Scott Edelman

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Scott Edelman is a Stoker Award-nominated writer and Hugo Award-nominated editor of SF, fantasy & horror. And host of the Eating the Fantastic podcast! (He/Him)

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For those who like knowing how the podcast sausage is made — prepping my lunch conversation with @aijiang.bsky.social for the next episode of Eating the Fantastic required 726 snips and deleted an extraneous 13 minutes, 37 seconds. Please join us Friday to experience the result! pod.link/1083737796

Printed out a snapshot of all the guests who've appeared on my Eating the Fantastic podcast to take to Readercon, because though I can rattle off their names without fail, what I can't do is correctly recall the episode numbers attached, and I want to accurately refer to them. pod.link/1083737796

Tonight's treadmill TV — The Bear Season 3, Episodes 6 and 7. And yeah ... that final scene was exactly how I figured the second of those episodes was going to end.

I was just typing "power on in the face of rejection" (or so I thought), but must have mistyped, because when I reread the sentence, I noticed spellcheck had corrected that to "power onion the face of rejection" ... and now I find myself wishing I had a power onion.

"I get that writing about the monstrosity that is Trump faces the problem that it’s not news; he’s been a monster spouting lurid nonsense all his life ... He’s a racist, a fascist and a rapist (according to a civil-court verdict)." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnitwww.theguardian.com Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

Woke in the middle of the night with an idea for another story ... which gets added to the list with a few hundred other ideas it will be impossible for me to get to before I shuffle off this mortal coil. I will never run out of ideas. Only time. (Not that I'm going anywhere yet.)

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Ended the night editing the first 20 minutes of raw audio from my recent StokerCon chat with award-winning writer @aijiang.bsky.social to eliminate any possible infelicities which might interfere with your enjoyment. Please eavesdrop on the next episode of Eating the Fantastic! pod.link/1083737796

Tonight's treadmill TV — The Bear Season 3, Episodes 4 and 5. And even though I've already had dinner, now I'm hungry all over again.

Printed out my notes for a second episode of my Eating the Fantastic podcast to be recorded during next weekend's Readercon. And if you'd like a seat at the table to eavesdrop on the conversations I bring home from Quincy, you know what to do! pod.link/1083737796

Eating the Fantasticpod.link I’ve been going to science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic book conventions since I was 15, and I’ve found that while the con which takes place within the walls of a hotel or convention center is ...

Happy birthday to comics artist/writer John Byrne, who long ago and far away, during the year 1975, when he was 25 and I was 20 and Dead of Night #11 introducing The Scarecrow had just come out, sent a note congratulating me along with this sketch applying his own style to my character.

Today's two postcards flying off to friends.

"President Trump continued to raise concerns about a cognitive decline after he was unable to recognize his closest allies last week. ... The statement raised more concerns about whether the former President, 78, is fit to serve." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/troubling-...

Troubling Signs of Cognitive Decline as Trump Struggles to Recognize Closest Aidesdonmoynihan.substack.com "I know nothing about Project 2025" statement triggers new concerns about his fitness to serve

Because I was recently invited to record an episode of a podcast to talk about my relationship with Marvel's Crazy and shared with the host a few images from a photo shoot I did for the magazine in 1975, I figured I should share one with you as well. And yes, I did look like this back when I was 20.

A line from the Simpsons that describes your sex life: "Why do I get the feeling that someday I'll be describing this to a psychiatrist?"

A line from the Simpsons that describes your sex life: "...is the favorite food of everything, is sexually attracted to fire, and needs constant reassurance or it will die."

I once again popped in over at what used to be my social media home — which I do no more than one per month — to remind everyone I'm no longer there. This is my home now.

Happy birthday to Bram Stoker Award-winning writer @johnlangan.bsky.social! Celebrate by joining us for lunch at a crab shack on an episode of my Eating the Fantastic podcast, where you'll learn about the time Lucius Shepard taught him how to box — and much more. www.scottedelman.com/2018/08/15/j...

The face of true evil.

As a side note, this is John McEntee, Trump's Director of White House Personnel and the primary architect of Project 2025. On Tik Tok he said he gives counterfeit bills to homeless people so they will be arrested when they go to spend them.

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Someday I'm going to collect in one place all the random comic books panels I've found about writing over the years to learn the effect they have when they rub up against each other ... but until then, here's one to make all the writers out there feel better (or maybe worse) about themselves.

Completed and packed away my 51st Moleskine notebook (and cracked open my 52nd) since I switched over to that method of daily journaling on December 21, 2002. From November 2, 1978 through that date in 2022, I bounced around a variety of notebooks, but for the past 21+ years, I've been locked in.

Today's treadmill TV — The Bear Season 3, Episodes 1-3. Seeing chef René Redzepi on screen reminded me of how well he treated us during my 60th birthday dinner at Noma. And now that I think about it, it's probably time to start figuring out where to celebrate my 70th!

Here's the weather supposedly awaiting us next week during Readercon, so if you'll be heading to Quincy, Massachusetts, pack appropriately.

Didn't solve this as quickly as some previous puzzles, but once again, no hints needed. Strands #124 “Say something” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🟡

During all the discussion over the contents of The Last Dangerous Visions, I find myself thinking of Michael D. Toman, who spent much of his life waiting for his short story to be published there, and then died the year before it wasn't. I'm sad he's gone, but glad he didn't't have to witness that.

Last night's earworm which drifted through my mind each time I woke was — Lou Reed's "Perfect Day." youtu.be/9wxI4KK9ZYo

Lou Reed - Perfect Day (Official Audio)youtu.be Official Audio for ”Perfect Day” by Lou ReedListen to Lou Reed: https://loureed.lnk.to/listenYDWatch more videos by Lou Reed: https://loureed.lnk.to/listenYD...

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Why, yes, I did laugh.

May you and your pets both have a safe and happy 4th of July!

"Do you want to be a famous author or do you want to be an author who is reaching readers who appreciate you? ... You're not in competition with other authors, you're in competition with your own expectations." wapo.st/3xxfAx6

Advice | Asking Eric: Self-published author struggles with jealousywapo.st How does this self-published author not let career jealousy take over their life?