Introducing my son's first book - Ollie would like you all to read this if you can and let him know what you think :) Enjoy! www.davidgreenwriter.com/post/ollie-s...

80/80 copies of Magic, Maps, and Mischief sold. Thank you @athventurecon.bsky.social for ANOTHER amazing weekend!

People like this are the "brains" behind gen AI...

All ready for @athventurecon.bsky.social tomorrow. Lots of Magic, Maps, and Mischief to sell and, yes, @suspensesiren.bsky.social, I'll be telling everyone about the upcoming audiobook 😁

As well as all the other things you need in your favour, the role of luck and timing in regards to getting the traditional publishing deal can't be underestimated. And, sadly, those two things are completely out of your control.

Publishing really can be death by a thousand cuts at times. Still, there isn't much that beats the joy of sitting down and writing a book.

The author, the first page, the book. This is how to do this trend, right? Right?

Our latest episode dropped yesterday. Find our highly thought-provoking chat with Matt Greene on all the usual channels - and please do check out our interview with Shen Tao, discussing her quite wonderful debut, The Poet Empress.

The author, the first page, the book. This is how to do this trend, right? Right?

Publishing really can be death by a thousand cuts at times. Still, there isn't much that beats the joy of sitting down and writing a book.

As well as all the other things you need in your favour, the role of luck and timing in regards to getting the traditional publishing deal can't be underestimated. And, sadly, those two things are completely out of your control.

New read 📚

Honoured to moderate for @spotlightindie.bsky.social 's BIG INDIE WEEKEND Sun Feb 22 3PM EST LIVE! Join Chantelle Fourie @arettger22.bsky.social @baptistepinsonwu.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social @karimsoliman.bsky.social REWRITING THE WARRIOR CODE www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKBC...

Well, that's that. Inferno's Child is done :)

One of those "I'm not good enough" days.

Watched Phantasm for the first time tonight. Now, it might have been the sedatives I was given earlier, but I have no idea what the bloody hell was going on. Phantasm might just be the most bizarre film I've ever seen.

Get the book Library Journal calls a "genre-bending thrill-ride" for both new readers and old, for 25% off at Waterstones, with code FEB26, between February 17th and 20th! www.waterstones.com/book/wayward...

*health trigger warning* Hospital check up today. The pre-cancerous condition I have is still, thankfully, very much pre-cancerous and hasn't progressed. Which is very nice. Doctor is happy, so I'm happy 😊

Go sign up for programme at @easterconuk.bsky.social

My writing is being published again! I present The Blazing Book of Dragons, a collection of stories & facts for readers aged 7+ filled with stunning illustrations. There may be dragons 🐉

"Why are ADHD and Autism suddenly such a big fucking deal" I dunno, how much louder and brighter and constant did everything get in the last 50 years Do you not think that has overwhelmed people who are easily distracted or prone to sensory overload

Number 25, done and dusted! I'm spending the day packing boxes from the Kickstarter full of deluxe hardcovers, so pretty much living the dream 😁

One of my favourite authors, @lizdelton.bsky.social, has a beautiful new cosy story out today! Perfect for a rainy day.

Listening to the Silent Hill 2 Remake soundtrack, and it feels completely appropriate for the section of Inferno's Child I'm working on...

Read Magic, Maps, and Mischief yet? Come see why it's been nominated for 11 Indie Ink Awards and embrace the cozy neurodivergence. Audiobook from Simon Maverick coming soon, too! mybook.to/magicmapsand...

Just a week until @athventurecon.bsky.social 😍

I'm three sales away from 100!!! 😵

Just going to leave this here

Welcome to Irrogal, an underground city built across multiple levels allowing mortals to live, if you could call it living, in the Post Abyss world. And eight levels down sits the city's prison, home to all of mankind's scum and villainy! Fancy a quick down deep into the welcoming underdark

I was utterly ill, miserable, and deep in the submission blues while trying to write A Shadow Over Haven - a book lots of Holleran fans say is their favourite - but I still can't separate the experience of writing it with the finished book 🤷‍♂️

Another Inferno's Child chapter done today, and the end is nigh... I'm actually very happy with the book, but also think it might be a love it or hate it novel. Sorry. Then again, I disliked A Shadow Over Haven intensely during writing and it seems to be most people's favourite, so what do I know?

Watched 'In The Lost Lands' last night. Still can't get over how bad it was. Everything about it was BAD. What's worse, it isn't even so bad it's good. IT'S JUST BAD AND I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT.

I am eligible for Best Long Form Editor, but there are about fifteen editors I would vote for before myself 😁 Talented folk, in the SFF editorial field!

Poor James Van Der Beek. So tragic and way too young. Feel for his family.

It's a little early in the day, but... *pours one out for Healer's Guide to Adventuring* Maybe your time will come again, little book. The (publishing) world just wasn't ready for your helpful and kind mix of therapy and D&D 😂🥃

Does anyone remember those chocolate cigarettes wrapped in edible paper from back in the day? I don't suppose they're still around? Their memory popped into my head when I was trying to sleep last night. Me trying to remember the last time I had them - and hip pain - meant I didn't sleep well 😂

Felt pretty deflated today... But tomorrow is a new day :)

Almost ordered and received all of my stock for @athventurecon.bsky.social 🙌 Hope everyone attending is in a book-buyiny mood... I've ordered perhaps too many copies of Magic, Maps, and Mischief 😂 Oh, and while I have stock, you can order signed copies from my site: www.davidgreenwriter.com

What's everyone's favourite Robin Hobb book? #booksky

I'm about half way through Magic, Maps And Mischief by @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social and it is very charming so far.

Was going to do some video stuff (as the algorithms demand) this weekend but I look like Nic Cage after he gets a face-full of bees in that delightfully awful Wicker Man remake, so no.

Do you like maps in your fantasy books? Are you cool? THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED is set in an insane archipelago and @headofzeus.bsky.social are good eggs, so this week I am putting the finishing on the TEN maps in this book. TEN! 🧭 Preorder now, support maps! geni.us/TDATDcovrev

Today I had calls with 3 friends, did some writing, became stricken with an allergic reaction to something that's still alluding me (but has made me even uglier than usual!) and chatted with a well-known actor friend of mine who wants to narrate one of my unpublished books. How's your day?

Seeing as we're having a 🌈SUPER GAY DAY🌈, I made a promo post for my profile. All links to independent outlets are in the alt text (or sail the Big River if it suits). Featuring my British Fantasy Award winning story "Morta" and three shortlisted anthologies. All gay. All slay. All day. 🏳️‍🌈☠️📚💙

STAY ASLEEP CONSUME OBEY

Birthday present to myself 🐉

The BFS is thrilled to announce our third Guest of Honour for Fantasycon 2026 - Peter F. Hamilton! @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social britishfantasysociety.org/fantasycon-2...

Fab and thoughtful review from @reactorsff.bsky.social

I’m running a workshop on writing witchcraft as part of the UK Ghost Story Festival Online this weekend and I’m really looking forward to it! Check out details here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... @ghoststoryfest.bsky.social