From the category “groan-worthy writer jokes”: Why do writers hate the bible? It has terrible characters. Noah is the only one with an arc. :P #WritingCommunity #BookSky #amwriting #readersky #authorsky #librarians #teachers #literacy

The official website for my upcoming #graphicnovel BLACK TIES is now live. More on the story, characters, author & illustrator — and a closer look at the rot beneath the halos. Gods. Egos. Structural decay. Step into the Senate of Gods here: blackties.my.canva.site/home #WritingCommunity #Comics

Meet Congressman Black from my upcoming #graphicnovel BLACK TIES. The ideal politician. Slick, spineless, industry standard-issue. A grey vacancy with a featureless face. Loyal to whoever holds the leash. Undead proof that in politics, individuality is a design flaw. #WritingCommunity Read on⬇️ 1/4

One of the underrated joys of having a Vietnamese wife is getting to celebrate New Year twice 😊 Happy Lunar New Year (Year of the Horse) to my fellow scribes worldwide. May your sentences run wild as horses, your muses arrive wine-kissed & your drafts need only minor exorcisms! 🐎🐎🐎 #WritingCommunity

One of the best books I read lately: Beautiful Mrs Seidenman by Szczypiorski (a name my brain won’t keep). Some parts make me stop reading & just stare into space. Older books do this to me more than new ones. Maybe less hurry. Less plot-obsessed. Anyone else felt this w/ a recent read? #amreading

Eldur, MC of my upcoming #graphicnovel BLACK TIES. Fire god in the Senate of Gods. Incorrigible. Quick-witted. Mouth always in overdrive. Runs on sarcasm, bad habits & a moral compass that spins only when it has to. Shows up late, annoyed, but right before everything falls apart. #WritingCommunity

Huge shout-out to Jeremy Bender on the release of his stunning sci-fi debut, Twin Rivers, today. Absolutely thrilled for you. Big congrats! May the book gods smile upon this one ✨🖖 #WritingCommunity #amreading #booksky

Fellow writers. What non-gym/non-equipment exercises have helped u survive desk aches? Writing is great, but chairs r sneaky villains that do strange things to ur posture. This neck exercise helped me a lot, so I’m sharing. What’s saved u? www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWKM... #WritingCommunity #BookSky

Absolutely killer caricature!

Why do writers love pubs? Drafts on tap. #WritingCommunity #amreading #amwriting #booksky

Something I always have to remind myself when revising a manuscript: If you fall in love with the vision, not your words, rewriting becomes a hell of a lot easier. Cut what you must, leave your words bleeding on the floor. Sorry, little guys. I don't mean to be cruel 🗡️🩸 #WritingCommunity #Booksky

Snapshot of the main villain of my upcoming #graphicnovel Black Ties: a mighty sphinx turned tech CEO, dabbling in the dark arts of politics. Predictably, eternity, riddles & no conscience prepare you well for this line of work. Illustrated by brill Venezuelan artist Lucia @maolyart.bsky.social ⬇️1/2

Clearing the weekend for a small, disciplined triathlon program: book, bath, nap! 📖🛀😴 The bath and nap are not community events. The reading is—anyone’s welcome to join that leg. #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Booksky

Holy mackerel! The pre-dawn trash heap of my writer’s mind (shaped by last night's time at the pub and the people around it) gave me this hard-earned barroom insight: Far too many people are perfectly content to be nothing but somebody else :P #Writingcommunity #booksky #Readingcommunity

Sharing this because the concept sounds really cool: Jeremy ( @mavispowershell.bsky.social ) is offering free advanced review copies for his debut sci-fi novel. If you enjoy early reads + leaving reviews, this might be for you :) #Writingcommunity #booksky #ARC

Today I will walk in the sun. I will simply walk in the sun. #WritingCommunity #booksky #WIP

This new indie comic by @juspeachie.bsky.social caught my interest. Read the opening that dropped earlier this week—strong start, promising premise. I’ll be keeping up. Juspeachie says fresh parts land each Monday. Let's see what's next :)

In this metallic age of barbarians, only a relentless cultivation of our ability to dream, to analyse and to captivate can prevent our personalities from degenerating into nothing or else into a personality like all the rest. ~ ‘The Book of Disquiet’ by Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) #Photography

Philip K. Dick's Advice for Worldbuilding Science Fiction. tzbarry.com/2022/08/12/p... #booksky #writingcommunity

Please help yourself to as much of each as you need. 💗

Spotlight series on Venezuelan creators, illustrators & artists. Highlighting another great Venezuelan talent. Yorsy Hernandez. Outstanding work! @yorsyh.bsky.social #VenezuelanArtists

Spotlight series on Venezuelan creators. The obvious current situation may be the trigger — but the real reason is simple: the writing & art are sharp, intriguing, and worth your time. Today: Juan E. Zambrano's "Pacheco and the Witch of the Mountain" @apamaate.bsky.social #VenezuelanArtists

Page sketch vs final ✨ First time sharing something from Black Ties. The graphic novel (story by @worldsforus.bsky.social) that I've been illustrating for the past 3 and a half years 🔥 It was haaaard choosing a page for this lol #graphicnovel #blackties

After 4 years of hard work, I’m sinfully pleased that publication of my graphic novel BLACK TIES – IN GODS WE TRUST is approaching. Gods. Oversized egos. Structural rot with a halo. Illustrations by @maolyart.bsky.social (1/4) Read on⬇️ #GraphicNovel #IndieComics #WritingCommunity

I'm stoked to announce that I've found a very talented illustrator for my Dysfunctional-Society-of-Gods graphic novel. To kick things off I thought it a good idea to visit the gods of illustration & animation at Disney HQ Singapore. May the pencils be with us :)