What's that? The Path of Pain and Ruin is now available as an AUDIOBOOK? With narration from debutante Jessica Smith amzn.eu/d/3bUe3iF

Best short story I read last year.

I want to find additional vocal advocates for my #kidlit work and To write two more Littlest Kingdom stories and one other #kidlit project

Going to try something a little different this time for the "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" anthology KS campaign - a pre-launch page - www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... #sff #sciencefiction. Launching officially February 3rd, 2026. Please join us as a backer!

Wrote the first draft of a short story against a call that isn't even open yet. January productivity is a potential go?

#SwordsandSorcery Books here - mybook.to/NineRealms Short story here - youtu.be/C4U4KDsethM?... Whet your appetite, then borrow on Kindle Unlimited (or buy, I like buy too!)

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

Today’s the last day to take advantage of this sale!

Decoration of the Antagonists in Your Post Modern Battlefield Shade the eye sockets Blacken the hollow space With hunger Then Don't wait until you can see the whites within Open fire Pick through carrion fields Take the gold from their wrists And the roofs from over their heads #poetry

Hugely influential figure in fantasy. A creative goal of mine will remain "write something which PNH likes" until he is no longer capable of liking things. Of course, when I set that goal is had a direct commercial consequence which it turns out is going to diminish. Nevertheless!

In "Fear Makes Animals of Us All" hunters chase their prey across a sorcery broken galaxy. www.alteredrealitymag.com/fall-issue-24/

Have a free read: foofaraw.press/remanufactur... In "Remanufacture and Reclamation" you are introduced to the extra-stellar mining efforts of the Cavendish Mining Company. The series (on the wonderful @foofarawpress.bsky.social) is assembled from flash fiction stories to build a rich whole!

Little known WWII fact: ~70% of Allied fuel came from Venezuelan crude, refined at Shell’s Curaçao & Aruba plants. It helped defeat Nazi Germany and save Europe. The US commandeered that oil too. Today’s talk of “running” Venezuela? Same power, same oil. The purpose is gone @70sbachchan.bsky.social

I might be a bit biased, but I second the recommendation of books

Do you have smallish children? Do you have YouTube, Audible, or Kindle? If so, do I have treats for you?! (yes I do) Links to kids books (including a lot of free stuff for you to listen to in the car, or listen along to) in this thread

Are you interested in reviewing my books? You receive a free ebook I receive an honest, public, piece of feedback I write: grimdark, swords and sorcery, epic, and romantic fantasy You read: books

For a second lottery in a row I am #SPFNO I have to be honest and say it is a kick in the teeth. #SPFBO is the best way of finding an audience for self-published fantasy. At times it feels like I am pushing a rock up a hill... but we must imagine Sisyphus happy! SO...

rattle.com/the-naivete-... Absolute banger in @rattlepoetry.bsky.social today

And just like that #spfbo is entered Last time round I didn't even get out of the lottery (go and try The Thirteenth Prince, a fantasy epic w is the caper qualities) so I'm hoping for better for my romantasy The Mercy of Tenderness

This Upton Sinclair quote never misses “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

As a writer I'm inspired by writers and journals as well as the world around me. To that end this year I wrote at least one poem per week in keeping with the @rattlepoetry.bsky.social "Poet's Respond" challenge. I collected them into a single book which is a retrospective and journal for the year

Publication day! I'm so thrilled with this one, and the collection is wonderful "Diving Reflex" is an experimental English Language Haiku that uses the constraints of the form to illustrate a swords and sorcery story, with a nodding reference in the title specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss... #poetry

Post Xmas lag? If you have a spare £ or $ sink into a comfy chair with one of my books. The Thirteenth Prince combines low fantasy with epic stakes, banter and a caper. The Gates of Inspiration is a Swords and Sorcery romp full of mysticism and murderous violence. mybook.to/Fantasy99

Have a great Xmas guys. If you have a spare £ or $ sink into a comfy chair with one of my books. The Thirteenth Prince combines low fantasy with epic stakes, banter and a caper. The Gates of Inspiration is a Swords and Sorcery romp full of mysticism and murderous violence. mybook.to/Fantasy99

Have a great Xmas guys. If you have a spare £ or $ sink into a comfy chair with one of my books. The Thirteenth Prince combines low fantasy with epic stakes, banter and a caper. The Gates of Inspiration is a Swords and Sorcery romp full of mysticism and murderous violence. mybook.to/Fantasy99

rattle.com/the-annual-o... What a last line What a poem @rattlepoetry.bsky.social #poetry

Finished the edits on my Year In Review poetry collection this morning. Final read through this week. @keirakr.bsky.social provided the photo that the cover is based on. Poem titles include: That's a very fine monkey's paw you have there, it would be a shame if anything happened to it ...

“The Trust-O-Meter” appears in the current issue of Nimblewitlit. Writing under Genesis Pearl. epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit...

I set myself some pretty aggressive goals for my creative output and publishing this year And I missed basically all of them. Did I finish 2 screenplays? No. Not even 1. Is my MG finished? No. It is stalled at a new point. Did I make 3 pro sales? No, I made none. Am I award nominated? No. BUT...

I have a poem coming in SpecPoVerse An English Language Haiku, it takes place in my Nine Realms setting. I'm really excited about it. If you want to try the world out, it isn't just poetry, there are stories, novellas, and a full novel. mybook.to/NineRealms

Meet the writers and artists of Issue 2: Trustworthy! Full list in graphic, tagging those on here: @ianbrownlie.bsky.social @zaryfekete.bsky.social @joelgloverauthor.bsky.social @theartofpuro.bsky.social

Two months ago I had my best ever month for pages read and sales. Last month I had a step decline. December is a complete failure to launch. Here are links to my collections.

"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—" Reviews. Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.) Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!

Make your Christmas complete with a sapphic murder mystery romantasy!

Coming at Christmas, a new romantasy

This year I spent a lot of time meditating to Walking Across Jupiter, and listening to "Language" by NMA which is the theme song for a novel I'm working on Halo Effect's new album is cracking

A reminder that I'm really keen to find a writer of fantasy working in French whose work I can translate into English - there are specific journals looking for this, and I would love to collaborate

rattle.com/queer-poetry... This one is caustically brilliant and beautiful @rattlepoetry.bsky.social #poetry

Check out Big Smoke Pulp Vol. 2 by Adriano Ariganello on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/pes... The first of these is gorgeous and Adriano is a mensch

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