The 'Slop' Epidemic Destroying Amazon's Book Market youtu.be/jPATgBuZdZ4 #AIslop #Amazon #books

I have outwitted my squirrels, but it took some doing. Here's what I did: 1) a feeder with a spinning dome buff overhead, 2) hanging off a balcony, 3) dangling from a short bungee, 4) with a separate mesh for squirrels to get peanuts in shells: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYQCLXTZ

My new video is about passion for your novel/series over the long haul, when the typical "just write!" advice doesn't cut it. Here are my secrets to staying motivated on long projects (2–20 years)! youtu.be/YQQskRiN_fU #writing #justwrite #amwriting #wip #writingcommunity #booksky #writers

Agents Want Comp Titles. Do Readers Want Something Else? youtu.be/3CLAxcX8MtA Here's my little rant about comp titles. #comptitles #querying #pubtips #publishing #writers #writingcommunity #queryletters #querytracker #bookindustry #YouTube #AuthorTube #BookSky

Currently #amreading "A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century" by Barbara W. Tuchman Gotta research the era that inspired #GameOfThrones and my own #wip! www.patreon.com/posts/137-bl...

My writing research has brought me to the extreme sport of Xpogo. youtube.com/shorts/JyqNv...

Song of the Sea. Five stars, beautiful film. Cartoon Saloon is so underrated. #cartoonsaloon

Woodpecker at a homemade bird fountain on a balcony. www.patreon.com/posts/ch-136...

Power Progression and why it does well on Royal Road! #powerfantasies #RoyalRoad #litRPG #fantasy #indieauthors #writers #writingcommunity #genres #tropes #webserial #bookseries #scifi #indiebooks #booksky

Lictor or Lictaur? They're mundanes entrusted with high tier special enchanted tools, obedient to mages, in a world where minotaurs and leonids and other weird fantasy races will exist. www.patreon.com/posts/135-ch...

Daydreaming is a superpower for writers. It can help you outline a story skeleton OR pants a novel, in a way. It's great for turbocharging your excitement for the story, too. Do you #daydream every day? #writers youtu.be/3BlEBqFZcbw #authortube #sff

Financial Literacy for Authors, Artists, Creatives! youtu.be/By2O9bX-NJM It's real basic stuff, but why not say what needs to be said? #DontQuitYourDayJob #AndWhy #financial #literacy #Creatives #Artists #Authors #Writers #BookSky

I'm such a plantser. Working on a medieval fantasy with a MC who is allergic to horses, ale, bread, cats... He doesn't do well with peasant mobs, either. #amwriting #wip #fantasy #sff #novels #books #AuthorsOfX #allergies www.patreon.com/posts/ch-134...

Currently reading: Book 2 of the #Beyonders trilogy by Brandon Mull. Very enjoyable epic fantasy! It has the whimsy of #Oz with elements of modern isekai. #Fantasy #EpicFantasy #amreading www.patreon.com/posts/chapte...

Why couldn't I have thought of the tighter plot version BEFORE I wrote 360,000 words? Discovery drafting is a trip. I finally have decent ideas about how to tighten up my current #wip and cut some of the fat, but it would entail a major rewrite. I'm plowing ahead for now. #amwriting

I’ll be here on Tuesday! Boerne, TX #ATX #Boerne #books

Quick video to say I loved "12 Miles Below" and highly recommend this book series! youtu.be/89--C_S7zRM #books #booktube #bookreview #scifantasy #sff #bookaholic #readers #booksky #litrpg #progressionfantasy #epicfantasy #frozenrealm #greatreads #bookseries

"We are an empire of peace and enlightenment. We leave people free to swear citizenship. But if you refuse to surrender, your kingdom will be shown no mercy. Your people will be decimated and destroyed down to the smallest child." www.patreon.com/posts/chapte...

Are We Heading Into A POST-LITERATE SOCIETY? youtu.be/ToDT7t_Kseg My latest #AuthorTube video, about literacy and the reading public. #Literacy #Books #BookSky 📚 #Reading #BookTube #YouTube #Literature #Read #WhoReads #WhyRead #SuggestMeABook

Beautiful mountain town in Utah! At the LTUE writers conference. #LTUE #Writers #SFF

Santa Monica sunset!

A lordling risks everything to master forgotten wisdom, defending his homeland against an invasion of decadent wizards. #wip #sff #fantasy #magitech #wizards #amwriting #writers #bookSky 📚 www.patreon.com/posts/magite...

FIRESTARTER Book Review: Childhood Wonder vs Adult Analysis. Does Stephen King's Classic Hold Up? abbygoldsmith.com/firestarter-... Here's a literary analysis of the novel "Firestarter," reflecting on its themes, its era, and its impact. #BookReview #BookTube #Firestarter #StephenKing

Here's my take on Stranger Things! youtu.be/2yQXRD0w4pw #TV #Netflix #StrangerThings #SFF #TVseries #1980s

2026, here we come! I'll recommend Apple TV's sci-fi show, Pluribus. You know how I am about hive mind stories. And I'll recommend The Dark Queens by Shelley Puhak, if you like history and nonfiction. It's got a Game of Thrones vibe. www.patreon.com/posts/147441...

Web Series Launch Strategy: Timing Everything Right abbygoldsmith.com/web-series-l... Timing a great launch window for your fantasy/sci-fi novel series. #RoyalRoad #booklaunch #webseries #fantasybooks #scifibooks #indieauthor #booklaunching #publishingadvice #selfpub #booklaunch2026 #BookSky 📚

#RoyalRoad explained: Inside the world of serious serialization! youtu.be/Ur_T1hoGPRY #serialization #scifi #fantasy #books #scifibooks #fantasybooks #indieauthor #selfpub #webserials #webnovels #wattpad #scribblehub #fiction #epic #saga #ongoingstories #BookSky 📚

The Author Gap: What Happened to the Next Harry Potter? youtu.be/i04rMlmxnFs Ever wonder why we're not seeing new 'mega-name' authors like Stephen King or J.K. Rowling? #Authors #BookIndustry #Books #Writing #AuthorTube #BookSky 📚

Fiction is becoming fact. I wrote a novel with this premise a few years ago. It's going to keep happening. #AIslop #chatbots #exploitation futurism.com/artificial-i...

Feeling my way through a royal #feast, where the #wizard #hero is under military pressure from the #kings he just liberated from a #dungeon. They want him to win the war for them. #amwriting #SundayVibes #onitgoes #BookSky www.patreon.com/posts/122-br...

Magitechnocracy 121. Hedgehog Decorum - Oag recovers from injuries with help from friendly visitors in the middle of the night. www.patreon.com/posts/121-he... #BookSky #AuthorLife #OnItGoes #Wizards #Princesses #Hedgehog #castle #FantasyBooks

When Oag decodes a tome that stumped kings, he becomes the royal wizard. Or? Oag can reject fame & follow a gender-bent elf to a magitech dystopia where university might level him up to a demigod. Power is seductive, but everyone knows Oag is weird. He’s in love with magitech.

I am really liking this TV show about a hive mind. youtu.be/7h3cEtMninI #Pluribus #Plur1bus #SciFiFri #SciFi #HiveMind #TVreview #AuthorLife #AmWatching

13 years ago, I posted a series of 3D Studio Max rigging tutorials on YouTube. Those videos STILL get views. 0-4 per day. 300+ per year. 20k total. Even though I think 3dsmax usage is waning.

#StrangerThings Strong season 5 so far. I am enjoying this show, despite some quibbles. Great character acting. I can't believe I'm still writing one new chapter per week while editing and animating and videoing NAHAHAHAHA! Magitechnocracy is up to Chapter 120. www.patreon.com/posts/magite...

Is creative guilt killing your vibe? In this post-scarcity era of creative content, why do we do this to ourselves? Sometimes it's best to step back and just breathe. youtu.be/YZmZPdElKgU #writerlife✒️ #writerlisten #contentcreator 📚

“Why would I put a gnome in the armory?” - out of context book excerpt.

"One petty victory after another," the old wizard said, "is the path to overconfidence. And then defeat. If you truly fancy yourself a seeker of knowledge and wisdom, you are getting farther and farther from your goal." www.patreon.com/posts/144252...

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