J.D. Rice
@jdunscripted.bsky.social
Writing books, playing games, and trying to find a way to dig myself out of midlife crisis.
Flash Forward: A Science Fiction Anthology - https://books2read.com/b/bPj6Ld
Flash Forward: A Science Fiction Anthology - https://books2read.com/b/bPj6Ld
Once upon a time, someone told you that you were unimportant.
The end.
#microfiction #writingcommunity #mentalhealth
The end.
#microfiction #writingcommunity #mentalhealth
July 28, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Once upon a time, someone told you that you were unimportant.
The end.
#microfiction #writingcommunity #mentalhealth
The end.
#microfiction #writingcommunity #mentalhealth
When you have a group project at work, but there's both an industry event and a holiday this week.
Confused John Travolta Lost in Office
ALT: Confused John Travolta Lost in Office
static.klipy.com
July 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
When you have a group project at work, but there's both an industry event and a holiday this week.
Not sure when it's going to kick off, but I've been working on the microfiction story that I had been posting here awhile back.
I'm going to try to bank the entire story before getting back to daily posting. Pretty excited to bring it back to life!
#writingcommunity #scifi #microfiction
I'm going to try to bank the entire story before getting back to daily posting. Pretty excited to bring it back to life!
#writingcommunity #scifi #microfiction
June 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Not sure when it's going to kick off, but I've been working on the microfiction story that I had been posting here awhile back.
I'm going to try to bank the entire story before getting back to daily posting. Pretty excited to bring it back to life!
#writingcommunity #scifi #microfiction
I'm going to try to bank the entire story before getting back to daily posting. Pretty excited to bring it back to life!
#writingcommunity #scifi #microfiction
You guys... it's good. Reeeeeeal good.
(More nuanced review from me below)
#gamingcommunity #nintendo #rpg #adventuresofelliot
nintendoeverything.com/the-adventur...
(More nuanced review from me below)
#gamingcommunity #nintendo #rpg #adventuresofelliot
nintendoeverything.com/the-adventur...
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales review for Nintendo Switch 2
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales review released ahead of the action RPG's launch on Nintendo Switch 2.
nintendoeverything.com
June 18, 2026 at 3:52 AM
You guys... it's good. Reeeeeeal good.
(More nuanced review from me below)
#gamingcommunity #nintendo #rpg #adventuresofelliot
nintendoeverything.com/the-adventur...
(More nuanced review from me below)
#gamingcommunity #nintendo #rpg #adventuresofelliot
nintendoeverything.com/the-adventur...
Reposted by J.D. Rice
The Adventures of Elliot The Millennium Tales countdown illustration by Yoshio Watanabe.
Catch up with more about the game here:
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Catch up with more about the game here:
novacrystallis.com/category/squ...
June 11, 2026 at 4:20 AM
The Adventures of Elliot The Millennium Tales countdown illustration by Yoshio Watanabe.
Catch up with more about the game here:
novacrystallis.com/category/squ...
Catch up with more about the game here:
novacrystallis.com/category/squ...
Struggling with how you want to write the big bad reveal in your novel?
Write an exploratory chapter showing the lead up to that fateful encounter from the villain's perspective instead.
It might reveal just what you need to make the scene pop.
#writingcommunity #scifi #writingtips
Write an exploratory chapter showing the lead up to that fateful encounter from the villain's perspective instead.
It might reveal just what you need to make the scene pop.
#writingcommunity #scifi #writingtips
June 9, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Struggling with how you want to write the big bad reveal in your novel?
Write an exploratory chapter showing the lead up to that fateful encounter from the villain's perspective instead.
It might reveal just what you need to make the scene pop.
#writingcommunity #scifi #writingtips
Write an exploratory chapter showing the lead up to that fateful encounter from the villain's perspective instead.
It might reveal just what you need to make the scene pop.
#writingcommunity #scifi #writingtips
Who needs #Wordle when you have your own personal mini-me?
#gamingcommunity #readingcommunity #mykidiscoolerthanyours
#gamingcommunity #readingcommunity #mykidiscoolerthanyours
June 4, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Who needs #Wordle when you have your own personal mini-me?
#gamingcommunity #readingcommunity #mykidiscoolerthanyours
#gamingcommunity #readingcommunity #mykidiscoolerthanyours
Meanwhile, I'm knee deep playing [redacted] on review for Nintendo Everything.
Can't wait to share my thoughts on this game with the public. It's a good one.
#gamingcommunity #nintendo #rpg
Can't wait to share my thoughts on this game with the public. It's a good one.
#gamingcommunity #nintendo #rpg
June 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Meanwhile, I'm knee deep playing [redacted] on review for Nintendo Everything.
Can't wait to share my thoughts on this game with the public. It's a good one.
#gamingcommunity #nintendo #rpg
Can't wait to share my thoughts on this game with the public. It's a good one.
