Lee Schneider

DAYLOG 2026–10–26 15:09:23 Entropy reduction Friday, 1044. Today, 794. Working on book 2 of a trilogy before editor notes come back on book 1. #wordcount

DAYLOG 2026–10–21 14:46:00 Entropy reduction today at 623. Working on the second novel in a trilogy while the first one is with my editor. #wordcount #writing

DAYLOG 2026–10–08 10:07:10: https://leeschneiderbooks.micro.blog/2026/10/08/daylog.html

Is Hollywood over? With the merger, everything will change. I don't address the economics in this story series, but get into the emotional impact. What will we all do next? Maybe you'll find answers here: https://500-words.offprint.app/a/3mstw3vj4mf23-08-hollywood-extinction-event

🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Future Lab with Lee Schneider Season 3: Richie Billing. Have a listen:

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DAYLOG 2026–10–06 10:57:39 Today I’m working on book two of the Shadow Trilogy. Also, the next episode of the Future Lab Podcast. I catch up with author Richie Billing about his latest novel The Breakaways. https://youtube.com/shorts/0_xMiuJP7rU

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The seventh story in the Hollywood Extinction Event series HAS ARRIVED. It's a story series for the web (short, readable on a phone) about what brought down Hollywood. All the stories are at the link. #hollywood #shortfiction #stories #offprint 500-words.offprint.app/a/3mstt3xsje...

DeAndra Davis, author of All the Noise at Once and The Lovers, the Liars, and Me, says that when you listen to an audiobook, it COUNTS. You are absorbing the information of that book. Listen to the whole episode or watch on YouTube: thefuturelab.redcupagency.com #books #booksky #audiobooks

Can screens get people reading again? Here's what author @deandrawrites.bsky.social has to say about that. youtube.com/shorts/qzJ9w...

🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Future Lab with Lee Schneider Season 3: DeAndra Davis. Have a listen:

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Part six of my stories series about the end of Hollywood. #06 HOLLYWOOD EXTINCTION EVENT". #offprint 500-words.offprint.app/a/3mscem22u4...

The latest media and reviews about me, including a profile discussing what projects have mattered the most. ThunderCats is discussed. (I was a writer on ThunderCats and other fine animated series.) #thundercats #animation #writing #fiction leeschneiderbooks.com/media-reviews/

The latest in the story series is here. An Uber driver and a director talk about how Hollywood came to an end. #05 HOLLYWOOD EXTINCTION EVENT. Miss a story? Read all at the link. #offprint #stories #hollywood https://500-words.offprint.app/a/3mrvsg2xzc323-05-hollywood-extinction-event

-> Getting Chosen: How Storytelling Changes the Way Firms Win Work https://docuguy.medium.com/getting-chosen-how-storytelling-changes-the-way-firms-win-work-1177c4c9ce19?source=rss-5bf034b38a71------2

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The latest story in a series about the extinction event that ended Hollywood. Read it now, or if you missed the earlier stories, read them at the link. "#04 HOLLYWOOD EXTINCTION EVENT". #offprint #shortfiction #hollywood https://500-words.offprint.app/a/3mrvogvw4ng23-04-hollywood-extinction-event

🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Future Lab with Lee Schneider Season 3: Trailer Season 3 - The Future Lab with Lee Schneider. Have a listen:

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DAYLOG 2026–09–09 10:31:06 We’re living in a simulation, and the writers have lost the plot .[Sinkhole opens in front of Nicolas Cage Malibu home](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026–09&)#8211;08/malibu-driveway-collapses-into-massive-sinkhole-amid-coastal-flood-risks

DAYLOG 2026–09–04 10:31:52 At first, the internet gave everyone a voice. Now we shout into a feed owned by a billionaire. We must not only ask, Who owns the means of production? But also, Who owns the feed? —Karl Marx, recently discovered writings.

Yes, Satie can be precious and even pretentious, but when he does the turn-of-the-century modernist thing, it works so well.

DAYLOG 2026–09–03 13:02:32 All our children will become professional poker players. Problem solved.

The third story is out! HOLLYWOOD EXTINCTION EVENT is a conversation about the end of Hollywood. 500-words.offprint.app/a/3mrns75…

It's time for the third story in the series: HOLLYWOOD EXTINCTION EVENT. A conversation about the end of Hollywood. #shortfiction #webfiction #offprint https://500-words.offprint.app/a/3mrns75a3ra23-03-hollywood-extinction-event

DAYLOG 2026–09–03 10:24:31 You can’t exactly blast Chopin through your headphones. Or…can you?

@theatlantic.com says the age of reading is over. They're right, because they paywalled their fucking story. Readable, however, on the Internet Archive.

"AI is the opium of the technocrat, a fever dream of frictionless exploitation of the workers dressed up as progress." —Karl Marx

Check out my new story "#02 HOLLYWOOD EXTINCTION EVENT". #offprint 500-words.offprint.app/a/3mrnpu6yu7...

-> Award-Winning Weekend https://docuguy.medium.com/award-winning-weekend-f5909247f900?source=rss-5bf034b38a71------2

Hey, I accepted an award this weekend in Hollywood for my novel LIBERATION. First award I’ve won for science fiction. It was at the Los Angeles Book Awards. I got to thank the wonderful people who helped me. #awards #writing #sciencefiction #hollywood

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This is the first story in a series about what brought down Hollywood. The stories are a record of conversations between a screenwriter/director and an Uber driver. "#01 HOLLYWOOD EXTINCTION EVENT". #offprint #hollywood #ai #amwriting 500-words.offprint.app/a/3mrnpic3ep...

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Here’s me on Mark R. LePage’s show EntreArchitect, talking about turning your complex ideas into clear messages that clients understand and remember. Worth your time if you have a project pitch coming up. https://entrearchitect.com/podcast/entrearch/storytelling-for-architects/

-> Introducing HOLLYWOOD EXTINCTION EVENT https://docuguy.medium.com/introducing-hollywood-extinction-event-91fd30a7d258?source=rss-5bf034b38a71------2

I'm getting ready to publish a new series of short stories here on Bluesky. It's about the end of Hollywood. 500-words.offprint.app/a/3msvskly7o...

DAYLOG Aug 10, 2026 at 12:06 PM After 12 years of riding a single speed bike, getting one with gears is a revelation.

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I wrote that capitalism contains the seeds of its own destruction. The climate emergency is proving me right. Sorry, not sorry! —Karl Marx

I wrote the Communist Manifesto with my bestie Friedrich in a six-week sprint. ChatGPT can write your manifesto instantly. But the server farm running it is owned by Microsoft. Capital still controls the means of production. WTF. —Karl Marx

Soon, I'll be starting HOLLYWOOD EXTINCTION EVENT. A made-for-Bluesky story series that gets to why Hollywood is coming apart and how it might be reborn. I'll start it up in a couple of weeks. Subscribe now so you don't miss the first story. 500-words.offprint.app/a/3mqrynaaxc... #microfiction

DAYLOG Friday, July 31, 2026 at 3:36:52 PM The Guardian rules with headlines like this: Release schedule: when to wee and when to wait during this summer’s biggest movies And an opening like this. The Odyssey You will almost certainly need to urinate during Christopher Nolan’s epic.

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DAYLOG Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 10:46:14 The petite bourgeois aesthetic of podcasting now has diminished the art form, making it less ambitious than it once was. —Karl Marx

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