I keep coming to BlueSky to post something, realizing it doesn't allow enough characters in one post, and then posting it on Threads instead 🤷‍♂️

I just saw TikTok has randomly put all my signed paperbacks on a flash sale! Until midnight Eastern US time, they're all half price. If you're in the US, go grab em fast! Follow this link to my TikTok account, and then go to my shop / spotlight to find the paperbacks that are on sale:

People who aren't writers underestimate how much of the writing process is just sitting and staring into space with a blank expression.

I feel like I'm finally getting my writing mojo back. I had to stop midway through shaving my head this morning so I could write down amazing ideas I had for specific problems I've been wrestling with in both Books 3 and 4.

Wait, so... CapCut is suddenly putting a watermark on any videos we export unless we pay for Premium? And Premium is... 🧐 $25 a month?? Can we just go back to having the app banned instead?

I didn’t like the miniatures that came with my Marvel Dice Throne board game, so I’m making my own. The first set of characters is drying while the second prints. These models were designed by various creators—Legion, Hall of Heroes, C27, and Wicked3D have figures in this batch.

I'm used to flying Southwest and benefitting from their two free checked bags for carrying my books to signings. Now that they're getting rid of the free bags and likely raising prices overall, the likelihood that I'll be doing any book signings outside of Florida and Georgia has greatly decreased.

Trying to reset my TikTok algorithm today. Suddenly my entire FYP is videos from the cast of Buffy, and all my reading and writing content is gone. I do love me some BTVS, and that whole cast is delightful, but that's not really what I use my TikTok for!

1/ Businesses boycotting AWS would hurt Amazon. Readers boycotting Kindle Unlimited would not. Independent authors are the ONLY ones who suffer when readers stop reading their books. Also, Andy Jassy is the CEO of Amazon; Jeff Bezos hasn't been since 2021.

Google made changes, and a bunch of my most-used Chrome browser extensions no longer work. Switching to Brave as my new browser only took a few clicks, and I have zero regrets.

1/ I'm very much a process-oriented person, but the sad truth is that I don't really have a reliable process for writing a book. Every time I start a new project, it feels like it's the first time all over again.

If you publish through IngramSpark, this is your reminder that their print fees are changing again on April 1! I just posted a TikTok showing where you can see how this will impact your compensation: www.tiktok.com/@jasondoroug...

Don't buy my books tomorrow, February 28. I'm in full support of the global economic blackout. Feel free to buy my books and everybody else's again on Saturday (and please do!), but hang onto your money tomorrow.

Ah, yes! The anxiety of receiving a huge new shipment of your own books. Will they all be fine? Will they all be damaged? Will half be fine? Will a quarter of them be Onyx Storm? WE'LL SOON FIND OUT!

I woke up in the middle of the night trying to remember how many seasons Tom Hiddleston was Doctor Who. It was only after I was fully awake this morning that I realized I was thinking about season 1 of Loki 🤦‍♂️

I just finished reading Golden Son, the sequel to Red Rising, and it's fantastic. I normally skip around and don't read series straight through, but I'm going to have to jump right into the third book immediately.

I finally had time to start Dragon Age: The Veilguard and am thoroughly enjoying it! Here’s my Rook, who accidentally ended up looking a little like a Gelfling.

How come it's always calculator and never calcuNOW? 😩

As promised, I made a video giving my thoughts about why I think my book signing this past weekend at MegaCon went so well. It's now posted on my TikTok and Instagram, and you can find both of those in my links!

My MegaCon book signing went really, really well, and I'm thinking about making a video about the things I think made it such a success. Is that something people would be interested in hearing?

Thank you so much to everybody who came to my table at the MegaCon signing today. I had a fantastic time, saw great friends I don’t see often enough, and sold more books in 2 hours than I thought possible. I was too busy to take many pics, but here are the few I managed to get, solo & with friends!

Reminder if you're at #MegaCon that I'll be signing books tomorrow (Saturday, February 8) from 1-3pm Eastern in the Book Nook area (Room N329) on the second floor of the convention center. Come find me, and I look forward to meeting you!

That feeling when you've trained yourself to sign your name in your book-signing style and accidentally start signing legal documents and other non-book things that way. People are just going to think I'm extremely extra.

