Bob McGough (Tales by Bob)
@talesbybob.bsky.social
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Author, podcaster, and indie ttrpg game designer. See all I do at www.talesbybob.com
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I wrote up six blog posts to analyze and summarize my 2025 as an author. Ranging from expense breakdowns to aggregate sales data for the year, I made a post with links to all six:
talesbybob.com/links-to-all...
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Links To All My Year End 2025 Recap Posts | Tales By Bob
https://talesbybob.com/links-to-all-my-year-end-2025-recap-posts
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Stephen
27 days ago
Last night’s D&D game was amazing. We had
@rgop42.bsky.social
,
@talesbybob.bsky.social
, Bean, Smash, and Jacob and it was an absolute HOOT. Not only that, but the wonderful
@theaudienorman.bsky.social
drew this amazing Were-reindeer for us during the stream. Such a good time :D
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Come say hi at CONjuration!
about 2 months ago
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Come say hi at CONjuration!
about 2 months ago
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Come say hi at the Local Author Showcase at the Dothan Library!
2 months ago
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It's that time of the month where I show what life is like behind the scenes as an indie UF author, from sales to socials.
talesbybob.com/monthly-reca...
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Monthly Recap: October 2025 | Tales By Bob
https://talesbybob.com/monthly-recap-october-2025
2 months ago
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Come say hi at the Local Author Showcase at the Dothan Library!
2 months ago
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The South Eastern Cults is a guide to OSR style roleplaying football obsessed cults in a re-imagined deep south hellscape.
https://beardedbardinkworks.com/
#notanoctopus
#ttrpgzine
#rpgzine
#indierpg
#d6system
#tabletop
#gamezine
#ttrpg
#tabletoprpg
#beardedbardinkworks
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Come say hi at Multiverse!
3 months ago
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In The CCC you play as a team of experts called in to handle 'events' where the public comes into contact with the supernatural.
https://beardedbardinkworks.com/
#notanoctopus
#ttrpgzine
#rpgzine
#indierpg
#d6system
#tabletop
#gamezine
#ttrpg
#tabletoprpg
#beardedbardinkworks
3 months ago
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Come say hi at Multiverse!
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Come say hi!
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THE BURIED is a solo journaling rpg that uses the Wretched and Alone rules.
https://beardedbardinkworks.com/
#notanoctopus
#ttrpgzine
#rpgzine
#indierpg
#d6system
#tabletop
#gamezine
#ttrpg
#tabletoprpg
#beardedbardinkworks
3 months ago
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Come say hi!
3 months ago
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As of yesterday I have officially sold over 5,000 copies of my books! This is a huge, huge milestone for me. In August of 2021 I clicked publish, thanks to the amazing support of all of you, I've gotten to tick off this major item on my 'success' checklist. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!
3 months ago
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In Cerberus Reach you play as one of a remnant member of humanity, just trying to earn enough money to buy a ticket through the nearest Hyper-Gate.
https://beardedbardinkworks.com/
#notanoctopus
#ttrpgzine
#rpgzine
#indierpg
#d6system
#tabletop
#gamezine
#ttrpg
#tabletoprpg
#beardedbardinkworks
3 months ago
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Weird thing about me: when I edit, I 'save' letters. For example: In order to turn -I will- into -I'll- I carefully delete the space and -wi- even if it would be easier to just delete it all and retype. Gotta save those letters that have been already typed. Follow me for more green energy tips.
6 months ago
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This is so rad!!
add a skeleton here at some point
7 months ago
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Hey yall! So while I am here, I'm not really here. As in if you tag me in something I will swing by and check it out. Or if you shoot me a message. Or whatever you can do to make my phone go 'Hey Bob, remember that Bluesky account you have?' So just keep that in mind, if you expect me to see stuff!
8 months ago
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Martin Shannon, Your Favorite Martin
11 months ago
You shouldn't be asking why I have thirty plastic pink flamingos. You *should* be asking why *you* don't have thirty plastic pink--Nope. Scratch that. You should totally be asking why I have thirty plastic pink flamingos.
#booksky
#talesofweirdflorida
#theflock
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talesbybob.com/blog/f/fan-e...
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Fan Expo New Orleans Recap!
General Thoughts
https://talesbybob.com/blog/f/fan-expo-new-orleans-recap
12 months ago
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I have written six blog posts that summarize pretty much all aspects of life as an indie urban fantasy author in 2024. Lots of stats, lots of behind the scenes data, lots of transparency. I made a seventh blog post that gathers links to each with a brief description:
talesbybob.com/blog/f/links...
