Taking risks with my channel! youtu.be/S9nAXYac8dc Here's how I earn PASSIVE INCOME as a Creative! 😂🤣😅 #WritingLife #ArtistLife #WriterArtist #Creative #PassiveIncome #CreatorLifestyle #Patreon #Substack #Itch #RedBubble #TurboSquid #AmazonKDP

Currently reading: A Judgment of Powers, by Benedict Jacka. He is becoming one of my favorite authors. I wonder if the UK publishing scene is more willing to take risks on breaths of fresh air? I am constantly surprised that he’s not indie.

Changing my seven kingdoms to five kingdoms. And instead of “seven hells!” as a swear, it’s “smutted yops!” #worldbuilding #fantasy

Competing For Visibility When You Only Write 1 Chapter Per Week: youtu.be/ozdvgFzt-dA #WebSerial #RoyalRoad #books #SFF #FantasyBooks #AmWriting #WritingLife #Patreon #chapters #WebNovels #EpicFantasy

I've been system crafting an MMO game. & learning Blender after 12 years of 3dsmax. & making 1-2 videos/week on my YouTube. Plus podcast. Plus job. Plus holidays coming. www.patreon.com/posts/chapte... Hmm. When can I fit in time to edit the first 40 chapters for a 2026 Royal Road launch?

Is this my outdoor pet?

Michael G. Manning’s Art of the Adept book series is excellent. I picked up the sequel series, and here are my thoughts on it. abbygoldsmith.com/art-of-the-a... #FantasyBooks #HighFantasy #SwordAndSorcery #FantasyBookSeries #BookReview #BookTube #ArtOfTheAdept #MichaelGManning

Glimpsed near my neighborhood. Here is where daylight savings time ends!

Guess where I’ll be this weekend? Check out my table at Comic Indie Houston! #houston #comicon #indiebooks #texas #booksky

Is NaNoWriMO Dead or UNDEAD? - The implosion of the official NaNoWriMo group. - Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write, a Meetup Group. - Royal Road's Writathon. youtu.be/LipJF7VKln8 #NaNoWriMo #Writathon #WritingGroups #WritersLife 📚 #BookSky

#SpaceCon in San Antonio was great for me last year, and it's great this year as well. #TexasWriters #WriterLife #BookSky www.patreon.com/posts/115-de...

SpaceCon in San Antonio, Texas! Always a great time for sci-fi fans. #SpaceCon #Texas #scifi

New Achievement! The Rise of LITRPG Books youtu.be/m557ECTsIkY #LitRPG #BookTube #AuthorTube #Books #GameLit #ProgressionFantasy #DCC #BookTrends #PublishingIndustry #BookTalk #BookSky 📚

My #wip is about an inept warrior (in a fantasy world) who invents a physics-based magic system. Oag has to fend off lusty adventurers & wizards who want to assassinate him, since his system undermines the magitech bureaucracy. #fantasy #competencyporn #BookSky 📚 www.patreon.com/posts/artisa...

Just a dinosaur waiting at an intersection in Texas, chatting with a cowboy.

I’m at the oldest continuously operating library in Texas! And the princess & the pea just won the costume costume. 👸🏼🩷🦄📚 #booksky #books #authorlife

I just read Apocalypse Parenting, by @erinampersand.bsky.social, and it's excellent! youtu.be/T-Du00qCdH4 #books #booktube #bookrec #indieauthor #sff #apocalypse #litRPG #aliens #superpowers #booksky 📚

Here's my inside look at the male reading crisis, which I believe is very much engendered by the book industry. youtu.be/THVpdcgTYrQ #Reading #Books #MaleReader #Publishing #SFF #SciFi #Fantasy #BestSeller #BookSky 📚

I've got a new magic system (mostly) hammered out, and a new chapter. That feels good. #MagicSystem #SFF #LitRPG #Novels #Magitech #Books #AmWriting #series #NobleMonster #Mages #Wizardry #Sorcery #BookSky 📚 www.patreon.com/posts/113-no...

youtu.be/_l6WjY_sj1A My Top 5 Psychological Horror book recommendations #Books #Reading #HorrorBooks #PsychologicalHorror #StephenKing #KatherineDunn #ThomasHarris #FrancesSherwood #AnneRice #DarkFiction 📚

Subscribe to my Patreon for FREE, and you will get my slide decks on a) Trad vs Self Pub and b) Structuring an Epic Series. #DFWCon #Writing #Editing #Patreon #IndieAuthor #AmWriting #AuthorLife #FreeTier #WritingAdvice #PubTips 📚 #BookSky www.patreon.com/posts/dfwcon...

Robert Jordan was a major influence on me as a writer, and as a person. youtu.be/0VwiGLjKDyY #wheeloftime #youtube #authors #fantasy #BooksWorthReading 📚 #readers

I am discovering what a discovery draft is. Loads of problem-solving on the fly! With my previous series, I'd solve problems with focus sessions and daydreaming. With this one, I'm closing my eyes, writing one chapter per week, and hoping it turns out all right. www.patreon.com/posts/111-de...