I'll be signing books at MegaCon in Orlando this coming Saturday, February 8, from 1-3pm Eastern. My signing is in N329 (second floor of the convention center, north concourse). If you're there, stop by and say hi! Map and details are in the images.

Here's some good news for once! variety.com/2025/tv/news...

If you're in the US and are interested in directly reaching out to your House or Senate representatives and don't know where to start, I highly recommend the 5 Calls app (link in the first comment). I used it today to call my reps and plan to make use of it regularly in the future.

This just in: There's a Kidz Bop version of "Good Luck Babe," and its lyrics are "You can show a hundred boys you're smart."

I don't follow football, but congrats to Taylor Swift for taking her team to the Super Bowl two years in a row!

Guess who just watched Oldboy for the first time 🫢😑

The YouTube Shorts comments are a cesspool. I suspect it’s because the algorithm is terrible and sends videos out willy nilly. I posted my second short today, announcing my signing at MegaCon, and this was the first comment, within 2 minutes:

I finally saw the Wicked movie tonight, and, as someone who once cosplayed as the Joel Grey version of the Wizard with a group of friends at a comic convention, I give it a thumbs up!

Rite of passage-- I posted my first YouTube short a couple of hours ago, and I already got a 💀 threat comment! First one of those I've received since I started doing this public-author thing, and I'm not scared or worried about it or anything. It's just annoying that existence in 2025 is like this.

I've been awful about not updating my YouTube, but starting today I'll be posting shorts there. I still plan to make longer-form videos periodically, but I'll be a lot more consistent with the shorter form stuff. Here's my channel, if you're interested: youtube.com/@JasonDoroug...

The first video TikTok showed me when I opened it again after the "ban" had Dana White in it 🤔🙄

TikTok is back in the US, but don't thank anyone for bringing it back. Stay mad. Never thank anyone for taking their boot off your neck.

1/ TikTok is coming back to the US on Monday. So that nobody else has to wade into the mire of Truth Social, here's what you-know-who said: "I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions take effect, ->

1/ Before you post anything on RedNote, I’d recommend you read their TOS carefully. This is different than the standard social platforms’ right to display that you’re used to. ->

CapCut and Lemon8 are both unavailable right now in the US as well.

Not to say "I told you so" about the VPNs, but... I just tested it, and it ain't working. I can browse TikTok without logging in using a VPN, but as soon as I log into my account, I get the ban message, even on a completely different system and with the VPN placing me in various other countries.

Well, I was there until the end! The TikTok "ban" went into effect during my Live and forced me to close the app. See you back on the app in a couple of days when they stop pretending this is forever 😂

Going live on TikTok in a couple of minutes. Come hang out!

My current expectation is that TikTok goes dark in the US tomorrow and then miraculously resurrects itself shortly after the inauguration. If you can't access the app tomorrow, don't panic.

1/ TikTok's chief executive has been invited to sit on the dais in a "position of honor" at Monday's inauguration. TikTok has told its US employees they're keeping their jobs despite the ban. Biden has effectively lobbed the TikTok hot potato to ->

No matter what the end result is, this TikTok ban is a prime example of the US government's ongoing bipartisan failure of its constituents. If a politician "saves" the platform, they're no more a hero than someone who eventually stops punching you after they get tired of the noises you're making.

1/ I signed up for RedNote just so I could claim my name there and prevent anybody from impersonating me, but I don't plan to actually use that app. I'd recommend anybody who IS actively using it to read up on the app's terms of service and give some thought to ->

Anybody else planning to cope with the impending TikTocalypse by becoming fully submerged in Civilization VII next month? Gotta fill those hours with SOMETHING, right?

I had promised to keep you updated on my movie watching for 2025 and promptly forgot to do that. So here's the catch-up! Movies I've watched for the first time, so far this year: Godzilla Minus One 🦖 Prey 🪶 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special 🥓 Late Night with the Devil 😈

I'm excited to announce that I've been invited to sign books at #Megacon in Orlando, FL! I'll be in room N329 (the "Book Nook" event area) from 1-3pm on Saturday, February 8. Who will I see there?? #Booksky

Do y'all think I should try to withdraw the $0.45 I still have in pending payments from TikTok or just let them keep it as a lil tip?

I've been glued to my neighborhood's FB group tonight as everybody's been freaking out about a bear roaming through people's yards. Here's the big fella taking a lil nap next to somebody's tree.