#gamingcommunity #nintendo #rpg
Bit of tonal swing coming off a Sanderson novel, but this next book off my #TBR comes highly recommended and has a great premise.
I'm just shy of halfway through, and so far I'm cautiously optimistic.
#readingcommunity #sciencefiction #thisishowwelosethetimewar
I'm just shy of halfway through, and so far I'm cautiously optimistic.
#readingcommunity #sciencefiction #thisishowwelosethetimewar
June 4, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Bit of tonal swing coming off a Sanderson novel, but this next book off my #TBR comes highly recommended and has a great premise.
I'm just shy of halfway through, and so far I'm cautiously optimistic.
#readingcommunity #sciencefiction #thisishowwelosethetimewar
I'm just shy of halfway through, and so far I'm cautiously optimistic.
#readingcommunity #sciencefiction #thisishowwelosethetimewar
Welp, plowed through this one in just two days.
When a good book hits, it HITS.
What's next, fam?
#readingcommunity #fantasy #cosmere #IslesoftheEmberdark
When a good book hits, it HITS.
What's next, fam?
#readingcommunity #fantasy #cosmere #IslesoftheEmberdark
In other news, I finally started reading #IslesoftheEmberdark, and the ease by which a [redacted] showing up can make me squeal in delight is somewhat ridiculous.
We really are suckers for shared universes over here.
#readingcommunity #fantasy #cosmere
We really are suckers for shared universes over here.
#readingcommunity #fantasy #cosmere
June 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Welp, plowed through this one in just two days.
When a good book hits, it HITS.
What's next, fam?
#readingcommunity #fantasy #cosmere #IslesoftheEmberdark
When a good book hits, it HITS.
What's next, fam?
#readingcommunity #fantasy #cosmere #IslesoftheEmberdark
In other news, I finally started reading #IslesoftheEmberdark, and the ease by which a [redacted] showing up can make me squeal in delight is somewhat ridiculous.
We really are suckers for shared universes over here.
#readingcommunity #fantasy #cosmere
We really are suckers for shared universes over here.
#readingcommunity #fantasy #cosmere
May 30, 2026 at 3:47 AM
In other news, I finally started reading #IslesoftheEmberdark, and the ease by which a [redacted] showing up can make me squeal in delight is somewhat ridiculous.
We really are suckers for shared universes over here.
#readingcommunity #fantasy #cosmere
We really are suckers for shared universes over here.
#readingcommunity #fantasy #cosmere
Can't seem to sit down and write for 30 minutes, but I'm over here contemplating staying up til 2am to play a dang #randomizer.
Not tonight, you jacked up, dopamine junkie brain of mine.
Tonight, we go to bed at a reasonable (for me) time.
#writingcommunity #gamingcommunity #gotosleepdammit
Not tonight, you jacked up, dopamine junkie brain of mine.
Tonight, we go to bed at a reasonable (for me) time.
#writingcommunity #gamingcommunity #gotosleepdammit
May 30, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Can't seem to sit down and write for 30 minutes, but I'm over here contemplating staying up til 2am to play a dang #randomizer.
Not tonight, you jacked up, dopamine junkie brain of mine.
Tonight, we go to bed at a reasonable (for me) time.
#writingcommunity #gamingcommunity #gotosleepdammit
Not tonight, you jacked up, dopamine junkie brain of mine.
Tonight, we go to bed at a reasonable (for me) time.
#writingcommunity #gamingcommunity #gotosleepdammit
I'm trying really hard not to slip back into an unhealthy sleep schedule again, but I'm just staring at the clock thinking...
"If I start a Dragon Warrior 3 Randomizer seed right now, I can be done before 2am. That's fine... right?"
#gamingcommunity #dragonquest #randomizer #resisttemptation
"If I start a Dragon Warrior 3 Randomizer seed right now, I can be done before 2am. That's fine... right?"
#gamingcommunity #dragonquest #randomizer #resisttemptation
May 30, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I'm trying really hard not to slip back into an unhealthy sleep schedule again, but I'm just staring at the clock thinking...
"If I start a Dragon Warrior 3 Randomizer seed right now, I can be done before 2am. That's fine... right?"
#gamingcommunity #dragonquest #randomizer #resisttemptation
"If I start a Dragon Warrior 3 Randomizer seed right now, I can be done before 2am. That's fine... right?"
#gamingcommunity #dragonquest #randomizer #resisttemptation
I went to see "Corporately-Mandated Good Time at the Theater" last night, oh... I mean *checks notes* "The Mandalorian and Grogu..."
My takeaway: Entertaining, but largely lacking in narrative substance.
Disney should have just let us have Season 4.
#movies #starwars #themandalorianandgrogu
My takeaway: Entertaining, but largely lacking in narrative substance.
Disney should have just let us have Season 4.
