Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence mybook.to/TheThirteent...

Re indie marketing scams: if someone is asking you if they can review your book, they want money for it if they really loved it, they'd be posting about it without your permission

Does anyone here read new speculative fiction originally written in French? I have a hankering to work on my French, and maybe also play at translating!

Some books I've read recently and enjoyed: Delicious Hunger on @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social Empire of the Summer Moon by SC Gwynne And a recommendation for Stargazey Pie @victoriagoddard.bsky.social which was a neat little mystery of manners on top of an elegant piece of fantasy world building

Some observations about "marketing" as practiced by one novice. I've tried bookbub ads, social media engagement both indirect (like this) and more direct (links and offers in Discord) I reckon I make a pretty engaging podcast guest I'm relatively widely published for a self-publishing novelist

Waiting for the next Locke Lamora? The Thirteenth Prince is "Oceans 11, Italian job, the A team and Mission Impossible met up and decided to take a run into middle earth and went the way of Orwellian politics" Oh and it's on sale mybook.to/TheThirteent...

Let's get November started with a bang. mybook.to/Inspiration Reduced to 0.99 $/£ this weekend, The Gates Of Inspiration are opening... But why? Wizards, witches, dinosaurs and destiny!

If you are an author and you're offering a free eBook in exchange for a donation to a foodbank, please reach out to me to have yourself added. Link to form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Juan Giménez

If you're in the mood for something creepy and weird in the run up to Halloween, I thought this story was excellent www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/27/rul... @bourbonpenn.bsky.social

⚒️ Nordstoem’s Smiling Teeth https://foofaraw.press/nordstoems-smiling-teeth/

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand: Cash rec won't balance

I'm sure someone here might be interested in this: ebay.us/m/EABkA0 #oldhammer #ultramarines

If you don't know, I write kids books too I sometimes even read them out loud check out one here: youtu.be/HHqM3vQ9O5Q?... If you like it, maybe signal boost it for me?

Taking a moment to relish the fact that I, an indie self published author with the marketing chops of a can of mackerel, have nevertheless hit 50 reviews/ratings on Amazon for the first of my herd of books mybook.to/PainAndRuin

Across A Trackless Plain mybook.to/AATP FREE THIS WEEK "The cloak was feathers, down lining so soft it made a mother’s kiss feel rough, shrouded in flight feathers as sharp as sword blades..." #free #kdp #kindleunlimited #indie #swordsandsorcery #fantasy

If you're a fantasy fan looking for a new universe to explore "Across A Trackless Plain" is a collection of side quest stories I have written which will be free all week on Amazon It has monsters, motherhood, mercenaries, carnivores, and much more mybook.to/AATP

What condiment would you partner with to promo your book?

What condiment would you partner with to promo your book?

Launch day! mybook.to/9Gates Enter the Nine Realms where magic seeps in through the cracks in reality, and where the brave battle the damned. Swords and Sorcery, low fantasy, dying earth, epic... Call it what you will, just go and buy it!

This book was a joy to write for me. The characters clawed their way out of my subconscious and took over the plot, fighting demons literal and figurative. If you like a dark/low fantasy, stuffed with monsters, family drama, heartbreak & weird jokes, this is for you! mybook.to/Inspiration

This month I cracked 10,000 KENP for the year I'm hoping that the release coming in October boosts this!

This is phenomenal, absolutely terrific. Emma is on a run of form right now that makes her a must read.

Coming on October 1st, available for pre-order now Undead dinosaurs, sapphic heartbreak, bounty hunters, necromancers, and demons mybook.to/9Gates

Late call for ARC readers: Unreliable wizards, undead dinosaurs, love lorn witches, demons and druids collide in a swords and sorcery novel. Book releases 1 October, prereading starts now!

Today I went through 100 books sold this year! I know this is small beer in the grand scheme of things, but it feels like a milestone!

If you're reading this you're probably not the target audience for my critique It's been a minute And the words won't move It's been a minute What's new in the news It's been a minute And now I give up It's been a minute An hour A day A week A month A year Since I read a book #poetry

We are “officially” announcing “an ordinary contest,” a short story writing contest from Foofaraw! https://foofaraw.press/an-ordinary-contest/

We are honored to have three wonderful judges. @charliefish.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of Fiction on the Web, @caseyaimer.bsky.social, editor at @radonjournal.bsky.social, and @joelgloverauthor.bsky.social, author and Foofaraw contributor!

I definitely think you should wash your cybertruck with saltwater and lemon juice.

Something @regretteruane.bsky.social said made me do a quick image search , and yes, there's a clear* correlation between the arrangement of human teeth and prehistoric stone circles (we even cap both stones and teeth). We need to start thinking of stone circles as ancient mouths. •I'm being silly

I've been told that projecting confidence helps sell books, but unfortunately I have the personality of a bowl of raw cocaine, and it doesn't seem true. I'm very sad, buy my books.

It would be fair to say at the midpoint in the year that I'm more than a little off track. Screenplays got paused, though one is being repurposed into a novella MG is stalled No new publications lined up But I did complete one project unexpectedly though!

Review: The Path of Fire and Glory If all metal music became a story, it would be Joel Glover’s THE PATH OF FIRE AND GLORY. I couldn’t get DragonForce’s “Through the Fire and Flames” out of my head while reading this. Glover's novella definitely lives up to its grimdark promise, containing…

If you like a poem, I've got work coming out in this fun anthology: www.amazon.com/Limerick-Cha...

Release day for my latest novella, the concluding piece to "The Gods' Paths" The Last General goes to war once more, putting divine power against dark gods. mybook.to/Fireandglory

@havenspec.bsky.social - struggling with acoloyte... can someone ping me so I can share my latest thing with you? anti-TERF climate dystopia (anyone who wants to like this so that it gets some traction please do!)

Find some of your favorite authors! @maryrobinettekowal.com @seananmcguire.bsky.social @travisbaldree.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social @galactoglucoman.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @heathertracyauthor.bsky.social @muzetrigger.bsky.social @joelgloverauthor.bsky.social @cayemarsh.bsky.social

Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before is now officially released! Get a copy from the store of your choosing! Ebooks are officially available through 'zon and KU, but contact the publisher (me) about other methods. #sapphic #sciencefiction www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/lesbian...

ift.tt/m9AtCo8 Come find out how my crazy mind works!

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

We are so thrilled to announce our story "Data Recovery" will be in the Lesbians and Space anthology - Part I* Look at this line-up of all-stars and tell me you're not excited to read some stellar sapphic stories from them! Luckily you can pre-order here: space-wizard.square.site/product/lesb...

I just did a final read through of my story in the upcoming "Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before" The other authors are DEEPLY intimidating and the stories I've read so far are brilliant. @wctracy.bsky.social www.amazon.com/dp/B0F77CLMFD (other stores are available)

The reason there's no working class representation in publishing is because publishing and writing currently pay so badly only people who are already financially stable can afford to do it. The problem is always, always money.

Steph Swainston is an extraordinary talent. Her Castle novels are both elegant and hugely original, full of wonders and terrors in equal measure and peopled by a cast of immortals unable to escape their humanity. Oh, and teeming swarms of huge ravening insects.

Thank you to Joel Glover and all the Live chat Beasties for another great BFF! Joel is hilarious and alot of fun to listen to! The replay is available, check it out! 📚 🎤 🎧 @joelgloverauthor.bsky.social #Booksky #Livestream #Podcast #Interview youtube.com/live/A1UUUV3...