Go beneath the pear tree to discover the power of the gods... Available in audiobook and Kindle Unlimited on February 1st! https://amzn.to/4pZIjAi #booksky💙📚 #darkfantasy #kindleunlimited

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She gave up the life of a spy master, lover of an emperor, for a small teashop half the world away. But the shadows of the past cling and vengeance is always thirsty. Join the mission but don't forget your tea. https://amzn.to/45XdQsk #booksky💙📚 #fantasybooks #bookrecommendations #teatime

"The dominant predator force"?! What the fuck is that? Who says that aloud and is okay with it and is not an outright fascist?

Right at 150k for my Dragon-War-Epic-Fantasy-Finale-novel, and I get excited every day to work on it. It is the book I would have wanted to read when I was a kid and teenager, and if that means it is only for me, so be it. I love the journey of this series. #booksky #dragons #fantasysky #amwriting

I discuss writing in the First Person POV, the challenges of voice, and more in this blogpost about one of my books, The Delver of Purgatory! jayrequard.com/a-mat... #booksky #writinglife #writingtips #amwriting

Starting the last outline to a series I already wrote book 1 for. Its about fleeing your homeland when it becomes corrupt, only to come back and "save it" after the damage is done--and that means a myriad of things as history often reveals. Damn if I didn't make myself a little blue this morning.

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It must be terrifying to be a professional model right now, especially in Men and Boys fashion. So many commercials that used to feature flesh and blood models has been replaced with gauzy, poreless AI slop. And the clothes look awful. I know it will all look better in time, but it is still awful.

*steps to the microphone* What if instead of selling audiobooks on Audible we sold audibooks on Bandcamp? They have an entire category broken up by genres and everything. Thank you. *steps back* #booksky #bandcamp #audiobooks

Did some slush reading recently and a lotta folks think short fiction writing is the same as RPG setting book writing "After the cataclysm the gods divided the essence of magic into seven schools, here's a list...." Shut up! What does your main character want?? Make me care! That's your job!

My reset author is always RA Salvatore. That's going back to the well for what Fantasy means to me. His style is timeless and yet durable, but he's also made shifts with the times that are meaningful. #booksky #rasalvatore #drizzt #fantasybooks

📝 400+ pages 🥀 urban fantasy 🌃 set in washington state 🔥 slow burn 🤍 romance and angst 🗡️ demons and vampires 📕 first in a duology 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... [ 💙📚🪐]

Blessed by Bandcamp. I spend Sunday morning searching through the stuff I like and different genres, and it honestly feels good to find albums again. Glad I left Spotify. Listening to Fondest Memories by Rosentwig #bandcamp #rosentwig #synthwave #booksky rosentwig.bandcamp.com/album/fondes...

To The Professor on his birthday! #booksky #jrrtolkien #middleearth #lotr

Coming soon! Mercurial Gods🧖‍♀️ A Dark Underworld💀 Dueling Sisters⚔️ An Unimaginable Journey🍄 Prepare to go beneath the PEAR TREE! Read on KDU for free! https://amzn.to/4pZIjAi #booksky💙📚 #darkfantasy #fantasybooks #comingsoon #newreleases

“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!” Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves. My latest for Zeteo:

I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris. In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).

My friend Sam sent me all these riff and song-structure ideas and they are fantastic. Then I took a break to go listen to some Synthwave mixes, and this banger from SoulSearchDestroy starts 2026 STRONG. youtu.be/tDnlnfiN6Tk?... Let's get to work. #booksky💙📚 #musicsky #synthwave

👾 futuristic world ☣️ dystopia! ✨with magic✨ 📝 600+ pages 🔥 grumpy x sunshine 🗡️ revenge 🍃 lots of plants 💪 close friendships 🔖 book link: mybook.to/QVgAoK 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/these-violen... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/59... [ 💙📚🪐]

The problem with MAGA and conservatives on platforms like Threads or Facebook is that its always ragebait or bad faith positions, and seeing ALL OF THE AI these accounts use, there's never an actual profile picture, or a real name, and it makes you wonder: Is the modern Digital Right just bots?

So I guess 2026 is going to start with massive regime change in Iran of all places. #IranianRevolution #Iran #NewYear2026

A few resolutions for 2026: -Read 100 books across various genres. -Start consistently training again. -Release five titles, starting with PEAR TREE on Feb. 1! -Get the new #StarTrekDS9 podcast going and something else. -Finished at least four manuscripts. #booksky💙📚 #amwritingfantasy #writinglife

Happy New Year for one and all! I hope this year helps the good find peace, the poor find justice, and that we molly-whop these fascists from here onward. We have a choice to embrace darkness or battle it.

