British politics is a dumpster fire of billionaire-backed misinformation and brain-rotting social media rage. It’s grim and it’s gross. But—as always, folks—try to look after each other. Look after your friends and family. Look after your community. And look after yourself, too.

It's always awesome to get fan mail. Just answered some. So if you're wondering "gosh should I tell that writer how much I loved their book/story" yeah you definitely should, immediately

Here. We. Go! Title and cover reveal time for book two of The Turned series! I’ll post more about this book in due course, but for now please enjoy the cover! [artwork and design by me, with no robot intervention] #BookSky #fantasybook #indieauthor #books

the best dinosaur is clearly Iguanodon, because of all the dinosaurs it most resembled a middle-aged Sicilian-American dock-worker with a switchblade

Here. We. Go! Title and cover reveal time for book two of The Turned series! I’ll post more about this book in due course, but for now please enjoy the cover! [artwork and design by me, with no robot intervention] #BookSky #fantasybook #indieauthor #books

the devil just blinked

I ranked the First Law books, from my least* to most favourite. Not sure words can do justice to how much I love this series, but here goes… stevepannett.com/the-first-la... *tbh, even my least favourite in the series is still a bloody good read!

I do not take booktok seriously and I never will. What the fuck you mean the epilogue and prologue “aren’t part of the book/story”???????

Hello friends and also enemies, Behind the Bastards has been nominated for a Webby! This is the first award I've ever been nominated for, so if you'd like to vote for my show I'd appreciate it: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

For fans of the fantastically fanged! Here are my recommendations for vampire books! stevepannett.com/the-best-vam... #BookSky #BookRecommendations

Today’s author search on Google: “What do you call someone who keeps pigeons?” Actually quite tame compared to my usual history of searching for all things murder-y. — Also “pigeon fancier” is the best I can find, or “aviarist” for something more generic.

Panels for readers, panels for writers, panels for anyone who loves books, stalls to peruse, authors to meet (including yours truly, but don’t let that put you off), kick-ass entertainment, and a stunning venue. Also…tis free to attend, y’all! #BookSky #BookEvents #AuthorEvents

Stocking up for some events this year 😍

Over on Instagram, I—somewhat facetiously—suggested that I might add “% read” info next to the page numbers in my *printed* books (in order to mimic the ebook experience) and a fair few people are…actually on board with the idea. Is this genius, or is it madness? #BookSky #Reading #Books

The Sins of Steel and Shadow is an #SPFBO semifinalist 🙌🏻 Well chuffed, and hats off to anyone who entered this year’s contest. There are some incredible looking titles on that list and my TBR is getting longer every day! stevepannett.com/the-sins-of-...

Humble beginnings I know, but I’m proud that my website has hit this milestone from organic search (on Google, at least). I blog primarily for myself, but that’s not to say there’s no method in the madness! stevepannett.com

I reviewed an absolute classic of Celtic-inspired fantasy (and the start of one of my favourite ever series) stevepannett.com/book-review-... #DavidGemmell #Bookreview #BookSky

It’s early so I can’t tell if my bran flakes are getting heavy with the affirmations or aggressively calling me out. Thanks, though? I’ll try? 🤷🏻‍♂️

A little behind-the-scenes explanation of my self-pub imprint, Broken Hilt Publishing. What it is, what it isn’t, and what inspired the name 👀 📚 stevepannett.com/what-is-brok... #BookSky #fantasybooks #indieauthor

A little behind-the-scenes explanation of my self-pub imprint, Broken Hilt Publishing. What it is, what it isn’t, and what inspired the name 👀 📚 stevepannett.com/what-is-brok... #BookSky #fantasybooks #indieauthor

Hats off to the people of Gorton and Denton. Voting in a representative who actually cares, from a party with some good ideas 🟢👏🏻 Still alarming how much support Reform is getting through lies and fear-mongering, but I’m glad that the politics of hate was edged out this time.

What can you expect to find at Spotlight Indie Live? Good vibes, a warm welcome, supportive people and plenty of book chat. You can find advice, writing conversations and fellow authors, creatives and storytellers. The best bit? It's FREE. See you in #Shrewsbury! www.spotlightindie.co.uk

The silver lining of my email inbox being regularly accosted by AI-written scam/spammers trying to flog me shit is that it shows my SEO strategy is working. The latest effort even referenced some page enrichment that I’ve been testing.

