I pride myself on my novel’s first lines, and one of the projects Im working on didn’t have the right one. It was ok, not great. But I’ve come up with a fantastic one today, and it should set the tone and voice for the entire novel wonderfully.

A handful of years ago Nick was “the future of epic fantasy” w/Mercenary King trilogy. Starts w/ THE KINGDOM OF LIARS. Is great. Now, curtain rises on Act II, w/ Nick’s editor comparing him to Ray Bradbury. Different comps, same great Nick. TERMINA STATION will have you missing your train stop.

So, I’ve got a new book coming out from Saga Press soon 😁

Should have something to announce this weekend, which is cool and fun and exciting, and also like ‘oh man this book I’ve been working on for a long time is about to be REAL.’

Social media is beset by a tidal wave of publishing misinformation, fuelled by bots and platform-farming and algorithms that favour outrage. With special guest Donyae Coles, Sunyi and Scott discus how on earth we can walk the line between being honest, while not fueling an atmosphere of misery.

Nominated for the Philip K. Dick award! THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN, @caspargeon.bsky.social 's reality-bending SciFi that reads like a fable from another galaxy, and features an entirely non-human cast! “Fearlessly creative, wildly imaginative” @garethlpowell.bsky.social Buy geni.us/immeasurable

idk guys when i see a lot of similar headlines insisting that editors & authors are all already embracing AI, i don't assume these things are true. i assume there are a lot of very rich people with an unpopular product pushing a particular narrative in my industry!

I really enjoy the later editing process of a novel where it’s kind of like dealing with a house of cards. Already steady and strong so every edit is carefully done, and while it takes longer than just dumping words—the book comes out so strong afterwards Anyway, I really like my next book

I’ve got a new book coming out soon, the first in a bit for me, and I’m already starting to feel the pre-release nerves as it becomes more REAL. Esp since it doesn’t fit neatly into an established genre as my previous work did. This leans more toward ghibli esque horror than epic fantasy…

Just in time for tonight’s Oscar festivities, my Ten Best of 2025. Right this moment, I’m posting with the films listed, and I’ll be going in to add comments to each entry later, and will re-post when finished. There’s one movie to rule them all from 2025, and that’s Sinners. boxd.it/TewnU

What happens when a motley group of thieves sets out to rob an ancient spacefaring tomb before it falls into a black hole? Find out this November in ETERNITY'S TOMB. dmoren.com/writing/eternitys-...

noo i don't have seasonal depression ha ha it's just that i can only attain true joy when the windows are open and the sun is slanting in?? it's a different, more special & artistic condition

Hey, my book's on sale. Go grab a copy for cheap.

As I finish up edits for my next book, it’s kind of alarming to see how much my style has changed since I wrote the Kingdom of Liars in my early 20s. I genuinely don’t think you could tell they were written by the same person. And there’s a part of me that can’t help but want to…

What an honour, huge thanks to everyone who voted 🍻

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I’ve just come up perhaps the stupidest and silliest thing to include in my latest novel—odds are the idea dies on the vine or with a stern ‘No’—but if it doesn’t it’s going TO BE SO COOL Man days like this are why I love writing

Two freshly signed copies of Kingdom and Voyage at the Tattered Cover off Colfax in Denver!

Dragonsteel Day 2!

See the Solaris giveaway below to win a signed & illustrated copy of the Immeasurable Heaven. I’ve drawn as many characters and creatures from the galaxy of Yokkun’s Depth as I can fit inside, plus one or two Easter eggs for good measure.. @solarisbooks.bsky.social #booksky 📚🪐💙

A crogglingly nice review for the Immeasurable Heaven from @locusmag.bsky.social, thank you 🍻 @solarisbooks.bsky.social

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

Something in dev edits that should’ve taken 30 minutes to fix suddenly became a much bigger problem that I don’t have an immediate answer for—which is great I found it now—but c’monnnn

I genuinely have never understood why people wants to be writers if they hate the act of writing. Like yeah it’s cool to have a book done and have people read it, then talk about it to you, but I LOVE to write. To get better at the craft, to try out new things, to create stupidly.