This is a walkthrough of my the magic power system I use for my Torth universe. youtu.be/DrGtAUVx0xk #SFF #Fantasy #Powers #HardMagicSystem 📚 #BookSky

Thanks for the mention! These are excellent reading suggestions. 📚

1400 books read on my #Goodreads www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

I wrote some of this week's chapter at a table near a lady accordian player at an historic German restaurant. #BookSky www.patreon.com/posts/110-so...

My 6 book series is finished. It has an ending. I promise, that's rare!

Sometimes when you sell books, you encounter clowns.

Pictionary prompt: "The Martian." I pick up a red marker and draw a circle. Teammate guesses: "Red Mars? Mars Attacks? The Martian?" So much for needing my drawing skills!

This weekend! And Friday as well. #ATX #Armadillocon #writers #SFF #writingconvention armadillocon.bsky.social

I will be at #Armadillocon this weekend! www.patreon.com/posts/chapte... Oag just wants a magic tutor. It's not his fault that mages keep trying to murder him, and adventurers keep trying to date him. #booksky #magic #fantasy #sff

I am getting a lot done this week! Staying with family in #SantaFe while talking with realtors, considering a relocation. SF has a great #arts and #writing community. And it is soooo beautiful here. I love high desert sunlight even though my skin does not. www.patreon.com/posts/107-im...

It's definitely in discovery draft territory. I know where it's going, but it's hard to connect the dots. I had a great time at the Lubbock Book Festival! Now I'm in Santa Fe for a week. #writinglife #writing #SantaFe #Lubbock #NewMexico #Texas #BookSky 📚 www.patreon.com/posts/106-an...

Crowded day at the Lubbock Book Festival! Also, MAJORITY is on sale for $0.99 on Kindle right now! AbbyGoldsmith.com/majority #booksky 📚🦄 #Lubbock #books

Why are some authors resentful of the "easy" success of hot subgenres such as #LitRPG and #Romantasy? Here's what's happening in the web serial world today. youtu.be/IwuFt6VokKQ #progressionfantasy #webserials #offmeta #onmeta #tropes #writerscommunity 📚🦄

"A thousand points." Rupi studied Oag. "You're not tempted, are you?" Oag kept his tone light. "They'd have to offer a lot more than that." Rupi's grin exposed her dainty tusks. "I'm just surprised. You made an impression on someone, that's for sure." www.patreon.com/posts/105-sn... #BookSky 📚🦄

The show goes on, even when no writing gets done! But my YouTube channel is getting some views. That's nice. www.patreon.com/posts/got-si...

Here I am demoing First Earth, an MMO in development. I created a lot of the art for this game. youtu.be/eG-ztZLEQvo It's free to play! earth.suncapped.com #FirstEarth #UltimaOnline #Minecraft #Roblox #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #sandbox #MMO #MMOArtPG

The best conventions are the ones where the line for the men’s room is way longer than the line for the women’s room.

I'm at the indie game dev tables this weekend at the Classic Game Fest in Austin! I did much of the art for earth.suncapped.com, an indie browser-based MMO in progress, inspired by #UltimaOnline and #Minecraft #ATX #ClassicGameFest #SoloDev #indiegames

Does Write to Market mean write to trend? youtu.be/dnkQDpHmWnE Here I am, defending originality and creativity, because they need defending. #AuthorTube #readerscommunity #booktwt #write #writers #sff 📚 #BookSky #WriteToMarket #TrendSetting #TrendFollowing

The real reason so many Wheel of Time book fans hate the show: youtu.be/MrKXpx1mi7A It's my take on the Wheel of Prime. #WheelOfTime #WoT #BookTube #TVseries #WheelOfPrime #AmazonPrimeVideo #PissedOffFandom #ItcouldHaveBeenSoMuchBetter 📚📺

I’m enjoying the Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka. One unsung hero of a mage vs a magical government with machine guns, rocket launchers, golems, mind controllers, spells, magical creatures, etc. I’m on Book 7. This series is great.

I'm at the Author Reader Convention of Texas, and next weekend I will be at the Classic Game Fest in Austin. I still posted my weekly chapter on Patreon! But this will be a busy summer, so I may need to slow down. www.patreon.com/posts/hay-fe...

At the Author Reader Convention of Texas! 2025

I’ll be vending this weekend in the Dallas Fort Worth area! It’s time for the 2025 Author & Reader Convention of Texas! #DFW #Texas #Readers #Authors

Have you ever wondered how to make a zine? It's a DIY mini-pamphlet comic thingy that you can print out and fold yourself. youtu.be/HoKZVa7aoiw In this video, I walk through the how to, step by step. I use these at my vendor booth. #zines #DIY #HowTo #booklet #vendor

The Radish app is ending, after Kindle Vella. How does the web serial industry look? I discuss it here: youtu.be/rodlWnRUVgI #Webseries #webnovels #RoyalRoad #Wattpad #Vella #Radish #fiction #sff #litrpg #novels #books #authorscommunity #AuthorTube 📚🦄

My respect to anyone who can one-shot a video tutorial or review or whatever. I always have to edit mine. I get nervous in front of the webcam. And I’m not even doing anything naughty.