Credit has to go to @lyonspen.bsky.social for being the first person I've ever interviewed in arctic conditions 🥶check out this awesome panel with @stevepannett.com @skbalstrup.bsky.social and @authoriseult.bsky.social

Myth, monsters and making sense of a disenchanted world: why everyone is reading fantasy

That's it, the guests are ready, the streams are set up and Frasier's snack stash is towering over us all. The Big Indie Weekend starts at 10am tomorrow! Three days of #indieauthor guests, #writingchat, #bookchat, advice and conversation. LET'S GO INDIES! #writingcommunity #BookSky #amreading

Writing a speech is really hard. Writing a speech and then having one of your characters deliver it is even harder. I don’t think I’ve ever spent this long revising one part of a book before 😳

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

Thought I’d try something different to soundtrack my day, so I put some whale song on while I worked. Holy crap was that a mistake! Shit sounds like some unnamed Lovecraftian horrors. Hard pass from me, sorry whales. 🐋 🎶 🚫

Excited for this event. And it’s *free* to attend! If fantasy, science fiction, horror and/or speculative fiction is your jam, come on down and say hullo/check out all of the awesome stuff going on!

If I win the lottery I won’t tell anyone, but there will be signs… …primarily a more consistent publishing schedule, owing to the fact that the only other commitment I’ll have will be parenting.

It's time to give you a look at our 2026 live event line up. We can't wait to bring you a fantastic day of talks, book signings and writing chat. Our 2026 event is free to attend and is designed for indie authors and book fans #AuthorEvents #Shrewsbury #IndieAuthors #IndieBooks

Starting out in the indie community and need some support? Spotlight Indie Live is a free to attend event designed for indie authors and creatives. Writing craft panels, walk-up advice sessions and Q&As - come along, join in and get involved! #AuthorEvents #IndieAuthors #Shrewsbury #WritingCommunity

I penned some thoughts about “Show, don’t tell” up on my website. stevepannett.com/what-does-sh... I cover why this advice has such longevity, and how I use it across three key areas to improve my writing. #BookThreads #IndieAuthor

SPFBO 11 officially starts today! Let the reviews flow! #SPFBO

I don’t particularly care for the PJ Hobbit movies, but I think we can all agree that Billy Boyd absolutely *nailed* this track on the score. Beautiful song, beautifully sung. open.spotify.com/track/0j2Tw0...

Sometimes I think my writing projects are ambitious but then I remember when all the tech-bros tried to mainstream the word “fungible” and I don’t feel so daunted anymore Anyway, go buy my fungible* books. stevepannett.com *may not be fungible, absolutely no one knows what that means

Full episodes of Behind the Bastards will be streaming on Netflix starting January 26! Hit “Remind Me” on Netflix so you don’t miss the premiere 📺👀 @iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

Not sure how to properly articulate the disgust/rage I feel at that bloated orange fuck denigrating the sacrifice of allied servicemen and women when America called for help. (1/3)

I thought this line might be a bit on the nose when I first wrote it. Given the last year or so, I’m not sure I went far enough.

One of the unseen casualties of social media is landscape format media. Growing up, 6x4 photos (that were actually printed) was the norm. Now, even movie trailers get edited for the portrait format. Not as big a casualty as mental health or general global sanity, but it’s there all the same 🤷🏻‍♂️

Fantasy authors! I wanna chat! 💬 I’d like to try doing something new, where I chat to other authors in the fantasy space and then provide a write-up of our conversation online. I wanna know what you’re writing, what you’re reading, what drives you to write and what you love about the craft! 🔗 ⬇️

The First Law books are all awesome, but if you *had* to rank them in order… stevepannett.com/the-first-la...

Casual reminder to go and read one of the best fantasy series ever written… stevepannett.com/the-best-gae... #BookSky #FantasyBooks #DavidGemmell

File under the ever-growing subgenre of my work which I’m calling ‘Inanimate Object Has A Massive Go At A Person For No Reason’

I don’t drink coffee but that first brew of the day is an absolute necessiTEA Ah? Ah!? 😀 I’m here all week

Delighted that Sins is in the mix for this year’s #SPFBO competition. I’m really proud of this book and excited to get the story in front of more readers! Also… (1/2)

Want a free short story? Sure you do! The Weeping Grey, a 1000-word taster of my writing style written in response to the prompt of “boats”, is available to download here: mailchi.mp/78cdec212eff... #BookSky #Books #FreeBook

The Sins of Steel and Shadow has been thrown into the hat for this year’s #SPFBO! Here’s hoping it makes it through the lottery this year! 🤞🏻