My Kickstarter for The Edinburgh Doctrines series omnibus is live! Get the chonky historical fantasy series in one volume, with pretty art. 🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/clj...

My historical fantasy series The Edinburgh Doctrines is now complete. It’s dark academia…set at the most elite medical school of the 18th century. Contains magic and (kinda) true historical events. 🪶⚔️🔥☠️ #fantasybooks

Get The Doctrines of Fire and A Treatise of Air for bargain prices during the r/Fantasy Megasale. Proceeds benefit the Mary Cariola Children’s Center 📚🎁 www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

The indie author MEGA SALE is now here! Hundreds of books discounted or FREE!! Find out more on r/Fantasy: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

It's indie showcase day, which means I have a fresh batch of self-pub authors introducing you to their fantasy and sci-fi books. Check them out: youtu.be/jvKK_cwZ-qQ

Very slightly ahead of the #nanowrimo game, and pleased to have ~17k on a new story idea. But I think it will get harder as I finish off my early burst of scene ideas.

Slightly ahead of the game 2 days into #nanowrimo. Hopefully getting above the target 1667 daily word count during week 1 makes success feel more attainable. Any words are good words, though!

(Graphic created by Daniel Maidman)

Happy #nanowrimo eve to all who celebrate! Hydrate, get a good night’s sleep, charge your laptop, etc. 😉

I created a list of all #spfbo9 semi-finalists and finalists. The number of Goodreads ratings ranges from 5 to 1000+ per book 🤯. But they’ve all received a 👍 from at least one #spfbo judge…so check out as many as you can! www.Goodreads.com/list/show/19...

The 9th SPFBO contest has its finalists! Check out progress towards a single champion on the scoreboard: mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2023/09/fina...

We’re in the second week of the Kickstarter for Traitor's Tome and over 300% funded! Just over a week left to go... www.kickstarter.com/projects/emm...

Writers HQ is a great community for #writingcommunity accountability (sprints & weekly writing retreats) and craft (lots of workshops devoted to plotting, etc).

Happy Friday 13th! We’re heading into peak Doctrines of Fire season: dark, chilly nights filled with misdeeds and a hint of magic. 🔥💀⚔️🎃 #historicalfantasy #writingcommunity #fantasybooks

"The era of gods is over." I'm delighted to help today with the cover reveal for the final book in The Cruel Gods by @trudieskies.bsky.social—aptly titled The End of Time. This book, with a cover design by James T. Egan of Bookfly Design, is expected around March 2024 (exact date TBC).

HOWEVER MANY MUST DIE is OUT NOW! Go forth and conquer, young Blood Scouts. Perfect if you want: 👭 A whole platoon of complex, fun characters 🌋A dark, thrilling adventure 🐲Monsters, many horrible monsters! 😵Epic, unflinching action and emotions

⏯️ The replay of my chat with Kris about my Edinburgh Doctrines historical fantasy series is now available: www.youtube.com/live/xQeE1S3.... We discuss my historical inspiration, writing habits (such as they are) and plans for the future.

What up fellow writer types! Where's the Writers' HQ gang at on this 'ere Blueskeeeeee? Come to us. COME TO US! (pls reskeet so all our fave WHQers can find us thanks)

Unfortunately The Doctrines of Fire’s time in #spfbo9 is up: it’s a tough gig! Congrats to the semi finalist and thanks to the judges for volunteering their time. #spfbo fantasy-faction.com/2023/self-pu...

🚧 WIP updates (with no context or explanation) 🚧 * Attack doggos * A Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741) joke * A historically inaccurate quantity of kicks to the head * I’ll be a great writer if I ever establish dominance over my second acts.

108) CL Jarvis @standrewslynx.bsky.social, The Doctrines of Fire An Edinburg medical student has been murdered and two professors look for clues suspecting some secret society has had a hand in the death.

Tbh, I’m surprised I’m cool enough to count as an “early adopter” of Bsky…

Inspo for Edinburgh Doctrines book 4 struck like lightning in the gym. Georgian Edinburgh 🪶 x Only Murders In The Building 🔪 #authors #writingcommunity

🚧 WIP reports 🚧 Doctrines Prequel is at 77k. But I want it to feel more grandiose in scope (it takes place over decades), so it needs to be ~100k. My curse is that I’m a chronic underwriter. I have to basically re-teach myself how to write scenes to get the right pacing.

I’m here, and so is my cat.