Drafted the first chapter in my Celtic Urban Romantasy(?), and it's less action-y than expected. I like the mood and the dialogue, but I'm going to have to clean up the atmosphere in places. (And somehow cut a quarter of the words.) But for the last day of 2025, I'm happy. #booksky #romantasy

One thing I can tell you I will be doing is spending way, way less time on Threads and Facebook this year and more time here. Some feed issues aside, I love @bsky.app and really admire and enjoy the communities that have sprung up here. Way less conflict.

My latest release goes back to my roots in horror comedy. Been a while since I released one as it's not always easy to be funny these days. That said, if it makes at least one person's day a little brighter then mission accomplished.

Applying for 2026 conventions. #booksky

The shitty thing about publishing right now is not the invasion of AI, but how publishers, authors, et all are being mysterious about their use. Every day people I respect make little confessions. It's a problem. You can't scream "fuck you AI", have confessions, and expect to be received seriously.

Those moments in time where you go "holy shit, I forgot I did that", and that thing was pretty insane, but nobody else was there. That unfortunately happens to me a lot in this life.

Uh, that feeling when you have to pull out your kids first front baby tooth? That was something. #booksky #amparenting #toothfairyiscoming

"Palestinians in Gaza have begun returning to Friday prayers in mosques damaged or destroyed by Israeli strikes. For the first time in months, the call to prayer echoed through the historic Al Omari mosque in Gaza City..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjA1...

Crossed the 140k mark in the final book of my Dragon War trilogy. It's enthralling to me, so that's something. I'm hoping it lands in the range of 180k, but so far, it feels quick. I know I have to cut a lot, fill in some things, but this is nice. #amwritingfantasy #booksky #dragons

I think I'll take up the study of George Silver's short staff. For reasons. #hema #booksky #amwritingfantasy

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

Don't tell my wife, but I think its kind of the sweetest thing in the world she cares so much about where we're going to get coffee and do last-minute shopping today. I adore her.

Am I the only one that finds The Odyssey trailer a bit underwhelming? Some of the shots were gorgeous, and I like the casting, but it felt like there isn't a solid tone to the entire thing. I hope the film is great and shows us much more than this. #booksky #theodyssey #greekmyth #nolan #trailer

The moment I get too comfortable with Meta apps is the moment it becomes easy to fall into the doom cycle. IG is better now that I cleaned my feed, but Threads and FB feel like playgrounds for having punchy thoughts and punchy feelings. No thank you. Having fun here. #booksky #socialmedia #bluesky

Getting on the A to head downtown to pick up holiday groceries and I’m silently hoping that a good 25% of NYC just upped and went home starting Friday. It really does change the ease of this place.

Meditation is an incredibly important practice that has brought me a lot of success as Fantasy author. This post introduces a simple technique to get started! jayrequard.com/for-t... #booksky #writerlife #amwritingfantasy #fantasybooks #meditation

Finished Return to Moria. For a Tolkien RPG meets Stardew Valley blend, it was a lot of fun. Will blog about it soon. #tolkien #returntomoria #booksky #dwarves

A spot of intrigue and sorcery to go with your tea? https://amzn.to/45XdQsk #fantasybooks #booksky💙📚 #writerlife

It's too damn cold. Looking for summer sunshine and adventure? Find on the deck of a pirate ship in this Sword & Sorcery fantasy series! https://amzn.to/3SNjp7T #booksky💙📚 #swordandsorcery #fantasybooks #pirates

Very sad about the death of Rob Reiner. He was undisputedly great at his various professions and I think all wish he could have gone far more peacefully. Fair journey to a great artist and entertainer. #robreiner

Making the final ascent to the climax of the third novel in my Dragon War trilogy and I couldn't be more excited. I get to reveal a lot of backstory at this juncture that ties everything together for the series and the future series. And the outline is *working.* #booksky #amwritingfantasy

The lesson from that? Let the hero win in the end.

Two new albums out today. Both are free. From now until the end of the year my discography on @ampwall.com will be 5 dollars. It is the only place that has the complete discography. There are two exclusive albums and an extra track on up there.

Why have the last ten years of British PMs been so terrible?

What's next on my journey in my Urban Fantasy realm, The Deeviverse? Read here: bit.ly/DeeviVerse #booksky #urbanfantasy #novelist #amwritingfantasy