I'm so excited to see that Library Journal has included The Traitor of Sherwood Forest in their Best Books of 2025!!! www.libraryjournal.com/story/Stella...

From The Skin of the World: Mischief's Journey www.rickwaughauthor.com/oops-there-g...

Got my Spotify listening profile for 2025. I think my tastes classify as eclectic. And my average listening age? 😆

I broke the world. Me, Mischief the Trickster, I tore the veneer that separates reality from chaos, allowing humanity’s wild myths and imaginings to roar into life. Why? I’m a trickster, and that’s the kind of thing tricksters do. Or...maybe I was bored. Free with newsletter signup. Link in bio.

So, when I’m walking around my living room to meet my hourly movement goals in my Apple watch, if I’m holding a beer, does it still count as exercise? 🍻

This month’s selection of free spec fiction books, including my first in series, Rogue God. Check them out! freebooks.rickwaughauthor.com/2025-novembe...

VANTHOLOGY is here! From misty seawalls to far-flung worlds, Vanthology gathers original short fiction from the Vancouver Genre Writers community. If you love discovering new voices and fresh blends of genre, Vanthology belongs on your shelf. Get your copy now: mybook.to/vanthology

Just because, you know, you want more free books. Including mine, of course. authorsxp.com/free-ebooks.

This is great. If you’re going to try and scam me, it would be good to spell my name right, and don’t forget to insert the [specific moment] in the text. 😂

This month’s collection of legit free Fantasy and SF books, including one of mine: The Gatekeeper’s Way, a prequel to The Eternal Muse series. Have a look, doesn’t cost anything to look. 😉 freebooks.rickwaughauthor.com/WorldsinChao...

Yes, indeedy. I wonder what they’re referring to?

Been using a CPAP for sleep apnea for 12 years. Decided to get a new sleep study done, as considering a different therapy. To do that, have to stop using CPAP for 6 days, just had night 4, and I’m a mess. Amazing what sh*tty sleep does to your brain.

I love Vancouver. We’d never walked this particular dike in Pitt Meadows. Gorgeous day.

Do you have, or are interested in Kobo Plus, Kobo’s subscription service? And do you like fantasy books? Check out this month’s Kobo Plus Fantasy promo list. www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/kobo...

Some more free fantasy books, legit offered by their authors. Check them out! #FreeBooks. freebooks.rickwaughauthor.com/cozyfantasys...

The first few lines of Chapter 1, The Eternal Muse: Desecration. This was the first thing I wrote when I started writing again, and I rather like it.... 😉 www.rickwaughauthor.com/the-eternal-...

I've done dictation for years, directly into Scrivener using Mac voice control. Just upgraded my computer so I can use the latest version of MacOS, and dictation is really improved. Not perfect, but at least as good if not better than my sloppy typing. No need for expensive dictation software.

If you want a mac, but think they’re too expensive, I replaced my 2015 Macbook with a refurb 2024 Mac Mini for under $700 Canuck. I had a monitor and keyboard. Just about fell over when I saw the price. Not a laptop, but I have my iPad for mobile. (Works as a second monitor, too.) It’s so small.

Need something beautiful in your life today? Some gorgeous guitar. youtu.be/Yy6iOAYdwx0

If you’re a creative, and the world is grinding you down, between AI, the pressure to “succeed”, and the general state of everything, so that you wonder why you bother anymore… this is a great essay. open.substack.com/pub/counterc...

31 free cozy fantasy books, including one of mine, Rogue God. Click it and check it! freebooks.rickwaughauthor.com/cozyfantasya...

Saw this cute little guy while we were walking by the river in Keremeos. Maybe a baby rattler, or a baby gopher/bull snake.

Do you use ChatGPT to find books? Apparently AI search is growing. Where SEO was unimportant to fiction authors, as people found books through Amazon/Kobo, etc., it's changing. Which means making your website AI friendly, which is SEO+, really. So are you using any AI search tools this way?

Can Robin and Cantor survive each other’s company long enough to break the curse that's bound them together? Cozy, epic action and adventure, found family, a trickster goddess and her dragon shifter, tied up with splashes of (very) slow burn romance and humor. www.rickwaughauthor.com/RogueGod/

If you're writing speculative short stories, and sending them to Asimov's, SF&F, Analog, etc., they've been acquired by a new company, and you really need to read this post from Writer Beware. writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/c...

I forgot how good the guitar solo is in this song, not sure who the player was. RIP Chuck. youtu.be/V7dg8vRDM68?...

I’ve always loved historical atlases. I’m a map nerd. (Us fantasy tours often are.) A friend alerted me to this one, and I couldn’t help myself, and bought it. It’s gorgeous, and unlike most of the old historical atlases I read when I was young, it’s not entirely European centric.

115 Free Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books. Kind of says it all, doesn’t it? All legit, offered by their authors. freebooks.rickwaughauthor.com/free-sci-fi-...

Beach Peas — that color.

Need some sweet summer reads? Smashwords has a massive sale on for all of July, with several of my books there for free. Check out the sale at: www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos

So it begins — making my own longbow. Following some excellent instructions, it’s actually kind of simple. And a lot cheaper than my recurve was.

Is spectacle titillation's cousin? Nicolau, creator of Extravaganzas, shows that are half magic, half performance, is presenting his concept for an entertainment to Lord Pharyngeal, and the lord questions how he's going about it.... www.rickwaughauthor.com/spectacle-is...

If you're looking for a nerdy weekend distraction, I have a new post up on how to feed your medieval characters!

There’s something so utterly fantasy about a path leading through a tunnel of trees. Deas Island Park, Delta, BC.

Flowers and a butterfly outside the house. A little beauty in a not so great world.

The forest hated humans. At least, so it seemed. Being a warren of hungry monsters and deadly plants, bubbling with chaos magic, gave it a certain feeling.... www.rickwaughauthor.com/the-forest-h...

Today's annoyance in dictation on the Mac. Why on earth whenever I say 'lay', does MacOS think I say 'les', a French word? It's very consistent.

Like some free fantasy? 47 books, novellas, stories for absolutely nuttin’. #freebooks freebooks.rickwaughauthor.com/CleanAdventu...

Shoulder’s sore, from exercise and archery. I whine about getting old. Then I remember that I trashed it before, when I was in my 20s, playing softball. So, I’m not only getting old, I’m just as big an idiot. Wasn’t wisdom supposed to come with age? (Don’t answer that….)

I’m not saying I have a fav daughter, but maybe for just a little while, when I get this for my b’day….

What are you doing this Saturday, Calgary? I'll be signing copies of TRAITOR at Owl's Nest Books from 1-3pm! If you're in the neighbourhood, come say hi!

I mean, what can you really say when you've broken the world? Not sure Oops is quite enough.... #fantasybooks www.rickwaughauthor.com/i-broke-the-...

Sad day when the last drops of the good stuff go. Our Lady of the Cask, Canadian brandy. Been nursing this since September.

Want to check out the start of Rogue God, book 1 of The Gods of Chaos? www.rickwaughauthor.com/the-forest-h...

Read John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs. What a book. If you love the Beatles, it’s about their relationship. If you love learning about creative partnerships, how people can obsessively feed off each other to create something amazing — incredible. Also, how it can fall apart, sadly.

Dropping in to sign at Vancouver Book Warehouses today! 4pm Broadway, 6pm Main! Come say hi!

Decided to do a box set of books 1-3 in my second series. Pretty happy with how this cover turned out. buybooks.rickwaughauthor.com/wk9o7x73gb

And, this month’s free books are here. Check them out. freebooks.rickwaughauthor.com/maymarginala...