Happy book birthday to THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT! I'm thrilled for this book to go out to readers. It's the most fun I've had writing a novel. Get yours! US: awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower... UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Tyrant... (HC 18% off for launch!) Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Today's the day: @jeremyteg.bsky.social's new standalone epic fantasy THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT is now available in ebook! awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...

Sharing quotes from the book I’m currently editing even though they won’t make sense for awhile

Despite writing 4500 words today I still feel like I’m so behind on making meaningful progress with two of my projects Banger words atleast

Always exciting to get new book mail! Can’t wait to check this one out

spoiler warning - people are going to really like this next book of Nick's.

For a limited time only, @jeremyteg.bsky.social's THE HAND OF THE SUN KING is on sale for 99 cents wherever you buy ebooks! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...

There’s a part of me that’s worried how people will respond to the next book I’ve written since it’s such a hard pivot from KoL but there’s also the part of me that’s like “It would be boring to write the same kind of stories over and over again for decades. Why not see how a new thing does?”

The Voyage of the Forgotten’s Graphic Audio version is on sale to celebrate the one year anniversary of it being out! A fantastic rendition, it honestly made me forget I wrote it!

Quote from something new I enjoyed writing

Finally got them all! Wild to see that one of the series that started my path to becoming a writer finished after so many years! (For now)

Genuinely don’t understand how a car rental place can take a reservation and then just be like ‘whoops we don’t have anything in stock 🤷‍♂️’ when I get there

A reminder that if you want to know what the book I’m working on is—you can read the first chapter of it when you sign up for my newsletter. Tentatively, the novel is called TERMINA STATION

Why did they make an Arizona Iced Tea advent calendar? Am I only one who bought it? Is it filled with just cans? And why does it make me laugh every time I see it?

AI will always be a threat to creatives—just look at the latest AI ‘publishing’ company—but I genuinely worry in the years to come with authors will have to give up in contracts negotiation to secure rights about keeping AI out of their work in Trad.

Coming in July 2025 - STONE AND SKY

We are beyond thrilled to be producing a special edition of Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang! 😍🔥 This release has been amazing to work on, and we’d like to give a special thank you to @petrikleo.bsky.social for his art direction

Underrated part of being an author is going into a bookstore and seeing so many books written by friends Really brings it home how crazy it is to be in publishing that so many people I respect the work of are now peers

12k words written for the week, better than my usual 10k. With about 8 on one project then 4 on another. Hoping back between them seems to be keeping my pace a little higher than normal.

I’m Nick Martell, author of the Mercenary King series and some weird other stuff. I write fantasy novels about shattered moons, memory magic systems, magical serial killers, catastrophic love, odd trains, and a lot of broken people. Here’s me next to all the editions of my books:

Every single one of your favorite artists started out as a wannabe. They all worshiped other artists; were all told it would never happen for them. They all had an inner voice telling them they weren't good enough. But they had the stones to tell all those voices to go screw and made art anyway.

Being an author has made me immune to hate while playing games online. Call me names? Insult my existence? Tell me I’m trash? Bro either pull up my one star reviews and read them to me or shut up

As always, the best place to keep up with what I’m doing is my newsletter. And if you sign up you get the 1st chapter of what I’m doing next in the Welcome email. I’m biased, but it’s awesome subscribepage.io/NickMartellB...

Hi new friends! So heartened by the way that the literary community is swiftly growing here on Bluesky. To celebrate the influx of cool new folks, I’m giving away signed copies of my latest novel, ESCAPE VELOCITY, to three random followers who repost this. Ends 11/14/24 11:59 NY time. US/Can only

🚨 UK friends, countrymen, lend me your ears: GRAVE EMPIRE is now available on Netgalley 🇬🇧 www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

Being on an app that doesn’t constantly spam me with crypto ads is pretty nice ngl