far it looks like I and the consultants I found navigated the challenge successfully.

I've followed SpaceX since the earliest days, when I knew the core people and they really were amazing innovators who revolutionized launch. My view: the million figure was for impact. It isn't needed or feasible. It'll be cut several times in subsequent filings and tradeoffs, starting soon.

I can't understand that. Everything from an author should read like it's from that author. I've certainly not heard advice like that from an agent. Why would you? An editor knows what AI writing looks like.

This is important, friends.

Knockers were one of several similar legends I combined into one real-life creature in last year's cryptozoological horror novel Death by Legend. Moral: if you're going to illegally import an entire dolmen from England for your private museum, you'd be wise to sift through the dirt.

I'll grant that was off the cuff. It's the way my own thinking often works.