#movies #starwars #themandalorianandgrogu
May 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I went to see "Corporately-Mandated Good Time at the Theater" last night, oh... I mean *checks notes* "The Mandalorian and Grogu..."
My takeaway: Entertaining, but largely lacking in narrative substance.
Disney should have just let us have Season 4.
#movies #starwars #themandalorianandgrogu
My takeaway: Entertaining, but largely lacking in narrative substance.
Disney should have just let us have Season 4.
#movies #starwars #themandalorianandgrogu
Okay, yeah, everybody get excited for #DonkeyKong64 coming to #NSO, but when will those cowards release #Quest64, huh!?!
Do it, Nintendo. Doooooo iiiiiit.
#gamingcommunity #nintendoswitch
Do it, Nintendo. Doooooo iiiiiit.
#gamingcommunity #nintendoswitch
May 28, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Okay, yeah, everybody get excited for #DonkeyKong64 coming to #NSO, but when will those cowards release #Quest64, huh!?!
Do it, Nintendo. Doooooo iiiiiit.
#gamingcommunity #nintendoswitch
Do it, Nintendo. Doooooo iiiiiit.
#gamingcommunity #nintendoswitch
Bluesky Users: "What exactly do you do here?"
Me: "Underestimate my own value and slip slowly into existential dread. . . also I play video games instead of working on my novel, you?"
#writingcommunity #gamingcommunity #introduceyourself
Me: "Underestimate my own value and slip slowly into existential dread. . . also I play video games instead of working on my novel, you?"
#writingcommunity #gamingcommunity #introduceyourself
May 28, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Bluesky Users: "What exactly do you do here?"
Me: "Underestimate my own value and slip slowly into existential dread. . . also I play video games instead of working on my novel, you?"
#writingcommunity #gamingcommunity #introduceyourself
Me: "Underestimate my own value and slip slowly into existential dread. . . also I play video games instead of working on my novel, you?"
#writingcommunity #gamingcommunity #introduceyourself
Just got back from a month of work travel. Is the world still falling apart?
SpongeBob SquarePants Peeking Out
ALT: SpongeBob SquarePants Peeking Out
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May 20, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Just got back from a month of work travel. Is the world still falling apart?
Reposted by J.D. Rice
Reposted by J.D. Rice
Okay I know we're all normally like "don't make any of them into a person" but hear me out for a second....
February 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Okay I know we're all normally like "don't make any of them into a person" but hear me out for a second....
QTP with a gif of your first ever anime!
February 26, 2026 at 10:45 PM
QTP with a gif of your first ever anime!
I’m starting to get the urge to reboot / rebrand my social media presence for the billionth time. But that would be a bad idea, right? 😅
February 22, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I’m starting to get the urge to reboot / rebrand my social media presence for the billionth time. But that would be a bad idea, right? 😅
“If you want to enjoy writing every day, you need to stop worrying about getting published.”
…
“If you want to get published, you need to write every day.”
…
“If you want to get published, you need to write every day.”
a woman in a pink shirt is kneeling on the ground
ALT: a woman in a pink shirt is kneeling on the ground
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:42 PM
“If you want to enjoy writing every day, you need to stop worrying about getting published.”
…
“If you want to get published, you need to write every day.”
…
“If you want to get published, you need to write every day.”
It had been a long time since touching those dogs made his heart race in a blind panic, their inability to respond somehow making the weight of his isolation all the more oppressive.
Now, they were a comfort. A simple ritual. A lifeline to reality.
#microfiction #serial #scifi #amwriting (6/???)
Now, they were a comfort. A simple ritual. A lifeline to reality.
#microfiction #serial #scifi #amwriting (6/???)
Ben pushed these thoughts aside as he marched the familiar path downtown.
At 7:43, the only pedestrians out were a few dog walkers. He stopped to pet each dog in turn, thinking perhaps they might sense his affection, despite being frozen in time.
#microfiction #serial #scifi #amwriting (5/???)
At 7:43, the only pedestrians out were a few dog walkers. He stopped to pet each dog in turn, thinking perhaps they might sense his affection, despite being frozen in time.
#microfiction #serial #scifi #amwriting (5/???)
There was a time when Ben would have relished the isolation the time freeze granted him. No time pressures. No unnecessary niceties. No expectations or guilt.
Now he just wished for someone, anyone, in that frozen world to notice him and say hello.
#microfiction #serial #scifi #amwriting (4/???)
Now he just wished for someone, anyone, in that frozen world to notice him and say hello.
#microfiction #serial #scifi #amwriting (4/???)
December 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It had been a long time since touching those dogs made his heart race in a blind panic, their inability to respond somehow making the weight of his isolation all the more oppressive.
Now, they were a comfort. A simple ritual. A lifeline to reality.
#microfiction #serial #scifi #amwriting (6/???)
Now, they were a comfort. A simple ritual. A lifeline to reality.
#microfiction #serial #scifi #amwriting (6/???)
December 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM