I absolutely agree with this! It’s so sad that millions don’t. #Pinks

Here's a great way to support indie authors without spending a dime. On Amazon and Goodreads, look up that author and follow them. You'll get updates on book releases. It's free and helps boost that author's profile. It would mean a lot to me if you could follow me on those sites. Thank you!

THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES (Mossa & Pleiti #3) comes out a week from tomorrow!! Pre-order now and get a lovely, snarky, linguistically rich mystery-romance set on Jupiter and steeped in petty academia on June 10!

If you're interested in my fiction (and poetry), this site has an almost complete list of my books in English. www.fantasticfiction.com/d/seb-doubin...

Preorders are available now! My short story 'A Curse of Spines' is in Unconventional Love. These anthologies release on 06/12/25 through @dragon.bone.publishing. #unconventionallove #aphoticlove #dragonbonepublishing #acurseofspines #kryauger @nathanielluscombe.bsky.social

Thank you so much for getting it! 💚

Happy Pride Month! 🌈 I hope we all agree that trans rights are human rights.

I’ve always said I’m an indie author because I’m published by a small independent press. But is the term only applied to self-published authors now? Genuinely curious; I don’t want to gatecrash a party I’m not invited to! 📚💙

Me: I’ll write this scene though it’s probably mostly here to link the important bits of the story Also me: … Oh. So this is one of the most important and defining turning points in the MC’s whole character arc. I seriously love when writing does this.

I had such a fun time talking about Sherlock Holmes, coffee, space elves and cats! 💙📚 🌈🚀💫

Pride month is coming up, so here is my reminder that I have an LGBTQIA+ masterlist of books with queer main characters! You can filter & search by multiple preferences, such as genre, target age group, representation, pairing, and additional tags beffynicolereads.wordpress.com/queer-fictio...

THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES comes out in TWO (2)! WEEKS! 🚄🪐🫖 🔍💞 🎓trains, tea, mysteries, romance, and academia on Jupiter, tons of lovely reviews, two previous books in the series please read them first, PRE-ORDERS = 💖 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

When they said Bluesky is like oldschool Twitter, they weren’t lying. I like it here, but have no idea what I am (supposed to be) doing. 😅

Publishing is exhausting and time consuming, but it is also incredibly rewarding. I’m not talking about money or making the bestseller lists or anything like that. I’m not even talking about readers enjoying my books (though that is absolutely fantastic too). (1/3)

Such an amazing in-depth review! Thank you! 😃

On an extremely related note: Happy Sherlock Holmes Day! 🔎

A Study in Black Brew is here! If you like queernormative worlds, Holmes/Watson dynamics, space elves (?), chronic illness representation and cozy murder mysteries, I wrote this book for you. readspaceboy.com/portfolio/a-...

My newest book comes out in a couple of days, and I am totally normal about it. … If normal means obsessively checking GR and Bookstagram to see if anyone is talking about it and squealing with joy every time someone comments or shares a post about it. Anyway, how is your week going?

Soooooooon!

Writing in English as a second language For authors, the English language book market offers the potential for more readers and bigger advances. But how does one go about breaking into the biggest SF&F market if you are not a native English speaker? 💙📚 #copenhagen

I want to say that you can preorder my next book now, but I also really want to not be the type who only checks in on Bluesky when it’s time to announce a thing …

A big Danish publisher announced a romantasy contest last week. So um, I’ll be doing that for a few months. Yes, it is going to be very queer. No, I don’t expect to win, but I’ve been putting off writing a book in my native language for years, and this is an opportunity to get past that hurdle.

Thank you so much! That makes me super happy to hear! 💚

Kaffe spiller tit med i litteraturen: For 166 år siden, den 22. maj, fødtes Arthur Conan Doyle og dermed de ikoniske Holmes & Watson. På denne dag lander M. Howalts "A Study in Black Brew", frit og underholdende efter fødselarens "A Study in Scarlet". @mhowalt.bsky.social @spaceboybooks.bsky.social

I am ridiculously bad at posting here. 😅

Last night, I dreamed that Elon Musk controlled a giant dragon that ate Donald Trump and that he meant to use to conquer the world. Look, all I’m saying is that US politics are really messed up if my European mind tries to deal with the situation while I’m asleep.

I remember seeing this a while back, and yeah. It’s still too damn relevant.

Also haven't bought a AAA game in 6 years.

Okay so I was today years old when I (accidentally) discovered you can swipe right in the Bluesky app to see settings and tags you follow and all sorts of things. Cool.

I’m not leaving all Meta platforms at this point, but I am trying out alternative platforms. I like Bluesky a lot! 💚🦋 For the visual side of things, I’ve joined #Pixelfed. It feels small and cozy and much like how Instagram was before things went downhill. Find me here: pixelfed.dk/mhowalt

Sooo a big Danish publisher used genAI for some children’s book illustrations and was called out for it. They apologised (but as far as I can tell, the apology was mostly about images looking “wrong”, like a six-fingered monkey), but one of their excuses was, and I paraphrase here: (1/2)

Is there ever a point where you feel you “produce” enough as a writer? I’m not talking about the financial aspect or what is enough from a marketing standpoint. Just the sheer urge to WRITE ALL THE THINGS RIGHT NOW and publish them so others can get to know the characters/worlds/stories.

This! As an author and former professional translator, I could not agree more!

Working on a black indie author starter pack! Please let me know if you'd like to be added, or tag an author below! #booksky #blackbooksky go.bsky.app/BbaaiVp

Happy BLACK History Month. I read Black books every month but I got two stacks for y'all. First stack is books by Black authors I loved and the second are the ones I’m getting to. #booksky

They are. On every wendek planet in the galaxy! (Kellieth and Raithan send their sympathy!)

I’m feeling at a loss for words. I have my debut poetry collection in my hands. It’s real. This has been a goal of mine for a few years, and I’m so glad I finally dedicated myself to making it happen. You can preorder it now and there are ARCS available through my linktree! #booksky #indieauthor

THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 books with 💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes 🫀An autistic necromancer ⚰️His reanimated lover 🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC 🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance 🔗⬇️In libraries & itch #romancelandia 🌈📚 #booksky

The notes I leave for myself in the middle of the night with the firm belief that I just had a brilliant idea tend to be … sub par in reality.

It’s cover reveal day! I think judging a book by its cover is perfectly okay with this one! A Study in Black Brew is a diverse science fiction Sherlock Holmes retelling published by Spaceboy Books. Its release date is May 22nd 2025!

Anyway, tomorrow is cover reveal day for my next book, and I’m super excited about that!

I write cozy things when I am going through personal stuff. Now I’m writing a dystopia about a traumatised cannibalistic AI, an unemotional AI who transforms into a cat, and a second class human who is entirely out of fucks to give, so I guess it’s different when it’s the world going through stuff.

Feel free to show this to the people defending Elon Musk's Nazi salute.

In the light of the world being what it is right now: My corner of the internet is a diversity-friendly space. Everyone regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, physical or psychological condition, neurotype, etc is welcome. Hate is not welcome.

In brighter news: My city is getting a queer bookshop/café this week! If you are near Copenhagen, I recommend checking out www.thepondcph.com 💚

This will be a rare instance of me using profanities, but I absolutely fucking hate the fact that I wrote about a book by a certain contemporary writer who is apparently guilty of SA for my university degree. At least I wrote it like 15 years ago. But urgh.

I’ve completely neglected to ask if #caturday is a thing over here on 🦋 but anyway here are my three furfriends.

People using disabilities and neurodivergency as an excuse to use AI can actually fuck off. I know many people with disabilities. Many people who are ND(I AM TOO) To argue we NEED AI to create? It is fucking insulting.

Yay, the manuscript for my next book is now in my editor’s hands! 😃 I made my deadline, and I am so excited to share this one with the world.

Happy Holidays to those of you who celebrate and all my best to everyone else, too. ❤️ Holidays can be difficult, so remember to be kind to yourself. It is okay to take a breather and set boundaries. And let’s try to check up on each other too if we can, okay? ❤️