And then there were ten! Finalists for the 11th year of #SPFBO

Played Dice Forge and White Castle at boardgames club. A dog named Raven spent most of the time under the table, periodically passing diabolical wind...

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I also signed 6 of my books in @waterstones.bsky.social Bristol - 3x Daughter of Crows on the hardback shelves, and a Prince+King of Thorns & The Book That Broke The World on the paperback shelves.

I also signed 6 of my books in @waterstones.bsky.social Bristol - 3x Daughter of Crows on the hardback shelves, and a Prince+King of Thorns & The Book That Broke The World on the paperback shelves.

The Wheel of Osheim limited edition is up for sale on Grim Oak Press's site. Here's more of the internal art by Jason Chan!

Found a new secondhand bookshop in Bristol. And whilst none of my books were in the grim and dark section … they did have an “of Thorns” book!

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Look at me Utube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0kH...

The Wheel of Osheim limited edition is up for sale on Grim Oak Press's site. Here's more of the internal art by Jason Chan!

And then there were ten! Here are the finalists for #SPFBO 11. Over the next 6 months they will all be read and scored and ranked to find our champion for 2026.

Apparently, the TBTHHH ebook is on sale on US Amazon!

I can’t say enough how excited and flattered I am that Jester is on this list. I’m also jazzed to read the other nine. Reupped KU to get started!

The Wheel of Osheim limited edition is up for sale on Grim Oak Press's site. Here's one piece of the internal art by Jason Chan!

Apparently, the TBTHHH ebook is on sale on US Amazon!

📋 I’ve created a #SPFBO11 Finalists Reading Challenge over on The #StoryGraph, to go with a set from the past few years (search for “SPFBO”) Get your #SPFBO reading on at: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/00ae7966-aefa-4d47-899f-c8e43fa09c4f 📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

The 11th annual SPFBO contest hosted by @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social has now chosen its finalists out of 300 self-published fantasy authors! That's no mean feat! Here's a closer look at those finalists. Are you planning on reading any? www.readindiefantasy.com/spfbo-xi-fin...

And then there were ten! Here are the finalists for #SPFBO 11. Over the next 6 months they will all be read and scored and ranked to find our champion for 2026.

And then there were ten! Finalists for the 11th year of #SPFBO

The Wheel of Osheim limited edition is up for sale on Grim Oak Press's site. Here's one piece of the internal art by Jason Chan!

We have our 8th #SPFBO 11 finalist! This one from Noah Brisk and team. youtu.be/XW7KuZa4nEI

Are you ready to follow down the rabbit hole? The Locked Library are doing a special edition!

Today our judges reveal the scores for our semi-finalists AND our finalist pick for this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO)! Congrats to our winner and good luck in Round Two! fantasy-faction.com/2026/self-pu... #booksky 💙🪐📚 #spfbo (cc: @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social)

Are you ready to follow down the rabbit hole? The Locked Library are doing a special edition!

Six! #SPFBO

Half way there! #SPFBO

It's bookbub, buds!

We have 6 days to find 6 more finalists for #SPFBO 11 😮

It's bookbub, buds!

We have 6 days to find 6 more finalists for #SPFBO 11 😮

"Abbess Glass was neither fast, nor strong, she had no obvious wealth, her office held no great sway, and yet with her truth and with her lies she had turned one wheel against another against another and in due course mountains had moved." Red Sister - First Book of the Ancestor

My Chella the necromancer #WIP is finished! From the Prince/King/Emperor of Thorns books by @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social And I signed it in the future because I didn't know what day it was. #artsky #fanart #procreate

🧵1/3 Thank you to all the entrants, and most especially to our 30 authors, for your patience while we reviewed all the books! beforewegoblog.com/spfboxi-fina... #SPFBO #SPFBOXI #SPFBOReviews @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social

I read "The book that held her heart" by @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social, what a fantastic end to the trilogy! Plot threads that move apart only to come back together at the end, different worlds/times, how information must be mixed with compassion, how things repeat until we say stop, no more. 📚💙🪐

Amazon's put Daughter of Crows in its fantasy top 20!

If you were to google "nailing grimdark down" You would be able to add your grimdark rating to any and all of these and more books! By ranking a range of books for grimdarkness we help define what people think grimdark means!

If you were to google "nailing grimdark down" You would be able to add your grimdark rating to any and all of these and more books! By ranking a range of books for grimdarkness we help define what people think grimdark means!

Being a writer has been a bit like having an end of year exam every year for 15 years, which is then marked in public.

If my self-published book-tie-in short story collections are anything to go by, social media doesn't make much difference these days.

For the Italians among you!

The first tattoo inspired by Daughter of Crows (that I know of)! Thanks to Whitney for letting me share.

I see very little reader art these days - I guess AI took the wind out of everybody's sails. But here's a Jorg!

If my self-published book-tie-in short story collections are anything to go by, social media doesn't make much difference these days.