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Sci-fi writer. Creator of Nexus of Worlds. Weekly new chapters of The Escape on nicholasballou.com and Ream Stories.

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Please keep us posted. curious to see the result

07.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, that’s real. Now I want to see how many times I can fold a piece of paper in half.

07.03.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TIL ”vest” is a root word that means clothing. Go figure.

07.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey #writing friends, what do you think of Royal Road? Is it a good place to post sci-fi?

07.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mass transit first has to be in place for that to happen. If I can’t afford gas I won’t be able to get to work because I have to clock in before the busses start running for the day.

07.03.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Table of Contents This is where you can find your next read

James Moore’s father raised him to be xenophobic, misogynistic, capitalistic, and cruel.

He doesn’t want any part of that.

Read his story:

NicholasBallou.com/table-of-contents

07.03.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone have any recommendations for meal replacement drinks? Soylent seems to constantly be out of stock.

Wish Oats Overnight had way less sugar.

07.03.2026 09:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People showed up to a party I was at, dropped off gifts, and immediately said they needed to leave because they left a candle burning at home.

My new β€œI want to leave” excuse for sure.

07.03.2026 02:22 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My voicemail message asks people to leave their name and number.

Almost no one leaves their number.

Such simple directions.

Why.

07.03.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yall somehow it’s even more of a mistake today. But today was cardio so at least I didn’t have to use my arms.

Driving, however…

07.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TBF, Baby Boomers had like 50 extra years to learn how wrong they were back in the day.

06.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If this guy thinks flipping someone off is bullying…

06.03.2026 03:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Construct Your Website’s Home Page The firstΒ page of your website that most potential readers and the media likely will see is your home page. This page serves as an introduction to your book.Because of this, your home page sho…

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06.03.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dude threw trans kids under the bus on like day one of his podcast so he can suck a lemon with the rest of the centrists.

05.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The one that came preinstalled between your ears.

05.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Going to have to go with mediocre just because I would want my writing to entertain as many people as possible. If there was a perfect book what would be the point of writing other books?

05.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In the last installment, James got the scare of his life. Curious what happens from there? Keep an eye out for chapter 10 tomorrow!

NicholasBallou.com/table-of-contents

Would love to hear your thoughts, especially on the first three chapters. I'm submitting to a writing contest!

#scifi #writing

05.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Missed arm/shoulder/back day yesterday so I said πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈand just did it after hot Pilates today and BOY was that a mistake.

05.03.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

My 13th great grandfather was the first confirmed "victim of witchcraft" in the US 1682. He was in a land dispute with a neighbor, Hannah Jones, and then stones rained down on his house for two months.

My wife's name is Jones and I am convinced our family lines connected πŸ˜‚

05.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like calling it a war legitimizes it in a way it should not be legitimized. I'm not sure what the proper term is, but not that.

04.03.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And for people who have various health related reasons to not go to grocery stores? Maybe if you don’t like the service you could just not use it?

04.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many Americans literally can not afford to take a day off from work. Many people don’t have PTO or sick time to use, but still have to buy food and pay rent. So yall will have to find a different idea Than a general strike. It’s a fantasy.

04.03.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is assuming people can afford to miss a day of work, though

04.03.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Taxes are typically automatically withheld by employers. Most of us don’t have a choice.

04.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Canceled my Progressive policy and when I hung up the agent said, β€œYour refund will be $525 haveagoodday!” and I was baffled.

They sent me $525? I looked it up and Progressive lost a lawsuit and had to refund FL policyholders a bunch of money but never told me. It just sat as a statement credit…

04.03.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

'Effeminate' is a derogatory way to refer to men. I'm pretty sure we just mean 'feminine'?

03.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Personally, I don't think dating is supposed to be monogamous. Dating is non-committed and casual. Going steady is when you commit to one partner. Then engagement. Then marriage.

My wife was dating two other guys when we met. She then chose me out of the three and we married πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

03.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If nothing else, Bluesky has caused me to be fascinated by British meal names. There's so many. Just read an article and it's wild because in the US we just call half of those a snack.

03.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I work in a home improvement store and for some reason the office has more mosquitos than the garden department, but we sell everything needed to make this.

03.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My college Strongly recommends against Grammarly because of how AI driven it is. Case in point, I guess!

03.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0