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Links To All My Year End 2024 Recap Posts
To make it easy for someone to find all my year end recap posts, and more importantly, make it easier for me to share them around, here they all are in a list:
https://talesbybob.com/blog/f/links-to-all-my-year-end-2024-recap-posts
about 1 year ago
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10 Southern Urban Fantasy series, on a map very loosely by where they are set.
about 1 year ago
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Avilyn
about 1 year ago
I wouldn't exactly call Howard Marsh charming, but there is definitely some appeal in reading Urban Fantasy that's actually, well... Rural.
@talesbybob.bsky.social
's Bringing Home the Rain and The Depth of Water are books 1 & 2 of The Redemption of Howard Marsh, and I can't wait to read the rest.
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This week I'm spotlighting John Horner Jacobs. Loved this set of novellas.
about 1 year ago
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Some of the zines I got from the Black Friday sale at
@exaltedfuneral.bsky.social
so excited!!
about 1 year ago
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Currently in my personal hellscape: an outlet mall. Gotta say, Spencer's is more Hot Topic than Hot Topic these days. It's basically 'Hot Topic, Now with more Dick Jokes.' At least compared to my memories as a baby goth over 20 years ago.
about 1 year ago
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I'm not a beach guy, at all, but down here seeing family for the holidays and I got to do a lil beach walking. These birbs were nonplussed by my presence. To be fair...so are most people.
about 1 year ago
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This hat is em-bear-as(tronaut)-ing.
about 1 year ago
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Curious what sort of content I have on my Patreon? For a paltry 2 bucks a month you get content straight from the mind of Howard Marsh, all my published short stories, first peak at big news, a complete draft of a novel, a novel in progress, flash fiction, and more! You can try it free for a week!
about 1 year ago
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Office Cat Oskar has claimed his space.
about 1 year ago
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I made a video breaking down how I have evolved my in person sales table over the years:
youtu.be/BJo2s3wdew8?...
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The Saga of a Table: How Bob's Event Table Has Evolved Over the Years
YouTube video by TalesbyBob
https://youtu.be/BJo2s3wdew8?si=bucuufJeEoAoa51R
about 1 year ago
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I'mma be hollywood before you know it baybay!
about 1 year ago
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Michael G. Williams 🏳️🌈
about 1 year ago
Honestly, a con could do worse than to put
@talesbybob.bsky.social
and me on a stage in front of a banner that reads, “Say Something About Writing,” and letting us go for three hours. Send snacks and we’d make it six.
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This is my shelf of things folks have given me at conventions, either art, possums, or possum art. My heart is full to have so many amazing people in my life.
about 1 year ago
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An unexpected result of me paying attention to bluesky is how much it's causing me to hate Facebook and Instagram. Every other thing I see on them is an ad of some sort, or a group/page I never followed/joined. I hate it.
about 1 year ago
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It's that time of the month where I do a recap of what sales and socials have been like for this lil Urban Fantasy author:
talesbybob.com/blog/f/novem...
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November 2024 Hustle Report!
Alrighty, November is behind us, so it's time for my monthly recap post! As always, I'm gonna be diving into the numbers behind my sales and socials!
https://talesbybob.com/blog/f/november-2024-hustle-report
about 1 year ago
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I'm thankful for where I've been, where I am, and where I'm going. Happy turkey day y'all, enjoy this flash fiction from my Patreon.
about 1 year ago
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I'm starting a project where each week I spotlight someone who's creating in the Southern space. This week it's author Aimee Hardy and her work Pocket Full of Teeth.
about 1 year ago
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I reckon I'll start paying here a little more attention.
about 1 year ago
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Wondering what I have planned for the next 8 months?
talesbybob.com/blog/f/book-...
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Book Announcements! Planning! Audiobooks!
So I wanted to take a moment and lay out exactly what you can expect from me over the next eight months or so (hopefully!). I've been taking some time to of course get Southern Saudade out, which come...
https://talesbybob.com/blog/f/book-announcements-planning-audiobooks
over 2 years ago
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talesbybob.com/blog/f/alaba...
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Alabama Comic Con Recap!
I wasn't going to recap this con, because I wasn't vending and really I was just doing a couple of panels. Nothing all that interesting I figured ahead of time. But then the most amazing thing ever ha...
https://talesbybob.com/blog/f/alabama-comic-con-recap
over 2 years ago
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talesbybob.com/blog/f/drago...
over 2 years ago
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Another awesome panel I was on at Dragon Con!
youtu.be/Asul_-9TnNA?...
over 2 years ago
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Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ PAX East
over 2 years ago
This Saturday, Indiepocalypse Radio returns at 2pm ET with guests
@talesbybob.bsky.social
,
@discographette.bsky.social
Janos Biro, and Zhanko! Tune in it at
indiepocalypse.com/radio
Send questions to
indiepocalypse.com/questions
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How Saturday at Dragon Con, and how it ended lol.
over 2 years ago
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So is this where all my fellow authors are hanging out now?
over 2 years ago
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